1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

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1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships.[5] He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.[6]

It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.[7]

## First round

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### British qualification

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* Riders progress to British semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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Preliminary Round
8 April | Milton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes | Malcolm Simmons | Barry Thomas | Andy Campbell
9 April | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Dave Jessup | Andrew Silver | Roger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 April | Berrington Lough Stadium, Berwick | Paul Thorp | Rob Grant | Paul Stead
13 April | Boston Sports Stadium, Boston | Doug Wyer | Les Collins | Andy Hines
15 April | Wimborne Road, Poole | Steve Schofield | Neil Middleditch | Eric Monaghan
27 April | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Andy Campbell | Steve Schofield | Les Collins

## Second round

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### British semi-finals

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* 11 May
* Abbey Stadium, Swindon
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Alan Grahame | 14
2 | Phil Collins | 10
3 | Richard Knight | 10
4 | Kelvin Tatum | 10
5 | Malcolm Simmons | 9
6 | John Davis | 9
7 | Andrew Silver | 9
8 | Marvyn Cox | 9
9 | Peter Collins |
10 | Andy Smith |
11 | Neil Collins |
12 | Peter Carr |
13 | Sean Willmott |
14 | Steve Schofield |
15 | Martin Hagon |

* 18 May
* Odsal Stadium, Bradford
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Simon Wigg | 14
2 | Jeremy Doncaster | 14
3 | Neil Evitts | 13
4 | Chris Morton | 11
5 | Simon Cross | 10
6 | Paul Thorp | 9
7 | Kenny Carter | 8
8 | Carl Blackbird | 8
9 | Louis Carr | 8
10 | Les Collins | 7
11 | Andy Grahame | 6
12 | Kenny McKinna | 5
13 | Andy Campbell | 3
14 | Alan Mogridge | 3
15 | Andy Hines | 1
16 | Michael Lee | 0

### Swedish qualification

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* Top 8 in heat 1, top 7 in heat 2 to Swedish final

| (1 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Tommy Nilsson | 15
2 | Per Jonsson | `3
3 | Patrik Karlsson | 12
4 | Conny Ivarsson | 11
5 | Dennis Löfqvist | 10
6 | Roland Dannö | 10
7 | Anders Kling | 9
8 | Tommy Lindgren | 8
9 | Patrik Åhlund | 7
10 | Mikael Löfqvist | 5
11 | Christer Jonsson | 5
12 | Jan Ericsson | 4
13 | Lars Hammarberg | 3
14 | Johan Zackrisson | 3
15 | Thomas Ek | 3
16 | Claes Ivarsson | 2
| (9 May, Kalvholmen Motorstadion, Karlstad)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Tony Olsson | 14
2 | Jimmy Nilsen | 13+3
3 | Mikael Blixt | 13+2
4 | Kenneth Nyström | 12
5 | Christer Rohlén | 9
6 | Mikael Teurnberg | 9
7 | Uno Johansson | 8+3
8 | Lillebror Johansson | 8+2
9 | Pierre Brannefors | 6
10 | Hans Wahlström | 6
11 | Lars Andersson | 5
12 | Per-Ove Gudmundsson | 5
13 | Johan Staaf | 5
14 | Börje Ring | 5
15 | Mikael Messing | 2
16 | Kent Rickardsson | 1
17 | Hans Hallén | 0

### Australian qualification

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Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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Queensland Championship
Dec 1985 | Pioneer Park, Ayr | John Titman | Troy Butler | Steve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
Dec 1985 | Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago | Stephen Davies | Chris Watson | ?
Northern Territory Championship
Dec 1985 | Arunga Park Speedway | Brent Nott | David Jackson | ?
Victorian Championship
Dec 1985 | Olympic Park, Mildura | Phil Crump | John McNeil | ?
South Australian Championship
Dec 1985 | North Arm Speedway, Adelaide | Steve Baker | Mark Fiora | ?
Western Australian Championship
Dec 1985 | Claremont Speedway, Perth | Mick McKeon | Glyn Taylor | David Cheshire

