1956 Individual Speedway World Championship

Qualification started in 1955.^[10][11]

The October 1955 Norwegian final was cancelled due to bad weather, resulting in riders being seeded to Nordic round

• 23 October 1955
• Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
• First 7 (+seeded riders) to 1956 Nordic round

• Top 21 qualify for Championship round.^[12]

• 8 June 1956
• Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping
• First 7 to European final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Dan Forsberg	15
2	Ulf Ericsson	14
3	Rune Sörmander	13
4	Bernt Nilsson	12
5	Göran Norlén	11
6	Per Olof Söderman	9
7	Birger Forsberg	9
8	Ole Andersson	7
9	Per Tage Svensson	6
10	Aage Hansen	5
11	Rolf Westerberg	5
12	Stig Pramberg	3
13	Lars Pettersson	1
14	Antti Pajari	1
15	Simo Ylänen	0
16	Reidar Kristoffersen	dnr
17	Kaukko Jousanen	dnr

Fritz Dirtl was tragically killed competing in the Continental final. He was involved in a crash with fellow Austrian rider Josef Kamper and the fell into the path of Mieczysław Połukard.^[13]

• 10 June 1956
• Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
• First 7 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kjell Carlsson	14
2	Josef Seidl	14
3	Andrzej Krzesiński	11
4	Włodzimierz Szwendrowski	10
5	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	10
6	Edward Kupczyński	9
7	Florian Kapała	9
8	Mieczysław Połukard	9
9	Albin Siegl	7
10	Hugo Rosák	7
11	Josef Hofmeister	5
12	Paul Cardang	5
13	Sebastian Wiesent	5
14	Alfred Aberl	2
15	Fritz Dirtl	0
16	Josef Kamper	0
17	Janusz Suchecki	dnr
18	Edmund Nazimek	dnr
19	Marian Kaiser	dnr

• Top 11 qualify, 1 reserve for World final

• (Peter Craven seeded to World final)

Scores
First 11 to World final + 1 reserve

Pos. Rider Total pts 1 Brian Crutcher 29 2 Ronnie Moore 27 3 Gerry Hussey 26 4 Alan Hunt 26 5 Ken McKinlay 26 6 Doug Davies 25 7 Barry Briggs 25 8 Arthur Forrest 25 9 Dick Fisher 24 10 Eric Boothroyd 24 11 Peter Moore 23 12 Jack Biggs 23 13 Nigel Boocock 23 14 Aub Lawson 22 15 Split Waterman 22 16 Ron How 20 17 Ron Johnston 18 18 Les McGillivray 17 19 Bob Roger 17 20 Billy Bales 17 21 Bob Duckworth 17 22 Guy Allott 17 23 Gerald Jackson 16 24 Eric French 14 25 Peter Williams 14 26 Ron Clarke 14 27 Bert Edwards 13 28 Ken Middleditch 13 29 Harry Bastable 13

Pos. Rider Total pts 30 Cyril Roger 12 31 Bert Roger 12 32 Ray Cresp 12 33 Ken Sharples 12 34 Phil Clarke 11 35 Cyril Maidment 10 36 Jim Tolley 10 37 Dick Bradley 9 38 Alby Golden 9 39 Arthur Wright 9 40 George White 8 41 Howdy Byford 8 42 Ronnie Genz 8 43 Bob Sharp 8 44 Trevor Redmond 7 45 Reg Trott 6 46 Pete Lansdale 6 47 Jack Geran 5 48 Junior Bainbridge 5 49 Bill Holden 4 50 Ron Mountford 4 51 Allan Kidd 4 52 Cyril Brine 4 53 Barry East 3 54 Neil Mortimer 2 55 Gordon McGregor 2 56 Alf Hagon 2 57 Derek Tailby 2 58 Bill Andrew 1

• 8 July 1956
• Bislett Stadium, Oslo
• First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve^[14]

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	15
2	Per Olof Söderman	13
3	Ole Andersson	12
4	Ulf Ericsson	11
5	Rune Sörmander	10
6	Henry Andersen	8
7	Florian Kapała	8
8	Edward Kupczyński	7
9	Göran Norlén	7
10	Dan Forsberg	6
11	Birger Forsberg	5
12	Bernt Nilsson	4
13	Włodzimierz Szwendrowski	2
14	Mieczysław Połukard	2
15	Marian Kaiser	2
16	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	2

• 22 September 1956
• Wembley Stadium, London^[15]

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	(1,3,3,3,3)	13
2	Ronnie Moore	(2,2,2,3,3)	12
3	Arthur Forrest	(3,1,3,2,2)	11+3
4	Peter Craven	(3,1,2,2,3)	11+2
5	Ken McKinlay	(2,2,3,3,0)	10
6	Per Olof Söderman	(0,3,2,2,3)	10
7	Barry Briggs	(3,2,1,3,1)	10
8	Brian Crutcher	(1,3,3,0,2)	9
9	Peter Moore	(2,1,1,2,2)	8
10	Eric Boothroyd	(2,3,1,1,0)	7
11	Alan Hunt	(3,0,1,1,1)	6
12	Dick Fisher	(0,0,2,1,2)	5
13	Doug Davies	(1,2,0,0,1)	4
14	Ole Andersson	(1,1,0,0,0)	2
15	Ulf Ericsson	(0,0,0,1,1)	2
16	Gerry Hussey	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Rune Sörmander	absent	-
R2	Jack Biggs	did not ride	-
R3	Nigel Boocock	did not ride	-

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	(4) Ove Fundin	13	1							3				3				3				3	13	1
2	(3) Ronnie Moore	12	2						2				2				3				3		12	2
3	(5) Arthur Forrest	11+3		3			1					3					2					2	11	3
4	(2) Peter Craven	11+2	3					1				2				2				3			11	4
5	(8) Ken McKinlay	10		2						2			3			3			0				10	5
6	(1) Per Olof Söderman	10	0				3				2				2				3				10	6
7	(14) Barry Briggs	10				3		2					1		3							1	10	7
8	(6) Brian Crutcher	9		1				3			3							0			2		9	8
9	(15) Peter Moore	8				2			1			1						2	2				8	9
10	(11) Eric Boothroyd	7			2				3		1					1						0	7	10
11	(10) Alan Hunt	6			3			0						1			1		1				6	11
12	(7) Dick Fisher	5		0					0					2	1					2			5	12
13	(13) Doug Davies	4				1	2							0		0					1		4	13
14	(12) Ole Andersson	2			1					1		0			0						0		2	14
15	(9) Ulf Ericsson	2			0		0						0					1		1			2	15
16	(16) Gerry Hussey	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
	(17) Jack Biggs	0																					0
	(18) Nigel Boocock	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