1984 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3]

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.[4]

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.[5]

First round

British qualification

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Preliminary Round
8 AprilRobert Henry
8 AprilSteve Lomas
10 AprilAlun Rossiter
13 AprilCharlie McKinna
17 AprilKeith White
Quarter-Final
29 AprilBarry Thomas

Swedish qualification

(6 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion
Målilla)
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1 14
2 13
3 Alf Trofast 11
4 Hans Danielsson 11
5 11
6 Lillebror Johansson 10
7 Kenneth Nyström 10
8 9
9 Hans Wahlström 7
10 Tony Gudbrand 6
11 Thomas Hydling 5
12 5
13 Gert Carlsson 4
14 Dick Jegård 2
15 Tommy Celander 1
16 Roger Gustavsson 0
(5 May, Linköping Motorstadion
Linköping)
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1 15
2 14
3 Uno Johansson 11
4 Mikael Aniander 11
5 11
6 Patrik Karlsson 8
7 Göran Waltersson 8
8 Lars Andersson 8
9 Jan Davidsson 8
10 [Jan Ericsson ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tony Olsson]] ||7|-|12 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Reinholdsson ||4|-|13 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||3|-|14 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Jansson ||2|-|15 || style="text-align:left;" | Sören Brolin ||2|-|16 || style="text-align:left;" | Mats Olsson ||0|}
(6 May, Orionparken Stadium
Hallstavik)
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1 15
2 13
3 Mikael Messing 12
4 12
5 Magnus Jonsson 11
6 Lars Hammarberg 9
7 Börje Ring 9
8 Per-Ove Gudmundsson 9
9 Ulf Blomqvist 7
10 6
11 Patric Ericsson 6
12 Kent Rickardsson 4
13 Niclas Johansson 3
14 Jimmie Magnusson 2
15 Stefan Karlsson 1
16 Mikael Löfqvist 1

Second round

Continental preliminary round

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22 April Jerzy Rembas
22 April János Oreskó
22 April Stanislav Urban
22 April Armando Castagna

British semi-finals

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1 Michael Lee15
2 Chris Morton13
3 Phil Collins12
4 Les Collins11
5 Dave Jessup9
6 Jeremy Doncaster9
7 Mark Courtney9
8John Davis8
9 Gordon Kennett8
10 Kevin Smith7
11 Kevin Jolly6
12 Colin Richardson5
13 Kenny McKinna4
14 Alun Rossiter3
15 Barry Thomas1
16 John Barker0
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1 Neil Evitts12+3
2 Andy Grahame12+2
3 11
4 Martin Yeates10
5 John Louis10
6 Alan Grahame10
7 Malcolm Simmons10
8Peter Collins9
9 Simon Wigg8
10 Marvyn Cox7
11 Steve Bastable7
12 Neil Collins5
13 Richard Knight3
14 Dave Perks3
15 Colin Cook2
16 Sean Willmott1

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
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5 May Petr Ondrašík
5 May Jiří Štancl
6 May Alois Wiesböck
6 May Aleš Dryml Sr.

British Final

American Final

Australian Final

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1 (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 (3,2,3,2,3) 13
3 (F,3,3,3,2) 11
4 (3,3,2,1,1) 10
5 (0,2,2,3,3) 10
6 (1,3,0,3,2) 9
7 (2,F,1,2,3) 8
8 (2,1,0,2,2) 7
9 (3,2,0,F,1) 6
10 (1,1,3,0,0) 5
11 (2,2,1,F,X) 5
12 (2,X,2,0,1) 5
13 (0,2,2,1,0) 5
14 (1,0,0,1,2) 4
15 (F,-,-,-,-) 0
16 (-,-,-,-,-) 0
R1 (1,1,1,0) 3
18 (0,1,0,1,0) 2

New Zealand Final

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

Danish Final

See main article: 1984 Danish speedway season.

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6 MayHans Nielsen
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Norwegian Final

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1 15
2 13+3
3 Roy Otto13+2
4 Ingvar Skogland 11
5 Dag Haland 11
6 Arne Svendsen 9
7 Kurt Ualand8
8 Willy Tjessem 8
9 Asgeir Bjerga 7
10 Geir Aasland 7
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Finland Final

  • Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
  • 25 August 1983, top 1 (+2 seeded riders) to 1984 Nordic final
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1 15
2 Juha Moksunen 14
3 13
4 11
5 11
6 Heimo Kaikko 11
7 Esa Mattila 9
8 Jorma Reima 8
9 Seppo Keskinen 8
10 Henry Kivela 5
11 Ossi Henriksson 3
12 Hannu Larronmaa 3
13 Harri Lankinen 3
14 Pentti Kallio (res) 3
15 Veli Pekka Kunelius 2
16 Rauli Makinen1
17 Isto Maja 0

Swedish Finals

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1 15151444
2 12141440
3 13 12 1136
4 1112932
5 1210830
6 710825+3
7 861125+2
8 89724
9 88824
10 68822
11 46818
12 53412
13 Göran Waltersson 2248
14 Magnus Jonsson 4206
15 Lillebror Johansson 5--5
16 Mikael Aniander 0303

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

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1 14
2 12
3 12
4 12
5 10
6 10
7 9
88
9 7
10 7
11 5
12 4
13 4
14 3
15 3
16 0
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1 13
2 11
3 11
4 11
5 10
6 9
7 9
88+3
9 8+2
10 8+1
11 6
12 5
13 5
14 4
15 1

Nordic Final

Overseas Final

  • 15 July 1984
  • Hyde Road, Manchester
  • First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental Final

Intercontinental Final

World Final

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 10 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  4. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
  5. Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  6. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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