The Commonwealth final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1979 and 1994.[1]
Introduced to the World Championship in 1979, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth riders, primarily those from Australia, England and New Zealand.[2]
The Commonwealth final was not run from 1981 to 1985, during which time riders who qualified through their national championship were through to the Overseas Final. It returned to the World Championship calendar in 1986 and lasted until 1994, the last year of the traditional single meeting World Championship final before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix World championship series in 1995.[3]
All 11 Commonwealth finals were held in England. Kelvin Tatum was the most successful Commonwealth finalist, winning four finals (1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992). Reigning Australian Champion Leigh Adams was the only non-English winner when he took out the 1993 Final.[4]
| width=40px | Year | width=150px | Venue | width=210px | Winners | width=210px | Runner-up | width=210px | 3rd place |
| 1979 | London White City Stadium | Michael Lee |  Billy Sanders | Dave Jessup | |||||
| 1980 | London Wimbledon Stadium | Dave Jessup | John Louis |  Ivan Mauger | |||||
| 1981-1985 - not held | |||||||||
| 1986 | Manchester Belle Vue Stadium | Jeremy Doncaster | Kelvin Tatum | Chris Morton | |||||
| 1987 | Manchester Belle Vue Stadium | Kelvin Tatum | Simon Cross | Marvyn Cox | |||||
| 1988 | King's Lynn Norfolk Arena | Kelvin Tatum | Mitch Shirra | Simon Wigg | |||||
| 1989 | Manchester Belle Vue Stadium | Simon Wigg[5] | Mitch Shirra | Neil Collins | |||||
| 1990 | Manchester Belle Vue Stadium | Kelvin Tatum | Martin Dugard | Simon Cross | |||||
| 1991 | King's Lynn Norfolk Arena | Jeremy Doncaster | Leigh Adams | Joe Screen | |||||
| 1992 | King's Lynn Norfolk Arena | Kelvin Tatum | Mark Thorpe | Gary Havelock | |||||
| 1993 | King's Lynn Norfolk Arena | Leigh Adams | Andy Smith | Martin Dugard | |||||
| 1994 | King's Lynn Norfolk Arena | Mark Loram | Martin Dugard | Joe Screen | |||||