## Third round

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### Continental preliminary round

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Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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Preliminary Round
11 May |  Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg |  Roman Matoušek |  Heinz Huber |  Erich Shafferer
11 May |  Speedway Stadium, Targovishte |  Valery Gordeev |  Armando Dal Chiele |  Ladislav Hradecky
11 May |  Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana |  Zenon Plech |  Rinat Mardanshin |  Zbignew Blazejczak
11 May |  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc |  Petr Kucera |  Gianni Famari |  József Petrikovics

### Australian Final

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Main article: 1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

* Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

### New Zealand Final

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* 25 January 1986
* Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne
* Top 3 to Commonwealth Final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | David Bargh | 14+3
2 | Larry Ross | 14+2
3 | Mitch Shirra | 12+3
4 | Mike Fullerton | 12+2
5 | Kym Mauger | 11
6 | Chris Martin | 9
7 | Trevor Chapman | 9
8 | Craig Monk | 7
9 | Peter Nightingale | 6
10 | Spencer Timmo | 5
11 | Mike Hollows | 5
12 | Craig Blackett | 4
13 | Craig Wilkkie | 4
14 | Lee Chappell | 3
15 | Steve Brown | 3
16 | Jamie Martin | 1

### British Final

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* 1 June 1986
* Brandon Stadium, Coventry
* Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 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  | 21 | 22

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|  (13) Neil Evitts | 14  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 14  | 1 |  |
|  (2) Phil Collins | 13  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 13  | 2 |  |
|  (15) Jeremy Doncaster | 10  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  | 10  | 3 |  | 3
4  |  (3) Marvyn Cox | 10  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 10  | 4 |  | 2
5  |  (9) Chris Morton | 10  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  | 10  | 5 |  | 1
6  |  (7) Malcolm Simmons | 9  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 9  | 6 |  |
7  |  (10) Richard Knight | 8  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 7 | 3  |
8  |  (1) Paul Thorp | 8  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | T  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 8  | 8 | 2  |
9  |  (8) Kelvin Tatum | 8  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 8  | 9 | 1  |
10  |  (16) Louis Carr | 8  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 8  | 10 | F  |
11  |  (14) Simon Wigg | 7  |  |  |  | 2  |  | E  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 7  | 11 |  |
12  |  (11) Andy Smith | 5  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 5  | 12 |  |
13  |  (5) Andrew Silver | 3  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  | 13 |  |
14  |  (6) Carl Blackbird | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  | 14 |  |
15  |  (4) Simon Cross | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  | 15 |  |
16  |  (12) John Davis | 2  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | T  |  | 2  | 16 |  |
R1  |  (R1) Dave Clark | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
TR  |  (TR) Mike Bacon | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  | TR
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  | 21 | 22

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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* 8 May 1986
* Hele Fyns Speedway Center, Fjelsted
* Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
* Tommy Knudsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Hans Nielsen | 14
2 | Erik Gundersen | 13+3
3 | Bo Petersen | 13+2
4 | Jan O. Pedersen | 12
5 | John Jørgensen | 12
6 | Sam Nikolajsen | 7
7 | Per Sørensen | 7
8 | John Eskildsen | 7
9 | Jens Rasmussen | 7
10 | Peter Glanz | 5
11 | Tommy Knudsen | 5
12 | Peter Ravn | 5
13 | Fleming Pedersen | 4
14 | Kurt Hansen | 4
15 | Preben Eriksen | 3
16 | Aksel Jepsen | 0

### Norwegian Final

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* Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
* Top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final

| Pos. | Rider | Points

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1 | Ingvar Skogland | 14
2 | Robert Langeland | 13
3 | Arnt Førland | 12
4 | Per Magne Levang | 11
5 | Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd | 9
6 | Gjermund Aas | 9

