The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.
Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.
First round British qualifiers
Top 32 to British-Semi finals
Second round British semi-finals
Top 16 to British final
Australian qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd Dec '93Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground Troy Butler Jason Crump Tony Rose 27 Dec '93 New South Wales Gosford Showground, Gosford Craig Boyce Stephen Davies Tony Primmer Dec '93Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Mark Lemon Jason Lyons Dec '93South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Shane Parker Brett Woodifield Steve Graetz Dec '93Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Steve Johnston ? ?
New Zealand qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd ??South IslandRuapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe Mark Jamiesson Trevor Chapman ?North IslandStratford Speedway, Stratford Nathan Murray Mike Wilson Tony Nagel
Third round Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
(8 May, Nyköpings Motorstadion, Nyköping)PosRider Points 1 Erik Stenlund 122 Niklas Klingberg 123 Tony Rickardsson 114 Conny Ivarsson 115 Peter Nahlin 116 Tony Olsson 97 Jimmy Nilsen 98 Patrik Olsson 99 Robert Eriksson 710 Mikael Ritterwall 711 Peter Karlsson 612 Stefan Ekberg 613 Jörgen Hultgren 414 Dennis Löfqvist 315 Magnus Zetterström (res) 316 John Jensen 017 Patrik Karlsson 0
(8 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Per Jonsson 152 Henrik Gustafsson 133 Christer Rohlén 104 Mikael Karlsson 105 Stefan Dannö 106 Claes Ivarsson 97 Niklas Karlsson 98 Jörgen Johansson 89 Stefan Andersson 810 Joakim Karlsson 711 Anders Kling 612 Jonathan Forsgren 513 Jimmy Engman 414 Mikael Olsson 315 Raymond Smedh 316 Kenneth Lindby 0
Continental Preliminary round Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 24 April Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Sándor Tihanyi Andrea Maida Gabor Roth 24 April Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Rinat Mardanshin Zdeněk Schneiderwind Robert Barth 24 April Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen Simon Wigg Vladimir Voronkov George Štancl 24 April Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła Grigory Kharchenko Adam Pawliczek Andrey Korolev
British Final
Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve
Australian Final
First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
New Zealand Final 5 February 1994 Stratford Speedway, Stratford Top 1 (+ Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 Mark Thorpe 152 Tony Nagel 143 Mark Jamieson 134 Steve Mudgway 115 Nathan Murray 96 Mike Wilson 87 Galvin Stone 88 Craig Barker 89 Trevor Chapman 610 Justin Monk 611 Dean Cooper 512 Rhys Hamburger 413 Jacqui Mauger 414 Chris Penny 415 Scott Mitchell 216 Daniel Burberry 1
Fourth round Continental Quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 8 May Marmande Speedway, Marmande Grzegorz Rempala Roman Matoušek Massimo Mora 8 May Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen Roman Jankowski Armando Castagna Antonín Kasper, Jr. 8 May Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Marvyn Cox Marián Jirout Róbert Nagy 8 May Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła Piotr Świst Jacek Rempala Simon Wigg
Danish Final - 2 rounds, top 6 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve R1 (28 May, Skave Speedway, Holstebro) R2 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Hans Nielsen 242 Claus Jacobsen 223 Gert Handberg 214 Jan Staechmann 205 Tommy Knudsen 206 Martin Vinther 187 John Jørgensen 178 Jacob Olsen 169 Brian Karger 1610 Brian Andersen 1311 Frede Schött 1312 Ole Hansen 1113 Jan Andersen 8Res Ronni Pedersen 714 Morten Andersen 6Res Soren Damgärd 615 Bo Skov Eriksen 116 Kjed Mikkelsen 0
Finland Final Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere 22 Aug '93, top 1 (+2 nominations) to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Mika Pellinen 152 Petri Nurmesniemi 143 Kai Laukkanen 114 Jarno Kosonen 115 Vesa Ylinen 106 Janne Koivula 97 Marko Hyyrylãinen 88 Juha Moksunen 89 Sam Myllymäki 610 Petri Vaatsio 611 Marko Laine 612 Mika Laukkanen 513 Marko Junisko (res) 414 Tomi Havu 3 15 Jarmo Mäkinen 316 Tomi Kalliomäki 117 Roy Malmineheimo 0
Norwegian Final Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien 8 May, top 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Lars Gunnestad 14+32 Rune Holta 14+23 Arnt Forland 134 Björn Arild Tönnesen 115 Einar Kyllingstad 106 Ignar Hvamstad 107 John Pollestad 98 Robert Langeland 89 Arvid Ardal 710 Kjell Roine Heia 511 Kjell Öyvind Sola 512 Willy Tjessem 413 Jörn Arve Aardal 314 Eivind Reppen 315 Trygve Jensen 216 Pal Christiansen Hasselgren 2
Swedish Final 24 May 1994 Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Commonwealth Final
First 10 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
American Final 22 May 1994 Ventura Raceway, Ventura First 5 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve Sam Ermolenko seeded to Overseas Final
Fifth round Continental semi-finals 12 June Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Tomasz Gollob 152 Marvyn Cox 13+33 Jacek Gollob 13+24 Bohumil Brhel 105 Róbert Nagy 106 Dariusz Sledz 97 Tomáš Topinka 98 Roman Matoušek 89 Laszlo Bodi 710 Massimo Mora 611 Marian Jirout 612 Andrea Maida 413 Rinat Mardanschin 314 Grzegorz Rempala 315 József Petrikovics 316 Marek Hucko (res) 117 Franz Leitner 018 Sandor Tihanyi (res) 012 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+32 Armando Castagna 12+23 Roman Jankowski 11+34 Piotr Swist 11+25 Zoltán Adorján 106 Ryszard Franczyszyn 107 Simon Wigg 108 Grigorij Charchenko 89 Petr Vandírek 710 Zoltan Hajdu 611 Jacek Rempala 612 Michail Starostin 613 Oleg Kurguskin 514 Jiří Štancl 515 Václav Milík Sr. 116 Walter Nebel 0
Overseas Final
First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final
Nordic Final 12 June 1994 Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve
Sixth round World Semi-Final 1 Odsal Stadium, Bradford 10 July 1994, top 8 to World final plus 1 reserve
World Semi-final 2 Markéta Stadium, Prague 10 July 1994, top 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve
World Final 20 August 1994 Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens
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