1959 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.[7] New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title[8] with a 15-point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.[9]
Swedish round
Qualification results.[10][11]
Norwegian round
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Finnish round
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Continental quarter-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 31 May |  Municipal Stadium, Ostrów | Joachim Maj | Janusz Koscielak | Mieczysław Połukard |
| 31 May |  Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen | Björn Knutson | Florian Kapała | Konstanty Pociejkewicz |
| 31 May |  Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec | Stefan Kwoczala | Luboš Tomíček Sr. | Richard Janicek |
| 31 May |  Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj | Miloslav Špinka | Marian Phillip | Karel Průša |
Second round
Nordic qualification
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Continental semi-final
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Third round
- Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final
British & Commonwealth Qualifying
- Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final
Nordic Final
- 31 May 1959
Turku Speedway track, Turku- First 9 to European Final
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
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| 1 |  Rune Sörmander | 14+3 |
| 2 |  Aage Hansen | 14+2 |
| 3 | Arne Carlsson | 12 |
| 4 | Ole Andersson | 11 |
| 5 | Olle Nygren | 9 |
| 6 | Alf Jonsson | 9 |
| 7 |  Kalevi Lahtinen | 9 |
| 8 | Ulf Ericsson | 8 |
| 9 | Thorvald Karlsson | 7 |
| 10 | Timo Laine | 6 |
| 11 | Göran Norlén | 6 |
| 12 | Birger Forsberg | 4 |
| 13 | Bernt Nilsson | 4 |
| 14 | Aulis Lehtonen | 3 |
| 15 | Antti Pajari | 2 |
| 16 | Turka Sivari | 1 |
| 17 | Kjell Lutteman | 0 |
| 18 | Aulis Tuominen | dnr |
| 19 | Allan Nillson | dnr |
Continental Final
- 21 June 1959
BBM Stadium, Munich- First 6 to European 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 | (14) Josef Hofmeister |
15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | (2) Björn Knutson |
13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | (13) Mieczysław Połukard |
13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | (9) Florian Kapała |
11 | 3 | 3 | E | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | (1) Konstanty Pociejkewicz |
10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | (5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. |
9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | (16) Joachim Maj |
8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | F | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |  (15) Josef Bössner |
8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | (11) Jaroslav Machač |
7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | (3) Bohumír Bartoněk |
7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | (6) Pawel Mirowski |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | (4) Miloslav Špinka |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | (8) Zdeněk Dominik |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | (10) Richard Janicek |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | (7) Stanislav Svoboda |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | (12) František Irmis |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
 (17) Alfred Aberl |
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
| gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
