1992 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
Date End:	29 August 1992
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Wrocław, Poland
Prev:	1991
Next:	1993

The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1] ^[2]

Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion^[3] since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.^[4] ^[5]

Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.^[6]

First round

British qualifiers

See main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship.

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

See main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship.

Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

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?	Northern Territory	?	?
?	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Troy Butler
?	Victorian		Leigh Adams
?	New South Wales		Mick Poole
?	Western Australian		Glenn Doyle
?	South Australian

New Zealand qualification

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14 Dec '91	South Island Final		Mark Thorpe	Mark Jamieson	Justin Monk
??	North Island Final	Waikaraka Park, Auckland	??	??	??

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

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26 Apr				Armando Dal Chiele
26 Apr	Speedwaystadion, Ludwigslust
26 Apr				Jacek Woźniak
26 Apr				Borivoj Hadek

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(9 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla)
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1	Kenneth Lindby	12
2		12
3		11
4		10
5		10
6		9
7	Patrik Olsson	8
8	Mikael Ritterwall	8
9	Joakim Karlsson	7
10		7
11	Lillebror Johansson	7
12		7
13		5
14	Magnus Oscarsson	4
15		1
16	Stefan Lardner	1
17	Peter Johansson (res)	1
18	Kent Rickardsson (res)	0

(9 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1	Per Jonsson	12
2		12
3		11
4	Jörgen Johansson	11
5	Niklas Karlsson	11
6		10
7		9
8		8
9	Patrik Karlsson	6
10		6
11	Tommy Lindgren	5
12		5
13		5
14	Jörgen Hultgren	5
15	Niklas Johansson	4
16	Göran Flood	1

Australian Final

See main article: 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.

First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

British Final

See main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship.

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

Meeanee Speedway, Napier
25 January, First (+Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Total
1		15
2		14
3		11
4		10
5	John Roberts	9
6	Mark Jamieson	9
7	Trevor Chapman	9
8	Mike Wilson	9
9	Steve Mundgeway	6
10	Barry Free	6
11	Dean Sullivan	6
12	Glen Sole	5
13	Robbie Price	4
14	Rhys Hamburger	3
15	Ricky Meehan (res)	2
16	Dean Ornsby	0
17	Justin Monk	0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

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24 May					Laszlo Bodi
24 May				Roman Matousek
24 May				Jozsef Petrikovics
24 May					Oleg Kurguskin

Swedish Final

3 Rounds, first 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final
R1 (19 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)
R2 (20 May, Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors)
R3 (21 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro)

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Scores	width=50px	Total
1		14+14+10	38
2		11+13+12	36
3		13+10+12	35
4		10+12+13	35
5		9+9+9	27
6		9+5+11	25
7		6+10+7	23
8		5+11+6	22
9		5+7+9	21
10		8+3+9	20
11		9+6+5	20
12		8+5+2	15
13		6+1+5	12
14		3+8+0	11
15		0+4+5	9
16		4+2+2	8

Finland Final

Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
18 Aug '91, top 2 to Nordic final

Norwegian qualifying

Einar Kyllingstad & Lars Gunnestad to Nordic final

Danish Final

- 2 rounds, first 6 to Nordic final
R1 (16 May, Uhre Speedway, Karup)
R2 (17 May, Speedway Center, Holsted)
Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Total
1		27
2		23+3
3		23+2
4		21
5		19+3
6		19+2
7		18
8		18
9		11
10		10
11		10
12		9
13		8
14		7
15		7
16		4
17	Jacob Olsen (Res)	4
18	Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res)	2

Commonwealth Final

See main article: 1992 Commonwealth final.

First 11 to Overseas final

American Final

First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

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14 June
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
Top 7 to World semi-final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		11+3
2		11+2
3		11+1
4		11+0
5		10
6		10
7		10
8		9
9		8
10		8
11		7
12		3
13		3
14	Karel Průša	3
15		2
16		1

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14 June
Holsteinring Brokstedt, Brokstedt
Top 7 to World semi-final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		14
2		12
3		9
4		+3
5		8+2
6		8+1
7		8+0
8		8+0
9		7
10		6
11		6
12		6
13		5
14		5
15		5
16		4

Nordic Final

14 June 1992
Elgane Speedway, Elgane
First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Total
1		12
2		10+3
3		10+2
4		10+1
5		10+0
6		9+
7		9+
8		9+
9		9+
10		9+
11		8
12		6
13		4
14		3
15	Jörgen Johansson (Res)	1
16		0
17		0
18	Arnt Førland (Res)	0

Overseas Final

See main article: 1992 Overseas final.

First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

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9 August 1992
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

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1		14+3
2		14+2
3		11
4		9
5		8+
6		8+
7		8+
8		8+
9		8+
10		8+
11		7
12		5
13		5
14		4
15		2
16		1

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15 August 1992
Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
First 7 to World final plus 1 reserve
Sławomir Drabik seeded to World Final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		15
2		14
3		11
4		10
5		10
6		9
7		9
8		7+3
9		7+2
10		7+1
11		7+0
12		5
13		3
14		3
15		2
16		1
17	Peter Nahlin (Res)	0

World final

29 August 1992
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 10 July 2021.
Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
News: Flying Brit Gary on top of the world . Birmingham Daily Post . 31 August 1992 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 29 August 2024.
Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 10 July 2021.
Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.