1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

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1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[6]

Qualifying results.[7][8]

## First round

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### British Preliminary round

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* Riders progress to British qualifying round

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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3 April | Shielfield Park, Berwick | Taffy Owen | Tom Owen | Graham Jones
10 April | Kingsmead Stadium, Canterbury | Reg Luckhurst | Ted Hubbard | Graham Banks
11 April | Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall | Kevin Jolly | Andy Cusworth | Laurie Etheridge
13 April | Wessex Stadium, Weymouth | Tony Featherstone | Bob Coles | Barney Kennett

### British qualifying round

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* Riders progress to British quarter finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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22 April | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Trevor Geer | Alan Grahame | Paul Tyrer
23 April | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Alan Molyneux | Brian Havelock | Bob Coles
24 April | Abbey Stadium, Swindon | Dave Perks | Steve Bastable | Tom Owen
24 April | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Bobby McNeil | Mick Hines | Mick Bell

## Second round

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### Swedish qualification

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* Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

| (6 May, Kumla Motorstadion
Kumla)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Bernt Persson | 15
2 | Tommy Nilsson | 13
3 | Sören Sjösten | 12
4 | Bo Jansson | 12
5 | Bengt Jansson | 11
6 | Jan Simensen | 10
7 | Gunnar Malmqvist | 8
8 | Leif Enecrona | 8
9 | Börje Klingberg | 6
10 | Bernt Johansson | 4
11 | Bo Andersson | 4
12 | Peter Smith | 4
13 | Sven-Inge Svensson | 4
14 | Therje Henriksson | 3
15 | Kjell Bergström | 2
16 | Benny Ekberg | 2
17 | Eskil Jonsson | 1
18 | Harald Sandberg | 0
| (9 May, Målilla (Motorbana)
Målilla )

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Lars Jansson | 15
2 | Bo Wirebrand | 13
3 | Per-Åke Gerhardsson | 12
4 | Tommy Johansson | 11
5 | Sven Nilsson | 10
6 | Richard Hellsén | 9
7 | Karl-Erik Claesson | 8
8 | Eddie Davidsson | 7
9 | Lars Larsson | 7
10 | Bo Josefsson | 6
11 | Willy Karlsson | 4
12 | Tomas Pettersson | 4
13 | Jan Andersson | 3
14 | Stefan Salmonsson | 3
15 | Sigvard Johansson | 3
16 | Lars-Inge Hultberg | 3
17 | Peter Carlsson | 2
18 | Sune Stark | 0
| (9 May, Motorbanen Hagalund
Lindesberg)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Tommy Jansson | 15
2 | Hasse Holmqvist | 13
3 | Christer Sjösten | 12
4 | Sören Karlsson | 11
5 | Lars-Åke Andersson | 10+3
6 | Per-Olof Dovhjort | 10+2
7 | Claes-Ingvar Svensson | 8
8 | Kenneth Selmosson | 8
9 | Bengt Larsson | 7
10 | Lars-Olof Karlsson | 6
11 | Bertil Andersson | 5
12 | Leif Johansson | 5
13 | Ragnar Holm | 5
14 | Leif Mellberg | 2
15 | Stephan Johansson | 1
16 | Åke Dovhed | 1
17 | Kari Vuoristo | 1
18 | Curt Nyqvist | 0

### New Zealand qualification

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* Top 16 to New Zealand final

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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South Island Final
6 December, '75  | Oreti Park Speedway, Invercargill | Larry Ross | Graeme Stapleton | Denis Sincock
North Island Final
10 January  | Showgrounds, Palmerston North | Colin Farquharson | Colin Tucker | Roy Trigg

### Australian qualification

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Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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New South Wales Round
22 November '75  | Liverpool Speedway, Green Valley | Billy Sanders | Phil Herne | Mitch Shirra
28 November '75  | Jerilderie Park Speedway, Tomago | Phil Herne | Terry Southerland | Mitch Shirra
29 November '75  | Sydney Showground, Sydney | Mitch Shirra | Phil Herne | Billy Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75  | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Mike Farrell | Ron Henderson | Darryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 January  | Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide | John Boulger | Ray Snider | Robin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 January  | Northern Park Raceway, Melbourne | Danny Kennedy | Rob Jones | John Dewhurst
Northern District
23 January  | Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide | Phil Crump | John Boulger | Kym Amundson
31 January  | Sydney Showground, Sydney | Billy Sanders | Mike Farrell | John Langfield
7 February  | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Mike Farrell | John Titman | Garry Middleton

