1993 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^{[1] [2] [3]}

"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship^[4] to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982.^[5] Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.^{[6] [7] [8]}

First round

British qualifiers

See main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship.

• Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

See main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship.

• Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

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?	Victorian				Jason Lyons
?	Queensland				Mark Carlson
?	Northern Territory
?	South Australian
12 Jan	New South Wales
?	West Australian

Third round

Continental Preliminary round

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25 April
25 April				Dariusz Stenka
25 April
25 April

British Final

See main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship.

• Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Swedish qualification

• Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(2 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm)
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1		15
2		14
3		12
4	Dennis Löfqvist	11
5	Niklas Klingberg	11
6	Robert Johansson	9
7		8+3
8		8+2
9		8+1
10		7
11		5
12	Joakim Karlsson	4
13	Raymond Smedh	4
14		2
15	Göran Flood	2
16	Jörgen Hultgren	0
17	Frank Richt (res)	0

(2 May, Ljungheden, Västervik)
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1		14
2		13
3		11
4		11
5		10
6		10
7		8
8	Kenneth Lindby	8
9	Marcus Andersson	7
10		7
11	Niklas Karlsson	5
12		3
13		3
14	Patrik Olsson	3
15		3
16		2
17	Tony Zetterström (res)	2
18	Mikael Olsson (res)	0

Australian Final

See main article: 1993 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.

• First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

• 31 Mar 1993
• Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
• First 2 to Commonwealth Final

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

Fourth round

Continental Quarter-finals

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

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22 May
22 May
23 May
23 May

Commonwealth Final

See main article: 1993 Commonwealth final.

• First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

• top 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Danish Final

• 2 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• R1 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers)
• R2 (31 May, Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup)
• Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final

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1			28
2			27
3			22
4			21
5			21
6			17
7			15
8			14
9			13
10			13
11			11
12			10
13			10
14			8
15			4
16			2

Norwegian Final

• Elgane Speedway, Elgane
• 6 Sep '92, top 1 (+1 nomination) to Nordic final

Finland Final

• Vauhtipuisto, Hyvinkää
• 23 Aug '92, top 2 to Nordic final

Swedish Final

• R1 (11 May, Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad)
• R2 (12 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping)
• R3 (13 May, Orionparken, Hallstavik)
• - 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

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1		11+14+15	40
2		14+12+13	39
3		12+14+11	37
4		13+9+13	35
5		10+10+12	32
6		7+10+10	27
7		9+10+6	25
8		9+6+7	22
9		5+8+9	22
10		5+5+6	16
11		3+6+6	15
12		6+7+2	15
13		5+4+5	14
14		7+1+ns	8
15	Marcus Andersson (Res)	ns+1+4	5
16		2+1+1	4
17		2+0+ns	2
18	Christer Rohlén (Res)	ns+0+ns	0

Fifth round

Overseas Final

See main article: 1993 Overseas final.

• First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic Final

• 13 June 1993
• Seinäjoki Speedway, Seinäjoki
• First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

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

Continental Semi-finals

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12 June Markéta Stadium, Prague Top 7 to World semi-final width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 13 2 12 3 11 4 10 5 10 6 9 7 9 8 8+3 9 8+2 10 8+1 11 6 12 5 13 4 14 3 15 3 16 1

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14 June Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra Top 7 to World semi-final width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 12+3 2 12+2 3 Marvyn Cox* 11 4 10 5 10 6 9 7 9 8 8+3 9 8+2 10 8+1 11 7 12 6 13 5 14 3 15 2 16 0 17 Marek Hucko (res) 0

• Cox rode on a Polish licence

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

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24 July 1993 Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 13+3 2 13+2 3 12 4 11 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 8+3 9 8+2 10 7 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 2 15 1 16 0 Res 0 Res 0

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6 August 1993 Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 12 2 11+3 3 11+2 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 9+3 8 9+2 9 9+1 10 7 11 6 12 5 13 4 14 3 15 2 16 1 Res 1 Res 0

World Final

• 29 August 1993^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 10 July 2021.
2. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
3. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 10 July 2021.
4. News: Sam's on top of the world . Birmingham Mail . 30 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
5. News: 'Ermolenko takes title' . The Times. 30 August 1993. Gale Primary Sources. 10 April 2021.
6. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
7. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
8. News: Speedway . Western Daily Press . 30 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
9. Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ZMI504CyyiA. 2021-12-05. 1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA) . YouTube.