### Finland Final

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* Varkaus Speedway Stadion, Varkaus
* 18 August 1985, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1986 Nordic final

| Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Ari Koponen | 14
2 | Juha Moksunen | 13+3
3 | Roy Malminheimo | 13+2
4 | Olli Tyrvainen | 13+1
5 | Pekka Hautamaki | 12
6 | Aki Ala Riihimaki | 9
7 | Janne Moksunen | 8
8 | Veijo Tuoriniemi | 8
9 | Ossi Henriksson | 8
10 | Heimo Kaikko | 7
11 | Esa Reijo | 4
12 | Aarre Soivuori | 3
13 | Marko Hyyrylainen | 3
14 | Mikael Back | 2
15 | Markku Haapala | 2
16 | Hannu Lehtonen | 0

### Swedish Finals

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* SWE Top 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
* Jan Andersson seeded to Nordic Final
* R1 (21 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna)
* R2 (22 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)
* R3 (23 May, Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla)

Pos. | Rider | R1 | R2 | R3 | Tota

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1 | Tommy Nilsson | 14 | 13 | 12 | 39
2 | Jimmy Nilsen | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34
3 | Mikael Blixt | 8 | 14 | 9 | 31
4 | Erik Stenlund | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30
5 | Kenneth Nyström | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28
6 | Conny Ivarsson | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27
7 | Per Jonsson | 5 | 13 | 8 | 26
8 | Tony Olsson | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24
9 | Roland Dannö | 11 | 5 | 8 | 24
10 | Dennis Löfqvist | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21
11 | Christer Rohlén | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19
12 | Mikael Teurnberg | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15
13 | Uno Johansson | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14
14 | Tommy Lindgren | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14
15 | Patrik Karlsson | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11
16 | Anders Kling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1

## Fourth round

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### Continental quarter-finals

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* Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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24 May |  Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz |  Wojciech Żabiałowicz |  Grzegorz Dzikowski |  Rif Saitgareev
25 May |  Markéta Stadium, Prague |  Viktor Kuznetsov |  Antonín Kasper, Jr. |  Petr Vandirek
26 May |  Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam[8] |  Roman Matoušek |  Roman Jankowski |  Armando Castagna
29 May |  Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching |  Heinrich Schatzer |  József Petrikovics |  Mikhail Starostin

### American Final

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* 23 June 1986
* Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
* Top 5 + 1 reserve to the Overseas 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  | 21 | 22

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|  (12) Shawn Moran | 14  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 14  | 1 |  |
|  (10) Lance King | 13  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 13  | 2 | 3  |
|  (11) Sam Ermolenko | 13  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 13  | 3 | 2  |
4  |  (3) Bobby Schwartz | 13  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 13  | 4 | 1  |
5  |  (4) Kelly Moran | 11  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  | 11  | 5 |  |
6  |  (16) Rick Miller | 9  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 9  | 6 |  |
7  |  (1) Alan Christian | 8  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 7 |  |
8  |  (14) Keith Christo | 8  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 8  | 8 |  |
9  |  (5) Mike Faria | 7  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 7  | 9 |  |
10  |  (6) Steve Lucero | 5  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 5  | 10 |  |
11  |  (15) John Cook | 6  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  | 6  | 11 |  |
12  |  (7) Bobby Ott | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  | 12 |  |
13  |  (13) Robert Pfetzing | 3  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  | 13 |  |
14  |  (2) Brad Oxley | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  | 14 |  |
15  |  (8) Shawn McConnell | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 15 |  |
16  |  (9) Ed Castro | 2  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  | 16 |  |
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  | 21 | 22

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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### Commonwealth Final

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* 8 June 1986
* Hyde Road, Manchester
* Top 11 to the Overseas Final plus 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  | 21

