8th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
The 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship was the eighth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Welshman Freddie Williams became the second rider to win a second title in front of a 90,000 attendance at Wembley Stadium. Williams won 4 of his 5 races, only dropping one point in heat 13 to Jeff Lloyd. Geoff Mardon defeated Olle Nygren in the bronze medal ride off.[7]
Qualification
Qualification started on 1952.[8][9]
Stage 1
Norwegian round - 28 September 1952
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim - First 3 (+1 seeded) to Nordic round 1953
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Basse Hveem | 14+3 | 2 | Henry Andersen | 14+2 | 3 | Reidar Kristoffersen | 13 | 4 | Sverre Gjomesli | 11 | 5 | Werner Lorentzen | 10 | 6 | Thorleif Andreassen | 10 | 7 | Erik Storm Larsen | 10 | 8 | Rolf Naess | 6 | 9 | Oddvan Gundersgaard | 5 | 10 | Edvin Fredriksen | 5 | 11 | Erling Simonsen | 4 | 12 | Odd Johansen | 4 | 13 | Magne Flaaten | 3 | 14 | Gunnar Hilsen | 2 | 15 | Karl Andreassen | 1 | 16 | Olgar Torholen | 1 | | Swedish round Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Stig Pramberg | 12 | 2 | Olle Segerström | 11 | 3 | Olle Nygren | 11 | 4 | Dan Forsberg | 10 | 5 | Rune Sörmander | 10 | 6 | Sune Karlsson | 9 | 7 | Bert Lindarw | 8 | 8 | Thorsten Carlsson | 8 | 9 | Joel Jansson | 8 | 10 | Bertil Carlsson II | 7 | 11 | Ove Fundin | 6 | 12 | Ove Bodin | 4 | 13 | Göte Olsson | 4 | 14 | Bernt Nilsson | 4 | 15 | Sven Skoglund | 3 | 16 | Evert Andersson | 3 | 17 | Gunnar Hellqvist | 2 | |
Stage 2
Continental qualifier
Nordic Final
Stage 3
Continental Final
British qualifying round
- The top riders qualify for the International round.
Stage 4
International round
- The top 54 riders qualify for the Championship round.
Stage 5
Championship Round
- Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-20th reserves for World final
Scores
- Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-20th reserves for World final
World final
- 17 September 1953
London, Wembley Stadium[10]
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Freddie Williams | (3,3,3,2,3) | 14 |
2 | Split Waterman | (3,3,3,3,1) | 13 |
3 | Geoff Mardon | (3,2,3,1,3) | 12+3 |
4 | Olle Nygren | (2,3,2,3,2) | 12+2 |
5 | Jack Young | (3,2,3,2,F) | 10 |
6 | Ronnie Moore | (F,1,2,3,3) | 9 |
7 | Jeff Lloyd | (2,2,F,3,1) | 8 |
8 | Arthur Forrest | (2,2,0,0,3) | 7 |
9 | Aub Lawson | (1,3,2,1,0) | 7 |
10 | Brian Crutcher | (1,1,1,2,1) | 6 |
11 | Rune Sörmander | (0,0,1,2,2) | 5 |
12 | Graham Warren | (0,0,2,1,2) | 5 |
13 | Eric Williams | (1,1,1,1,F) | 4 |
14 | Alan Hunt | (0,0,1,0,2) | 3 |
15 | Dick Bradley | (2,F,0,0,0) | 2 |
16 | Jack Biggs | (1,1,0,0,-) | 2 |
R1 | Dent Oliver | (1) | 1 |
R2 | Arthur Payne | did not ride | - |
Classification
Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos |
1 | (1) Freddie Williams | 14 | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 14 | 1 |
2 | (10) Split Waterman | 13 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | 13 | 2 |
3 | (14) Geoff Mardon | 12+3 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | 12 | 3 |
4 | (15) Olle Nygren | 12+2 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | 12 | 4 |
5 | (5) Jack Young | 10 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | - | 10 | 5 |
6 | (13) Ronnie Moore | 9 | | | | - | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | 7 | 6 |
7 | (12) Jeff Lloyd | 9 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | - | | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 7 |
8 | (7) Arthur Forrest | 7 | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | 3 | | | 7 | 8 |
9 | (8) Aub Lawson | 7 | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | 7 | 9 |
10 | (2) Brian Crutcher | 6 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 6 | 10 |
11 | (4) Rune Sörmander | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 5 | 11 |
12 | (6) Graham Warren | 5 | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 5 | 12 |
13 | (16) Eric Williams | 4 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | - | | | 4 | 13 |
14 | (9) Alan Hunt | 3 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 2 | | | 3 | 14 |
15 | (3) Dick Bradley | 2 | 2 | | | | | | - | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | 2 | 15 |
16 | (11) Jack Biggs | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | | - | 2 | 16 |
17 | (17) Dent Oliver | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 17 |
18 | (18) Arthur Payne | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 18 |
Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos |
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
References
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Fred Williams wind the speed championship". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 September 1953. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1953 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "1953 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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