1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
Gary Havelock (champion)
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationWrocław, Poland
End date29 August 1992

Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion 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.[3][4]

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.[5]

First round

British qualifiers
Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals
Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification
Date Championship Venue Winner
?Northern Territory??
?QueenslandBrisbane Exhibition GroundTroy Butler
 ?VictorianOlympic Park, MilduraLeigh Adams
 ?New South WalesNepean Speedway, SydneyMick Poole
 ?Western AustralianCollie Speedway, CollieGlenn Doyle
 ?South AustralianNorth Arm Speedway, GillmanCraig Hodgson

New Zealand qualification
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
14 Dec '91South Island FinalRuapuna Speedway, ChristchurchMark ThorpeMark JamiesonJustin Monk
 ??North Island FinalWaikaraka Park, Auckland ?? ?? ??

Third round

Continental preliminary round
  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
26 Apr Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Andreas Bössner Igor Dubinin Armando Dal Chiele
26 Apr Speedwaystadion, Ludwigslust Mirosław Kowalik Philippe Bergé Pavel Karnas
26 Apr Volán Sporttelep, Nyiregyhaza Sandor Tihanyi Laszlo Bodi Jacek Woźniak
26 Apr Sportplatz St. Johann, St.Johann/Pg Rene Aas Toni Pilotto Borivoj Hadek

Swedish qualification
  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final
Main article: 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
  • First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

British Final
Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1Gary Allan15
2Mark Thorpe14
3Paul Atkins11
4Chris Martin10
5John Roberts9
6Mark Jamieson9
7Trevor Chapman9
8Mike Wilson9
9Steve Mundgeway6
10Barry Free6
11Dean Sullivan6
12Glen Sole5
13Robbie Price4
14Rhys Hamburger3
15Ricky Meehan (res)2
16Dean Ornsby0
17Justin Monk0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals
  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 May Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund Sandor Tihanyi Antonín Kasper Jr. Laszlo Bodi
24 May Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra Zoltán Adorján Andrzej Huszcza Roman Matousek
24 May Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Bohumil Brhel Tomasz Gollob Jozsef Petrikovics
24 May Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Gerd Riss Antal Kocso Oleg Kurguskin

Swedish Final
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Per Jonsson14+14+1038
2Jimmy Nilsen11+13+1236
3Tony Rickardsson13+10+1235
4Peter Nahlin10+12+1335
5Jörgen Johansson9+9+927
6Conny Ivarsson9+5+1125
7Christer Rohlén6+10+723
8Niklas Karlsson5+11+622
9Dennis Löfqvist5+7+921
10Tony Olsson8+3+920
11Erik Stenlund9+6+520
12Kenneth Lindby8+5+215
13Mikael Ritterwall6+1+512
14Stefan Dannö3+8+011
15Joakim Karlsson0+4+59
16Patrik Olsson4+2+28

Finland Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1Vesa Ylinen14+3
2Juha Moksunen14+2
3Mika Pellinen13
4Aki Ala Riihimäki10
5Petri Nurmesniemi9
6Tomi Havu8
7Janne Koivula8
8Arto Orjo7
9Janne Moksunen7
10Marko Hyyryläinen7
11Petri Vaatsio6
12Aarre Soivuori5
13Niklas Finne4
14Petri Kokko3
15Jari Kortelainen3
16Roy Malminheimo1
17Jounko Jarvi (res)1

Norwegian qualifying

Danish Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1Gert Handberg27
2Brian Karger23+3
3John Jörgensen23+2
4Tommy Knudsen21
5Claus Jacobsen19+3
6Peter Ravn19+2
7Allan Johansen18
8Brian Andersen18
9Bo Eriksen11
10Jan Staechmann10
11Jan Andersen10
12Tom P. Knudsen9
13Jan Pedersen8
14Lars-Henrik Jørgensen7
15Hans Clausen7
16René Madsen4
17Jacob Olsen (Res)4
18Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res)2

