1975 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 30th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ole Olsen won his second World title in front of 81,000 at Wembley Stadium in London with a 15 point maximum from his five rides. Defending champion Anders Michanek finished second and England's John Louis won the run-off for the bronze medal, defeating four time world champion Ivan Mauger. Some criticism was aimed at the track surface which was described as dusty and dry.[7]

Format changes

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The format of the Championship changed for the 1975 event. This time the British riders (not including Commonwealth riders for the first time) were allowed four places in the World Final to be held in England. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 12 riders for the World Final. The European Final qualification route included a new Intercontinental Final which feature riders from the United States for the first time for many years.[8][9]

First round

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Swedish qualifying

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  • Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

Continental qualifying

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  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
4 May   Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt   Alois Wiesböck   Adi Funk   Josef Minarik
4 May   La Favorita, Sarego   Otto Barth   Giuseppe Marzotto   Angeł Eftimov

Second round

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British/Commonwealth preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifying round
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
19 April Kingsmead Stadium, Canterbury Bob Humphreys Les Rumsey Nigel Wasley
22 April Wessex Stadium, Weymouth Paul Gachet Trevor Geer Ian Cartwright
27 April Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Phil Herne Joe Owen Alan Sage
30 April Odsal Stadium, Bradford Terry Kelly Sid Sheldrick Geoff Bouchard

Continental quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
18 May   Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach   Jan Hadek   Marek Cieślak   Valery Gordeev
18 May   Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško   Henryk Glücklich   Josef Minarik   Vladimir Nesterov
18 May   Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava   Jiří Štancl   Vladimir Gordeev   Paweł Waloszek
18 May   Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc   Edward Jancarz   Isztvan Sziracki   Viktor Trofimov

Norwegian Final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Dag Lövaas 14
2 Edgar Stangeland 13
3 Ulf Lövaas 13
4 Reidar Eide 11
5 Oyvind S. Berg 11

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Kari Vuoristo 15
2 Matti Olin 14
3 Veli Pekka Teromaa 13
4 Kai Niemi 12
5 Markku Helminen 10
6 Ari Hiljanen 9
7 Pekka Paljakka 9
8 Seppo Palomäki 7
9 Seppo Santala 6
10 Juhani Eronen 5
11 Esa Mattila 5
12 Reino Santala 5
13 Pekka Kortelainen 2
14 Harry Skofeldt 2
15 Erkki Etelatahti 1
16 Pentti Mattila 1

Danish Final

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  • Top 3 to Nordic final

Swedish Final

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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   (1) Tommy Jansson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2   (5) Anders Michanek 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3   (14) Bernt Persson 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 3
4   (4) Sören Karlsson 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 4
5   (2) Tommy Johansson 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6   (7) Bengt Jansson 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 6
7   (8) Sören Sjösten 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 7
8   (10) Hasse Holmqvist 7 3 1 0 2 0 6 8
9   (16) Christer Sjösten 5+3 2 1 0 1 1 5 9
10   (3) Åke Andersson 5+2 0 1 1 0 3 5 10
11   (9) Bo Josefsson 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 11
12   (15) Eddie Davidsson 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13   (13) Jan Simensen 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14   (12) Stefan Salomonsson 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15   (6) Leif Enecrona 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16   (11) Conny Samuelsson 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
  (17) Peter Smith 2 2 0 2
  (18) Richard Hellsen 1 1 1
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

Third round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Valerij Gordeev 15
2   Edward Jancarz 12
3   Zenon Plech 12
4   Michail Starostin 10
5   Manfred Poschenreider 10
6   Viktor Trofimov 10
7   Boguslaw Nowak 9
8   Marek Cieslak 9
9   Andrzej Jurczynski 8
10   Henny Kroeze 8
11   Vladimir Rozanchuk 5
12   Jan Hadek 4
13   Jan Klokocka 4
14   Georgij Markatanov 2
15   Istvan Sziraczki 2
16   Andrzej Wyglenda 0
17   Janos Szöke (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1   Piotr Bruzda 12
2   Jan Verner 11
3   Vladimir Gordeev 11
4   Paweł Waloszek 10
5   Henryk Glücklich 10
6   Viktor Kalmykov 10
7   Nikolaj Kornev 10
8   Jiří Štancl 9+3
9   Franciszek Stach 9+2
10   Vladimir Nesterov 8
11   Georgij Ivanov 5
12   Petr Kucera 5
13   Václav Verner 4
14   Andrzej Tkocz 4
15   Josef Minarik 1
16   Jerzy Szczakiel 1

