1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 43rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

The final was held at the Vojens Speedway Center,[4] owned by former World Champion Ole Olsen. Despite the country having won seven World Individual Championships between three riders since 1971 (Olsen, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen), it was the first time Denmark hosted the World Final.[5]

Gundersen renewed his fierce rivalry with Nielsen as both finished on 14 points to tie for the lead of the Championship. However it was Gundersen that won the toss to choose his starting gate for the run-off. He chose the outside and on a wet track he won his third title by defeating Nielsen in the run-off. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen completed a clean sweep for Denmark by taking the bronze medal.[6]

British qualification

Second round

West German Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Tommy Dunker3,3,3,3,315
2Gerd Riss3,3,3,2,314
3Karl Maier2,3,2,3,313
4Carsten Pelzmann3,2,1,3,110
5Andreas Marynowski2,2,1,3,210
6Peter Schrock2,1,3,2,210
7Berndt Traunspurger1,0,3,2,17
8Tommy Broch2,E,1,1,37
9Klaus Freundorfer1,2,2,F,27
10Peter Hehlert1,3,0,2,06
11Alois Bachuber0,1,2,1,15
12Andre Pollehn0,1,1,0,24
13Hans Faltermeier1,1,2,F,-4
14Heinz Huber3,F,-,-,-3
15Hans Kressirer0,2,0,1,E3
16Mario Trupkovic0,0,0,0,11

Netherlands/Belgium Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Henk Steman13+15+1+13,5+1354,5
2Rene Elzinga3,5+8+15+15+1553
3Peter Seur12+11,5+9+11,5+9,544,5
4Geert Coolsns+9+9+13,5+1243,5
5Wil Stoes11+10+ns+7,5+1442,5
6Rob Steman0,5+11,5+14+6+6,538,5
7Robert Jam Munnecom10+14+13+ns+ns37
8Rikus Gorter8,5+3+11,5+9+534
9Frans Cools0,5+5,5+5,5+10+1131
10Ron Koppe3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,530,5
11Frits Koppe14+13+ns+ns+ns27
12Vital Cardeynaels7+4+11,5+1+ns23,5
13Henny Kroeze15+5,5+ns+ns+ns20,5
14Ron Van Dam2+ns+7+7,5+3,520
15Patrick Pino5+ns+3,5+3,5+820
16Aage Lucardiens+1+9+5+217
17Fokke Van Der Walle8,5+2+2+3,5+3,516,5
18Hylke Dijkemans++ns+ns+ns+9,59,5
19Willy Heremans6+ns+3,5+ns+ns9,5
20Herman Heremansns+ns+ns+2+ns2

Italian Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Valentino Furlanetto16+14+15+1661
2Armando Castagna14+15+15+1458
3Paolo Salvatelli12+11+13+945
4Armando Dal Chiele13+8+11+1042
5Ottaviano Righetto11+12+10+942
6Giuseppe Scalzolaro9+10+9+533
7Giorgio Zaramellons+10+8+1230
8Gianni Famarins+9+10+1029
9Giovanni Cragnolini9+5+0+721
10Fabrizio Vesperini8+5+5+421
11Gaetano Bressanns+7+8+520
12Davide Guarise4+6+ns+818
13Amerigo Milanese5+4+1+414
14Mario Andriolo6+3+3+012
15Daniele Doro6+0+4+111
16Fabrizio Maggions+2+5+310
17Giuseppe Marzottons+ns+4+ns4
18Domenico Solda3+ns+ns+ns3

Hungarian Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Zoltan Adorjan30
2József Petrikovics28
3Laszlo Bodi24
4Sandor Tihanyi22
5Antal Kocso21
6Zoltan Hajdu21
7Janoš Bologh21
8Janoš Sereš19
9Robert Nagy16
10Joszef Sziracky14
11Ferenc Juhaš14
12Ištvan Rušz13
13Andraš Kovacs8
14Robert Csilik8
15Sandor Ujhelyi4
16Janoš Oreško3

