1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final.^[4] Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off. Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points.^[5]

First round edit

British qualifiers edit

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round edit

Australian qualification edit

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
17 Nov '90	Northern Territory	Tennant Creek Speedway	Wayne Bridgeford	Glen Baxter	Trevor O'Brien
1 Dec '90	Queensland	Mac's Speedway, Mackay	Troy Butler	Darren Winkler	Alan Rivett
23 Dec '90	Victorian	Olympic Park, Mildura	Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons	Phil Crump
26 Dec '90	New South Wales	Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago	Craig Boyce	Todd Wiltshire	Stephen Davies
28 Dec '90	Western Australian	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Glenn Doyle	David Cheshire	Michael Carter
29 Dec '90	South Australian	Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge	Shane Parker	Damon Richardson	Brett Tomkins
19 Jan 1991	Last Chance	Arunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs	Shane Bowes	Scott Norman	Mark Lemon

New Zealand qualification edit

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
??	South Island Final	Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch	Mark Lyndon	??	??
??	North Island Final	Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne	David Bargh	??	??

British semi-finals edit

Top 16 to British final

Third round edit

Continental preliminary round edit

Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
4 May	Olympic Stadium, Wrocław	Jan Holub II	Václav Verner	Oleg Kurguskin
5 May	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	Dariusz Śledź	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Andreas Bössner
5 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt	Karl Maier	Mikhail Starostin	Robert Barth
5 May	Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana	Gregor Pintaro	Fabrizzio Vesprini	Markus Jans

Swedish qualification edit

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(3 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Mikael Blixt	13
2	Conny Ivarsson	11
3	Jimmy Nilsen	11
4	Erik Stenlund	10
5	Mikael Karlsson	10
6	Tony Olsson	9
7	Mikael Ritterwall	9
8	Mikael Löfqvist	8
9	Niklas Karlsson	7
10	Olli Tyrväinen	6
11	Magnus Oscarsson	6
12	Patrik Karlsson	6
13	Christer Rohlén	5
14	Kenneth Nyström	4
15	Mikael Olsson	4
16	Joakim Karlsson	1

(4 May, Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Per Jonsson	13
2	Mikael Teurnberg	13
3	Tony Rickardsson	13
4	Henrik Gustafsson	11
5	Peter Karlsson	11
6	Claes Ivarsson	9
7	Peter Nahlin	8
8	Stefan Dannö	7+3
9	Dennis Löfqvist	7+2
10	Kenneth Lindby	7+1
11	Jörgen Johansson	6
12	Göran Flood	5
13	Robert Johansson	4
14	Anders Kling	1
15	Jimmy Engman	1
16	Lillebror Johansson	0

Australian Final edit

First 3 (+ *Leigh Adams seeded) to Commonwealth Final

New Zealand Final edit

14 February 1991
Awapuni Speedway, Gisborne
First 2 to Commonwealth final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	15
2	Chris Martin	14
3	Mark Thorpe	12
4	John Tuffley	11
5	Justin Monk	10
6	Michael Long	10
7	Greg Fisher	8
8	John Roberts	7
9	Nathan Murray	5
10	Ricky Bennett	5
11	Jacqui Mauger	5
12	Dean Sullivan	5
13	Nick Young	4
14	Michael Hollow	3
15	Gary Marsh	3
16	Steve Etches	0

British Final edit

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round edit

Danish Final edit

19 May 1991
Fladbro Speedway, Randers
First 6 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	15
2	Tommy Knudsen	14
3	Hans Nielsen	12+3
4	John Jörgensen	12+2
5	Gert Handberg	10
6	Bo Petersen	9
7	Jan Jacobsen	8
8	Brian Karger	6
9	Jan Staechmann	6
10	Jens-Henry Nielsen	6
11	Allan Johansen	6
12	Tom P. Knudsen	5
13	Per Sorensen	4
14	Jan Pedersen	3
15	Lars Munkedal	3
16	Lars-Henrik Jörgensen	1

Finnish qualifying edit

Vesa Ylinen & Juha Moksunen seeded to Nordic final

Norwegian Final edit

Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
19 Aug 1990, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1991

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Lars Gunnestad	15
2	Kjell Øyvind Sola	13
3	Willy Tjessem	12
4	Robert Langeland	11
5	Atle Knutsen	11
6	Odd Pettersen	11
7	Jorn Arve Arda	9
8	Gjermund Aas	9
9	Bjorn Ivar Fauske	5
10	Marten Tunheim	5
11	Ingvar Hvamstad	4
12	Rolf Netland	4
13	Arnt Førland	3
14	Nils Mellomstrand	1
15	Anders Bjorkqvist	1
16	Per Erga	0

