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1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.[7] New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.[8]

First Round edit

Qualification results.[9][10]

Norwegian round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Aage Hansen 15
2 Nils Paulsen 14
3 Reidar Kristoffersen 13
4 Rolf Westerberg 12
5 Roger Steen 11
6 Sverre Harrfeldt 11
7 Tore Svaleng 9
8 Arne Kristiansen 7
9 Kjell Bergh 5
10 Haavard Gulbjornsrud 5
11 Oddvar Kristiansen 5
12 Oystein Mellerud 4
13 Thorbjorn Nygaard 3
14 Per Aulie 3
15 Tore Melbye 2
16 Egil H. Kruke 1

Finnish round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Antti Pajari 15
2 Timo Laine 14
3 Kauko Jousanen 13
4 Aulis Tuominen 12
5 Olavi Turunen 11
6 Kalevi Lahtinen 10
7 Antero Salasto 9
8 Pertti Mikkola 6
9 Esko Koponen 6
10 Raimo Kivinen 4
11 Turkka Silvan 3
12 Veikko Kirjonen 3
13 Heikki Sorri 3
14 Valle Seliverstov 3
15 Lasse Mylari 3
16 Reino Niemi 1
17 Martti Assinen (res) 1
18 Pertti Petersohn (res) 0

Swedish round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Arne Carlsson 15
2 Björn Knutson 13
3 Joel Jansson 12
4 Rune Sörmander 11
5 Åke Andersson 9
6 Alf Jonsson 9
7 Thorvald Karlsson 9
8 Allan Nilsson 9
9 Göran Carlsson 8
10 Bengt Brannefors 7
11 Evert Andersson 5
12 Per-Tage Svensson 5
13 Bengt Fransson 3
14 Olle Segerström 3
15 Inge Gustavsson 2
16 Olle Andersson 0
17 Gösta Edvardsson 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Ulf Ericsson 12
2 Birger Forsberg 12
3 Göran Norlén 12
4 Bernt Nilsson 12
5 Bengt Eriksson 10
6 Stig Pramberg 10
7 Olle Nygren 9
8 Göte Nordin 8
9 Kjell Wårenius 8
10 Curt Nyqvist 6
11 Kjell Lutteman 4
12 Bert Lindarw 4
13 Bertil Stridh 3
14 Hans Hallberg 3
15 Curt Eldh 3
16 Sune Karlsson 1
17 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 1

Continental quarter-finals edit

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
31 May   Municipal Stadium, Ostrów Joachim Maj Janusz Koscielak Mieczysław Połukard
31 May   Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Björn Knutson Florian Kapała Konstanty Pociejkewicz
31 May   Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec Stefan Kwoczala Luboš Tomíček Sr. Richard Janicek
31 May   Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj Miloslav Špinka Marian Phillip Karel Průša

Second round edit

Nordic qualification edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Bernt Nilsson 15
2 Ulf Ericsson 14
3 Olle Nygren 13
4 Göran Norlén 11
5 Birger Forsberg 11
6 Kjell Lutteman 9
7 Kalevi Lahtinen 8
8 Aulis Tuominen 8
9 Kauko Jousanen 8
10 Timo Laine 7
11 Curt Nyqvist 6
12 Nils Paulsen 4
13 Bert Lindarw 4
14 Esko Koponen 2
15 Antero Salasto 1
16 Pertti Mikkola 0
17 Torbjörn Nygaard 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Rune Sörmander 14
2 Arne Carlsson 12
3 Aage Hansen 11
4 Åke Andersson 11
5 Allan Nilsson 10
6 Alf Jonsson 10
7 Arne Pander 9
8 Thorvald Karlsson 9
9 Poul Hansen 8
10 Kurt W Petersen 6
11 Rolf Westerberg 5
12 Erik Kastebo 4
13 Roger Steen 4
14 Sverre Harrfeldt 3
15 Roger Hansen 2
16 Arne Kristiansen 1

Continental semi-final edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 13
2 Mieczyslaw Polukard 13
3 Stanislav Svoboda 10
4 Richard Janicek 10
5 Bohumír Bartoněk 10
6 Stefan Kwoczała 10
7 Jaroslav Machac 9
8 Frantisek Irmis 9
9 Joachim Maj 7
10 Stefan Kepa 7
11 Stanislaw Tkocz 7
12 Jan Malinowski 6
13 Henryk Zyto 5
14 Bohumil Rendek 2
15 Jan Koscielak 1
16 Bronislaw Rogal 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 13
2 Florian Kapala 13
3 Björn Knutson 11
4 Pawel Mirowski 11
5 Josef Hofmeister 10
6 Josef Bössner 9
7 Miloslav Špinka 9
8 Zdeněk Dominik 7
9 Karel Průša 5
10 Joel Jansson 5
11 Alfred Aberl 4
12 Jan Kolber 4
13 Göran Carlsson 4
14 Josef Kamper (res) 4
15 Marian Phillip 3
16 Josip Klemencic 2
17 Franz Schenk 2
18 Otto Holoubek (res) 0