Australian qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
??Northern Territory ChampionshipArunga Park Speedway, Alice SpringsGlen Baxter????
??Victorian ChampionshipOlympic Park, MilduraPhil CrumpLeigh Adams??
??New South Wales ChampionshipNewcastle Motordrome, TomagoStephen DaviesDavid HamnettBrian Dixon
??South Australian ChampionshipMurray Bridge Speedway, Murray BridgeCraig HodgsonMark FioraDarrell Branford
??Queensland ChampionshipRockhampton Showgrounds, RockhamptonSteve RegelingTroy Butler??
??Western Australian ChampionshipClaremont Speedway, PerthRob Woffinden*Glenn Doyle??

* Due to the rules, England's Rob Woffinden did not progress to the Australian Championship

New Zealand qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
?South Island FinalNelson Speedway, RichmondLarry RossAlan MasonMark Lyndon
??North Island FinalKihikihi Speedway, KihikihiGary AllanJohn RobertsChris Martin

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Simon Wigg13
2Jeremy Doncaster12
3John Davis12
4Andrew Silver11
5Marvyn Cox11
6Steve Schofield9
7Simon Cross9
8Andy Galvin9
9Alun Rossiter8
10Malcolm Holloway7
11Alan Grahame
12David Walsh
13
14
15
16
Pos.RiderPoints
1Kelvin Tatum14+3[10]
2Chris Morton14+2
3Neil Evitts11
4Neil Collins10
5Richard Knight10
6Sean Wilson9
7Gary Havelock9
8Andy Smith9
9Paul Thorp8
10Sean Willmott8
11Neville Tatum4
12Mark Loram4
13Les Collins4
14Michael Graves3
15Daz Sumner3
16Mark Courtney0

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
7 MayPoland Municipal Stadium, OstrówPoland Mirosław KorbelPoland Ryszard DołomisiewiczSoviet Union Valery Gordeev
7 MayAustria Speedway Natschbach-LoipersbachItaly Paolo SalvatelliAustria Heinrich SczatzerHungary Zoltan Hajdu
8 MaySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilirija Sports Park, LjubljanaHungary József PetrikovicsHungary Janosh BologhBulgaria Nikolai Manev
8 MayGermany Stadion Lindenau, PetershagenSoviet Union Viktor KuznetsovNetherlands Henny KroezeCzechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek

British 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 2122
1 England (6) Simon Wigg 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (14) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 England (13) Chris Morton 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 3 3
4 England (3) Simon Cross 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 2
5 England (5) Neil Evitts 10 1 3 3 3 X 10 5
6 England (12) Richard Knight 10 3 2 2 3 0 10 6
7 England (16) John Davis 9 1 3 1 1 3 9 7
8 England (2) Marvyn Cox 8 3 1 1 1 2 8 8
9 England (1) Andy Smith 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 9
10 England (8) Steve Schofield 6 0 E 1 2 3 6 10
11 England (11) Andrew Silver 6 2 2 F 0 2 6 11
12 England (7) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 England (4) Jeremy Doncaster 4 0 1 0 2 1 4 13
14 England (10) Andy Galvin 3 1 F 2 0 0 3 14
15 England (15) Sean Wilson 2 0 0 E 1 1 2 15
16 England (9) Gary Havelock 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Andy Hackett 0 0 E 0 R1
R2 England (R2) David Clarke 0 0 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 2122

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

Australian Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Phil Crump15
2Steve Regeling11
3Craig Hodgson11
4Mark Fiora10
5Troy Butler10
6David Jackson9
7Glen Baxter8
8Leigh Adams8
9Stephen Davies7
10Chris Watson7
11Steve Baker6
12Scott Fisher6
13Darrel Bradford5
14Glenn Doyle4
15Dave Hammett1
16Nigel Tramelling1

