1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final.[4] Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off. Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points.[5]

First round

British qualifiers

Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

Australian qualification

Main article: 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
17 Nov '90 Northern Territory Tennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Trevor O'Brien
1 Dec '90 Queensland Mac's Speedway, Mackay Troy Butler Darren Winkler Alan Rivett
23 Dec '90 Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Phil Crump
26 Dec '90 New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Craig Boyce Todd Wiltshire Stephen Davies
28 Dec '90 Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle David Cheshire Michael Carter
29 Dec '90 South Australian Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge Shane Parker Damon Richardson Brett Tomkins
19 Jan 1991 Last Chance Arunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs Shane Bowes Scott Norman Mark Lemon

New Zealand qualification

Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
?? South Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Lyndon ?? ??
?? North Island Final Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne David Bargh ?? ??

British semi-finals

Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

Continental preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
4 May Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Jan Holub II Václav Verner Oleg Kurguskin
5 May Stadion Wiener Neustadt Dariusz Śledź Zdeněk Schneiderwind Andreas Bössner
5 May Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Karl Maier Mikhail Starostin Robert Barth
5 May Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Gregor Pintaro Fabrizzio Vesprini Markus Jans

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

Main article: 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

New Zealand Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 David Bargh 15
2 Chris Martin 14
3 Mark Thorpe 12
4 John Tuffley 11
5 Justin Monk 10
6 Michael Long 10
7 Greg Fisher 8
8 John Roberts 7
9 Nathan Murray 5
10 Ricky Bennett 5
11 Jacqui Mauger 5
12 Dean Sullivan 5
13 Nick Young 4
14 Michael Hollow 3
15 Gary Marsh 3
16 Steve Etches 0

British Final

Main article: 1991 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round

Danish Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Jan O. Pedersen 15
2 Tommy Knudsen 14
3 Hans Nielsen 12+3
4 John Jörgensen 12+2
5 Gert Handberg 10
6 Bo Petersen 9
7 Jan Jacobsen 8
8 Brian Karger 6
9 Jan Staechmann 6
10 Jens-Henry Nielsen 6
11 Allan Johansen 6
12 Tom P. Knudsen 5
13 Per Sorensen 4
14 Jan Pedersen 3
15 Lars Munkedal 3
16 Lars-Henrik Jörgensen 1

Finnish qualifying

Norwegian Final

Pos. Rider Points
1 Lars Gunnestad 15
2 Kjell Øyvind Sola 13
3 Willy Tjessem 12
4 Robert Langeland 11
5 Atle Knutsen 11
6 Odd Pettersen 11
7 Jorn Arve Arda 9
8 Gjermund Aas 9
9 Bjorn Ivar Fauske 5
10 Marten Tunheim 5
11 Ingvar Hvamstad 4
12 Rolf Netland 4
13 Arnt Førland 3
14 Nils Mellomstrand 1
15 Anders Bjorkqvist 1
16 Per Erga 0

Swedish Final

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Henrik Gustafsson 15+14+11 40
2 Per Jonsson 11+11+14 37
3 Tony Rickardsson 12+12+9 33
4 Jimmy Nilsen 13+12+8 33
5 Mikael Blixt 8+9+12 29
6 Erik Stenlund 11+6+10 27
7 Conny Ivarsson 3+11+12 26
8 Peter Karlsson 8+8+7 23
9 Stefan Dannö 10+5+4 19
10 Claes Ivarsson 4+3+11 18
11 Tony Olsson 2+7+6 15
12 Mikael Karlsson 5+5+5 15
13 Mikael Teurnberg 7+1+5 13
14 Peter Nahlin 3+9+1 13
15 Mikael Löfqvist 5+4+1 10
16 Mikael Ritterwall 3+3+2 8

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 June Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Eugeniusz Skupień Róbert Nagy Ryszard Dołomisiewicz
2 June Günter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg Zoltán Adorján Václav Milík Sr. Antal Kocso
2 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Zoltan Hajdu Tomasz Gollob Armando Castagna
2 June Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen Bohumil Brhel Mikhail Starostin Jarosław Olszewski

American Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Rick Miller 15
2 Sam Ermolenko 14
3 Ronnie Correy 13
4 Kelly Moran 11
5 Billy Hamill 10+3
6 Bobby Ott 10+2
7 Gary Hicks 9
8 Bobby Schwartz 7
9 Mike Faria 7
10 Greg Hancock 6
11 Lance King 5
12 Louis Kossuth 4
13 Steve Lucero 3
14 Brad Oxley 3
15 Andy Northrup 2
16 Josh Larsen (Res) 1
17 John Kehoe 0

Commonwealth Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Jeremy Doncaster 14
2 Leigh Adams 10+3
3 Joe Screen 10+2
4 Paul Thorp 10+1
5 Kelvin Tatum 9
6 Glenn Doyle 9
7 Neil Collins 8
8 Gary Havelock 8
9 Todd Wiltshire* 7
10 Andy Smith 7
11 Mitch Shirra 7
12 Chris Louis 6
13 Sean Wilson 5
14 Gary Allan 4
15 Martin Dugard 4
16 Craig Boyce 1

