1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 32nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]

History was made in the 1977 final when Ivan Mauger of New Zealand equalled Ove Fundin's title record of five World Championship wins. Mauger had gone close to equalling the record before and finally achieved it in Sweden, the home of Fundin.[6] In a decisive 18th heat re-run Mauger won from his nearest challenger Ole Olsen (the latter riding on his spare bike saw his title hopes end). In the original start Olsen was leading Mauger when he was forced to lay his bike down to avoid hitting John Boulger and damaged his jawa bike. Defending champion Peter Collins won his last ride to claim the silver medal despite riding with a broken left leg, but Olsen won the bronze medal run-off against young English rider Michael Lee.[7]

Qualifying results.[8][9]

First round

British Preliminary round

  • Riders progress to British quarter-finals

New Zealand qualification

More information Date, Venue ...
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
North Island Final
12 JanuaryWestern Springs Stadium, AucklandJohn GoodallMike FullertonJack Millen
South Island Final
3 JanuaryRuapuna Speedway, TempletonRoger WrightLarry RossPaul Fewings
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Second round

New Zealand semi-final

More information Date, Venue ...
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
20 JanuaryRuapuna Speedway, TempletonIvan MaugerLarry RossBarry Briggs
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Australian qualification

More information Date, Venue ...
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
New South Wales Round
27 NovemberSydney Showground, SydneyRicky DayBilly SandersMitch Shirra
Queensland qualification
28 NovemberCarina Speedway, BundabergJohn TitmanNeil CoddingtonOwen Hall
Victorian qualification
8 JanuaryNorthern Park Raceway, MelbournePhil CrumpDanny KennedyRob Jones
Southern qualification
17 JanuaryRowley Park, AdelaideJohn BoulgerTony BoyleBob Maxfield
28 JanuaryRowley Park, AdelaidePhil CrumpJohn BoulgerTony Boyle
New South Wales qualification
11 FebruaryJerilderie Park, TomagoPhil CrumpPhil HerneBilly Sanders
West Australian qualification
21 FebruaryClaremont Speedway, PerthGlyn TaylorNeil WebbLes Leisk
Northern Zone Final
23 FebruaryExhibition Ground, BrisbaneNeil CoddingtonSteve KoppeMike Farrell
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Continental Preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental semi-finals.

Josef Angermüller was killed during the first preliminary round at the San Savino Speedway Park after falling and colliding with a concrete post.[10]

More information Date, Venue ...
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 AprilItaly San Savino, Civitanova MarcheItaly Paolo NoroCzechoslovakia Jan HadekCzechoslovakia Jiří Štancl
25 AprilWest Germany Breitwangbahn, BopfingenEast Germany Georg HackCzechoslovakia Jiri JiroutEast Germany Hans Ziegl
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British quarter-finals

  • Top 32 progress to British semi-finals

Third round

British semi-finals

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderPoints
1Terry Betts13
2Michael Lee11
3Alan Wilkinson10+3
4Martin Ashby10+2
5Neil Middleditch10+1
6Barry Thomas9
7Gordon Kennett9
8David Gagen9
9Bobby Beaton8
10Trevor Geer8
11Chris Pusey8
12Ray Wilson7
13Bobby McNeil4
14Graham Drury3
15Steve Finch1
16Paul Tyrer 0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Dave Jessup15
2Doug Wyer14
3Malcolm Simmons13
4John Davis12
5Bob Kilby10
6Keith White9
7Chris Morton9
8John Louis8
9Martin Yeates7
10Ian Turner6
11Reg Wilson5
12Jim McMillan4
13Dave Gooderham4
14Bernie Leigh3
15George Hunter1
16John Jackson0
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New Zealand Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Larry Ross3,2,3,3,314
2Ivan MaugerX,3,3,3,312
3Robin Adlington2,3,2,2,312
4Barry Briggs1,1,3,3,311
5John Goodall3,3,1,3,111
6Roger Wright1,3,2,2,210
7Colin Farquharson2,2,3,2,110
8Mike Fullerton3,1,2,1,29
9Colin Tucker3,0,1,2,28
10Paul Fewings2,1,0,1,15
11Max Brown1,0,2,0,14
12Allan Brown0,2,1,1,F4
13James Moore0,F,X,1,23
14Malcolm Chambers2,F,0,-,-2
15Bruce Spargo0,1,0,0,01
16John Bargh0,-,0,0,00
R1Merv Hodgson1,1,02
R2Bruce Mitchell2,02
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Australian Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Phil Crump15
2Phil Herne13
3Billy Sanders13
4John Boulger11
5Mike Farrell10
6John Titman9
7Ricky Day9
8Mitch Shirra8
9Stuart Mountford7
10Danny Kennedy7
11Tony Boyle7
12Paul O'Neil4
13Robin Amundson3
14Mick McKeon2
15John Williams2
16Robert Maxfield0
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Finland Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Ilkka Teromaa13
2Veli Pekka Teromaa12+3
3Markku Helminen12+2
4Kai Niemi11
5Rauli Mäkinen11
6Seppo Palomäki11
7Esko Mylläri10
8Ari Koponen
9Esa Mattila7
10Pekka Hautamäki5
11Ismo Kivelä5
12Pentti Mattila5
13Olli Turkia4
14Keijo Mylläri3
15Veli Pekka Kunelius2
16Veikko Haapamäki0
17Veijo Tuoriniemi (res)0
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Norwegian Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Tormod Langli15
2Rolf Gramstad12
3Stein R.Pedersen12
4Jan Gravningen11
5Edgar Stangeland11
6Tom Godal
7Ingve Madland
8Trond Helge Skretting
9Geir Aasland
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Danish Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Finn Thomsen13
2Erling Rasmussen12+3
3Bo Petersen12+2
4Gunnar Svendsen11
5Finn Rune Jensen9+3
6Bent Nørregaard-Jensen9+2
7Bent Rasmussen8
8Frank Mastrup8
9Kaj Kristiansen7
10Knud Ellegaard7
11Jens Erik Krause Kjaer7
12Kurt Bøgh6
13Frank Hansen5
14Jorgen Walther Johansen5
15Otto Larsen1
16Preben Rosenkilde0
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Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
More information Date, Venue ...
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Fourth Round