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Larry Ross15
2David Bargh14
3Garry Allan13
4Mark Lyndon11
5Alan Mason11
6Mitch Shirra9
7Craig Wilkie7
8Nathan Murray7
9Justin Monk7
10John Roberts7
11Chris Martin4
12Mark Thorpe4
13Sam Morice3
14Mark Jamieyson3
15David Claydon2
16Spencer Timmo2
17Lens Chappell0
18Daren Hopewell0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

  • To 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 MayWest Germany Motodrom Halbemond, NordenHungary Antal KocsoItaly Paolo SalvatelliWest Germany Gerd Riss
5 JuneItaly Santa Marina Stadium, LonigoSoviet Union Viktor KuznetsovItaly Armando Dal ChielePoland Roman Jankowski
5 JuneSoviet Union Rivne Speedway Stadium, RivneCzechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr.Hungary Zoltán AdorjánCzechoslovakia Petr Vandirek
5 JuneCzechoslovakia Speedway Žarnovica, ŽarnovicaCzechoslovakia Roman MatoušekWest Germany Klaus FreundorferPoland Miroslaw Korbel

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Hans Nielsen15
2Jan O. Pedersen14
3Erik Gundersen13
4Peter Ravn10
5Peter Glanz9
6Per Sorensen9
7John Jørgensen8+3
8Tommy Knudsen8+2
9Jan Stæchmann7
10Frank Andersen6
11John Eskildsen6
12Flemming Pedersen6
13Sam Nikolajsen5
14Aksel Jepsen4
15Jan Pedersen0
16Finn Rune Jensen0

Norway Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1Tor Einar Hielm14
2Arnt Førland12+3
3Jan Arid Slatta12+2
4Robert Lengland11
5Ingvar Skogland10

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Ari Koponen15
2Vesa Ylinen14
3Roy Malminheimo13
4Aki Ala Riihimaki11
5Olli Turkia11
6Aarre Soivuori7
7Juha Moksunen6
8Jorma Frantila6
9Janne Moksunen5
10Markku Haapala5
11Mikael Back5
12Esa Einola5
13Marko Hyyrylainen (res)5
14Petri Kokko3
15Jari Kortelainen3
16Jari Moisio3
17Tapio Suutari (res)1
18Janne Koivula0
19Reijo Mattila (res)0

Swedish Final

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
1Conny Ivarsson12131439
2Peter Nahlin11141338
3Mikael Blixt12131338
4Christer Rohlén1410933
5Tony Olsson9121031
6Mikael Ritterwall831223
7Peter Karlsson88723
8Kenneth Nyström109423
9Mikael Teurnberg48820
10Dennis Löfqvist78419
11Claes Ivarsson68418
12Bo Arréhn46717
13Tommy Nilsson35210
14Tony Gudbrand--88
15Roland Dannö42-6
16Tony Zetterström (res)3-36
17Patrik Karlsson50-5
18Krister Gardell (res)-011

American Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Sam Ermolenko4,4,4,4,420
2Robert Pfetzing4,2,4,3,417+3
3Rick Miller4,4,3,4,217+2
4Mike Faria3,3,2,3,415
5Bobby Schwartz1,4,4,2,314
6Shawn Moran3,4,3,F,313
7Ronnie Correy3,3,3,3,012
8Kelly Moran2,3,4,0,211
9Randy Green0,3,2,2,411
10Steve Lucero2,2,3,2,110
11Ed Castro2,2,2,1,310
12Lance King4,2,E,0,39
13Brad Oxley1,1,1,4,29
14Shawn Venables1,0,2,4,18
15Dub Ferrell3,0,E,2,27
16Bart Bast1,1,1,3,06
17Billy Hamill0,1,0,1,13
18Gary Hicks2,0,0,-,-2
19Scotty Brown (res)0,1,-,-,-1
20Alan Christian0,0,0,1,01
21Len Dillon1