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|  (16) Jeremy Doncaster | 14  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 14  | 1 |
|  (15) Kelvin Tatum | 12  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  | 12  | 2 |
|  (5) Chris Morton | 11  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 11  | 3 |
4  |  (4) Steve Baker | 9  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  | 9  | 4 |
5  |  (13) Neil Evitts | 9  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 9  | 5 |
6  |  (8) Richard Knight | 9  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 9  | 6 |
7  |  (14) Larry Ross | 8  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 8  | 7 |
8  |  (6) Phil Crump | 8  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (2) Marvyn Cox | 8  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 8  | 9 |
10  |  (9) Paul Thorp | 8  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  | 8  | 10 |
11  |  (1) Mitch Shirra | 7  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 7  | 11 |
12  |  (12) David Bargh | 6  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | F  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 12 |
13  |  (10) Phil Collins | 5  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 5  | 13 |
14  |  (7) Malcolm Simmons | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  | 14 |
15  |  (11) Steve Regeling | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  | 15 |
16  |  (3) Alan Rivett | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  | 16 |
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  | 21

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## Fifth round

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### Continental semi-finals

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* 8 June
* Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Viktor Kuznetsov | 13
2 |  Georg Hack | 12+3
3 |  Michail Starostin | 12+2
4 |  Antonín Kasper Jr. | 12+1
5 |  Karl Maier | 11
6 |  Heinrich Schatzer | 10
7 |  Petr Vandírek | 9
8 |  Klaus Lausch | 8+3
9 |  Zoltán Adorján | 8+2
10 |  Pavel Karnas | 6
11 |  Vladimir Trofimov | 6
12 |  Sandor Tihanyi | 5
13 |  Zenon Plech | 4
14 |  Andrzej Huszcza | 3
15 |  Zbigniew Blazejczak | 1
16 |  József Petrikovics | 0

* 8 June
* Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Armando Castagna | 12
2 |  Stanislav Urban | 10+3
3 |  Roman Matoušek | 10+2
4 |  Valerij Gordeev | 10+1
5 |  Wojciech Zabialowicz | 10+0
6 |  Ryszard Dolomisiewicz | 9
7 |  Maciej Jaworek | 9
8 |  Nikolaj Manev | 8
9 |  Lubomir Jedek | 7
10 |  Francesco Biginato | 7
11 |  Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 7
12 |  Rif Saitgareev |
13 |  Ryszard Franczyszyn |
14 |  Roman Jankowski |
15 |  Paolo Salvatelli |
16 |  Grzegorz Dzikowski |

### Nordic Final

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* 4 July 1986
* Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
* Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 |  Hans Nielsen | 14
2 |  Jimmy Nilsen | 13
3 |  Jan O. Pedersen | 11
4 |  Erik Gundersen | 10
5 |  Jan Andersson | 10
6 |  Tommy Knudsen | 10
7 |  Tommy Nilsson | 9
8 |  Bo Petersen | 9
9 |  Kai Niemi | 9
10 |  John Jørgensen | 8
11 |  Erik Stenlund | 6
12 |  Einar Kyllingstad | 3
13 |  Ari Koponen | 3
14 |  Mikael Blixt | 2
15 |  Juha Moksunen | 2
16 |  Ingvar Skogland | 0
Res |  Kenneth Nyström | 1

### Overseas Final

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* 19 June 1986
* Brandon Stadium, Coventry
* Top 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 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  | 21

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|  (7) Sam Ermolenko | 14  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 14  | 1 |
|  (4) Jeremy Doncaster | 12  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 2 |
|  (14) Neil Evitts | 11  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 11  | 3 |
4  |  (1) Marvyn Cox | 10  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 10  | 4 |
5  |  (2) Chris Morton | 10  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (8) Mitch Shirra | 9  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 9  | 6 |
7  |  (12) Kelvin Tatum | 9  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 9  | 7 |
8  |  (15) Kelly Moran | 8  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 0  |  |  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (5) Steve Baker | 7  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (13) Paul Thorp | 6  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 10 |
11  |  (10) Phil Crump | 5  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | F  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 11 |
12  |  (11) Bobby Schwartz | 5  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (3) Larry Ross | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 5  | 13 |
14  |  (6) Malcolm Simmons | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (9) Lance King | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 15 |
16  |  (16) Shawn Moran | 0  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | \-  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  | \-  |  |  | 0  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Rick Miller | 5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 5  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Steve Regeling | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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## Sixth round