### British quarter-finals

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* Top 32 to British semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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3 May | Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham | Peter Collins | Chris Pusey | Alan Molyneux
5 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | Dave Jessup | Dave Morton | Arthur Price
8 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Alan Grahame | John Davis | Michael Lee
8 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Malcolm Simmons | Chris Morton | Doug Wyer

### Continental Preliminary round

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* Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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25 April |  La Favorita, Sarego |  Hans Wassermann |  Evzen Erban |  Karel Vobornik
25 April |  Stadion Wiener Neustadt |  Georg Gilgenreiner |  Alois Wiesböck |  Hubert Fischbaher

## Third round

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### American qualifying

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* 3 June
* Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
* Top 16 to American Final

### New Zealand Final

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* 14 February, Ruapuna Speedway, Templeton
* Top 8 to Australasian final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Ivan Mauger | 14+3
2 | Barry Briggs | 14+2
3 | Larry Ross | 11+3
4 | Roy Trigg | 11+2
5 | Graeme Stapleton | 10
6 | Paul Fewings | 10
7 | Colin Tucker | 10
8 | Colin Farquharson | 7
9 | Dennis Sincock | 6
10 | Robin Adlington | 6
11 | Merv Salt | 5
12 | Paul Church | 4
13 | Kevin Burt | 3
14 | Paul Wells | 3
15 | Graeme Stewart | 3
16 | Bruce Mitchell | 2
17 | Mike Fullerton | 1

### Australian Final

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* 13 February 1976, Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide
* Top 8 to Australasian Final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Phil Crump | 15
2 | John Langfield | 13
3 | Phil Herne | 12
4 | John Boulger | 12
5 | Mitch Shirra | 10
6 | John Titman | 9
7 | Ticky Day | 9
8 | Billy Sanders | 8
9 | Mick McKeon | 8
10 | Mike Farrell | 6
11 | Robin Amundson | 5
12 | Robert Maxfield | 4
13 | Ron Henderson | 3
14 | Rod Chessell | 3
15 | Ray Snider | 2
16 | Dene Davies | 1
17 | Paul Scanlon | 0

### Swedish Final

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* The final was initially started on 20 May at Gubbängens IP but had to be abandoned following the fatal crash of Tommy Jansson.

* 25 May 1976
* Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping
* Top 8 to Nordic final

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

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1  |  (9) Bernt Persson | 14  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 14  | 1
2  |  (14) Anders Michanek | 11  |  |  |  | X  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 11  | 2
3  |  (2) Sören Karlsson | 11  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 11  | 3
4  |  (3) Bengt Jansson | 11  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 11  | 4
5  |  (10) Jan Simensen | 10  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 10  | 5
6  |  (16) Tommy Nilsson | 10  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 10  | 6
7  |  (13) Sören Sjösten | 10  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 10  | 7
8  |  (4) Christer Sjösten | 8  | F  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  | 8  | 8
9  |  (5) Cal-Erik Claesson | 8  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 8  | 9
10  |  (6) Lars-Like Andersson | 6  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 6  | 10
11  |  (1) Eddie Davidsson | 6  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 6  | 11
12  |  (15) Richard Hellsen | 5  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 12
13  |  (8) Sven Nilsson | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 13
14  |  (7) Per-Olof Dovhjort | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  | 0  | \-  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 14
15  |  (11) Bo Wirebrand | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | \-  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 1  | 15
16  |  (12) Kenneth Selmolsson | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  | 16
|  (17) Bengt Larsson | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |
|  (18) Gunnar Malmqvist | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  |
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

