1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.[4]

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.[5]

First round

British qualification

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Preliminary Round
8 AprilMildenhall Stadium, MildenhallRichard KnightKevin JollyRobert Henry
8 AprilBoston Sports Stadium, BostonDave PerksColin CookSteve Lomas
10 AprilWessex Stadium, WeymouthMarvyn CoxMartin YeatesAlun Rossiter
13 AprilPowderhall Stadium, EdinburghKenny McKinnaDave TrownsonCharlie McKinna
17 AprilMilton Keynes Stadium, Milton KeynesTrevor BanksBarry ThomasKeith White
Quarter-Final
29 AprilThe Shay, HalifaxKevin JollyMarvyn CoxBarry Thomas

Swedish qualification

  • Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

Second round

Continental preliminary round

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 April Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Edward Jancarz Georg Gilgenreiner Jerzy Rembas
22 April Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen Jiří Štancl Wojciech Żabiałowicz János Oreskó
22 April Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Václav Verner Maciej Jaworek Stanislav Urban
22 April Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching Josef Aigner Peter Wurtele Armando Castagna

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Michael Lee15
2Chris Morton13
3Phil Collins12
4Les Collins11
5Dave Jessup9
6Jeremy Doncaster9
7Mark Courtney9
8John Davis8
9Gordon Kennett8
10Kevin Smith7
11Kevin Jolly6
12Colin Richardson5
13Kenny McKinna4
14Alun Rossiter3
15Barry Thomas1
16John Barker0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Neil Evitts12+3
2Andy Grahame12+2
3Kenny Carter11
4Martin Yeates10
5John Louis10
6Alan Grahame10
7Malcolm Simmons10
8Peter Collins9
9Simon Wigg8
10Marvyn Cox7
11Steve Bastable7
12Neil Collins5
13Richard Knight3
14Dave Perks3
15Colin Cook2
16Sean Willmott1

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
5 May Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk Antonín Kasper Jr. Boleslaw Proch Petr Ondrašík
5 May Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut Egon Muller Karl Maier Jiří Štancl
6 May Stadion Wiener Neustadt Josef Aigner Andrzej Huszcza Alois Wiesböck
6 May Napos út, Szeged Mikhail Starostin Edward Jancarz Aleš Dryml Sr.

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 21
(5) Kenny Carter 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1
(10) Andy Grahame 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 2
(15) Dave Jessup 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 (4) Les Collins 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 4
5 (2) Martin Yeates 10 1 3 3 1 2 10 5
6 (1) Alan Grahame 9 3 3 0 3 T 9 6
7 (3) Simon Wigg 8 E 0 3 2 3 8 7
8 (7) Jeremy Doncaster 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 8
9 (14) Peter Collins 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9 3
10 (16) Neil Evitts 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 10 2
11 (11) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 11
12 (9) Chris Morton 5 E 1 2 1 1 5 12
13 (13) John Louis 4 X 2 0 0 2 4 13
14 (8) Phil Collins 3 X 0 E 3 E 3 14
15 (12) John Davis 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 15
16 (6) Mark Courtney 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Kevin Hawkins 1 1 1 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 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

American 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
(11) Bobby Schwartz 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(6) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
(12) Shawn Moran 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 3
4 (1) Lance King 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 4
5 (4) John Cook 10 2 2 3 2 1 10 5
6 (7) Rick Miller 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 6
7 (13) Mike Faria 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7
8 (8) Sam Ermolenko 6 2 E 3 0 1 6 8
9 (5) Robert Pfetzing 6 0 1 2 3 F 6 9
10 (15) Mike Curosco 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 10
11 (14) Dennis Sigalos 4 2 2 F - - 4 11
12 (3) Brad Oxley 3 0 E 2 1 0 3 12
13 (9) Buddy Robinson 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 (2) John Sandoma 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 14
15 (10) Dubb Farrell 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 (16) Alan Christian 0 X - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Jim Lawson 4 0 0 2 2 4 R1
R2 (R2) Keith Christo 1 1 0 1 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