Third round edit

  • Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying edit

  • Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
29 June Wimbledon Stadium Ron How George White Ronnie Moore
2 July Oxford Stadium Jack Geran Neil Street Brian Hanham
4 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston Ken McKinlay Peter Craven
4 July The Firs Stadium Mike Broadbank Geoff Mardon Bob Duckworth
7 July Banister Court Stadium Brian Crutcher Peter Moore Ron Mountford
10 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay Peter Craven Ron Johnston
11 July Brandon Stadium Brian Crutcher Ron Mountford Geoff Mardon
11 July Abbey Stadium Mike Broadbank Les McGillivray Nigel Boocock
23 July Wimborne Road Ronnie Moore Ron How Jack Unstead

Nordic Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1   Rune Sörmander 14+3
2   Aage Hansen 14+2
3   Arne Carlsson 12
4   Ole Andersson 11
5   Olle Nygren 9
6   Alf Jonsson 9
7   Kalevi Lahtinen 9
8   Ulf Ericsson 8
9   Thorvald Karlsson 7
10   Timo Laine 6
11   Göran Norlén 6
12   Birger Forsberg 4
13   Bernt Nilsson 4
14   Aulis Lehtonen 3
15   Antti Pajari 2
16   Turka Sivari 1
17   Kjell Lutteman 0
18   Aulis Tuominen dnr
19   Allan Nillson dnr

Continental Final edit

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1   (14) Josef Hofmeister 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2   (2) Björn Knutson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
3   (13) Mieczysław Połukard 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3
4   (9) Florian Kapała 11 3 3 E 3 2 11 4
5   (1) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 5
6   (5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 3 0 1 3 2 9 6
7   (16) Joachim Maj 8 1 3 3 F 1 8 7
8   (15) Josef Bössner 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 8
9   (11) Jaroslav Machač 7 2 3 0 1 1 7 9
10   (3) Bohumír Bartoněk 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
11   (6) Pawel Mirowski 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 11
12   (4) Miloslav Špinka 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13   (8) Zdeněk Dominik 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 13
14   (10) Richard Janicek 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 14
15   (7) Stanislav Svoboda 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16   (12) František Irmis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
  (17) Alfred Aberl 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Fourth round edit

  • Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth Semi finals edit

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to World final

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
10 August Wimbledon Stadium Brian Crutcher Ken McKinlay Geoff Mardon
11 August Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Moore Cyril Roger Neil Street
15 August Hyde Road Ron How Peter Moore Nigel Boocock
15 August The Firs Stadium Peter Craven Brian Crutcher George White
Pos. Rider Points
1   Peter Moore 27
2   Peter Craven 26
3   Brian Crutcher 26
4   Ronnie Moore 25
5   Geoff Mardon 24
6   Ron How 23
7   George White 23
8   Cyril Roger 21
9   Aub Lawson 20
10   Ken McKinlay 20
11   Nigel Boocock 20
12   Neil Street 18
13   Arthur Wight 16
14   Gerry Jackson 16
15   Jack Geran 15
16   Ron Johnston 15
Pos. Rider Points
17   Bob Duckworth 14
18   Mike Broadbank 13
19   Ron Mountford 12
20   Ian Williams 12
21   Chum Taylor 11
22   Jack Unstead 11
23   Ray Cresp 8
24   Gordon McGregor 8
25   Bob Andrews 7
26   Charlie Barsby 7
27   Les McGillivray 6
28   Ronnie Genz 6
30   Les Owen 6
31   Alf Hagon 5
32   Dick Bradley 4
33   Cyril Maidment 1

European Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1  (12) Ove Fundin 14 3,2,3,3,3
2  (4) Josef Hofmeister 13 2,3,2,3,3
3  (3) Mieczysław Połukard 12 3,3,2,2,2
4  (16) Rune Sörmander 11 2,1,3,3,2
5  (13) Olle Nygren 10 3,2,3,2,0
6  (8) Arne Carlsson 9 3,0,3,3,t
7  (9) Florian Kapała 9 2,3,1,0,3
8  (15) Björn Knutson 7 0,1,1,2,3
9  (14) Aage Hansen 7 1,3,0,2,1
10  (11) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 6 1,2,2,1,0
11  (5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 6 f,1,2,1,2
12  (6) Alf Jonsson 5 f,2,1,1,1
13  (10) Kalevi Lahtinen 4 0,1,1,0,2
14  (7) Miloslav Špinka 3 2,0,0,1,0
15  (1) Åke Andersson 2 1,0,0,0,1
16  (2) Bohumír Bartoněk 1 0,0,0,0,1
R1  (17) Ulf Ericsson - dnr
R2  (18) Thorvald Karlsson - dnr

World Final edit

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
    (13) Ronnie Moore 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
    (14) Ove Fundin 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
    (10) Barry Briggs 11+3 3 1 1 3 3 11 3
4   (16) Olle Nygren 11+2 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5   (6) Aub Lawson 11+1 3 3 2 2 1 11 5
6   (3) Brian Crutcher 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 6
7   (11) Arne Carlsson 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 7
8   (7) Peter Craven 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 8
9   (2) George White 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 9
10   (4) Geoff Mardon 6 2 3 0 1 E 6 10
11   (5) Rune Sörmander 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 11
12   (1) Mieczysław Połukard 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13   (9) Josef Hofmeister 4 0 E 1 3 F 4 13
14   (8) Ron How 3 1 1 E E 1 3 14
15   (12) Peter Moore 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 15
16   (15) Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1   (R1) Ken McKinlay 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Florian Kapała 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References edit

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  7. ^ "Craven can crown it". Sunday Pictorial. 13 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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