1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

Gary Havelock (champion)

Venue| Olympic Stadium
Location| Wrocław, Poland
End date| 29 August 1992

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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

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### British qualifiers

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Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

* Top 32 to British-Semi finals

## Second round

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### British semi-finals

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Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

* Top 16 to British final

### Australian qualification

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Date  | Championship  | Venue  | Winner

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? | Northern Territory | ? | ?
? | Queensland | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Troy Butler
? | Victorian | Olympic Park, Mildura | Leigh Adams
? | New South Wales | Nepean Speedway, Sydney | Mick Poole
? | Western Australian | Collie Speedway, Collie | Glenn Doyle
? | South Australian | North Arm Speedway, Gillman | Craig Hodgson

### New Zealand qualification

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Date  | Championship  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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

## Third round

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### Continental preliminary round

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* Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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26 Apr |  Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško |  Andreas Bössner |  Igor Dubinin |  Armando Dal Chiele
26 Apr |  Speedwaystadion, Ludwigslust |  Mirosław Kowalik |  Philippe Bergé |  Pavel Karnas
26 Apr |  Volán Sporttelep, Nyiregyhaza |  Sandor Tihanyi |  Laszlo Bodi |  Jacek Woźniak
26 Apr |  Sportplatz St. Johann, St.Johann/Pg |  Rene Aas |  Toni Pilotto |  Borivoj Hadek

### Swedish qualification

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* Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

| (9 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Kenneth Lindby | 12
2 | Henrik Gustafsson | 12
3 | Jimmy Nilsen | 11
4 | Christer Rohlén | 10
5 | Tony Olsson | 10
6 | Erik Stenlund | 9
7 | Patrik Olsson | 8
8 | Mikael Ritterwall | 8
9 | Joakim Karlsson | 7
10 | Claes Ivarsson | 7
11 | Lillebror Johansson | 7
12 | Peter Karlsson | 7
13 | Mikael Teurnberg | 5
14 | Magnus Oscarsson | 4
15 | Jimmy Engman | 1
16 | Stefan Lardner | 1
17 | Peter Johansson (res) | 1
18 | Kent Rickardsson (res) | 0
| (9 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Per Jonsson | 12
2 | Conny Ivarsson | 12
3 | Tony Rickardsson | 11
4 | Jörgen Johansson | 11
5 | Niklas Karlsson | 11
6 | Stefan Dannö | 10
7 | Peter Nahlin | 9
8 | Dennis Löfqvist | 8
9 | Patrik Karlsson | 6
10 | Mikael Karlsson | 6
11 | Tommy Lindgren | 5
12 | Niklas Klingberg | 5
13 | Stefan Andersson | 5
14 | Jörgen Hultgren | 5
15 | Niklas Johansson | 4
16 | Göran Flood | 1

### Australian Final

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Main article: 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

* First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

### British Final

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Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

* Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

### New Zealand Final

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

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Gary Allan | 15
2 | Mark Thorpe | 14
3 | Paul Atkins | 11
4 | Chris Martin | 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

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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 |  Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund |  Sandor Tihanyi |  Antonín Kasper Jr. |  Laszlo Bodi
24 May |  Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra |  Zoltán Adorján |  Andrzej Huszcza |  Roman Matousek
24 May |  Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica |  Bohumil Brhel |  Tomasz Gollob |  Jozsef Petrikovics
24 May |  Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt |  Gerd Riss |  Antal Kocso |  Oleg Kurguskin

### Swedish Final

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* 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)

Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total

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1 | Per Jonsson | 14+14+10 | 38
2 | Jimmy Nilsen | 11+13+12 | 36
3 | Tony Rickardsson | 13+10+12 | 35
4 | Peter Nahlin | 10+12+13 | 35
5 | Jörgen Johansson | 9+9+9 | 27
6 | Conny Ivarsson | 9+5+11 | 25
7 | Christer Rohlén | 6+10+7 | 23
8 | Niklas Karlsson | 5+11+6 | 22
9 | Dennis Löfqvist | 5+7+9 | 21
10 | Tony Olsson | 8+3+9 | 20
11 | Erik Stenlund | 9+6+5 | 20
12 | Kenneth Lindby | 8+5+2 | 15
13 | Mikael Ritterwall | 6+1+5 | 12
14 | Stefan Dannö | 3+8+0 | 11
15 | Joakim Karlsson | 0+4+5 | 9
16 | Patrik Olsson | 4+2+2 | 8

### Finland Final

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

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Vesa Ylinen | 14+3
2 | Juha Moksunen | 14+2
3 | Mika Pellinen | 13
4 | Aki Ala Riihimäki | 10
5 | Petri Nurmesniemi | 9
6 | Tomi Havu | 8
7 | Janne Koivula | 8
8 | Arto Orjo | 7
9 | Janne Moksunen | 7
10 | Marko Hyyryläinen | 7
11 | Petri Vaatsio | 6
12 | Aarre Soivuori | 5
13 | Niklas Finne | 4
14 | Petri Kokko | 3
15 | Jari Kortelainen | 3
16 | Roy Malminheimo | 1
17 | Jounko Jarvi (res) | 1

### Norwegian qualifying

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* Einar Kyllingstad & Lars Gunnestad to Nordic final

### Danish Final

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* \- 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

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 | Gert Handberg | 27
2 | Brian Karger | 23+3
3 | John Jörgensen | 23+2
4 | Tommy Knudsen | 21
5 | Claus Jacobsen | 19+3
6 | Peter Ravn | 19+2
7 | Allan Johansen | 18
8 | Brian Andersen | 18
9 | Bo Eriksen | 11
10 | Jan Staechmann | 10
11 | Jan Andersen | 10
12 | Tom P. Knudsen | 9
13 | Jan Pedersen | 8
14 | Lars-Henrik Jørgensen | 7
15 | Hans Clausen | 7
16 | René Madsen | 4
17 | Jacob Olsen (Res) | 4
18 | Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res) | 2