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### Danish Final

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* 25 April 1976
* Speedway Center, Vojens
* Top 2 to Nordic final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Finn Thomsen | 15
2 | Kurt Bøgh | 12+3
3 | Jan Henningsen | 12+2
4 | Leif Rasmusen | 12+1
5 | Finn Rune Jensen | 11
6 | Gunnar Svendsen | 10
7 | Bent Nørregaard-Jensen | 10
8 | Mike Lohmann | 8
9 | Kristian Præstbro | 8
10 | Jens Erik Krause Kjaer | 4
11 | Knud Ellegaard | 4
12 | Ernst Bøgh | 4
13 | Erling Rasmussen | 3
14 | Godtfred Andreasen | 3
15 | Jorgen Walther Johansen | 2
16 | Kaj Kristensen | 2

### Finland Final

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* Top 1 to Nordic final
* 17 Sep '75,
* Kärpänen speedway, Lahti

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Ilkka Teromaa | 15
2 | Kai Niemi | 13
3 | Olli Turkia | 12
4 | Kari Vuoristo | 11
5 | Rauli Mäkinen | 11
6 | Teuvo Sirenius | 8
7 | Pekka Paljakka | 7
8 | Esko Mylläri | 7
9 | Esa Mattila | 7
10 | Ismo Kivelä (res) | 7
11 | Pentti Mattila | 6
12 | Veli Pekka Teromaa | 5
13 | Matti Vayrynen | 4
14 | Seppo Palomäki | 3
15 | Kari Lindevall | 2
16 | Heikki Ahonen | 0
17 | Esa Jamsalainen (res) | 0

### Norwegian Final

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* 25 April 1976
* Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
* First 3 to Nordic Final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Reidar Eide | 15
2 | Dag Lovaas | 14
3 | Edgard Stangeland | 13
4 | Audun Ove Olsen | 11
5 | Øyvind S. Berg | 11
6 | Jan Terje Gravningen | 10
7 | Kjell Gimre | 9
8 | Helge Langli | 9
9 | Tormod Langli | 6
10 | Tom Godal | 5
11 | Ingve Madland | 4
12 | Stein Pedersen | 4
13 | Askild Malmin | 3
14 | Jorn Flatha | 2
15 | Sigvard Pedersen | 2
16 | Per Hetland | 1

### British semi-finals

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* 18 May
* Leicester Stadium, Leicester
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Malcolm Simmons | 14
2 | Bob Kilby | 13
3 | John Louis | 13
4 | Dave Jessup | 12
5 | John Davis | 11
6 | Reg Wilson | 9
7 | Chris Morton | 9
8 | George Hunter | 8
9 | Gordon Kennett | 7
10 | Tom Owen | 6
11 | Arthur Price | 5
12 | Richard Greer | 5
13 | Tony Davey | 4
14 | Alan Molyneux | 3
15 | Paul Tyrer | 1
16 | Kevin Holden | 0

* 19 May
* White City, London
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Peter Collins | 15
2 | Jim McMillan | 14
3 | Doug Wyer | 12
4 | Mike Lanham | 11
5 | Dave Morton | 10
6 | Ray Wilson | 10
7 | Terry Betts | 9
8 | Chris Pusey | 9
9 | Michael Lee | 8
10 | Steve Weatherley | 7
11 | Frank Auffret | 5
12 | Arthur Browning | 4
13 | Dave Perks | 3
14 | Carl Glover | 2
15 | Geoff Pusey | 1
16 | Steve Lomas | 0

### Continental quarter-finals

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* Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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15 May |  Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava |  Mikhail Starostin |  Vladimir Gordeev |  Viktor Trofimov
15 May |  Mladost Stadium, Prelog |  Giuseppe Marzotto |  Viktor Kuznetsov |  Angel Eftimov
16 May |  Rottalstadion, Pocking |  Egon Müller |  Christoph Betzl |  Valery Gordeev
16 May |  Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen |  Vaclav Hejl |  Paolo Noro |  Václav Verner

## Fourth round

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### Continental semi-finals

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* 30 May
* Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Egon Müller | 15
2 |  Valerij Gordeev | 11
3 |  Christoph Betzl | 11
4 |  Jiří Štancl | 11
5 |  Hans Wassermann | 11
6 |  Jan Klokocka | 10
7 |  Grigory Khlinovsky | 9
8 |  Vladimir Smirnov | 9
9 |  Josef Minarik | 8
10 |  Viktor Selivanov | 6
11 |  Václav Verner | 6
12 |  Vaclav Hejl | 5
13 |  Petr Ondrašík | 5
14 |  Evzen Erban | 1
15 |  Franz Lang | 1
16 |  Paulo Noro | 1
17 |  Peter Lempenauer (res) | 0