Swedish qualification

  • Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final
More information (6 May, Avestavallen, Avesta), Pos ...
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American Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Mike Bast14
2Bruce Penhall13+3
3Scott Autrey13+2
4Steve Bast11
5Rick Woods10
6Alan Christian9
7Mike Curoso9
8Dennis Sigalos8
9Steve Gresham8
10Duane Yarrow7
11Larry Shaw6
12Rich McMurray5
13Dennis Robinson5
14Ron McGill1
15Dave Faria1
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Nordic Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderTotal
1Denmark Ole Olsen15
2Finland Ila Teromaa14
3Denmark Finn Thomsen12
4Finland Kai Niemi12
5Denmark Bo Petersen10
6Norway Tom Godal10
7Denmark Finn Jensen9
8Norway Tormod Langli8
9Denmark Gunnar Svendsen7
10Finland Markku Helminen5
11Denmark Erling Rasmussen5
12Norway Trond Helge Skretting4
13Finland Esa Mattila (Res)3
14Finland Rauli Mäkinen (Res)2
15Norway Geir Aasland1
16Finland Pentti Mattila (Res)1
17Norway Ingve Madland0
18Finland Ari Koponen0
19Norway Stein R Pedersen0
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Australasian Final

More information Placing, Rider ...
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
1 New Zealand (5) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
2 Australia (1) Phil Crump 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 Australia (16) John Boulger 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 3 1
4 Australia (9) Billy Sanders 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 4
5 Australia (12) Phil Herne 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 New Zealand (4) Barry Briggs 9 1 1 3 2 2 9 6
7 Australia (3) Ricky Day 9 2 3 2 1 1 9 7
8 Australia (13) Mitch Shirra 8 1 0 2 3 2 8 8
9 Australia (6) Mike Farrell 7 2 3 1 1 0 7 9
10 Australia (14) John Titman 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 10
11 New Zealand (7) Colin Farquharson 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 11
12 New Zealand (10) Larry Ross 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 12
13 New Zealand (15) Robin Adlington 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 New Zealand (11) Mike Fullerton 3 0 1 0 2 E 3 14
15 New Zealand (8) Roger Wright 1 0 0 E 1 0 1 15
16 New Zealand (2) John Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Australia (R1) Stuart Mountford 0 0 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Paul O'Neil 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
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British Final

More information Placing, Rider ...
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
1 England (6) Michael Lee 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (8) Dave Jessup 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 England (16) Doug Wyer 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 3
4 England (2) John Davis 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 4
5 England (5) Keith White 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 England (3) Chris Morton 9 X 3 2 2 2 9 6
7 England (14) Bob Kilby 9 2 3 0 3 1 9 7
8 England (11) Gordon Kennett 8 3 1 0 1 3 8 8
9 England (1) Terry Betts 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 9
10 England (9) Alan Wilkinson 7 2 1 1 2 1 7 10
11 England (15) John Louis 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12 England (10) Martin Ashby 5 1 1 3 0 0 5 12
13 England (7) Barry Thomas 2 T 0 0 2 0 2 13
14 England (12) David Gagen 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 14
15 England (4) Neil Middleditch 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 England (13) Malcolm Simmons 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Mick Bell 3 0 2 1 3 R1
R2 England (R2) Frank Smith 0 F 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
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Continental semi-finals