Australian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Phil Crump(3,3,3,3,3)15
2Billy Sanders(3,2,3,2,3)13
3Gary Guglielmi(F,3,3,3,2)11
4John Titman(3,3,2,1,1)10
5Rod Hunter(0,2,2,3,3)10
6Steve Regeling(1,3,0,3,2)9
7Steve Baker(2,F,1,2,3)8
8Stan Bear(2,1,0,2,2)7
9Glyn Taylor(3,2,0,F,1)6
10Mark Fiora(1,1,3,0,0)5
11David Jackson(2,2,1,F,X)5
12Ray Palmer(2,X,2,0,1)5
13Brent Nott(0,2,2,1,0)5
14David Cheshire(1,0,0,1,2)4
15Ashley Norton(F,-,-,-,-)0
16John McNeill(-,-,-,-,-)0
R1Greg Barrett(1,1,1,0)3
18Chris Schmidt(0,1,0,1,0)2

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Mitch Shirra15
2Larry Ross14
3David Bargh13
4Barry Briggs11
5Alan Mason11
6Peter Nightingale9
7Chris Martin9
8Mike Fullerton8
9Robin Hampton7
10Alan Fisher6
11Greg de Kok5
12Steve Duckworth5
13Alan Crosbie4
14Wayne Brown2
15Greg Holloway1
16Mark Richards0

Danish Final

Date Winner 2nd 3rd
6 MayBo PetersenErik GundersenHans Nielsen

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Tormod Langli15
2Einar Kyllingstad13+3
3Roy Otto13+2
4Ingvar Skogland11
5Dag Haland11
6Arne Svendsen9
7Kurt Ualand8
8Willy Tjessem8
9Asgeir Bjerga7
10Geir Aasland7

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Ari Koponen15
2Juha Moksunen14
3Olli Tyrvainen13
4Kai Niemi11
5Pekka Hautamaki11
6Heimo Kaikko11
7Esa Mattila9
8Jorma Reima8
9Seppo Keskinen8
10Henry Kivela5
11Ossi Henriksson3
12Hannu Larronmaa3
13Harri Lankinen3
14Pentti Kallio (res)3
15Veli Pekka Kunelius2
16Rauli Makinen1
17Isto Maja0

Swedish Finals

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
1Jan Andersson15151444
2Pierre Brannefors12141440
3Björn Andersson13121136
4Mikael Blixt1112932
5Tommy Nilsson1210830
6Leif Wahlman710825+3
7Per Jonsson861125+2
8Patrik Karlsson89724
9Hans Danielsson88824
10Alf Trofast68822
11Uno Johansson46818
12Anders Kling53412
13Göran Waltersson2248
14Magnus Jonsson4206
15Lillebror Johansson5--5
16Mikael Aniander0303

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Egon Müller14
2 Jiří Štancl12
3 Karl Maier12
4 Václav Verner12
5 Peter Würtele10
6 Georg Hack10
7 Josef Aigner9
8 Henny Kroeze8
9 Andrzej Huszcza7
10 Armando Dal Chiele7
11 Roman Jankowski5
12 Leonard Raba4
13 Igor Stolyarov4
14 Jan Krzystyniak3
15 Armando Castagna3
16 Emil Sova0
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Zenon Kasprzak13
2 Petr Ondrašík11
3 Lubomir Jedek11
4 Michail Starostin11
5 Aleš Dryml Sr.10
6 Edward Jancarz9
7 Zdeněk Schneiderwind9
8 Zenon Plech8+3
9 Boleslaw Proch8+2
10 Istvan Rusz8+1
11 Antonín Kasper Jr.6
12 Wojciech Zabialowicz5
13 Fritz Bauer5
14 Petr Kucera4
15 Gennady Potechin1

