1975 Individual Speedway World Championship

The format of the Championship changed for the 1975 event. This time the British riders (not including Commonwealth riders for the first time) were allowed four places in the World Final to be held in England. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 12 riders for the World Final. The European Final qualification route included a new Intercontinental Final which feature riders from the United States for the first time for many years.^[8][9]

• Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

• Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
4 May	Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt	Alois Wiesböck	Adi Funk	Josef Minarik
4 May	La Favorita, Sarego	Otto Barth	Giuseppe Marzotto	Angeł Eftimov

• Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifying round

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
18 May	Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach	Jan Hadek	Marek Cieślak	Valery Gordeev
18 May	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Henryk Glücklich	Josef Minarik	Vladimir Nesterov
18 May	Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava	Jiří Štancl	Vladimir Gordeev	Paweł Waloszek
18 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Edward Jancarz	Isztvan Sziracki	Viktor Trofimov

• Top 3 to Nordic final

• 21 May 1975
• Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
• First 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
1	(1) Tommy Jansson	14	3				3				3				2				3				14	1
2	(5) Anders Michanek	13		3			2					3					3					2	13	2
3	(14) Bernt Persson	13				3		3					3		3							1	13	3
4	(4) Sören Karlsson	12	1							3				3				3				2	12	4
5	(2) Tommy Johansson	11	2					2				2				2				3			11	5
6	(7) Bengt Jansson	10		2					3					2	1					2			10	6
7	(8) Sören Sjösten	10		1						2			2			3			2				10	7
8	(10) Hasse Holmqvist	7			3			1						0			2		0				6	8
9	(16) Christer Sjösten	5+3				2				1	0						1			1			5	9
10	(3) Åke Andersson	5+2	0						1				1				0				3		5	10
11	(9) Bo Josefsson	4			2		0						0					2		0			4	11
12	(15) Eddie Davidsson	4				0			2			1						1	0				4	12
13	(13) Jan Simensen	4				1	1							1		0					1		4	13
14	(12) Stefan Salomonsson	3			1					0		0			0						2		3	14
15	(6) Leif Enecrona	1		0				0			1							0			0		1	15
16	(11) Conny Samuelsson	0			0				0		-					-						-	0	16
	(17) Peter Smith	2									2											0	2
	(18) Richard Hellsen	1														1							1
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

29 May Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Valerij Gordeev 15 2 Edward Jancarz 12 3 Zenon Plech 12 4 Michail Starostin 10 5 Manfred Poschenreider 10 6 Viktor Trofimov 10 7 Boguslaw Nowak 9 8 Marek Cieslak 9 9 Andrzej Jurczynski 8 10 Henny Kroeze 8 11 Vladimir Rozanchuk 5 12 Jan Hadek 4 13 Jan Klokocka 4 14 Georgij Markatanov 2 15 Istvan Sziraczki 2 16 Andrzej Wyglenda 0 17 Janos Szöke (res) 0

31 May Markéta Stadium, Prague Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Piotr Bruzda 12 2 Jan Verner 11 3 Vladimir Gordeev 11 4 Paweł Waloszek 10 5 Henryk Glücklich 10 6 Viktor Kalmykov 10 7 Nikolaj Kornev 10 8 Jiří Štancl 9+3 9 Franciszek Stach 9+2 10 Vladimir Nesterov 8 11 Georgij Ivanov 5 12 Petr Kucera 5 13 Václav Verner 4 14 Andrzej Tkocz 4 15 Josef Minarik 1 16 Jerzy Szczakiel 1

• Top 5 Commonwealth riders to Intercontinental final, top 32 British riders to British semi-finals

• 1 June 1975
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
• First 9 to Intercontinental Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ole Olsen	3,2,3,3,3	14
2	Tommy Jansson	2,3,2,3,3	13
3	Dag Lovaas	3,0,3,3,3	12+3
4	Bernt Persson	2,3,2,3,2	12+2
5	Reidar Eide	3,3,1,2,1	10
6	Tommy Johansson	2,1,3,1,3	10
7	Hasse Holmqvist	1,2,2,1,2	8
8	Anders Michanek	F,1,3,2,2	8
9	Bengt Jansson	0,3,0,2,2	7
10	Edgar Stangeland	0,2,1,2,1	6
11	Ila Teromaa	2,2,1,0,F	5
12	Finn Thomsen	3,F,0,0,1	4
13	Sören Sjösten	1,1,1,1,E	4
14	Sören Karlsson	1,0,2,0,0	3
15	Kari Vuoristo	0,0,0,1,0	1
16	Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	F,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Tormod Langli	1,0	1
R2	Helge Langli	1,0,1	2

