1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.

Qualifying Qualification started in 1957.

Stage 1 Norwegian round 20 October 1957 Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg Top 4 (+4 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Reidar Kristoffersen 123 Roger Steen 114 Roger Hansen 105 Egil Bratvold 106 Arne Kristiansen 107 Rolf Westerberg 78 Gunnar Hemsaeter79 Erling Simonsen 710 Oddvar Wold 711 Thorbjorn Nygaard 512 Fred Carlsen 413 Jan Svaleng414 Roald Kjolso 215 Havard Gulbjornrud 216 Kjell Berg117 Oystein Mellerud 1 Finnish round 27 October 1957 Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 Pos. Rider Points1 Antti Pajari 14+32 Aulis Tuominen 14+23 Turkka Silvan 124 Lasse Mylläri 95 Heikki Sorri 96 Valle Selivestov 87 Kauko Jousanen 78 Antero Salasto 79 Petti Mikkola 710 Kalevi Lahtinen 711 Pekka Tenko 612 Timo Laine 613 Reino Niemi 514 Olle Helander 215 Esko Koponen 216 Timo Pirkkalanniemi 0

Swedish round 1 May 1958 Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 152 Per-Olof Söderman 133 Evert Andersson 124 Joel Jansson 125 Bernt Nilsson 116 Kjell Wårenius 107 Lars Pettersson108 Björn Knutson 79 Göte Nordin 610 Olle Andersson IV 511 Hans Hallberg 512 Åke Andersson 413 Olle Andersson II 314 Per Sjöholm 315 Thorsten Carlsson 316 Curt Eldh 117 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 01 May 1958 Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Birger Forsberg 132 Olle Nygren 123 Ove Fundin 124 Dan Forsberg 125 Bengt Eriksson 106 Curt Nyqvist 87 Olle Segerström 88 Göran Norlén 7+39 Bert Lindarw 7+210 Rune Claesson 711 Arne Carlsson 612 Alf Jonsson 613 Sune Karlsson 314 Bengt Brannefors 315 Roland Krantz 216 Georg Duneborn 117 Thorvald Karlsson 018 Per-Tage Svensson 0

Stage 2 Nordic qualification 25 May 1958 Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Olle Nygren 143 Birger Forsberg 124 Dan Forsberg 115 Bengt Eriksson 106 Göran Norlén 97 Timo Laine 8+38 Curt Nyqvist 8+29 Björn Knutson 8+110 Sverre Harrfeldt 611 Antti Pajari 512 Kalevi Lahtinen 513 Lasse Mylläri 414 Timo Pirkalanniemi 315 Roger Hansen 116 Turkka Silvan 15 June 1958 Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 152 Rune Sörmander 133 Nils Paulsen 124 Aage Hansen 115 Kjell Wårenius 116 Arne Pander 97 Bernt Nilsson 88 Reidar Kristoffersen 89 Evert Andersson 710 Rolf Westerberg 611 Arne Kristiansen 512 Lars Pettersson 413 Roger Steen 414 Kurt W Petersen 415 Svend Nissen 216 Poul Hansen 1

Continental semi-final 18 May 1958 Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Josef Seidl 132 Josef Hofmeister 123 Joel Jansson 114 Edward Kupczynski 115 Stanislaw Tkocz 116 Janusz Koscielak 107 Joachim Maj 108 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 99 Olle Segerström 10 Florian Kapała 11 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 12 Paweł Waloszek 13 Albin Aberl 14 Nick van Gorcum 15 Albin Siegl 16 Thei Bischops 18 May 1958 Wiener Stadion, Vienna Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Marian Kaiser 132 Janusz Suchecki 133 Henryk Zyto 124 Stefan Kwoczala 125 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 106 Jaroslav Volf 97 Karl Killmeyer 88 Josef Bössner 79 Valentin Unterköfler 710 Ligor Dusanek 711 Vladimir Uher 612 Otto Holoubek 413 Hans Sidlo 414 Alois Dürrenhammer 415 Erich Sidlo 216 Ernst Strasser 1