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### Continental Final

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* 20 July 1986
* Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
* Top 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve
* Ryszard Dołomisiewicz seeded 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  | 21 | 22

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|  (15) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 13  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | 13  | 2 |  | 2
|  (12) Armando Castagna | 12  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 12  | 3 |  |
4  |  (2) Karl Maier | 11  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 11  | 4 | 3  |
5  |  (11) Petr Vandirek | 11  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 11  | 5 | 2  |
6  |  (6) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz | 8  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  | 8  | 6 |  |
7  |  (5) Stanislav Urban | 7  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 7  | 7 |  |
8  |  (8) Roman Matoušek | 7  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | X  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 7  | 8 |  |
9  |  (9) Valery Gordeev | 7  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  | 7  | 9 |  |
10  |  (3) Nikolai Manev | 6  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 10 |  |
11  |  (13) Wojciech Żabiałowicz | 6  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 6  | 11 |  |
12  |  (16) Klaus Lausch | 5  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 5  | 12 |  |
13  |  (4) Mikhail Starostin | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 5  | 13 |  |
14  |  (14) Georg Hack | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  | E  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 4  | 14 |  |
15  |  (1) Heinrich Schatzer | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  | 3  | 15 |  |
16  |  (10) Maciej Jaworek | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 16 |  |
R1  |  (R1) Zoltan Adorjan | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Lubomir Jedek | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 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  | 21 | 22

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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### Intercontinental Final

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* 20 July 1986
* Odsal Stadium, Bradford
* Top 11 to World Final plus 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  | 21

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|  (14) Hans Nielsen | 14  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 14  | 2 |
|  (4) Tommy Knudsen | 12  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (5) Neil Evitts | 11  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (1) Kelvin Tatum | 8  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 8  | 5 |
6  |  (2) Sam Ermolenko | 8  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 8  | 6 |
7  |  (8) Jimmy Nilsen | 8  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 8  | 7 |
8  |  (3) Mitch Shirra | 7  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 7  | 8 |
9  |  (13) Chris Morton | 7  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (6) Jan O. Pedersen | 7  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  | 7  | 10 |
11  |  (15) Marvyn Cox | 6  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  | 6  | 11 | 3
12  |  (7) Jan Andersson | 6  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 6  | 12 | 2
13  |  (12) Paul Thorp | 4  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | E  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 4  | 13 |
14  |  (16) Jeremy Doncaster | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  | 14 |
15  |  (10) Steve Baker | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (11) Tommy Nilsson | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Phil Crump | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) John Jørgensen | 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  | 21

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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* 30 August 1986
* Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

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  | 21

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|  (5) Hans Nielsen | 14  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 14  | 1 |
|  (11) Jan O. Pedersen | 13  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 13  | 2 |
|  (12) Kelvin Tatum | 12  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (1) Jimmy Nilsen | 11  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (10) Tommy Knudsen | 10  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | X  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (13) Viktor Kuznetsov | 10  |  |  |  | 3  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 10  | 6 |
7  |  (6) Sam Ermolenko | 9  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  | 9  | 7 |
8  |  (4) Neil Evitts | 8  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (16) Chris Morton | 8  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 8  | 9 |
10  |  (8) Erik Gundersen | 7  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 7  | 10 |
11  |  (15) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz | 6  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (14) Marvyn Cox | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  | 12 |
13  |  (2) Karl Maier | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  | 13 |
14  |  (3) Armando Castagna | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | \-  |  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 2  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (7) Mitch Shirra | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Jan Andersson | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Petr Vandirek | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  | 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  | 21

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## References

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1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. ^ "Nielsen conquers the world at last". Manchester Evening News. 1 September 1986. Retrieved 8 September 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "Great Dane". Sunday Mirror. 31 August 1986. Retrieved 10 July 2021 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
8. ^ "Bank Holiday Bonanza". Reading Evening Post. 24 May 1986. Retrieved 9 February 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.

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