1953 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship was the eighth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Welshman Freddie Williams became the second rider to win a second title in front of a 90,000 attendance at Wembley Stadium. Williams won 4 of his 5 races, only dropping one point in heat 13 to Jeff Lloyd. Geoff Mardon defeated Olle Nygren in the bronze medal ride off.[7]

Qualification

Qualification started on 1952.[8] [9]

Stage 1

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Norwegian round

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1 14+3
2 14+2
3 Reidar Kristoffersen13
4 Sverre Gjomesli 11
5 Werner Lorentzen 10
6 Thorleif Andreassen 10
7 Erik Storm Larsen 10
8 Rolf Naess6
9 Oddvan Gundersgaard5
10 Edvin Fredriksen 5
11 Erling Simonsen 4
12 Odd Johansen4
13 Magne Flaaten 3
14 Gunnar Hilsen 2
15 Karl Andreassen 1
16 Olgar Torholen 1
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Swedish round

  • 20 May 1953
  • Eslöv Motorstadion, Eslöv
  • First 8 to Nordic final
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1 12
2 11
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 9
7 8
8 8
9 8
10 Bertil Carlsson II 7
11 6
12 Ove Bodin 4
13 Göte Olsson4
14 Bernt Nilsson 4
15 Sven Skoglund 3
16 Evert Andersson 3
17 Gunnar Hellqvist 2

Stage 2

Continental qualifier

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1 Josef Kamper15
2 13
3 12
4 11
5 10
6 9
7 Tony Kroeze 9
8 Josef Hofmeister8
9 5
10 Fred Aberl 5
11 Gerit Jonker 5
12 Jack Winstanley 5
13 Karl Kiendl 4
14 Co Boef 4
15 Walter Dirtl 3
16 2
17 Alfred Hamberger 1
18 Hans Müller 0

Nordic Final

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1 15
2 14
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 9
7 9
8 9
9 7
10 7
11 7
12 5
13 3
14 3
15 1
16 0
17 0

Stage 3

Continental Final

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1 15
2 13
3 12
4 12
5 10
6 9
7 9
8 8
9 7
10 6
11 6
12 4
13 3
14 3
15 2
16 1
17 dnr

British qualifying round

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26 May Maury Mattingley
26 May Goog Hoskin
28 May Oxford StadiumJim Boyd
29 May Harold Fairhurst
30 May Peter Clark

Stage 4

International round

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6 July Tommy Miller
6 July Basse Hveem
7 July Fred Brand
8 July Tommy Miller
10 July Olle Nygren
10 July Ron Mountford
11 July Charlie New
11 July Brian Crutcher
18 July Don Cuppleditch
24 July Harry Bastable

Stage 5

Championship Round

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14 August Dick Bradley
15 August Olle Nygren
17 August Ronnie Moore
18 August Jack Young
20 August Jack Biggs
22 August Ronnie Moore
22 August Arthur Forrest
26 August Graham Warren
28 August Aub Lawson

Scores

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1 29
2 28
3 27
4 26
5 25
6 25
7 Freddie Williams25
8 25
9 25
10 24
11 24
12 24
13 24
14 23
15 23
16 23
17 23
18 Arthur Payne22
19 Louis Lawson21
20 Maury Dunn21
21 Wally Green20
22 Len Williams20
23 Ron How19
24 Ken Walsh19
25 18
26 Howdy Byford18
27 Don Cuppleditch17
28 Billy Hole17
29 Tommy Miller16
30 Ron Johnston16
31 Bill Kitchen16
32 14
33 14
34 14
35 Eric Boothroyd14
36 Charlie New13
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37 Bob Fletcher13
38 Ken Middleditch13
39 Peter Moore12
40 11
41 Jack Parker11
42 Ron Clarke11
43 Terry Small11
44 John Reason11
45 Harry Bastable11
46 Jim Tolley11
47 Olle Segerström11
48 Stig Pramberg11
49 Peter Clark10
50 Harry Welsh10
51 Ken McKinlay9
529
53 Les Hewitt8
54 Sune Karlsson8
557
56 Phil Clarke7
57 Charlie May7
58 Barry Briggs6
59 Geoff Pymar6
60 Peter Robinson6
61 Malcolm Craven6
62 Trevor Redmond5.5
635
64 Bill Holden4
65 Alan Kidd3
66 Don Potter3
67 Ron Mountford3
68 Basse Hveem3
69 Dick Campbell2
70 Bob Baker2
71 Gordon McGregor2

World final

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1 (3,3,3,2,3)14
2 (3,3,3,3,1)13
3 (3,2,3,1,3)12+3
4 Olle Nygren(2,3,2,3,2)12+2
5 (3,2,3,2,F) 10
6 (F,1,2,3,3) 9
7 (2,2,F,3,1) 8
8 (2,2,0,0,3) 7
9 (1,3,2,1,0) 7
10 (1,1,1,2,1) 6
11 (0,0,1,2,2) 5
12 (0,0,2,1,2) 5
13 (1,1,1,1,F) 4
14 (0,0,1,0,2) 3
15 Dick Bradley(2,F,0,0,0) 2
16 Jack Biggs(1,1,0,0,-) 2
R1 (1)1
R2 did not ride-

Classification

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 20–21. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  2. Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 5 July 2021.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 5 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 5 July 2021.
  6. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  7. News: Fred Williams wind the speed championship . Birmingham Daily Gazette . 18 September 1953 . 5 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. Web site: 1953 World Championship . Speedway.org . 13 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1953 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 13 January 2024.
  10. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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