1976 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[6]

Qualifying results.[7] [8]

First round

British Preliminary round

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3 AprilGraham Jones
10 AprilGraham Banks
11 AprilLaurie Etheridge
13 AprilBarney Kennett

British qualifying round

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22 AprilPaul Tyrer
23 AprilBob Coles
24 AprilTom Owen
24 AprilMick Bell

Second round

Swedish qualification

(6 May, Kumla Motorstadion
Kumla)
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1 15
2 13
3 12
4 Bo Jansson 12
5 11
6 10
7 8
8 8
9 6
10 Bernt Johansson 4
11 Bo Andersson 4
12 Peter Smith 4
13 Sven-Inge Svensson 4
14 Therje Henriksson 3
15 Kjell Bergström 2
16 Benny Ekberg 2
17 Eskil Jonsson 1
18 Harald Sandberg 0
(9 May, Målilla (Motorbana)
Målilla)
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1 Lars Jansson 15
2 13
3 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 12
4 11
5 Sven Nilsson 10
6 9
7 Karl-Erik Claesson 8
8 Eddie Davidsson 7
9 Lars Larsson 7
10 6
11 Willy Karlsson 4
12 Tomas Pettersson 4
13 3
14 Stefan Salmonsson 3
15 Sigvard Johansson 3
16 Lars-Inge Hultberg 3
17Peter Carlsson2
18 Sune Stark 0
(9 May, Motorbanen Hagalund
Lindesberg)
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1 15
2 13
3 12
4 11
5 10+3
6 Per-Olof Dovhjort 10+2
7 Claes-Ingvar Svensson 8
8 Kenneth Selmosson 8
9 7
10 Lars-Olof Karlsson 6
11 Bertil Andersson 5
12 Leif Johansson 5
13 Ragnar Holm 5
14 Leif Mellberg 2
15 Stephan Johansson 1
16 Åke Dovhed 1
17 Kari Vuoristo 1
18 Curt Nyqvist 0

New Zealand qualification

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South Island Final
6 December, '75Denis Sincock
North Island Final
10 JanuaryRoy Trigg

Australian qualification

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New South Wales Round
22 November '75Mitch Shirra
28 November '75Mitch Shirra
29 November '75Billy Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75Darryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 JanuaryRobin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 JanuaryJohn Dewhurst
Northern District
23 JanuaryKym Amundson
31 JanuaryJohn Langfield
7 FebruaryGarry Middleton

British quarter-finals

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3 MayAlan Molyneux
5 MayArthur Price
8 MayHyde Road, Manchester Michael Lee
8 MayDoug Wyer

Continental Preliminary round

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25 April Karel Vobornik
25 April Hubert Fischbaher

Third round

American qualifying

New Zealand Final

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1 14+3
2 14+2
3 11+3
4 11+2
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 7
9 Dennis Sincock 6
10 Robin Adlington 6
11 Merv Salt 5
12 Paul Church 4
13 Kevin Burt 3
14 Paul Wells 3
15 Graeme Stewart3
16 Bruce Mitchell2
17 Mike Fullerton1

Australian Final

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

Swedish Final

Danish Final

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

Finland Final

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1 15
2 13
3 Olli Turkia 12
4 Kari Vuoristo 11
5 Rauli Mäkinen 11
6 Teuvo Sirenius 8
7 Pekka Paljakka 7
8 Esko Mylläri 7
9 Esa Mattila 7
10 Ismo Kivelä (res) 7
11 Pentti Mattila 6
12 Veli Pekka Teromaa 5
13 Matti Vayrynen 4
14 Seppo Palomäki 3
15 Kari Lindevall 2
16 Heikki Ahonen0
17 Esa Jamsalainen (res)0

Norwegian Final

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1 15
2 14
3 13
4 11
5 11
6 10
7 9
8 9
9 6
10 5
11 Ingve Madland 4
12 4
13 Askild Malmin 3
14 Jorn Flatha 2
15 Sigvard Pedersen 2
16 Per Hetland 1

British semi-finals

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1 14
2 Bob Kilby13
3 13
4 Dave Jessup12
5 John Davis11
6 Reg Wilson9
7 Chris Morton9
8George Hunter8
9 Gordon Kennett7
10 Tom Owen6
11 Arthur Price5
12 Richard Greer5
13 Tony Davey4
14 Alan Molyneux3
15 Paul Tyrer1
16 Kevin Holden0
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1 Peter Collins15
2 Jim McMillan14
3 Doug Wyer12
4 Mike Lanham11
5 Dave Morton10
6 Ray Wilson10
7 Terry Betts9
8Chris Pusey9
9 Michael Lee8
10 Steve Weatherley7
11 Frank Auffret5
12 Arthur Browning4
13 Dave Perks3
14 Carl Glover2
15 Geoff Pusey1
16 Steve Lomas0

Continental quarter-finals

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15 May Viktor Trofimov
15 May Angel Eftimov
16 May Valery Gordeev
16 May Václav Verner

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

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1 15
2 11
3 11
4 11
5 11
6 10
7 9
89
9 Josef Minarik 8
10 Viktor Selivanov 6
11 6
12 Vaclav Hejl 5
13 5
14 Evzen Erban 1
15 Franz Lang 1
16 Paulo Noro 1
17 Peter Lempenauer (res)0
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1 13
2 13
3 11
4 11
5 10
6 10
7 9
89
9 8
10 6
11 4
12 4
13 4
14 3
15 3
16 1

Australasian Final

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1 3,3,2,3,314
2 2,3,3,3,213
3 3,3,3,X,3 12
4 3,2,X,3,3 11+3
5 3,2,1,2,3 11+2
6 2,3,2,3,1 11+1
7 X,1,3,2,2 8
8 X,2,2,2,2 8
9 1,1,3,0,1 6
10 2,2,1,0,0 5
11 1,E,1,2,1 5
12 X,1,2,1,0 4
13 2,1,0,1,E 4
14 0,0,E,1,2 3
15 1,0,0,0,1 2
16 0,0,1,0,01
R1 1
R2 1

American Final

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1 ?+3
2 ?+2
3 ?+1

British Final

Nordic Final

Fifth round

Intercontinental Final

Continental Final

World Final

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. 10 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
  5. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  6. http://www.speedway.org/history/76.htm#1976 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
  7. Web site: 1976 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 20 January 2024.
  8. Web site: 1976 World Championship . Speedway.org . 20 January 2024.

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