1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships. He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.[5]

It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.[6]

First round

British qualification

  • Riders progress to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Preliminary Round
8 AprilMilton Keynes Stadium, Milton KeynesMalcolm SimmonsBarry ThomasAndy Campbell
9 AprilWimbledon Stadium, LondonDave JessupAndrew SilverRoger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 AprilBerrington Lough Stadium, BerwickPaul ThorpRob GrantPaul Stead
13 AprilBoston Sports Stadium, BostonDoug WyerLes CollinsAndy Hines
15 AprilWimborne Road, PooleSteve SchofieldNeil MiddleditchEric Monaghan
27 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's LynnAndy CampbellSteve SchofieldLes Collins

Second round

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Alan Grahame14
2Phil Collins10
3Richard Knight10
4Kelvin Tatum10
5Malcolm Simmons9
6John Davis9
7Andrew Silver9
8Marvyn Cox9
9Peter Collins
10Andy Smith
11Neil Collins
12Peter Carr
13Sean Willmott
14Steve Schofield
15Martin Hagon
Pos.RiderPoints
1Simon Wigg14
2Jeremy Doncaster14
3Neil Evitts13
4Chris Morton11
5Simon Cross10
6Paul Thorp9
7Kenny Carter8
8Carl Blackbird8
9Louis Carr8
10Les Collins7
11Andy Grahame6
12Kenny McKinna5
13Andy Campbell3
14Alan Mogridge3
15Andy Hines1
16Michael Lee0

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in heat 1, top 7 in heat 2 to Swedish final

Australian qualification

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Queensland Championship
Dec 1985Pioneer Park, AyrJohn TitmanTroy ButlerSteve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
Dec 1985Newcastle Motordrome, TomagoStephen DaviesChris Watson ?
Northern Territory Championship
Dec 1985Arunga Park SpeedwayBrent NottDavid Jackson ?
Victorian Championship
Dec 1985Olympic Park, MilduraPhil CrumpJohn McNeil ?
South Australian Championship
Dec 1985North Arm Speedway, AdelaideSteve BakerMark Fiora ?
Western Australian Championship
Dec 1985Claremont Speedway, PerthMick McKeonGlyn TaylorDavid Cheshire

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Preliminary Round
11 May Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Roman Matoušek Heinz Huber Erich Shafferer
11 May Speedway Stadium, Targovishte Valery Gordeev Armando Dal Chiele Ladislav Hradecky
11 May Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Zenon Plech Rinat Mardanshin Zbignew Blazejczak
11 May Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Petr Kucera Gianni Famari József Petrikovics

Australian Final

  • Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1David Bargh14+3
2Larry Ross14+2
3Mitch Shirra12+3
4Mike Fullerton12+2
5Kym Mauger11
6Chris Martin9
7Trevor Chapman9
8Craig Monk7
9Peter Nightingale6
10Spencer Timmo5
11Mike Hollows5
12Craig Blackett4
13Craig Wilkkie4
14Lee Chappell3
15Steve Brown3
16Jamie Martin1

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 2122
(13) Neil Evitts 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
(2) Phil Collins 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 2
(15) Jeremy Doncaster 10 0 3 2 2 3 10 3 3
4 (3) Marvyn Cox 10 1 1 3 3 2 10 4 2
5 (9) Chris Morton 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 5 1
6 (7) Malcolm Simmons 9 1 2 3 3 0 9 6
7 (10) Richard Knight 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 7 3
8 (1) Paul Thorp 8 3 1 3 T 1 8 8 2
9 (8) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 9 1
10 (16) Louis Carr 8 1 2 2 1 2 8 10 F
11 (14) Simon Wigg 7 2 E 0 2 3 7 11
12 (11) Andy Smith 5 3 0 0 F 2 5 12
13 (5) Andrew Silver 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 13
14 (6) Carl Blackbird 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 14
15 (4) Simon Cross 2 0 1 E 1 0 2 15
16 (12) John Davis 2 E 0 1 1 T 2 16
R1 (R1) Dave Clark 0 0 0 R1
TR (TR) Mike Bacon 0 0 0 TR
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 2122

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
1Hans Nielsen14
2Erik Gundersen13+3
3Bo Petersen13+2
4Jan O. Pedersen12
5John Jørgensen12
6Sam Nikolajsen7
7Per Sørensen7
8John Eskildsen7
9Jens Rasmussen7
10Peter Glanz5
11Tommy Knudsen5
12Peter Ravn5
13Fleming Pedersen4
14Kurt Hansen4
15Preben Eriksen3
16Aksel Jepsen0