Swedish Final edit

3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
R1 (14 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla)
R2 (15 May, Ljungheden, Västervik)
R3 (2 June, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm)

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henrik Gustafsson	15+14+11	40
2	Per Jonsson	11+11+14	37
3	Tony Rickardsson	12+12+9	33
4	Jimmy Nilsen	13+12+8	33
5	Mikael Blixt	8+9+12	29
6	Erik Stenlund	11+6+10	27
7	Conny Ivarsson	3+11+12	26
8	Peter Karlsson	8+8+7	23
9	Stefan Dannö	10+5+4	19
10	Claes Ivarsson	4+3+11	18
11	Tony Olsson	2+7+6	15
12	Mikael Karlsson	5+5+5	15
13	Mikael Teurnberg	7+1+5	13
14	Peter Nahlin	3+9+1	13
15	Mikael Löfqvist	5+4+1	10
16	Mikael Ritterwall	3+3+2	8

Continental quarter-finals edit

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 June	Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik	Eugeniusz Skupień	Róbert Nagy	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz
2 June	Günter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg	Zoltán Adorján	Václav Milík Sr.	Antal Kocso
2 June	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Zoltan Hajdu	Tomasz Gollob	Armando Castagna
2 June	Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen	Bohumil Brhel	Mikhail Starostin	Jarosław Olszewski

American Final edit

2 March 1991
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Rick Miller	15
2	Sam Ermolenko	14
3	Ronnie Correy	13
4	Kelly Moran	11
5	Billy Hamill	10+3
6	Bobby Ott	10+2
7	Gary Hicks	9
8	Bobby Schwartz	7
9	Mike Faria	7
10	Greg Hancock	6
11	Lance King	5
12	Louis Kossuth	4
13	Steve Lucero	3
14	Brad Oxley	3
15	Andy Northrup	2
16	Josh Larsen (Res)	1
17	John Kehoe	0

Commonwealth Final edit

2 June 1991
Norfolk Arena, King's Lynn
First 11 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jeremy Doncaster	14
2	Leigh Adams	10+3
3	Joe Screen	10+2
4	Paul Thorp	10+1
5	Kelvin Tatum	9
6	Glenn Doyle	9
7	Neil Collins	8
8	Gary Havelock	8
9	Todd Wiltshire*	7
10	Andy Smith	7
11	Mitch Shirra	7
12	Chris Louis	6
13	Sean Wilson	5
14	Gary Allan	4
15	Martin Dugard	4
16	Craig Boyce	1

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor

Fifth round edit

Continental semi-finals edit

22 June
Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut
Top 7 to World semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Armando Castagna	15
2	Roman Matoušek	14
3	Gerd Riss	11+3
4	Mikhail Starostin	11+2
5	Wojciech Zaluski	10
6	Vladimir Kalina	9
7	Petr Vandírek	8+3
8	Klaus Lausch	8+2
9	Zoltan Hajdu	8+1
10	Pavel Karnas	7
11	Robert Barth	6
12	Bohumil Brhel	4
13	Tomasz Gollob	3
14	Robert Csillik	3
15	Csaba Hell	2
16	Jaroslaw Olszewski	1

23 June
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
Top 7 to World semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Ryszard Dolomisiewicz	12
2	Zoltán Adorján	11+3
3	Róbert Nagy	11+2
4	Rif Saitgareev	11+1
5	Václav Milík Sr.	11+0
6	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	10
7	József Petrikovics	10
8	Antonín Kasper Jr.	9
9	Antal Kocso	8
10	Piotr Swist	8
11	Oleg Kurguskin	5
12	Franz Leitner	3
13	Zoltan Kovacs	3
14	Lubomir Jedek	3
15	Eugeniusz Skupien	2
16	Tommy Dunker	1
17	Miroslaw Kowalik (res)	1

Nordic Final edit

23 June 1991
Nordjylland Speedway Center, Brovst
First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	13
2	Jan O. Pedersen	12
3	Jimmy Nilsen	11
4	Henrik Gustafsson	10
5	Per Jonsson	9
6	Lars Gunnestad	9
7	Gert Handberg	8
8	Tommy Knudsen	8
9	Mikael Blixt	8
10	Tony Rickardsson	7+3
11	Einar Kyllingstad	7+2
12	Vesa Ylinen	7+1
13	Bo Petersen	4
14	John Jörgensen	4
15	Juha Moksunen	1
16	Tor Einar Hielm	1

