The 1952 Polish Speedway season was the 1952 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.
Individual Polish Individual Speedway Championship The 1952 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held in Wrocław on 17 August 1952.
Pos. RiderClub PointsTotal1 Edward Kupczyński Wrocław 14 (3,2,3,3,3)2 Tadeusz Fijałkowski Warszawa 13 (3,3,2,2,3)3 Janusz Suchecki Wrocław 12 (2,2,3,2,3)4 Stanisław Glapiak Leszno 11 (3,1,3,3,1)5 Bolesław Bonin Bydgoszcz 10 (u,3,3,2,2)6 Włodzimierz Szwendrowski Łódź 9 (u,3,0,3,3)7 Mieczysław Kosierb Wrocław 8 (2,3,2,1,wu)8 Zbigniew Raniszewski Bydgoszcz 7 (1,wu,3,2,1)9 Paweł Dziura Rybnik 5 (3,0,1,1,d)10 Jan Krakowiak Wrocław 5 (1,2,2,0,0)11 Józef Olejniczak Leszno 4 (d,u,ns,2,2)12 Marian Kaznowski Częstochowa 4 (2,0,1,1,wu)13 Joachim Maj Rybnik 4 (u,1,1,wu,2)14 Roman Wielgosz Ostrów Wlkp. 4 (0,2,1,d,1)15 Bolesław Puper Łódź 3 (2,1,0,0,0)16 Henryk Ignasiak Rawicz 3 (1,1,0,1,0)
Criterium of Aces The Criterium of Aces was won by Bolesław Bonin.
Team Team Speedway Polish Championship The 1952 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the fifth edition of the Team Polish Championship.
Rules In First League, matches were played with part two teams, without it playing it matches return. Teams consisted of 6 drivers plus 2 reserves. The score of heat: 3–2–1–0. Mecz consisted with 9 heats. For winning game team received 2 points, lost – 0 points. The drivers from the main squad started in a match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.
Before the season it was established that only 4 full rounds would take place with the 5th round consisting of only the first 8 teams. After playing 5 rounds the first 4 teams played a "Play-Off" (Semi-Final and Final).
Ogniwo Bytom was moved to Łódź, and CWKS from Warszawa to Wrocław.
First League Pos Team Match Points Won Lost +/-1 Unia Leszno 5 10 5 0 +682 CWKS Wrocław 5 10 5 0 +683 Spójnia Wrocław 5 8 4 0 +634 Gwardia Bydgoszcz 5 6 3 2 +285 Ogniwo Łódź 5 6 3 2 +16 Górnik Rybnik 5 4 2 3 +87 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 5 2 1 4 −478 Włókniarz Częstochowa 5 2 1 0 −729 Kolejarz Rawicz 4 0 0 4 −3110 Budowlani Warszawa 4 0 0 4 −86
Play-Offs Semi-Finals in Wrocław (3 August) Unia Leszno – Spójnia Wrocław 29:23 CWKS Wrocław – Gwardia Bydgoszcz 33:17Third place in Łódź (10 August) Spójnia Wrocław – Gwardia Bydgoszcz 45:00 (wo) Final in Rybnik (10 August) Unia Leszno – CWKS Wrocław 35:19
Medalists Unia Leszno Józef Olejniczak, Stanisław Glapiak, Marian Kuśnierek, Kazimierz Bentke, Henryk Woźniak, Mieczysław Cichocki, Władysław Okoniewski, Marian Kwarciński, Stanisław Przybylski, Stanisław Kowalski, Teodor PogorzelskiCWKS Wrocław Jan Krakowiak, Eugeniusz Wróżyński, Janusz Suchecki, Władysław Orwat, Witold Kołeczek, Zdzisław Smoczyk, Jan Kwaśniewski, Białkowski, Mieczysław PołukardSpójnia Wrocław Edward Kupczyński, Mieczysław Kosierb, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Jerzy Sałabun, Albin Tomczyszyn, Adolf Słaboń
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