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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

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British qualifiers

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Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

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Australian qualification

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Main article: 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
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

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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

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Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

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Continental preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
4 May Poland  Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Czechoslovakia  Jan Holub II Czechoslovakia  Václav Verner Soviet Union  Oleg Kurguskin
5 May Austria  Stadion Wiener Neustadt Poland  Dariusz Śledź Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Schneiderwind Austria  Andreas Bössner
5 May Germany  Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Germany  Karl Maier Soviet Union  Mikhail Starostin Germany  Robert Barth
5 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Gregor Pintaro Italy  Fabrizzio Vesprini Germany  Markus Jans

Swedish qualification

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

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Main article: 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

New Zealand Final

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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

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Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round

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Danish Final

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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

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Norwegian Final

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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

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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

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 June Poland  Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Poland  Eugeniusz Skupień Hungary  Róbert Nagy Poland  Ryszard Dołomisiewicz
2 June Germany  Günter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg Hungary  Zoltán Adorján Czechoslovakia  Václav Milík Sr. Hungary  Antal Kocso
2 June Hungary  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Hungary  Zoltan Hajdu Poland  Tomasz Gollob Italy  Armando Castagna
2 June Germany  Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen Czechoslovakia  Bohumil Brhel Soviet Union  Mikhail Starostin Poland  Jarosław Olszewski

American Final

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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

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

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor

Fifth round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy  Armando Castagna 15
2 Czechoslovakia  Roman Matoušek 14
3 Germany  Gerd Riss 11+3
4 Soviet Union  Mikhail Starostin 11+2
5 Poland  Wojciech Zaluski 10
6 Czechoslovakia  Vladimir Kalina 9
7 Czechoslovakia  Petr Vandírek 8+3
8 Germany  Klaus Lausch 8+2
9 Hungary  Zoltan Hajdu 8+1
10 Czechoslovakia  Pavel Karnas 7
11 Germany  Robert Barth 6
12 Czechoslovakia  Bohumil Brhel 4
13 Poland  Tomasz Gollob 3
14 Hungary  Robert Csillik 3
15 Hungary  Csaba Hell 2
16 Poland  Jaroslaw Olszewski 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland  Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 12
2 Hungary  Zoltán Adorján 11+3
3 Hungary  Róbert Nagy 11+2
4 Soviet Union  Rif Saitgareev 11+1
5 Poland  Václav Milík Sr. 11+0
6 Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Schneiderwind 10
7 Hungary  József Petrikovics 10
8 Czechoslovakia  Antonín Kasper Jr. 9
9 Hungary  Antal Kocso 8
10 Poland  Piotr Swist 8
11 Soviet Union  Oleg Kurguskin 5
12 Austria  Franz Leitner 3
13 Hungary  Zoltan Kovacs 3
14 Czechoslovakia  Lubomir Jedek 3
15 Poland  Eugeniusz Skupien 2
16 Germany  Tommy Dunker 1
17 Poland  Miroslaw Kowalik (res) 1

Nordic Final

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

Overseas Final

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

Sixth round

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World Semi-Finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 United States  Billy Hamill 12
2 Sweden  Jimmy Nilsen 11
3 Sweden  Per Jonsson 10+3
4 England  Paul Thorp 10+2
5 Czechoslovakia  Roman Matoušek 9
6 Italy  Armando Castagna 9
7 England  Jeremy Doncaster 9
8 New Zealand  Mitch Shirra 9
9 Sweden  Mikael Blixt 8+3
10 Sweden  Henrik Gustafsson 8+2
11 Czechoslovakia  Vladimír Kalina 7
12 Norway  Lars Gunnestad 6
13 Hungary  Zoltán Adorján 4
14 Czechoslovakia  Petr Vandírek 4
15 Czechoslovakia  Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res) 2
16 Hungary  Róbert Nagy 1
17 Soviet Union  Rif Saitgareev 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Denmark  Hans Nielsen 15
2 Denmark  Jan O. Pedersen 14
3 Denmark  Tommy Knudsen 12
4 United States  Sam Ermolenko 11
5 Sweden  Tony Rickardsson* 10
6 United States  Ronnie Correy 8
7 England  Kelvin Tatum 8
8 Germany  Gerd Riss 8
9 Denmark  Gert Handberg 7+3
10 Hungary  József Petrikovics 7+2
11 United States  Kelly Moran 6
12 Poland  Wojciech Załuski 5
13 Czechoslovakia  Václav Milík, Sr. 3
14 Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Schneiderwind 3
15 Germany  Klaus Lausch 2
16 Soviet Union  Mikhail Starostin 1

* First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith

World final

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Classification

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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 Denmark  (15) Jan O. Pedersen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden  (6) Tony Rickardsson 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
3 Denmark  (1) Hans Nielsen 11+3 2 3 1 3 2 11 3
4 Denmark  (2) Tommy Knudsen 11+2 3 1 1 3 3 11 4
5 Sweden  (3) Jimmy Nilsen 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 5
6 England  (10) Paul Thorp 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 6
7 United States  (16) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 7
8 England  (13) Kelvin Tatum 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 8
9 Sweden  (4) Per Jonsson 7 1 2 0 1 3 7 9
10 United States  (5) Ronnie Correy 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 10
11 Italy  (8) Armando Castagna 6 1 1 3 1 0 6 11
12 United States  (12) Billy Hamill 6 2 - 2 1 1 2 12
13 New Zealand  (7) Mitch Shirra 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 13
14 England  (11) Jeremy Doncaster 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 14
15 Czech Republic  (9) Roman Matoušek 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Germany  (14) Gerd Riss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
Sweden  (17) Mikael Blixt 0 0 0
Denmark  (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 Denmark  Jan O. Pedersen (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 Sweden  Tony Rickardsson (2,3,3,2,2) 12
3 Denmark  Hans Nielsen (2,3,1,3,2) 11+3
4 Denmark  Tommy Knudsen (3,1,1,3,3) 11+2
5 Sweden  Jimmy Nilsen (0,2,2,3,3) 10
6 England  Paul Thorp (3,2,2,2,1) 10
7 United States  Sam Ermolenko (2,3,2,0,2) 9
8 England  Kelvin Tatum (1,2,3,2,0) 8
9 Sweden  Per Jonsson (1,2,0,1,3) 7
10 United States  Ronnie Correy (3,0,0,1,2) 6
11 Italy  Armando Castagna (1,1,3,1,0) 6
12 United States  Billy Hamill (2,X,2,1,1) 6
13 New Zealand  Mitch Shirra (0,0,1,2,1) 4
14 Czech Republic  Roman Matoušek (0,1,1,0,0) 2
15 England  Jeremy Doncaster (1,1,0,0,0) 2
16 Germany  Gerd Riss (0,0,0,0,1) 1
R1 Sweden  Mikael Blixt (-,0,-,-,-) 0
R2 Denmark  Gert Handberg (-,-,-,-,-) -

References

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  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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