1955 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship was the tenth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

In a very competitive World final Peter Craven of England finished one point ahead of three other riders who had to ride off for the silver medal. The defending champion Ronnie Moore won the ride off to claim silver from fellow countryman Barry Briggs and Welshman Eric Williams who both crashed leaving Moore an easy victory, Briggs took third place from Williams who missed out on a medal.[7]

Qualification

Qualification started on 29 April.[8] [9]

Stage 1

Norwegian round

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1 15
2 14
3 13
4 Sverre Gjomesli11
5 Rolf Solberg 9
6 Odd Johansen8
7 Erling Simonsen 8
8 Gunnar Hilsen7
9 Aage W. Jensen 7
10 Tore Meiner 6
11 Erling Cae 5
12 Oddvar Wold 5
13 Tor Bjorkkvist 4
14 Odd Kleiven 4
15 Knut Bjorge 2
16 Jens Georg Walle 0

Swedish round

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  • 29 April 1955
  • Linköping Motorstadion (Ryd), Linköping
  • Top 6 to Nordic qualification
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1 15
2 12
3 Lars Pettersson 12
4 11
5 Rune Claesson 10
6 Gunnar Johansson 9
7 Olle Andersson II 8
8 8
9 8
10 Kaj Forsberg8
11 5
12 Thorsten Carlsson 5
13 Allan Nilsson 3
14 Rune Stenström 3
15 Bert Engman 3
16 Bertil Carlsson II 0
17 Stig Sköldberg 0
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width=25pxPos. width=200pxRider width=40pxPoints
1 14
2 14
3 13
4 Olle Andersson I 11
5 9
6 Olle Heyman 9
7 9
8 Bernt Nilsson 9
9 8
10 Bengt Nilsson 8
11 4
12 4
13 3
14 Evert Andersson 3
15 Sven Skoglund 2
16 Olle Broms 0
17 Sten Cederlöv 0

Stage 2

Nordic round

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  • 1 May 1955
  • Turku Speedway track, Turku
  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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1 15
2 14
3 11
4 Kaukko Jousanen 10
5 10
6 Olle Heyman10
7 10
8 10
9 Olle Andersson I 8
10 Reino Niemi 5
11 Rauno Aaltonen 5
12 Aulis Tuominen 4
13 3
14 Simo Ylänen 3
15 Antti Mattila 2
16 Ilkka Helminen 0
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  • 4 May 1955
  • Amager Speedway Stadium, Copenhagen
  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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1 15
2 12
3 Lars Pettersson 11
4 10
5 10
6 9
7 Rune Claesson 8
8 8
9 6
10 6
11 6
12 5
13 Erling Simonsen 4
14 Eivind Petersen 4
15 3
16 Axel Möller 3

Continental round

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  • 1 May 1955
  • City Garden Stadium, Osijek
  • Top 8 to Continental final
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1 Karel Kiendl 13
2 Fred Aberl 12
3 Sebastian Wiesent 12
4 Nicola Snjaric 11
5 Valentin Medved 11
6 Drago Regvart10
7 Branko Regvart 9
8 Max Aebi 9
9 Josip Klemencic 8
10 Cornel Bijman 7
11 Gerhard Hofemeister 5
12 Josef Sinzinger 5
13 Alois Strasser 4
14 Moritz Künzl 2
15 Leo Petzwinkler 2
16 Jakob Dietrich 0
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width=25pxPos. width=200pxRider width=40pxPoints
1 14
2 12
3 12
4 11
5 9
6 8
7 Marius Metzelaar 8
8 Albin Siegl 8
9 T van Gorcum 8
10 Anton Kroeze 7
11 7
12 4
13 3
14 J van der Sluis 3
15 Thei Bischops 2
16 Alex Jakob 1
17 Kurt Pieper1

Stage 3

Nordic Final

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

Continental Final

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1 15
2 12
3 12
4 11
5 11
6 10+3
7 10+2
8 8
9 Nicvan Gorcum7
10 Fred Aberl 6
11 Sebastian Wiesent 6
12 Branko Regvart 4
13 Tinus Metzelaar 3
14 Karl Kiendl 2
15 Drago Regvart 2
16 Nicola Snjaric 1

British & Commonwealth round

width=100Datewidth=200Venuewidth=250Winner
4 July Ken Middleditch
5 July Dick Bradley
7 July Junior Bainbridge
7 July Ronnie Genz
8 July Ken Middleditch
9 July Tommy Miller
9 July Bert Roger
9 July Ian Williams
11 July Ken McKinlay

Stage 4

Championship Round

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8 August Barry Briggs
9 August Jack Young
11 August Brian Crutcher
13 August Doug Davies
13 August Arthur Wright
20 August Hyde Road StadiumPeter Craven
20 August Aub Lawson

Scores

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width=25pxPos. width=200pxRider width=40pxTotal pts
1 29
2 29
3 28
4 26
5 26
6 26
7 26
8 25
9 24
10 24
11 24
12 23
13 23
14 23
15 22
16 22
17 21
18 19
19 Ken Middleditch19
20 18
21 18
22 17
23 17
24 Les McGillivray17
25 15
26 Ron How14
27 Harry Bastable14
28 14
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width=25pxPos. width=200pxRider width=40pxTotal pts
2914
30 Fred Rogers14
31 12
32 11
33 11
34 11
35 11
36 10
37 Reg Reeves10
38 10
39 9
40 9
41 9
42 8
43 Junior Bainbridge8
44 Harry Edwards7
45 7
46 Bob Roger6
47 Charlie New6
48 Jimmy Gooch5
49 Bill Holden5
50 Eric French4
51 3
523
53 Ken Sharples1
54 1
550
56 Jim Lightfoot0

European Final

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1 14
2 12
3 Kjell Carlsson11
4 Ove Fundin11
5 Per Olof Söderman11
6 10
7 Josef Kamper9
8 8
9 Fritz Dirtl7
10 Birger Forsberg7
11 6
12 Alf Hagon5
13 Rune Sörmander4
14 Cyril Maidment3
15 Joseph Seidl2
16 0
17 0

World final

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1 (3,3,2,3,2)13
2 (3,1,3,2,3)12+3
3 (3,2,3,2,2)12+2
4 Eric Williams(3,1,2,3,3)12+1
5 (2,2,3,Fx,3) 10
6 (2,1,1,3,3) 10
7 (1,3,1,3,2) 10
8 (0,3,2,2,2) 9
9 (0,2,3,1,1) 7
10 (1,3,0,1,1) 6
11 (2,0,1,2,1) 6
12 (1,1,2,1,1) 6
13 (0,2,0,1,0) 3
14 (2,0,0,0,0) 2
15 Henry Andersen(1,0,1,0,0) 2
16 Cyril Roger(0,0,0,0,Fx) 0
R1 did not ride-
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: Craven Wins Speedway's World Title . Bradford Observer . 16 September 1955 . 5 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. Web site: 1955 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 18 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1955 World Championship . Speedway.org . 18 January 2024.
  10. News: Speedway Stars bid for World Title . Weekly Dispatch (London) . 3 July 1955 . 13 January 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  11. Web site: 1955. Speedway.org. 20 July 2021.
  12. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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