British/Commonwealth qualifying round

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  • Top 5 Commonwealth riders to Intercontinental final, top 32 British riders to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
16 May Somerton Park, Newport Bob Kilby Tom Owen John Boulger
16 May Mmonmore Green, Wolverhampton Ivan Mauger Arthur Price Chris Morton
17 May The Shay, Halifax Chris Pusey Dave Morton Charlie Monk
19 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Steve Reinke Martin Ashby
19 May Smallmead Stadium, Reading Terry Betts Bob Humphreys Bobby Beaton
20 May Leicester Stadium, Leicester Ray Wilson Billy Sanders Bob Valentine
21 May Wimborne Road, Poole Malcolm Simmons Paul Tyrer Neil Street
21 May The Boulevard, Hull Bruce Cribb Jim McMillan John Boulger
24 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Ray Bales Mick Hines Terry Betts
24 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock George Hunter Malcolm Simmons
29 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Ray Wilson Chris Morton Carl Glover
29 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Phil Herne Dave Jessup Richard Greer
29 May Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich John Louis Billy Sanders Jim McMillan
30 May Wimbledon Stadium. London Peter Collins Colin Gooddy Eric Broadbelt
30 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Dave Morton Ray Wilson Billy Sanders
31 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon Ivan Mauger Martin Ashby Barry Thomas
31 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Arthur Price George Hunter John Boulger
31 May Hyde Road, Manchester Alan Wilkinson Chris Morton Peter Collins

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1   Ole Olsen 3,2,3,3,3 14
2   Tommy Jansson 2,3,2,3,3 13
3   Dag Lovaas 3,0,3,3,3 12+3
4   Bernt Persson 2,3,2,3,2 12+2
5   Reidar Eide 3,3,1,2,1 10
6   Tommy Johansson 2,1,3,1,3 10
7   Hasse Holmqvist 1,2,2,1,2 8
8   Anders Michanek F,1,3,2,2 8
9   Bengt Jansson 0,3,0,2,2 7
10   Edgar Stangeland 0,2,1,2,1 6
11   Ila Teromaa 2,2,1,0,F 5
12   Finn Thomsen 3,F,0,0,1 4
13   Sören Sjösten 1,1,1,1,E 4
14   Sören Karlsson 1,0,2,0,0 3
15   Kari Vuoristo 0,0,0,1,0 1
16   Bent Nørregaard-Jensen F,-,-,-,- 0
R1   Tormod Langli 1,0 1
R2   Helge Langli 1,0,1 2

Fourth round

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British semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Martin Ashby 15
2   Malcolm Simmons 14
3   Bob Kilby 11
4   Jim McMillan 10
5   Gordon Kennett 10
6   John Louis 10
7   Doug Wyer 9
8   Chris Morton 8
9   Bobby Beaton 6
10   Frank Auffret 5
11   George Hunter 5
12   Mike Lanham 5
13   Eric Broadbelt 3
14   Arthur Price 2
15   Colin Gooddy 2
16   Roger Johns 1
Pos. Rider Points
1   Ray Wilson 15
2   Dave Jessup 13
3   Peter Collins 11
4   Dave Morton 11
5   Alan Wilkinson 10
6   Tony Davey 9
7   Carl Glover 8
8   Chris Pusey 8
9   Nigel Boocock 8
10   Terry Betts 5
11   Kevin Holden 4
12   Alan Grahame 4
13   Ray Bales 4
14   Tom Owen 4
15   Trevor Hedge 3
16   Paul Tyrer 2

Intercontinental Final

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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   (2) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2   (11) Anders Michanek 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
3   (13) Bernt Persson 11+3 3 3 0 2 3 11 3
4   (1) Ole Olsen 11+2 3 1 2 2 3 11 4
5   (6) Scott Autrey 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 5
6   (9) Tommy Jansson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 6
7   (14) Reidar Eide 8+3 2 1 3 0 2 8 7
8   (3) Phil Crump 8+2 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9   (7) Tommy Johansson 8+1 1 0 2 3 2 8 9
10   (4) Dag Lovaas 7 0 3 1 3 0 7 10
11   (12) John Boulger 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 11
12   (8) Billy Sanders 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 12
13   (16) Bengt Jansson 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 13
14   (5) Hasse Holmqvist 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 14
15   (10) Steven Gresham 3 0 0 3 0 F 3 15
16   (15) Barry Briggs 1 1 - - - - 1 16
  (17) Kenneth Selmonsson 0 0
  (18) Jan Andersson 2 1 0 0 1 2
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