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderPoints
1Poland Jerzy Rembas13+3
2Poland Boguslaw Nowak13+2
3Poland Jan Mucha11+3
4Czechoslovakia Václav Verner11+2
5Czechoslovakia Jan Verner11+1
6Soviet Union Alexander Juchov11+0
7Soviet Union Vladimir Rozhanchuck8
8Soviet Union Grigory Khlinovsky8
9Poland Andrzej Jurczynski7
10Poland Zenon Plech6
11Hungary Istvan Sziraczki5
12Poland Mieczyslaw Wozniak5
13Poland Ryszard Fabiszewski (res)5
14Hungary Laszlo Meszaros3
15Soviet Union Sergej Djuchev1
16Czechoslovakia Jindrich Dominik1
17Soviet Union Pavel Khlynovski0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Poland Marek Cieslak15
2West Germany Egon Müller13
3Poland Edward Jancarz13
4Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl13
5Soviet Union Gregorij Ivanov10
6Bulgaria Angel Eftimov9
7Netherlands Henny Kroeze9
8Czechoslovakia Jan Hadek9
9Austria Hubert Fischbacher6
10Poland Zdzislaw Dobrucki5
11Soviet Union Nikolaj Kornev5
12Austria Siegfried Eder4
13Netherlands Frits Koning3
14Poland Henryk Glücklich3
15Soviet Union Alexander Rachimov2
16Poland Andrzej Tkocz2
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Fifth round

Swedish Final

More information Pos., Rider ...
Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
1Anders Michanek15151444
2Bengt Jansson13111438
3Bernt Persson1214632
4Tommy Nilsson1081230
5Sören Karlsson8111029
6Jan Andersson691227
7Richard Hellsén119727
8Christer Sjösten96924
9Sören Sjösten68721
10Tommy Johansson77519
11Hasse Holmqvist75315
12Jan Simensen36615
13Åke Fridell46414
14Karl-Erik Claesson43613
15Börje Klingberg4037
16Eddie Davidsson1225
17Lars-Åke Andersson0--0
18Conny Samuelsson-0-0
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Continental Final

More information Placing, Rider ...
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
1 Czechoslovakia (9) Jan Verner 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3
2 West Germany (4) Egon Muller 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 2
3 Czechoslovakia (6) Jiří Štancl 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3 1
4 Poland (12) Edward Jancarz 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 4
5 Poland (13) Jan Mucha 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Soviet Union (10) Vladimir Rozhanchuk 10 2 2 0 3 3 10 6
7 Soviet Union (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 7
8 Poland (14) Bogusław Nowak 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 8
9 Poland (7) Jerzy Rembas 6 0 3 1 F 2 6 9
10 Czechoslovakia (2) Jan Hadek 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 10
11 Bulgaria (8) Angel Jeftimov 3 2 1 F - - 3 11
12 Netherlands (15) Henny Kroeze 2 1 1 F - - 2 12
13 Poland (16) Marek Cieślak 1 0 F 1 E E 1 13
14 Soviet Union (5) Georgy Ivanov 1 1 F - - - 1 14
15 Poland (3) Andrzej Jurczyński 0 F 0 F F - 0 15
16 Czechoslovakia (1) Václav Verner 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 Soviet Union (R1) Nikolay Kornev 5 E 3 2 5 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Nikolay Dubrovin 1 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
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Intercontinental Final

More information Placing, Rider ...
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
1 England (1) Peter Collins 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (15) Ole Olsen 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 Australia (12) Billy Sanders 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 3 3
4 England (11) Michael Lee 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 4 2
5 New Zealand (4) Ivan Mauger 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 5
6 Australia (16) John Boulger 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 6
7 Denmark (3) Finn Thomsen 8 E 0 3 3 2 8 7
8 England (9) John Davis 7 3 2 0 X 2 7 8 3
9 England (5) Dave Jessup 7 3 1 1 2 F 7 9 F
10 Finland (8) Ila Teromaa 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11 England (7) Doug Wyer 6 2 1 2 0 1 6 11
12 Finland (14) Kai Niemi 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 England (6) Keith White 4 0 3 0 1 0 4 13
14 United States (13) Bruce Penhall 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 14
15 Australia (10) Phil Crump 2 0 2 E 0 0 2 15
16 United States (2) Mike Bast 1 T 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 England (R1) Trevor Geer 1 1 1 R1
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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World Final

More information Placing, Rider ...
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 New Zealand (7) Ivan Mauger 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (14) Peter Collins 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (9) Ole Olsen 12+3 2 3 3 3 1 12 3
4 England (16) Michael Lee 12+2 2 3 3 2 2 12 4
5 Denmark (3) Finn Thomsen 10 2 3 1 1 3 10 5
6 Sweden (13) Bengt Jansson 8 1 1 2 3 2 9 6
7 West Germany (1) Egon Müller 8 3 2 0 F 3 8 7
8 Sweden (5) Anders Michanek 8 2 E 3 3 E 8 8
9 Australia (11) Billy Sanders 7 3 1 2 0 E 6 9
10 Sweden (4) Tommy Nilsson 6 0 2 E 2 2 6 10
11 Sweden (12) Bernt Persson 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 11
12 Australia (2) John Boulger 5 1 2 E 2 F 5 12
13 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 Czech Republic (15) Jiří Štancl 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 Czech Republic (8) Jan Verner 1 0 0 0 1 X 1 15
16 Poland (10) Jan Mucha 0 0 0 1 E X 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Sören Karlsson 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Bogusław Nowak 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
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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

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

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