Commonwealth Final
Main article: 1992 Commonwealth final
  • First 11 to Overseas final

American Final
  • First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Zdeněk Tesař11+3
2 Slawomir Drabik11+2
3 Roman Matoušek11+1
4 Antonín Kasper Jr.11+0
5 Piotr Swist10
6 Piotr Paluch10
7 Zdeněk Schneiderwind10
8 Mikhail Starostin9
9 Zoltan Hajdu8
10 Václav Milík Sr.8
11 Zsolt Böszermenyi7
12 Laszlo Bodi3
13 Andrzej Huszcza3
14 Karel Průša3
15 Zoltán Adorján2
16 Jacek Wozniak1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Antal Kocso14
2 Róbert Nagy12
3 Bohumil Brhel9
4 Gerd Riss*+3
5 József Petrikovics8+2
6 Petr Vandírek8+1
7 Mirosław Kowalik8+0
8 Robert Sawina8+0
9 Vladimir Kalina7
10 Borivoj Hadek6
11 Tomasz Gollob6
12 Armando Castagna6
13 Jacek Krzyzaniak5
14 Jaroslaw Olszewski5
15 Valentino Furlanetto5
16 Oleg Kurguskin4

Nordic Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Tony Rickardsson12
2 Per Jonsson10+3
3 Brian Karger10+2
4 John Jörgensen10+1
5 Jimmy Nilsen10+0
6 Gert Handberg9+
7 Henrik Gustafsson9+
8 Tommy Knudsen9+
9 Einar Kyllingstad9+
10 Peter Nahlin9+
11 Lars Gunnestad8
12 Hans Nielsen6
13 Claus Jacobsen4
14 Vesa Ylinen3
15 Jörgen Johansson (Res)1
16 Peter Ravn0
17 Juha Moksunen0
18 Arnt Førland (Res)0

Overseas Final
Main article: 1992 Overseas final
  • First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Per Jonsson14+3
2 Gary Havelock14+2
3 Kelvin Tatum11
4 Jimmy Nilsen9
5 Ronnie Correy8+
6 Zdeněk Tesař8+
7 John Jörgensen8+
8 Henrik Gustafsson8+
9 Antal Kocso8+
10 Bohumil Brhel8+
11 Andy Smith7
12 Mirosław Kowalik5
13 Jason Lyons5
14 Roman Matoušek4
15 Piotr Świst2
16 Piotr Paluch1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Gert Handberg15
2 Sam Ermolenko14
3 Tommy Knudsen11
4 Rick Miller10
5 Tony Rickardsson10
6 Brian Karger9
7 Mitch Shirra9
8 Martin Dugard7+3
9 Róbert Nagy7+2
10 Gerd Riss7+1
11 Sławomir Drabik7+0
12 Antonín Kasper, Jr.5
13 József Petrikovics3
14 Einar Kyllingstad3
15 Petr Vandírek2
16 Zdeněk Schneiderwind1
17 Peter Nahlin (Res)0

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
(8) Gary Havelock 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(6) Per Jonsson 11 0 3 2 3 3 11 2
(13) Gert Handberg 10 3 2 3 2 0 10 3
4 (3) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 3 0 1 2 9 4
5 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 9 1 0 2 3 3 9 5
6 (1) John Jørgensen 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 6
7 (12) Jimmy Nilsen 7 3 X 3 0 1 7 7
8 (9) Sam Ermolenko 7 1 3 1 X 2 7 8
9 (4) Sławomir Drabik 6 E 3 2 1 X 6 9
10 (11) Kelvin Tatum 6 0 0 3 1 2 6 10
11 (14) Rick Miller 6 0 2 2 2 X 6 11
12 (7) Ronnie Correy 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 12
13 (15) Mitch Shirra 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 13
14 (10) Tony Rickardsson 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 14
15 (16) Zdeněk Tesař 5 1 1 1 2 0 5 15
16 (2) Brian Karger 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 16
R1 (R1) Antal Kocso 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Martin Dugard 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

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