Continental Final

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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   (6) Edward Jancarz 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 1
2   (4) Valery Gordeev 11 3 0 2 3 3 11 2
3   (15) Viktor Kalmykov 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 3
4   (10) Vladimir Gordeev 10 3 3 1 0 3 10 4
5   (13) Marek Cieślak 10 0 2 3 3 2 10 5
6   (8) Henryk Glücklich 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 6
7   (2) Viktor Trofimov 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 7
8   (1) Zenon Plech 7+3 1 1 1 3 1 7 8
9   (16) Nikolay Kornev 7+2 1 2 2 1 2 8 9
10   (5) Piotr Bruzda 7+1 2 0 1 2 2 7 10
11   (9) Jiri Stancl 7+0 0 3 3 1 0 7 11
12   (12) Mikhail Starostin 6 1 2 0 2 1 6 12
13   (14) Jan Verner 5 2 0 2 1 0 5 13
14   (11) Bogusław Nowak 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 14
15   (3) Paweł Waloszek 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16   (7) Manfred Poschenreider 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
  (17) Andrzej Jurczyński 0 0
  (18) Franciszek Stach 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

Fifth round

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British Final

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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   (6) John Louis 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2   (8) Peter Collins 13+3 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3   (9) Malcolm Simmons 13+2 3 3 2 2 3 13 3
4   (12) Ray Wilson 11+3 F 3 3 3 2 11 4
5   (3) Martin Ashby 11+2 3 3 1 3 1 11 5
6   (10) Chris Pusey 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7   (11) Tony Davey 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8   (1) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 8
9   (2) Dave Jessup 6 0 0 2 2 2 6 9
10   (4) Doug Wyer 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 10
11   (7) Jim McMillan 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 11
12   (13) Bob Kilby 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13   (14) Chris Morton 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 13
14   (5) Dave Morton 3 0 E 1 0 2 3 14
15   (16) Alan Wilkinson 2 1 0 F 1 0 2 15
16   (15) Carl Glover 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
  (17) Nigel Boocock 0 0
  (18) Bobby Beaton 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

European Final

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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 21
    (12) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
    (3) Ole Olsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
    (9) Phil Crump 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 3
4   (6) Anders Michanek 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 4
5   (2) Henryk Glücklich 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 5
6   (13) Tommy Jansson 8 2 1 2 3 0 8 6
7   (14) Valery Gordeev 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 7
8   (10) Viktor Trofimov 8 X 2 3 1 2 8 8
9   (16) Bernt Persson 7 3 2 0 2 E 7 9
10   (1) Edward Jancarz 7 1 2 2 2 0 7 10
11   (7) Zenon Plech 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 11
12   (15) Marek Cieślak 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12
13   (8) Vladimir Gordeev 5 0 1 0 1 3 5 13
14   (4) Scott Autrey 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 14
15   (11) Reidar Eide 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 15
16   (5) Viktor Kalmykov 1 1 0 - 0 0 1 16
R1   (R1) Tommy Johansson 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Nikolay Kornev 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 21

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

World Final

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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) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2   (16) Anders Michanek 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3   (10) John Louis 12+3 2 2 3 2 3 12 3
4   (6) Ivan Mauger 12+2 3 1 2 3 3 12 4
5   (11) Peter Collins 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 5
6   (1) Phil Crump 10 3 3 1 1 2 10 6
7   (5) Malcolm Simmons 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 7
8   (15) Viktor Trofimov 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 8
9   (8) Tommy Jansson 8 1 2 2 2 0 7 9
10   (3) Bernt Persson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 10
11   (7) Ray Wilson 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 11
12   (2) Edward Jancarz 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 12
13   (4) Valery Gordeev 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 13
14   (9) Zenon Plech 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 14
15   (13) Marek Cieślak 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16   (12) Henryk Glücklich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
  (17) Martin Ashby 0 0
  (18) Vladimir Gordeev 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

References

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