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
(13) Hans Nielsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(11) Erik Gundersen 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 2
(15) Mikael Blixt 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 (5) Jan Andersson 11 3 X 3 2 3 11 4 2
5 (14) Kai Niemi 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 5 1
6 (3) Bo Petersen 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 6 0
7 (2) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 2 2 X 3 10 7
8 (8) Ari Koponen 8 2 2 1 1 2 8 8
9 (16) Peter Ravn 7 0 3 2 0 2 7 9
10 (1) Jens Rasmussen 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 10
11 (6) Pierre Brannefors 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 (12) Bjorn Andersson 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 12
13 (10) John Eskildsen 3 F X 2 1 0 3 13
14 (4) Pekka Hautamaki 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 (9) Einar Kyllingstad 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 (7) Ray Otto 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 (R1) Patrick Karsson 0 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 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

Overseas 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
(2) Lance King 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(7) Phil Crump 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 2
(10) Shawn Moran 11 3 E 3 2 3 11 3
4 (4) Billy Sanders 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 4
5 (8) Alan Grahame 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 5
6 (9) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 3 2 0 9 6
7 (11) Kenny Carter 8 2 2 3 0 1 8 7
8 (14) Simon Wigg 8 1 1 2 1 3 8 8
9 (16) Larry Ross 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
10 (5) Kelly Moran 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 10 3
11 (15) Les Collins 6 3 1 0 1 1 6 11 2
12 (13) Jeremy Doncaster 5 X 0 E 2 3 5 12
13 (1) Andy Grahame 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 13
14 (12) Bobby Schwartz 3 0 0 1 E 2 3 14
15 (6) Dave Jessup 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 15
16 (3) Martin Yeates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) John Cook 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 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

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 21
(14) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3
(5) Karl Maier 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 2
(2) Jiří Štancl 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 3 3
4 (11) Václav Verner 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 4 2
5 (9) Edward Jancarz 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 5
6 (16) Petr Ondrašík 9 0 1 3 2 3 9 6
7 (6) Georg Hack 8 1 F 1 3 3 8 7
8 (13) Aleš Dryml Sr. 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 8
9 (8) Lubomir Jedek 6 0 3 1 0 2 6 9
10 (10) Henny Kroeze 6 F 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 (7) Mikhail Starostin 6 2 2 F 2 0 6 11
12 (4) Andrzej Huszcza 4 1 2 1 X 0 4 12
13 (15) Zenon Plech 3 3 0 F X - 3 13
14 (1) Zdenek Schneiderwind 2 2 F 0 0 0 2 14
15 (3) Peter Wurtele 1 0 1 0 - X 1 15
16 (12) Zenon Kasprzak 1 1 0 - - - 1 16
R1 (R1) Boleslaw Proch 5 1 1 3 5 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 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

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 21
(12) Shawn Moran 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
(10) Simon Wigg 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 2
(9) Lance King 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 (14) Bo Petersen 9 3 3 0 2 1 9 4
5 (15) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 5
6 (5) Kelly Moran 8 3 F 3 2 0 8 6
7 (16) Kai Niemi 8 2 0 3 0 3 8 7
8 (13) Hans Nielsen 8 0 E 2 3 3 8 8
9 (8) Erik Gundersen 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 9
10 (1) Jan Andersson 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 10
11 (11) Billy Sanders 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 (4) Alan Grahame 6 1 1 1 0 3 6 12 3
13 (3) Kenny Carter 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 13 2
14 (7) Phil Crump 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 14
15 (2) Larry Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (6) Mikael Blixt 1 F 0 0 1 0 1 16
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

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 21
(5) Erik Gundersen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(3) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 3
(14) Lance King 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3 2
4 (10) Kelly Moran 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4
5 (7) Mitch Shirra 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 5
6 (11) Simon Wigg 9 3 1 2 3 0 9 6
7 (2) Bo Petersen 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 7
8 (6) Shawn Moran 7 1 0 3 1 2 7 8
9 (12) Karl Maier 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10 (4) Jan Andersson 6 0 2 3 0 1 6 10
11 (1) Billy Sanders 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 11
12 (9) Kai Niemi 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 12
13 (16) Petr Ondrašík 3 2 0 0 E 1 3 13
14 (8) Egon Muller 3 0 1 1 1 F 3 14
15 (13) Jiří Štancl 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 (15) Václav Verner 0 0 0 E - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Alan Grahame 5 3 2 5 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 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

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