1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[6]

Qualifying results.[7][8]

First round

British Preliminary round

  • Riders progress to British qualifying round
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 AprilShielfield Park, BerwickTaffy OwenTom OwenGraham Jones
10 AprilKingsmead Stadium, CanterburyReg LuckhurstTed HubbardGraham Banks
11 AprilMildenhall Stadium, MildenhallKevin JollyAndy CusworthLaurie Etheridge
13 AprilWessex Stadium, WeymouthTony FeatherstoneBob ColesBarney Kennett

British qualifying round

  • Riders progress to British quarter finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 AprilOwlerton Stadium, SheffieldTrevor GeerAlan GrahamePaul Tyrer
23 AprilMonmore Green, WolverhamptonAlan MolyneuxBrian HavelockBob Coles
24 AprilAbbey Stadium, SwindonDave PerksSteve BastableTom Owen
24 AprilDudley Wood Stadium, DudleyBobby McNeilMick HinesMick Bell

Second round

Swedish qualification

  • Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

New Zealand qualification

  • Top 16 to New Zealand final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
South Island Final
6 December, '75 Oreti Park Speedway, InvercargillLarry RossGraeme StapletonDenis Sincock
North Island Final
10 January Showgrounds, Palmerston NorthColin FarquharsonColin TuckerRoy Trigg

Australian qualification

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
New South Wales Round
22 November '75 Liverpool Speedway, Green ValleyBilly SandersPhil HerneMitch Shirra
28 November '75 Jerilderie Park Speedway, TomagoPhil HerneTerry SoutherlandMitch Shirra
29 November '75 Sydney Showground, SydneyMitch ShirraPhil HerneBilly Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, BrisbaneMike FarrellRon HendersonDarryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 January Rowley Park Speedway, AdelaideJohn BoulgerRay SniderRobin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 January Northern Park Raceway, MelbourneDanny KennedyRob JonesJohn Dewhurst
Northern District
23 January Rowley Park Speedway, AdelaidePhil CrumpJohn BoulgerKym Amundson
31 January Sydney Showground, SydneyBilly SandersMike FarrellJohn Langfield
7 February Brisbane Exhibition Ground, BrisbaneMike FarrellJohn TitmanGarry Middleton

British quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 MayBirchfield Ladbroke Stadium, BirminghamPeter CollinsChris PuseyAlan Molyneux
5 MayWimborne Road, PooleDave JessupDave MortonArthur Price
8 MayHyde Road, ManchesterAlan GrahameJohn DavisMichael Lee
8 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's LynnMalcolm SimmonsChris MortonDoug Wyer

Continental Preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 April La Favorita, Sarego Hans Wassermann Evzen Erban Karel Vobornik
25 April Stadion Wiener Neustadt Georg Gilgenreiner Alois Wiesböck Hubert Fischbaher

Third round

American qualifying

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Ivan Mauger14+3
2Barry Briggs14+2
3Larry Ross11+3
4Roy Trigg11+2
5Graeme Stapleton10
6Paul Fewings10
7Colin Tucker10
8Colin Farquharson7
9Dennis Sincock6
10Robin Adlington6
11Merv Salt5
12Paul Church4
13Kevin Burt3
14Paul Wells3
15Graeme Stewart3
16Bruce Mitchell2
17Mike Fullerton1

Australian Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Phil Crump15
2John Langfield13
3Phil Herne12
4John Boulger12
5Mitch Shirra10
6John Titman9
7Ticky Day9
8Billy Sanders8
9Mick McKeon8
10Mike Farrell6
11Robin Amundson5
12Robert Maxfield4
13Ron Henderson3
14Rod Chessell3
15Ray Snider2
16Dene Davies1
17Paul Scanlon0

Swedish Final

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 (9) Bernt Persson 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 (14) Anders Michanek 11 X 3 3 3 2 11 2
3 (2) Sören Karlsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 (3) Bengt Jansson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 (10) Jan Simensen 10 2 0 3 2 3 10 5
6 (16) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 1 3 1 2 10 6
7 (13) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 7
8 (4) Christer Sjösten 8 F 3 2 0 3 8 8
9 (5) Cal-Erik Claesson 8 3 2 2 0 1 8 9
10 (6) Lars-Like Andersson 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 10
11 (1) Eddie Davidsson 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 11
12 (15) Richard Hellsen 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 (8) Sven Nilsson 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 (7) Per-Olof Dovhjort 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 14
15 (11) Bo Wirebrand 1 1 - 0 - - 1 15
16 (12) Kenneth Selmolsson 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Bengt Larsson 1 0 1 1
(18) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 2 1 0 3
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