Stage 3 Nordic Final 8 June 1958 Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to European final Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 152 Ove Fundin 123 Olle Nygren 124 Dan Forsberg 115 Göran Norlén 96 Per Olof Söderman 97 Nils Paulsen 88 Birger Forsberg 79 Aage Hansen 710 Bengt Eriksson 611 Arne Pander 512 Timo Laine 413 Bernt Nilsson 414 Curt Nyqvist 315 Evert Andersson 216 Kjell Wårenius 217 Björn Knutson 218 Reidar Kristoffersen dnrContinental Final 1 June 1958 Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Points1 Joel Jansson 142 Josef Hofmeister 143 Josef Seidl 114 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 95 Stanisław Tkocz 96 Marian Kaiser 97 Joachim Maj 88 Edward Kupczyński 89 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 810 Janusz Suchecki 711 Henryk Żyto 612 Alfred Aberl 613 Janusz Koscielak 314 Jaroslav Volf 315 Josef Bössner 316 Karl Killmeyer 1176 Valentin Unterköfler (res) 0

British & Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals. DateVenueWinner14 July Wimborne Road Jack Biggs14 July Wimbledon Stadium Ronnie Moore15 July Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Genz17 July Foxhall Stadium Peter Moore17 July Oxford Stadium Gordon McGregor18 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay19 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston19 July Brandon Stadium Jack Young19 July The Firs Stadium Billy Bales19 July Abbey Stadium Ron How

Stage 4 British/Commonwealth semi-final Barry Briggs seeded to World final First 10 to World final + 1 reserve DateVenueWinner16 August Hyde Road Ken McKinklay18 August Wimbledon Stadium Peter Craven19 August Banister Court Stadium Jack Geran22 August Leicester Stadium Brian Crutcher Pos. Rider Points1 Ken McKinlay 272 Peter Craven 273 Mike Broadbanks 254 Ron How 245 Peter Moore 246 Ronnie Moore 237 Aub Lawson 228 Ron Johnston 229 Gerry Hussey 2210 Jack Geran 2211 Brian Crutcher 2212 Gordon McGregor 2013 George White 1714 Dick Bradley 1515 Billy Bales 1416 Neil Street 14Pos. Rider Total pts17 Chum Taylor 1318 Jack Young 1319 Alf Hagon 1320 Jack Unstead 1221 Jack Biggs 1122 Bob Duckworth 823 Harry Edwards 824 Ronnie Genz 725 Gerald Jackson 626 Charlie New 627 Arthur Forrest 528 Eric Boothroyd 429 Ray Cresp 330 Phil Clarke 331 Ron Mountford 1

European Final 22 July 1958 Army Stadium, Warsaw First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos. Rider Total1 Ove Fundin 152 Josef Hofmeister 133 Rune Sörmander 124 Olle Nygren 115 Joel Jansson 106 Per Olof Söderman 97 Marian Kaiser 98 Josef Seidl 79 Joachim Maj 610 Nils Paulsen 611 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 512 Stanisław Tkocz 413 Edward Kupczyński 414 Dan Forsberg 315 Göran Norlén 216 Birger Forsberg 2

World final 20 September 1958 London, Wembley StadiumBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Referee: () E. G. Cope

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Barry Briggs (3,3,3,3,3)152 Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,2)133 Aub Lawson (1,3,3,1,3)11+34 Peter Craven(2,3,0,3,3)11+25 Ken McKinlay (2,2,3,2,2) 11+16 Ronnie Moore (3,2,0,1,3) 97 Olle Nygren (3,2,2,2,0) 98 Ron Johnston (1,1,1,3,2) 89 Gerry Hussey (2,0,2,2,1) 710 Ron How (1,1,2,2,1) 711 Peter Moore (0,1,3,1,0) 512 Mike Broadbank (2,0,1,0,2) 513 Rune Sörmander (0,2,1,0,1) 414 Jack Geran (0,1,1,0,1) 315 Josef Hofmeister (1,0,0,1,0) 216 Joel Jansson (0,0,0,0,0) 0R1 Brian Crutcher did not ride-R2 Per Olof Söderman did not ride-

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