24 June Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Martin Ashby 15 2 Malcolm Simmons 14 3 Bob Kilby 11 4 Jim McMillan 10 5 Gordon Kennett 10 6 John Louis 10 7 Doug Wyer 9 8 Chris Morton 8 9 Bobby Beaton 6 10 Frank Auffret 5 11 George Hunter 5 12 Mike Lanham 5 13 Eric Broadbelt 3 14 Arthur Price 2 15 Colin Gooddy 2 16 Roger Johns 1

24 June Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ray Wilson 15 2 Dave Jessup 13 3 Peter Collins 11 4 Dave Morton 11 5 Alan Wilkinson 10 6 Tony Davey 9 7 Carl Glover 8 8 Chris Pusey 8 9 Nigel Boocock 8 10 Terry Betts 5 11 Kevin Holden 4 12 Alan Grahame 4 13 Ray Bales 4 14 Tom Owen 4 15 Trevor Hedge 3 16 Paul Tyrer 2

• 3 June 1975
• Ullevi, Gothenburg
• First 8 to European 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
1	(2) Ivan Mauger	14	2					3				3				3				3			14	1
2	(11) Anders Michanek	12			2				3		3					1						3	12	2
3	(13) Bernt Persson	11+3				3	3							0		2					3		11	3
4	(1) Ole Olsen	11+2	3				1				2				2				3				11	4
5	(6) Scott Autrey	9		3				2			1							2			1		9	5
6	(9) Tommy Jansson	9			3		2						2					1		1			9	6
7	(14) Reidar Eide	8+3				2		1					3		0							2	8	7
8	(3) Phil Crump	8+2	1						2				1				2				2		8	8
9	(7) Tommy Johansson	8+1		1					0					2	3					2			8	9
10	(4) Dag Lovaas	7	0							3				1				3				0	7	10
11	(12) John Boulger	4			1					0		2			1						0		4	11
12	(8) Billy Sanders	4		0						2			0			0			2				4	12
13	(16) Bengt Jansson	4				0				1	0						3			0			4	13
14	(5) Hasse Holmqvist	4		2			0					1					0					1	4	14
15	(10) Steven Gresham	3			0			0						3			0		F				3	15
16	(15) Barry Briggs	1				1			-			-						-	-				1	16
	(17) Kenneth Selmonsson	0																					0
	(18) Jan Andersson	2							1			0						0	1				2
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

• 22 June 1975
• Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad
• First 8 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
1	(6) Edward Jancarz	12		3				1			3							2			3		12	1
2	(4) Valery Gordeev	11	3							0				2				3				3	11	2
3	(15) Viktor Kalmykov	11				3			3			3						0	2				11	3
4	(10) Vladimir Gordeev	10			3			3						1			0		3				10	4
5	(13) Marek Cieślak	10				0	2							3		3					2		10	5
6	(8) Henryk Glücklich	10		1						3			1			2			3				10	6
7	(2) Viktor Trofimov	10	2					2				2				1				3			10	7
8	(1) Zenon Plech	7+3	1				1				1				3				1				7	8
9	(16) Nikolay Kornev	7+2				1				2	2						1			2			8	9
10	(5) Piotr Bruzda	7+1		2			0					1					2					2	7	10
11	(9) Jiri Stancl	7+0			0		3						3					1		0			7	11
12	(12) Mikhail Starostin	6			1					2		0			2						1		6	12
13	(14) Jan Verner	5				2		0					2		1							0	5	13
14	(11) Bogusław Nowak	5			2				2		0					0						1	5	14
15	(3) Paweł Waloszek	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(7) Manfred Poschenreider	1		0					0					0	0					1			1	16
	(17) Andrzej Jurczyński	0																					0
	(18) Franciszek Stach	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