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1Ingvar Skogland14
2Robert Langeland13
3Arnt Førland12
4Per Magne Levang11
5Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd9
6Gjermund Aas9

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Ari Koponen14
2Juha Moksunen13+3
3Roy Malminheimo13+2
4Olli Tyrvainen13+1
5Pekka Hautamaki12
6Aki Ala Riihimaki9
7Janne Moksunen8
8Veijo Tuoriniemi8
9Ossi Henriksson8
10Heimo Kaikko7
11Esa Reijo4
12Aarre Soivuori3
13Marko Hyyrylainen3
14Mikael Back2
15Markku Haapala2
16Hannu Lehtonen0

Swedish Finals

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Tota
1Tommy Nilsson14131239
2Jimmy Nilsen10131134
3Mikael Blixt814931
4Erik Stenlund9111030
5Kenneth Nyström1161128
6Conny Ivarsson109827
7Per Jonsson513826
8Tony Olsson610824
9Roland Dannö115824
10Dennis Löfqvist106521
11Christer Rohlén64919
12Mikael Teurnberg63615
13Uno Johansson56314
14Tommy Lindgren72514
15Patrik Karlsson14611
16Anders Kling0101

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 May Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Wojciech Żabiałowicz Grzegorz Dzikowski Rif Saitgareev
25 May Markéta Stadium, Prague Viktor Kuznetsov Antonín Kasper, Jr. Petr Vandirek
26 May Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam[7] Roman Matoušek Roman Jankowski Armando Castagna
29 May Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching Heinrich Schatzer József Petrikovics Mikhail Starostin

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 2122
(12) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(10) Lance King 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2 3
(11) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3 2
4 (3) Bobby Schwartz 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 4 1
5 (4) Kelly Moran 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 (16) Rick Miller 9 2 1 2 1 3 9 6
7 (1) Alan Christian 8 1 3 1 1 2 8 7
8 (14) Keith Christo 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 8
9 (5) Mike Faria 7 2 2 2 0 1 7 9
10 (6) Steve Lucero 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 10
11 (15) John Cook 6 3 0 0 2 1 6 11
12 (7) Bobby Ott 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 12
13 (13) Robert Pfetzing 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 13
14 (2) Brad Oxley 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 (8) Shawn McConnell 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 (9) Ed Castro 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 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 2122

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

Commonwealth 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
(16) Jeremy Doncaster 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(15) Kelvin Tatum 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
(5) Chris Morton 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 3
4 (4) Steve Baker 9 1 1 3 3 1 9 4
5 (13) Neil Evitts 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 5
6 (8) Richard Knight 9 3 0 2 2 2 9 6
7 (14) Larry Ross 8 0 0 3 3 2 8 7
8 (6) Phil Crump 8 1 3 X 2 2 8 8
9 (2) Marvyn Cox 8 3 1 2 1 1 8 9
10 (9) Paul Thorp 8 3 2 1 0 2 8 10
11 (1) Mitch Shirra 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 11
12 (12) David Bargh 6 1 3 F 1 1 6 12
13 (10) Phil Collins 5 2 2 0 1 0 5 13
14 (7) Malcolm Simmons 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14
15 (11) Steve Regeling 3 0 2 1 E 0 3 15
16 (3) Alan Rivett 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 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

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Viktor Kuznetsov13
2 Georg Hack12+3
3 Michail Starostin12+2
4 Antonín Kasper Jr.12+1
5 Karl Maier11
6 Heinrich Schatzer10
7 Petr Vandírek9
8 Klaus Lausch8+3
9 Zoltán Adorján8+2
10 Pavel Karnas6
11 Vladimir Trofimov6
12 Sandor Tihanyi5
13 Zenon Plech4
14 Andrzej Huszcza3
15 Zbigniew Blazejczak1
16 József Petrikovics0
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Armando Castagna12
2 Stanislav Urban10+3
3 Roman Matoušek10+2
4 Valerij Gordeev10+1
5 Wojciech Zabialowicz10+0
6 Ryszard Dolomisiewicz9
7 Maciej Jaworek9
8 Nikolaj Manev8
9 Lubomir Jedek7
10 Francesco Biginato7
11 Zdeněk Schneiderwind7
12 Rif Saitgareev
13 Ryszard Franczyszyn
14 Roman Jankowski
15 Paolo Salvatelli
16 Grzegorz Dzikowski

