Motorcycle speedway world championship season
1992 Individual Speedway World Championship |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Gavy_Havelock.jpg/220px-Gavy_Havelock.jpg) Gary Havelock (champion) |
Venue | Olympic Stadium |
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Location | Wrocław, Poland |
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End date | 29 August 1992 |
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The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]
Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion[3] since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.[4][5]
Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.[6]
First round
British qualifiers
- Top 32 to British-Semi finals
Second round
British semi-finals
Australian qualification
Date | Championship | Venue | Winner |
? | Northern Territory | ? | ? |
? | Queensland | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Troy Butler |
? | Victorian | Olympic Park, Mildura | Leigh Adams |
? | New South Wales | Nepean Speedway, Sydney | Mick Poole |
? | Western Australian | Collie Speedway, Collie | Glenn Doyle |
? | South Australian | North Arm Speedway, Gillman | Craig Hodgson |
New Zealand qualification
Third round
Continental preliminary round
- Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Swedish qualification
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
Australian Final
- First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve
British Final
- Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve
New Zealand Final
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Gary Allan | 15 |
2 | Mark Thorpe | 14 |
3 | Paul Atkins | 11 |
4 | Chris Martin | 10 |
5 | John Roberts | 9 |
6 | Mark Jamieson | 9 |
7 | Trevor Chapman | 9 |
8 | Mike Wilson | 9 |
9 | Steve Mundgeway | 6 |
10 | Barry Free | 6 |
11 | Dean Sullivan | 6 |
12 | Glen Sole | 5 |
13 | Robbie Price | 4 |
14 | Rhys Hamburger | 3 |
15 | Ricky Meehan (res) | 2 |
16 | Dean Ornsby | 0 |
17 | Justin Monk | 0 |
Fourth round
Continental quarter-finals
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Swedish Final
Finland Final
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Vesa Ylinen | 14+3 |
2 | Juha Moksunen | 14+2 |
3 | Mika Pellinen | 13 |
4 | Aki Ala Riihimäki | 10 |
5 | Petri Nurmesniemi | 9 |
6 | Tomi Havu | 8 |
7 | Janne Koivula | 8 |
8 | Arto Orjo | 7 |
9 | Janne Moksunen | 7 |
10 | Marko Hyyryläinen | 7 |
11 | Petri Vaatsio | 6 |
12 | Aarre Soivuori | 5 |
13 | Niklas Finne | 4 |
14 | Petri Kokko | 3 |
15 | Jari Kortelainen | 3 |
16 | Roy Malminheimo | 1 |
17 | Jounko Jarvi (res) | 1 |
Norwegian qualifying
Danish Final
Commonwealth Final
- First 11 to Overseas final
American Final
- First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Fifth round
Continental semi-finals
Nordic Final
Overseas Final
- First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve
Sixth round
World Semi-Finals
World final
- 29 August 1992
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław[7]
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
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Flying Brit Gary on top of the world". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 August 1992. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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