* 30 May
* Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Viktor Kuznetsov | 13
2 |  Giuseppe Marzotto | 13
3 |  Vladimir Gordeev | 11
4 |  Viktor Trofimov | 11
5 |  Nikolaj Kornev | 10
6 |  Michail Starostin | 10
7 |  Jan Hadek | 9
8 |  Georgij Ivanov | 9
9 |  Sergej Djuchev | 8
10 |  Hubert Fischbacher | 6
11 |  Josef Angermüller | 4
12 |  Emil Sova | 4
13 |  Vladimir Paznikov | 4
14 |  Petr Kucera | 3
15 |  Jan Verner | 3
16 |  Angel Eftimov | 1

### Australasian Final

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* 21 February 1976
* Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
* Top 4 to Intercontinental final

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1 |  John Boulger | 3,3,2,3,3 | 14
2 |  Billy Sanders | 2,3,3,3,2 | 13
3 |  Phil Crump | 3,3,3,X,3 | 12
4 |  Ivan Mauger | 3,2,X,3,3 | 11+3
5 |  Phil Herne | 3,2,1,2,3 | 11+2
6 |  Mitch Shirra | 2,3,2,3,1 | 11+1
7 |  Barry Briggs | X,1,3,2,2 | 8
8 |  John Titman | X,2,2,2,2 | 8
9 |  Ricky Day | 1,1,3,0,1 | 6
10 |  Colin Tucker | 2,2,1,0,0 | 5
11 |  Colin Farqhuarson | 1,E,1,2,1 | 5
12 |  John Langfield | X,1,2,1,0 | 4
13 |  Larry Ross | 2,1,0,1,E | 4
14 |  Graeme Stapleton | 0,0,E,1,2 | 3
15 |  Roy Trigg | 1,0,0,0,1 | 2
16 |  Paul Fewlings | 0,0,1,0,0 | 1
R1 |  Dennis Sincock |  | 1
R2 |  Robin Adlington |  | 1

### American Final

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* 4 June
* Cal-Expo Rodeo Arena, Sacramento
* Winner to Intercontinental Final, Autrey won a three rider race-off

Pos. | Rider | Total

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2 | William Mike Curoco | ?+2
3 | Steve Gresham | ?+1

### British Final

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* 2 June 1976
* Brandon Stadium, Coventry
* First 5 to Intercontinental Final

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

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|  (9) Malcolm Simmons | 15  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 15  | 1
|  (3) Chris Morton | 13  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 13  | 2
|  (6) Doug Wyer | 13  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  | 13  | 3
4  |  (12) Peter Collins | 12  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 12  | 4
5  |  (5) John Louis | 11  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 11  | 5
6  |  (7) Dave Jessup | 10  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 10  | 6
7  |  (2) Jim McMillan | 8  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 8  | 7
8  |  (15) Terry Betts | 7  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  |  |  |  | 7  | 8
9  |  (13) Ray Wilson | 5  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 5  | 9
10  |  (11) Bob Kilby | 5  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 5  | 10
11  |  (16) John Davis | 5  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 5  | 11
12  |  (10) Dave Morton | 4  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 4  | 12
13  |  (14) George Hunter | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 4  | 13
14  |  (1) Mike Lanham | 3  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  | 14
15  |  (4) Reg Wilson | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  | 15
16  |  (8) Chris Pusey | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 16
R1  |  (R1) John Harrhy | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
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

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### Nordic Final

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* 2 June 1976
* Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
* Top 6 to Intercontinental final