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Hans Nielsen14
2 Jimmy Nilsen13
3 Jan O. Pedersen11
4 Erik Gundersen10
5 Jan Andersson10
6 Tommy Knudsen10
7 Tommy Nilsson9
8 Bo Petersen9
9 Kai Niemi9
10 John Jørgensen8
11 Erik Stenlund6
12 Einar Kyllingstad3
13 Ari Koponen3
14 Mikael Blixt2
15 Juha Moksunen2
16 Ingvar Skogland0
Res Kenneth Nyström1

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
(7) Sam Ermolenko 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(4) Jeremy Doncaster 12 3 3 1 2 3 12 2
(14) Neil Evitts 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 (1) Marvyn Cox 10 1 3 3 1 2 10 4
5 (2) Chris Morton 10 2 3 2 2 1 10 5
6 (8) Mitch Shirra 9 0 2 1 3 3 9 6
7 (12) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 1 3 X 3 9 7
8 (15) Kelly Moran 8 2 2 1 3 0 8 8
9 (5) Steve Baker 7 2 2 0 3 0 7 9
10 (13) Paul Thorp 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 10
11 (10) Phil Crump 5 3 1 0 F 1 5 11
12 (11) Bobby Schwartz 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 12
13 (3) Larry Ross 5 0 1 2 E 2 5 13
14 (6) Malcolm Simmons 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 14
15 (9) Lance King 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 (16) Shawn Moran 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Rick Miller 5 0 2 3 5 R1
R2 (R2) Steve Regeling 0 F 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

Sixth 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 2122
(7) Viktor Kuznetsov 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 3
(15) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 2 2
(12) Armando Castagna 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 3
4 (2) Karl Maier 11 1 3 2 2 3 11 4 3
5 (11) Petr Vandirek 11 2 1 2 3 3 11 5 2
6 (6) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 8 2 2 1 0 3 8 6
7 (5) Stanislav Urban 7 1 3 0 3 0 7 7
8 (8) Roman Matoušek 7 X 2 3 X 2 7 8
9 (9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 9
10 (3) Nikolai Manev 6 2 E 1 2 1 6 10
11 (13) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 11
12 (16) Klaus Lausch 5 0 1 3 1 0 5 12
13 (4) Mikhail Starostin 5 0 E 2 1 2 5 13
14 (14) Georg Hack 4 1 E 0 2 1 4 14
15 (1) Heinrich Schatzer 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 (10) Maciej Jaworek 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Zoltan Adorjan 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Lubomir Jedek 1 0 1 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 2122

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
(9) Erik Gundersen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(14) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
(4) Tommy Knudsen 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 (5) Neil Evitts 11 3 1 3 3 1 11 4
5 (1) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 2 0 3 8 5
6 (2) Sam Ermolenko 8 1 1 2 3 1 8 6
7 (8) Jimmy Nilsen 8 2 2 1 2 1 8 7
8 (3) Mitch Shirra 7 0 3 0 2 2 7 8
9 (13) Chris Morton 7 0 2 1 1 3 7 9
10 (6) Jan O. Pedersen 7 0 2 3 1 1 7 10
11 (15) Marvyn Cox 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11 3
12 (7) Jan Andersson 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 12 2
13 (12) Paul Thorp 4 1 1 E 2 0 4 13
14 (16) Jeremy Doncaster 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 (10) Steve Baker 2 2 X 0 0 0 2 15
16 (11) Tommy Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Phil Crump 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) John Jørgensen 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

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) Hans Nielsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(11) Jan O. Pedersen 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
(12) Kelvin Tatum 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3
4 (1) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 4
5 (10) Tommy Knudsen 10 1 3 3 X 3 10 5
6 (13) Viktor Kuznetsov 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 6
7 (6) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 2 1 3 2 9 7
8 (4) Neil Evitts 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 8
9 (16) Chris Morton 8 2 1 0 2 3 8 9
10 (8) Erik Gundersen 7 3 0 3 1 E 7 10
11 (15) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 6 1 2 0 2 1 6 11
12 (14) Marvyn Cox 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 12
13 (2) Karl Maier 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 (3) Armando Castagna 2 1 1 0 F - 2 14
15 (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 (7) Mitch Shirra 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Jan Andersson 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Petr Vandirek 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

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