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.

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.

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.

First round British qualifiers

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round British semi-finals

Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner?Northern Territory? ??Queensland Brisbane Exhibition GroundTroy Butler ?VictorianOlympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams ?New South WalesNepean Speedway, Sydney Mick Poole ?Western AustralianCollie Speedway, Collie Glenn Doyle ?South AustralianNorth Arm Speedway, Gillman Craig Hodgson

New Zealand qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd 14 Dec '91South Island FinalRuapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe Mark Jamieson Justin Monk ??North Island FinalWaikaraka Park, Auckland ?? ?? ??

Third round Continental preliminary round Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 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

(9 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla)PosRider Points 1 Kenneth Lindby 122 Henrik Gustafsson 123 Jimmy Nilsen 114 Christer Rohlén 105 Tony Olsson 106 Erik Stenlund 97 Patrik Olsson 88 Mikael Ritterwall 89 Joakim Karlsson 710 Claes Ivarsson 711 Lillebror Johansson 712 Peter Karlsson 713 Mikael Teurnberg 514 Magnus Oscarsson 415 Jimmy Engman 116 Stefan Lardner 117 Peter Johansson (res) 118 Kent Rickardsson (res) 0

(9 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)PosRider Points 1 Per Jonsson122 Conny Ivarsson 123 Tony Rickardsson 114 Jörgen Johansson 115 Niklas Karlsson 116 Stefan Dannö 107 Peter Nahlin 98 Dennis Löfqvist 89 Patrik Karlsson 610 Mikael Karlsson 611 Tommy Lindgren 512 Niklas Klingberg 513 Stefan Andersson 514 Jörgen Hultgren 515 Niklas Johansson 416 Göran Flood 1

Australian Final

First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

British Final

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final Meeanee Speedway, Napier 25 January, First (+Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Total1 Gary Allan 152 Mark Thorpe 143 Paul Atkins 114 Chris Martin 105 John Roberts 96 Mark Jamieson97 Trevor Chapman98 Mike Wilson99 Steve Mudgeway610 Barry Free 611 Dean Sullivan612 Glen Sole513 Robbie Price414 Rhys Hamburger315 Ricky Meehan (res)216 Dean Ornsby017 Justin Monk0

Fourth round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 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 3 Rounds, first 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final R1 (19 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla) R2 (20 May, Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors) R3 (21 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Per Jonsson 14+14+10 382 Jimmy Nilsen 11+13+12 363 Tony Rickardsson 13+10+12 354 Peter Nahlin 10+12+13 355 Jörgen Johansson 9+9+9 276 Conny Ivarsson 9+5+11 257 Christer Rohlén 6+10+7 238 Niklas Karlsson 5+11+6 229 Dennis Löfqvist 5+7+9 2110 Tony Olsson 8+3+9 2011 Erik Stenlund 9+6+5 2012 Kenneth Lindby 8+5+2 1513 Mikael Ritterwall 6+1+5 1214 Stefan Dannö 3+8+0 1115 Joakim Karlsson 0+4+5 916 Patrik Olsson 4+2+2 8

Finland Final Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori 18 Aug '91, top 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Vesa Ylinen 14+32 Juha Moksunen 14+23 Mika Pellinen 134 Aki Ala Riihimäki 105 Petri Nurmesniemi 96 Tomi Havu 87 Janne Koivula 88 Arto Orjo 79 Janne Moksunen 710 Marko Hyyryläinen 711 Petri Vaatsio 612 Aarre Soivuori 513 Niklas Finne 414 Petri Kokko 315 Jari Kortelainen 316 Roy Malminheimo 117 Jounko Jarvi (res) 1

Norwegian qualifying Einar Kyllingstad & Lars Gunnestad to Nordic final

Danish Final - 2 rounds, first 6 to Nordic final R1 (16 May, Uhre Speedway, Karup) R2 (17 May, Speedway Center, Holsted) Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Total1 Gert Handberg 272 Brian Karger 23+33 John Jörgensen 23+24 Tommy Knudsen 215 Claus Jacobsen 19+36 Peter Ravn 19+27 Allan Johansen 188 Brian Andersen 189 Bo Eriksen 1110 Jan Stæchmann 1011 Jan Andersen 1012 Tom P. Knudsen 913 Jan Pedersen 814 Lars-Henrik Jørgensen 715 Hans Clausen 716 René Madsen 417 Jacob Olsen (Res) 418 Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res) 2

Commonwealth Final

First 11 to Overseas final

American Final First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round Continental semi-finals 14 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Zdeněk Tesař 11+32 Slawomir Drabik 11+23 Roman Matoušek 11+14 Antonín Kasper Jr. 11+05 Piotr Swist 106 Piotr Paluch 107 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 108 Mikhail Starostin 99 Zoltan Hajdu 810 Václav Milík Sr. 811 Zsolt Böszermenyi 712 Laszlo Bodi 313 Andrzej Huszcza 314 Karel Průša 315 Zoltán Adorján 216 Jacek Wozniak 114 June Holsteinring Brokstedt, Brokstedt Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Antal Kocso 142 Róbert Nagy 123 Bohumil Brhel 94 Gerd Riss *+35 József Petrikovics 8+26 Petr Vandírek 8+17 Mirosław Kowalik 8+08 Robert Sawina 8+09 Vladimir Kalina 710 Borivoj Hadek 611 Tomasz Gollob 612 Armando Castagna 613 Jacek Krzyzaniak 514 Jaroslaw Olszewski 515 Valentino Furlanetto 516 Oleg Kurguskin 4

Nordic Final 14 June 1992 Elgane Speedway, Elgane First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Tony Rickardsson 122 Per Jonsson 10+33 Brian Karger 10+24 John Jörgensen 10+15 Jimmy Nilsen 10+06 Gert Handberg 9+7 Henrik Gustafsson 9+8 Tommy Knudsen 9+9 Einar Kyllingstad 9+10 Peter Nahlin 9+11 Lars Gunnestad 812 Hans Nielsen 613 Claus Jacobsen 414 Vesa Ylinen 315 Jörgen Johansson (Res) 116 Peter Ravn 017 Juha Moksunen 018 Arnt Førland (Res) 0

Overseas Final

First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round World Semi-Finals 9 August 1992 Odsal Stadium, Bradford First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 Per Jonsson 14+32 Gary Havelock 14+23 Kelvin Tatum 114 Jimmy Nilsen 95 Ronnie Correy 8+6 Zdeněk Tesař 8+7 John Jörgensen 8+8 Henrik Gustafsson 8+9 Antal Kocso 8+10 Bohumil Brhel 8+11 Andy Smith 712 Mirosław Kowalik 513 Jason Lyons 514 Roman Matoušek 415 Piotr Świst 216 Piotr Paluch 115 August 1992 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt First 7 to World final plus 1 reserve Sławomir Drabik seeded to World Final Pos. Rider Points1 Gert Handberg 152 Sam Ermolenko 143 Tommy Knudsen 114 Rick Miller 105 Tony Rickardsson 106 Brian Karger 97 Mitch Shirra 98 Martin Dugard 7+39 Róbert Nagy 7+210 Gerd Riss 7+111 Sławomir Drabik 7+012 Antonín Kasper Jr. 513 József Petrikovics 314 Einar Kyllingstad 315 Petr Vandírek 216 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 117 Peter Nahlin (Res) 0

World final 29 August 1992 Olympic Stadium, WrocławBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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