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Armando Castagna 15
2 Roman Matoušek 14
3 Gerd Riss 11+3
4 Mikhail Starostin 11+2
5 Wojciech Zaluski 10
6 Vladimir Kalina 9
7 Petr Vandírek 8+3
8 Klaus Lausch 8+2
9 Zoltan Hajdu 8+1
10 Pavel Karnas 7
11 Robert Barth 6
12 Bohumil Brhel 4
13 Tomasz Gollob 3
14 Robert Csillik 3
15 Csaba Hell 2
16 Jaroslaw Olszewski 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 12
2 Zoltán Adorján 11+3
3 Róbert Nagy 11+2
4 Rif Saitgareev 11+1
5 Václav Milík Sr. 11+0
6 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 10
7 József Petrikovics 10
8 Antonín Kasper Jr. 9
9 Antal Kocso 8
10 Piotr Swist 8
11 Oleg Kurguskin 5
12 Franz Leitner 3
13 Zoltan Kovacs 3
14 Lubomir Jedek 3
15 Eugeniusz Skupien 2
16 Tommy Dunker 1
17 Miroslaw Kowalik (res) 1

Nordic Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Hans Nielsen 13
2 Jan O. Pedersen 12
3 Jimmy Nilsen 11
4 Henrik Gustafsson 10
5 Per Jonsson 9
6 Lars Gunnestad 9
7 Gert Handberg 8
8 Tommy Knudsen 8
9 Mikael Blixt 8
10 Tony Rickardsson 7+3
11 Einar Kyllingstad 7+2
12 Vesa Ylinen 7+1
13 Bo Petersen 4
14 John Jörgensen 4
15 Juha Moksunen 1
16 Tor Einar Hielm 1

Overseas Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Kelvin Tatum 13
2 Sam Ermolenko 12+3
3 Billy Hamill 12+2
4 Andy Smith 11
5 Paul Thorp 10
6 Ronnie Correy 9
7 Jeremy Doncaster 7
8 Mitch Shirra 7
9 Kelly Moran 7
10 Todd Wiltshire 6+3
11 Glenn Doyle 6+2
12 Joe Screen 5
13 Rick Miller 4
14 Gary Havelock 4
15 Leigh Adams 4
16 Neil Collins 3

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Billy Hamill 12
2 Jimmy Nilsen 11
3 Per Jonsson 10+3
4 Paul Thorp 10+2
5 Roman Matoušek 9
6 Armando Castagna 9
7 Jeremy Doncaster 9
8 Mitch Shirra 9
9 Mikael Blixt 8+3
10 Henrik Gustafsson 8+2
11 Vladimír Kalina 7
12 Lars Gunnestad 6
13 Zoltán Adorján 4
14 Petr Vandírek 4
15 Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res) 2
16 Róbert Nagy 1
17 Rif Saitgareev 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Hans Nielsen 15
2 Jan O. Pedersen 14
3 Tommy Knudsen 12
4 Sam Ermolenko 11
5 Tony Rickardsson* 10
6 Ronnie Correy 8
7 Kelvin Tatum 8
8 Gerd Riss 8
9 Gert Handberg 7+3
10 József Petrikovics 7+2
11 Kelly Moran 6
12 Wojciech Załuski 5
13 Václav Milík, Sr. 3
14 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 3
15 Klaus Lausch 2
16 Mikhail Starostin 1

* First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith

World final

Classification

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
1 (15) Jan O. Pedersen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (6) Tony Rickardsson 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
3 (1) Hans Nielsen 11+3 2 3 1 3 2 11 3
4 (2) Tommy Knudsen 11+2 3 1 1 3 3 11 4
5 (3) Jimmy Nilsen 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 5
6 (10) Paul Thorp 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 6
7 (16) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 7
8 (13) Kelvin Tatum 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 8
9 (4) Per Jonsson 7 1 2 0 1 3 7 9
10 (5) Ronnie Correy 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 10
11 (8) Armando Castagna 6 1 1 3 1 0 6 11
12 (12) Billy Hamill 6 2 - 2 1 1 2 12
13 (7) Mitch Shirra 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 13
14 (11) Jeremy Doncaster 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 14
15 (9) Roman Matoušek 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 (14) Gerd Riss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Mikael Blixt 0 0 0
(18) Gert Handberg 0 0
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

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
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Jan O. Pedersen (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 Tony Rickardsson (2,3,3,2,2) 12
3 Hans Nielsen (2,3,1,3,2) 11+3
4 Tommy Knudsen (3,1,1,3,3) 11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen (0,2,2,3,3) 10
6 Paul Thorp (3,2,2,2,1) 10
7 Sam Ermolenko (2,3,2,0,2) 9
8 Kelvin Tatum (1,2,3,2,0) 8
9 Per Jonsson (1,2,0,1,3) 7
10 Ronnie Correy (3,0,0,1,2) 6
11 Armando Castagna (1,1,3,1,0) 6
12 Billy Hamill (2,X,2,1,1) 6
13 Mitch Shirra (0,0,1,2,1) 4
14 Roman Matoušek (0,1,1,0,0) 2
15 Jeremy Doncaster (1,1,0,0,0) 2
16 Gerd Riss (0,0,0,0,1) 1
R1 Mikael Blixt (-,0,-,-,-) 0
R2 Gert Handberg (-,-,-,-,-) -

References

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