1987 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained
The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 42nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4]
It was contested for the one and only time over two days in the Netherlands. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.[5]
With the chances of a surprise winner reduced due to two races being held it was the favourite Hans Nielsen that duly obliged with his second World crown. Nielsen had trailed after day one by 1 point to great rival Erik Gundersen and the American Sam Ermolenko. However in trademark style Nielsen produced a 15 point maximum on day two to wrap up the World Title, with Gundersen claiming silver and Ermolenko bronze.[6] [7]
First round
British preliminary round
- Top 32 riders to British semi-finals
Second round
British semi-finals
- Top 16 riders to British semi-finals
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Third round
Continental preliminary round
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1 May | | | | Vladimir Voronkov |
17 May | | | | Gianni Famari |
17 May | | | | |
17 May | | | | | |
Swedish qualification
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
(3 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö) |
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1 | | 13+3 |
2 | | 13+2 |
3 | | 12 |
4 | Johan Staaf | 11 |
5 | | 11 |
6 | Dennis Löfqvist | 10 |
7 | | 10 |
8 | | 8 |
9 | Thomas Ek | 7 |
10 | | 6 |
11 | Jörgen Johansson | 6 |
12 | Lennart Bengtsson | 6 |
13 | Tony Gudbrand | 2 |
14 | Patrik Olsson | 2 |
15 | Leif Jonsson | 2 |
16 | | 1 | |
(3 May, Motorbanen Hagalund, Lindesberg) |
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1 | | 13 |
2 | | 11 |
3 | Niklas Karlsson | 11 |
4 | | 10 |
5 | Patrik Karlsson | 10 |
6 | Bo Arrhén | 9 |
7 | | 9 |
8 | Lillebror Johansson | 9 |
9 | | 8 |
10 | Mikael Ritterwall | 8 |
11 | | 7 |
12 | Börje Ring | 4 |
13 | Lars Andersson | 4 |
14 | | 3 |
15 | Mikael Messing | 3 |
16 | Anders Condé | 1 | |
British Final
Australian Final
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1 | | 14 |
2 | | 12 |
3 | | 10 |
4 | | 10 |
5 | | 10 |
6 | | 9 |
7 | | 9 |
8 | | 8 |
9 | | 8 |
10 | | 7 |
11 | | 6 |
12 | | 4 |
13 | | 4 |
14 | | 3 |
15 | | 2 |
16 | | 2 | |
New Zealand Final
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1 | | 14 |
2 | | 13 |
3 | | 12 |
4 | | 10 |
5 | | 10 |
6 | Richard Price | 9 |
7 | Mark Long | 8 |
8 | Chris Martin | 8 |
9 | Steve Rose | 8 |
10 | John Roberts | 6 |
11 | Mark Lyndon | 6 |
12 | Chris Monk | 5 |
13 | Les Chappell | 4 |
14 | Don Hopewell | 3 |
15 | Dave Cotton | 2 | |
Fourth round
Continental quarter-finals
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
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24 May | | | | |
31 May | | | | |
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Commonwealth Final
- 14 June 1987
- Hyde Road, Manchester
- First 11 to the Overseas Final
American Final
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1 | | 3,4,4,4,4 | 19 |
2 | | 4,4,3,4,3 | 18 |
3 | | 4,2,4,3,2 | 15+4 |
4 | | 4,4,4,2,2 | 15+3 |
5 | | 2,4,3,4,2 | 15+2 |
6 | | 4,2,3,2,4 | 15+1 |
7 | | 3,3,2,4,3 | 15+0 |
8 | | 3,0,4,3,4 | 14 |
9 | | 0,4,2,3,3 | 12 |
10 | | 2,1,1,3,4 | 11 |
11 | | 1,3,3,2,1 | 10 |
12 | | 1,3,2,0,3 | 8 |
13 | | 2,0,1,2,3 | 8 |
14 | | 3,1,1,1,1 | 7 |
15 | | 2,1,2,0,0 | 5 |
16 | | 1,2,0,1,1 | 5 |
17 | | 1,2,1,1,F | 5 |
18 | | 0,1,0,0,1 | 2 |
19 | | 0,0,0,1,0 | 1 |
20 | | 0,0,0,0,0 | 0 |
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Swedish Finals
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1 | | 15 | 14 | 14 | 43 |
2 | | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
3 | | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
4 | | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
5 | | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
6 | | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
7 | | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
8 | | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
9 | | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
10 | | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
11 | | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
12 | | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
13 | | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
14 | | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
15 | | 6 | 2 | - | 8 |
16 | Lillebror Johansson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
17 | | 6 | 1 | - | 7 |
18 | | - | 0 | 7 | 7 |
19 | | - | - | 1 | 1 |
16 | | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
Finnish Final
2 riders selected for Nordic Final
Norway Final
2 riders selected for Nordic Final
Danish Final
Fifth round
Continental semi-finals
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1 | | 14 | 2 | | 13 | 3 | | 11+3 | 4 | | 11+2 | 5 | | 10 | 6 | | 10 | 7 | | 9 | 8 | | 8 | 9 | | 7 | 10 | | 6 | 11 | | 6 | 12 | | 5 | 13 | | 5 | 14 | | 3 | 15 | | 2 | 16 | | 0 | 17 | Josef Fejfar (res) | 0 | |
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1 | | 14 | 2 | | 13 | 3 | | 11+3 | 4 | | 11+2 | 5 | | 10 | 6 | | 9 | 7 | | 9 | 8 | | 8 | 9 | | 6 | 10 | | 6 | 11 | | 5 | 12 | | 4 | 13 | | 4 | 14 | | 4 | 15 | | 3 | 16 | | 3 | 17 | | 0 | 18 | Heinrich Schatzer (res) | 0 | |
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Overseas Final
Nordic Final
Sixth round
Сontinental Final
Intercontinental Final
World Final
- Scores accumulated from 2 days
Day 1
Day 2
Final standings
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| 1 | | 12+15 | 27 |
| 2 | | 13+11 | 24+3 |
| 3 | | 13+11 | 24+2 |
4 | | 9+13 | 22 |
5 | | 11+11 | 22 |
6 | | 12+8 | 20 |
7 | | 10+9 | 19 |
8 | | 7+8 | 15 |
9 | | 7+5 | 12 |
10 | | 4+8 | 12 |
11 | | 7+3 | 10 |
12 | | 5+4 | 9 |
13 | | 5+4 | 9 |
14 | | 0+8 | 8 |
15 | | 3+2 | 5 |
16 | | 1+0 | 1 |
R1 | | 1 | 1 |
R2 | | did not ride | - |
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Notes and References
- Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 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.
- Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
- Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
- News: Erik truce . Sandwell Evening Mail . 7 September 1987 . 10 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Hans roars to world triumph . Sandwell Evening Mail . 7 September 1987 . 10 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.