### Commonwealth Final

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Main article: 1992 Commonwealth final

* First 11 to Overseas final

### American Final

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* First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

## Fifth round

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### Continental semi-finals

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points

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1 |  Zdeněk Tesař | 11+3
2 |  Slawomir Drabik | 11+2
3 |  Roman Matoušek | 11+1
4 |  Antonín Kasper Jr. | 11+0
5 |  Piotr Swist | 10
6 |  Piotr Paluch | 10
7 |  Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 10
8 |  Mikhail Starostin | 9
9 |  Zoltan Hajdu | 8
10 |  Václav Milík Sr. | 8
11 |  Zsolt Böszermenyi | 7
12 |  Laszlo Bodi | 3
13 |  Andrzej Huszcza | 3
14 |  Karel Průša | 3
15 |  Zoltán Adorján | 2
16 |  Jacek Wozniak | 1

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points

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1 |  Antal Kocso | 14
2 |  Róbert Nagy | 12
3 |  Bohumil Brhel | 9
4 |  Gerd Riss | *+3
5 |  József Petrikovics | 8+2
6 |  Petr Vandírek | 8+1
7 |  Mirosław Kowalik | 8+0
8 |  Robert Sawina | 8+0
9 |  Vladimir Kalina | 7
10 |  Borivoj Hadek | 6
11 |  Tomasz Gollob | 6
12 |  Armando Castagna | 6
13 |  Jacek Krzyzaniak | 5
14 |  Jaroslaw Olszewski | 5
15 |  Valentino Furlanetto | 5
16 |  Oleg Kurguskin | 4

### Nordic Final

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

Pos. | Rider | Total

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1 |  Tony Rickardsson | 12
2 |  Per Jonsson | 10+3
3 |  Brian Karger | 10+2
4 |  John Jörgensen | 10+1
5 |  Jimmy Nilsen | 10+0
6 |  Gert Handberg | 9+
7 |  Henrik Gustafsson | 9+
8 |  Tommy Knudsen | 9+
9 |  Einar Kyllingstad | 9+
10 |  Peter Nahlin | 9+
11 |  Lars Gunnestad | 8
12 |  Hans Nielsen | 6
13 |  Claus Jacobsen | 4
14 |  Vesa Ylinen | 3
15 |  Jörgen Johansson (Res) | 1
16 |  Peter Ravn | 0
17 |  Juha Moksunen | 0
18 |  Arnt Førland (Res) | 0

### Overseas Final

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Main article: 1992 Overseas final

* First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

## Sixth round

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### World Semi-Finals

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points

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1 |  Per Jonsson | 14+3
2 |  Gary Havelock | 14+2
3 |  Kelvin Tatum | 11
4 |  Jimmy Nilsen | 9
5 |  Ronnie Correy | 8+
6 |  Zdeněk Tesař | 8+
7 |  John Jörgensen | 8+
8 |  Henrik Gustafsson | 8+
9 |  Antal Kocso | 8+
10 |  Bohumil Brhel | 8+
11 |  Andy Smith | 7
12 |  Mirosław Kowalik | 5
13 |  Jason Lyons | 5
14 |  Roman Matoušek | 4
15 |  Piotr Świst | 2
16 |  Piotr Paluch | 1

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points

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1 |  Gert Handberg | 15
2 |  Sam Ermolenko | 14
3 |  Tommy Knudsen | 11
4 |  Rick Miller | 10
5 |  Tony Rickardsson | 10
6 |  Brian Karger | 9
7 |  Mitch Shirra | 9
8 |  Martin Dugard | 7+3
9 |  Róbert Nagy | 7+2
10 |  Gerd Riss | 7+1
11 |  Sławomir Drabik | 7+0
12 |  Antonín Kasper Jr. | 5
13 |  József Petrikovics | 3
14 |  Einar Kyllingstad | 3
15 |  Petr Vandírek | 2
16 |  Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 1
17 |  Peter Nahlin (Res) | 0

## World final

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* 29 August 1992
* Olympic Stadium, Wrocław[7]

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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|  (8) Gary Havelock | 14  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 14  | 1 |
|  (6) Per Jonsson | 11  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  | 11  | 2 |
|  (13) Gert Handberg | 10  |  |  |  | 3  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 10  | 3 |
4  |  (3) Tommy Knudsen | 9  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 9  | 4 |
5  |  (5) Henrik Gustafsson | 9  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 9  | 5 |
6  |  (1) John Jørgensen | 8  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 6 |
7  |  (12) Jimmy Nilsen | 7  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | X  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 7  | 7 |
8  |  (9) Sam Ermolenko | 7  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | X  |  | 2  |  |  | 7  | 8 |
9  |  (4) Sławomir Drabik | 6  | E  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | X  | 6  | 9 |
10  |  (11) Kelvin Tatum | 6  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 6  | 10 |
11  |  (14) Rick Miller | 6  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (7) Ronnie Correy | 6  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 6  | 12 |
13  |  (15) Mitch Shirra | 6  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  | 6  | 13 |
14  |  (10) Tony Rickardsson | 5  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 14 |
15  |  (16) Zdeněk Tesař | 5  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 5  | 15 |
16  |  (2) Brian Karger | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 4  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Antal Kocso | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1 |
R2  |  (R2) Martin Dugard | 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

gate A - inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D - outside

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## References

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1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ "Flying Brit Gary on top of the world". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 August 1992. Retrieved 29 August 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
6. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
7. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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