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Finn Thomsen15
2Kurt Bøgh12+3
3Jan Henningsen12+2
4Leif Rasmusen12+1
5Finn Rune Jensen11
6Gunnar Svendsen10
7Bent Nørregaard-Jensen10
8Mike Lohmann8
9Kristian Præstbro8
10Jens Erik Krause Kjaer4
11Knud Ellegaard4
12Ernst Bøgh4
13Erling Rasmussen3
14Godtfred Andreasen3
15Jorgen Walther Johansen2
16Kaj Kristensen2

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Ilkka Teromaa15
2Kai Niemi13
3Olli Turkia12
4Kari Vuoristo11
5Rauli Mäkinen11
6Teuvo Sirenius8
7Pekka Paljakka7
8Esko Mylläri7
9Esa Mattila7
10Ismo Kivelä (res)7
11Pentti Mattila6
12Veli Pekka Teromaa5
13Matti Vayrynen4
14Seppo Palomäki3
15Kari Lindevall2
16Heikki Ahonen0
17Esa Jamsalainen (res)0

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Reidar Eide15
2Dag Lovaas14
3Edgard Stangeland13
4Audun Ove Olsen11
5Øyvind S. Berg11
6Jan Terje Gravningen10
7Kjell Gimre9
8Helge Langli9
9Tormod Langli6
10Tom Godal5
11Ingve Madland4
12Stein Pedersen4
13Askild Malmin3
14Jorn Flatha2
15Sigvard Pedersen2
16Per Hetland1

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Malcolm Simmons14
2Bob Kilby13
3John Louis13
4Dave Jessup12
5John Davis11
6Reg Wilson9
7Chris Morton9
8George Hunter8
9Gordon Kennett7
10Tom Owen6
11Arthur Price5
12Richard Greer5
13Tony Davey4
14Alan Molyneux3
15Paul Tyrer1
16Kevin Holden0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Peter Collins15
2Jim McMillan14
3Doug Wyer12
4Mike Lanham11
5Dave Morton10
6Ray Wilson10
7Terry Betts9
8Chris Pusey9
9Michael Lee8
10Steve Weatherley7
11Frank Auffret5
12Arthur Browning4
13Dave Perks3
14Carl Glover2
15Geoff Pusey1
16Steve Lomas0

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
15 May Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava Mikhail Starostin Vladimir Gordeev Viktor Trofimov
15 May Mladost Stadium, Prelog Giuseppe Marzotto Viktor Kuznetsov Angel Eftimov
16 May Rottalstadion, Pocking Egon Müller Christoph Betzl Valery Gordeev
16 May Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen Vaclav Hejl Paolo Noro Václav Verner

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Egon Müller15
2 Valerij Gordeev11
3 Christoph Betzl11
4 Jiří Štancl11
5 Hans Wassermann11
6 Jan Klokocka10
7 Grigory Khlinovsky9
8 Vladimir Smirnov9
9 Josef Minarik8
10 Viktor Selivanov6
11 Václav Verner6
12 Vaclav Hejl5
13 Petr Ondrašík5
14 Evzen Erban1
15 Franz Lang1
16 Paulo Noro1
17 Peter Lempenauer (res)0
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Viktor Kuznetsov13
2 Giuseppe Marzotto13
3 Vladimir Gordeev11
4 Viktor Trofimov11
5 Nikolaj Kornev10
6 Michail Starostin10
7 Jan Hadek9
8 Georgij Ivanov9
9 Sergej Djuchev8
10 Hubert Fischbacher6
11 Josef Angermüller4
12 Emil Sova4
13 Vladimir Paznikov4
14 Petr Kucera3
15 Jan Verner3
16 Angel Eftimov1

Australasian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 John Boulger3,3,2,3,314
2 Billy Sanders2,3,3,3,213
3 Phil Crump3,3,3,X,312
4 Ivan Mauger3,2,X,3,311+3
5 Phil Herne3,2,1,2,311+2
6 Mitch Shirra2,3,2,3,111+1
7 Barry BriggsX,1,3,2,28
8 John TitmanX,2,2,2,28
9 Ricky Day1,1,3,0,16
10 Colin Tucker2,2,1,0,05
11 Colin Farqhuarson1,E,1,2,15
12 John LangfieldX,1,2,1,04
13 Larry Ross2,1,0,1,E4
14 Graeme Stapleton0,0,E,1,23
15 Roy Trigg1,0,0,0,12
16 Paul Fewlings0,0,1,0,01
R1 Dennis Sincock1
R2 Robin Adlington1

American Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Scott Autrey?+3
2William Mike Curoco?+2
3Steve Gresham?+1

British Final

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
(9) Malcolm Simmons 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(3) Chris Morton 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2
(6) Doug Wyer 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 (12) Peter Collins 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 (5) John Louis 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (7) Dave Jessup 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 (2) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 1 3 0 8 7
8 (15) Terry Betts 7 3 1 0 0 3 7 8
9 (13) Ray Wilson 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 9
10 (11) Bob Kilby 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 10
11 (16) John Davis 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 (10) Dave Morton 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13 (14) George Hunter 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 13
14 (1) Mike Lanham 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 (4) Reg Wilson 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 (8) Chris Pusey 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 16
R1 (R1) John Harrhy 0 0 R1
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

Nordic Final

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 21
(4) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(14) Anders Michanek 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
(10) Bengt Jansson 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 (12) Dag Lovaas 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4
5 (7) Bernt Persson 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 5
6 (5) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 6
7 (6) Sören Karlsson 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7 3
8 (13) Edgar Stangeland 8 2 3 0 2 1 8 8 2
9 (2) Ila Teromaa 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 9 1
10 (3) Finn Thomsen 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 10
11 (1) Reidar Eide 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 (15) Tommy Nilsson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 (11) Markku Helminen 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 (9) Karl Erik Claesson 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
15 (8) Jan Simensen 1 0 1 - 0 0 1 15
16 (16) Christer Sjösten 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Lars-Åke Andersson 1 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) Thomas Pettersson 0 0 R2
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 21

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

Fifth round

Intercontinental Final

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 (11) Peter Collins 12+3 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 (9) Ivan Mauger 12+2 1 3 2 3 3 12 2
3 (1) Phil Crump 11+3 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4 (7) Malcolm Simmons 11+2 3 0 3 3 2 11 4
5 (8) Chris Morton 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 (5) Doug Wyer 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 (10) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 1 3 1 9 7
8 (6) John Louis 8+3 0 3 0 2 3 8 8
9 (16) Anders Michanek 8+2 3 3 1 0 1 8 9
10 (12) John Boulger 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 10
11 (3) Billy Sanders 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 (13) Ole Olsen 6 X E 2 2 2 6 12
13 (15) Bengt Jansson 4 2 1 1 X 0 4 13
14 (4) Bernt Persson 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 14
15 (2) Dag Lovaas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (14) Sören Sjösten 1 1 0 E - - 1 16
(17) Trevor Geer 0 0 0 0
(18) Barry Thomas 0 0 0
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

Continental Final

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
(6) Egon Müller 9 3 3 3 9 1
(4) Jiří Štancl 8 3 3 2 8 2
(9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 3
4 (7) Vladimir Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 4
5 (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 2 2 2 6 5
6 (14) Georgy Ivanov 6 3 1 2 6 6
7 (12) Jan Hadek 6 3 1 2 6 7
8 (15) Viktor Kuznetsov 4 0 1 3 4 8
9 (13) Nikolay Kornev 4 2 2 0 4 9
10 (5) Vladimir Smirnov 4 2 1 1 4 10
11 (16) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 2 1 4 11
12 (10) Giuseppe Marzotto 3 0 2 1 3 12
13 (2) Hans Wassermann 2 2 0 0 2 13
14 (8) Christoph Betzl 1 0 0 1 1 14
15 (3) Jan Klokocka 1 1 0 0 1 15
16 (1) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Sergey Dyuzhev 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Josef Minarik 0 0 R2
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

World Final

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
(11) Peter Collins 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(15) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
(13) Phil Crump 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 (5) Ivan Mauger 11 3 E 2 3 3 11 4
5 (9) Zenon Plech 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 5
6 (7) John Louis 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 6
7 (10) Doug Wyer 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 7
8 (1) Egon Müller 8 3 1 2 2 F 8 8
9 (2) Scott Autrey 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 (12) Jiří Štancl 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 10
11 (16) Chris Morton 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 (6) Edward Jancarz 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 12
13 (4) Marek Cieślak 4 0 3 0 E 1 4 13
14 (3) Jerzy Rembas 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 14
15 (8) Valery Gordeev 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 15
16 (14) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Anders Michanek 2 2 2 R1
R2 (R2) Grigory Khlinovsky 0 0 R2
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

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