Overseas Final edit

23 June 1991
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	13
2	Sam Ermolenko	12+3
3	Billy Hamill	12+2
4	Andy Smith	11
5	Paul Thorp	10
6	Ronnie Correy	9
7	Jeremy Doncaster	7
8	Mitch Shirra	7
9	Kelly Moran	7
10	Todd Wiltshire	6+3
11	Glenn Doyle	6+2
12	Joe Screen	5
13	Rick Miller	4
14	Gary Havelock	4
15	Leigh Adams	4
16	Neil Collins	3

Sixth round edit

World Semi-Finals edit

11 August 1991
Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne
First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Billy Hamill	12
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11
3	Per Jonsson	10+3
4	Paul Thorp	10+2
5	Roman Matoušek	9
6	Armando Castagna	9
7	Jeremy Doncaster	9
8	Mitch Shirra	9
9	Mikael Blixt	8+3
10	Henrik Gustafsson	8+2
11	Vladimír Kalina	7
12	Lars Gunnestad	6
13	Zoltán Adorján	4
14	Petr Vandírek	4
15	Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res)	2
16	Róbert Nagy	1
17	Rif Saitgareev	1

18 August 1991
Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg
First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14
3	Tommy Knudsen	12
4	Sam Ermolenko	11
5	Tony Rickardsson*	10
6	Ronnie Correy	8
7	Kelvin Tatum	8
8	Gerd Riss	8
9	Gert Handberg	7+3
10	József Petrikovics	7+2
11	Kelly Moran	6
12	Wojciech Załuski	5
13	Václav Milík, Sr.	3
14	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	3
15	Klaus Lausch	2
16	Mikhail Starostin	1

* First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith

World final edit

31 August 1991
Ullevi, Göteborg^[6]

Classification 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	(15) Jan O. Pedersen	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
2	(6) Tony Rickardsson	12		2				3			3							2			2		12	2
3	(1) Hans Nielsen	11+3	2				3				1				3				2				11	3
4	(2) Tommy Knudsen	11+2	3					1				1				3				3			11	4
5	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	10	0						2				2				3				3		10	5
6	(10) Paul Thorp	10			3			2						2			2		1				10	6
7	(16) Sam Ermolenko	9				2				3	2						0			2			9	7
8	(13) Kelvin Tatum	8				1	2							3		2					0		8	8
9	(4) Per Jonsson	7	1							2				0				1				3	7	9
10	(5) Ronnie Correy	6		3			0					0					1					2	6	10
11	(8) Armando Castagna	6		1						1			3			1			0				6	11
12	(12) Billy Hamill	6			2					-		2			1						1		2	12
13	(7) Mitch Shirra	4		0					0					1	2					1			4	13
14	(11) Jeremy Doncaster	2			1				1		0					0						0	2	14
15	(9) Roman Matoušek	2			0		1						1					0		0			2	15
16	(14) Gerd Riss	1				0		0					0		0							1	1	16
	(17) Mikael Blixt	0								0													0
	(18) Gert Handberg	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

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Tony Rickardsson	(2,3,3,2,2)	12
3	Hans Nielsen	(2,3,1,3,2)	11+3
4	Tommy Knudsen	(3,1,1,3,3)	11+2
5	Jimmy Nilsen	(0,2,2,3,3)	10
6	Paul Thorp	(3,2,2,2,1)	10
7	Sam Ermolenko	(2,3,2,0,2)	9
8	Kelvin Tatum	(1,2,3,2,0)	8
9	Per Jonsson	(1,2,0,1,3)	7
10	Ronnie Correy	(3,0,0,1,2)	6
11	Armando Castagna	(1,1,3,1,0)	6
12	Billy Hamill	(2,X,2,1,1)	6
13	Mitch Shirra	(0,0,1,2,1)	4
14	Roman Matoušek	(0,1,1,0,0)	2
15	Jeremy Doncaster	(1,1,0,0,0)	2
16	Gerd Riss	(0,0,0,0,1)	1
R1	Mikael Blixt	(-,0,-,-,-)	0
R2	Gert Handberg	(-,-,-,-,-)	-

References edit

^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

External links edit

[1] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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