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|  (4) Ole Olsen | 14  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  | 14  | 1 |
|  (14) Anders Michanek | 13  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 13  | 2 |
|  (10) Bengt Jansson | 12  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (12) Dag Lovaas | 11  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (7) Bernt Persson | 10  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (5) Sören Sjösten | 10  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 10  | 6 |
7  |  (6) Sören Karlsson | 8  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  | 8  | 7 | 3
8  |  (13) Edgar Stangeland | 8  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 8  | 8 | 2
9  |  (2) Ila Teromaa | 8  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 8  | 9 | 1
10  |  (3) Finn Thomsen | 6  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 6  | 10 |
11  |  (1) Reidar Eide | 6  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (15) Tommy Nilsson | 5  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (11) Markku Helminen | 4  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 4  | 13 |
14  |  (9) Karl Erik Claesson | 2  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (8) Jan Simensen | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | \-  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 15 |
16  |  (16) Christer Sjösten | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Lars-Åke Andersson | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Thomas Pettersson | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R2
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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

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## Fifth round

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### Intercontinental Final

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* 26 June 1976
* Wembley Stadium, London
* First 8 to World Final

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

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1  |  (11) Peter Collins | 12+3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 1
2  |  (9) Ivan Mauger | 12+2  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 12  | 2
3  |  (1) Phil Crump | 11+3  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 3
4  |  (7) Malcolm Simmons | 11+2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 11  | 4
5  |  (8) Chris Morton | 10  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 10  | 5
6  |  (5) Doug Wyer | 10  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 10  | 6
7  |  (10) Scott Autrey | 9  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 9  | 7
8  |  (6) John Louis | 8+3  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  | 8  | 8
9  |  (16) Anders Michanek | 8+2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 8  | 9
10  |  (12) John Boulger | 7  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | T  |  | 7  | 10
11  |  (3) Billy Sanders | 7  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 7  | 11
12  |  (13) Ole Olsen | 6  |  |  |  | X  | E  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 6  | 12
13  |  (15) Bengt Jansson | 4  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | X  | 0  |  |  |  | 4  | 13
14  |  (4) Bernt Persson | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  | 14
15  |  (2) Dag Lovaas | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 15
16  |  (14) Sören Sjösten | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | E  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 1  | 16
|  (17) Trevor Geer | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |
|  (18) Barry Thomas | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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

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### Continental Final

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* 20 June 1976
* Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

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

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|  (4) Jiří Štancl | 8  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 2
|  (9) Valery Gordeev | 7  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | 3
4  |  (7) Vladimir Gordeev | 7  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | 4
5  |  (11) Grigory Khlinovsky | 6  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 5
6  |  (14) Georgy Ivanov | 6  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 6
7  |  (12) Jan Hadek | 6  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 7
8  |  (15) Viktor Kuznetsov | 4  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 8
9  |  (13) Nikolay Kornev | 4  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 9
10  |  (5) Vladimir Smirnov | 4  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 10
11  |  (16) Viktor Trofimov | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 11
12  |  (10) Giuseppe Marzotto | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12
13  |  (2) Hans Wassermann | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 13
14  |  (8) Christoph Betzl | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 14
15  |  (3) Jan Klokocka | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 15
16  |  (1) Mikhail Starostin | 0  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 16
R1  |  (R1) Sergey Dyuzhev | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Josef Minarik | 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

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

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## World Final

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* 5 September 1976
* Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
* Top 8 to World final & 1 reserve

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

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|  (15) Malcolm Simmons | 13  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | 13  | 2
|  (13) Phil Crump | 12  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 12  | 3
4  |  (5) Ivan Mauger | 11  |  | 3  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 11  | 4
5  |  (9) Zenon Plech | 11  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  | 11  | 5
6  |  (7) John Louis | 9  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 9  | 6
7  |  (10) Doug Wyer | 8  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 8  | 7
8  |  (1) Egon Müller | 8  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | 8  | 8
9  |  (2) Scott Autrey | 7  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 7  | 9
10  |  (12) Jiří Štancl | 6  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 10
11  |  (16) Chris Morton | 6  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 6  | 11
12  |  (6) Edward Jancarz | 5  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  | 5  | 12
13  |  (4) Marek Cieślak | 4  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 1  | 4  | 13
14  |  (3) Jerzy Rembas | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  | 14
15  |  (8) Valery Gordeev | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 1  | 15
16  |  (14) Vladimir Gordeev | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  | 16
R1  |  (R1) Anders Michanek | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Grigory Khlinovsky | 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

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

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## References

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1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
6. ^ 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
7. ^ "1976 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
8. ^ "1976 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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