Commonwealth Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1England Kelvin Tatum3,2,3,3,314
2New Zealand Mitch Shirra2,3,3,2,313
3England Simon Wigg3,3,3,3,012
4England John Davis3,1,2,2,311
5England Simon Cross3,0,3,X,39
6England Chris Morton1,3,2,2,19
7England Neil Evitts2,1,0,3,28
8England Andy Smith1,3,1,1,28
9England Richard KnightF,X,2,3,27
10Australia Craig Hodgson2,2,1,1,17
11England Marvyn Cox2,1,1,1,27
12Australia Mark Fiora0,2,0,2,15
13New Zealand David Bargh0,2,1,0,03
14Australia Steve Baker0,0,2,1,03
15Australia Steve Regeling1,1,0,0,13
16New Zealand Mark Lyndon1,0,0,E,01

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek14+3
2Poland Zenon Kasprzak14+2
3Poland Roman Jankowski10
4Czechoslovakia Lubomír Jedek9
5Poland Andrzej Huszcza8
6Poland Miroslaw Korbel8
7Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn8
8Poland Dariusz Stenka8
9Italy Armando Castagna8
10Italy Armando Dal Chiele8
11Poland Slawomir Drabik7
12Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov6
13Italy Valentino Furlanett4
14Poland Janusz Stachyra3
15Czechoslovakia Gaspar Forgac2
16West Germany Klaus Freundorfer2
Pos.RiderPoints
1West Germany Gerd Riss15
2Hungary Sandor Tihanyi12
3Hungary Antal Kocso12
4Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr.10
5Italy Paolo Salvatelli10
6Hungary Janos Balogh10
7Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Schneiderwind9
8Hungary Zoltán Adorján9
9Hungary Zoltan Hajdu8
10Austria Heinrich Schatzer8
11Hungary Sandor Ujhelyi5
12Soviet Union Fedor Sacharov5
13Soviet Union Igor Marko5
14Czechoslovakia Petr Vandírek2
15West Germany Hans Faltermeier1
16Bulgaria Nikolaj Manev1
17West Germany Mario Trupkovic (res)0

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 21
1 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (13) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (12) Jan O. Pedersen 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 3
4 Sweden (1) Per Jonsson 11 3 E 3 2 3 11 4
5 Denmark (5) Peter Ravn 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Denmark (10) John Jørgensen 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 6
7 Sweden (2) Conny Ivarsson 8 2 3 0 1 2 8 7 3
8 Norway (8) Ingvar Skogland 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9 Sweden (9) Jimmy Nilsen 7 1 1 3 2 E 7 9
10 Sweden (11) Peter Nahlin 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 10
11 Denmark (3) Peter Glanz 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 11
12 Finland (4) Kai Niemi 4 0 1 0 3 E 4 12
13 Norway (16) Tor Einar Hielm 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 13
14 Denmark (15) Per Sorensen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 Sweden (14) Mikael Blixt 2 2 E E 0 E 2 15
16 Finland (6) Ari Koponen 1 0 1 0 - - 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Christer Rohlen 0 0 0 R1
R2 Norway (R2) Arnt Forland 0 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

Overseas 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 21
1 England (6) Simon Cross 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 1 3
2 England (10) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 2
3 England (8) Simon Wigg 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 3 1
4 England (2) Chris Morton 12 2 2 3 2 3 12 4
5 England (14) Marvyn Cox 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 5
6 New Zealand (3) Mitch Shirra 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 6
7 England (4) Richard Knight 8 0 3 2 2 1 8 7
8 United States (5) Sam Ermolenko 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 8
9 England (13) John Davis 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 9
10 England (15) Andy Smith 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 10 3
11 United States (11) Mike Faria 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11 2
12 United States (7) Robert Pfetzing 5 1 0 F 2 2 5 12
13 United States (16) Rick Miller 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 United States (9) Bobby Schwartz 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 England (1) Neil Evitts 3 1 1 F 1 0 3 15
16 Australia (12) Craig Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
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

Sixth round

World Final

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