1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship was held at the Vojens Speedway Center, owned by former World Champion Ole Olsen. Despite the country having won seven World Individual Championships between three riders since 1971 (Olsen, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen), it was the first time Denmark hosted the World Final.

1988 Individual Speedway World Championship
Previous:	1987	Next:	1989

New Zealand Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
South Island Final
??	Nelson	Larry Ross	Alan Mason	Mark Lyndon
North Island Final
??	Kihikihi	Gary Allan	John Roberts	Chris Martin
New Zealand Final
??	Christchurch	Larry Ross	David Bargh	Gary Allan

New Zealand Final

•  NZL Christchurch
• Marked in green to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Larry Ross	15
2	David Bargh	14
3	Garry Allan	13
4	Mark Lyndon	11
5	Alan Mason	11
6	Mitch Shirra	9
7	Craig Wilkie	7
8	Nathan Murray	7
9	Justin Monk	7
10	John Roberts	7
11	Chris Martin	4
12	Mark Thorpe	4
13	Sam Morice	3
14	Mark Jamieyson	3
15	David Claydon	2
16	Spencer Timmo	2
17	Lens Chappell	0
18	Daren Hopewell	0

Australian Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Northern Territory Championship
??	Alice Springs	Glen Baxter	??	??
Victorian Championship
??	Mildura	Phil Crump	Leigh Adams	??
New South Wales Championship
??	Newcastle	Steven Davies	David Hamnett	Brian Dixon
South Australian Championship
??	Murray Bridge	Craig Hodgson	Mark Fiora	Darrell Branford
Queensland Championship
??	Rockhampton	Steve Regeling	Troy Butler	??
Western Australian Championship
??	Perth	Rob Woffinden*	Glenn Doyle	??
Australian Championship Final
January 23	Murray Bridge	Phil Crump	Steve Regeling	Craig Hodgson

* Due to the rules, England's Rob Woffinden did not progress to the Australian Championship

Australian Final

• January 23, 1988
• Murray Bridge
• Marked in green to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Phil Crump		15
2	Steve Regeling		11
3	Craig Hodgson		11
4	Mark Fiora		10
5	Troy Butler		10
6	David Jackson		9
7	Glen Baxter		8
8	Leigh Adams		8
9	Stephen Davies		7
10	Chris Watson		7
11	Steve Baker		6
12	Scott Fisher		6
13	Darrel Bradford		5
14	Glenn Doyle		4
15	Dave Hammett		1
16	Nigel Tramelling		1

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April	Oxford	Simon Wigg	Jeremy Doncaster	John Davis
8 April	Edinburgh	Mark Courtney	Rob Grant	Les Collins
14 April	Middlesbrough	Daz Sumner	Steve Wilcock	Neville Tatum
16 April	Stoke	Graham Jones	Nigel Crabtree	Andy Galvin
Final
22 May	Coventry	Simon Wigg	Kelvin Tatum	Chris Morton

British Final

• May 22, 1988
•  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 8 to Commonwealth Final

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	21	22
	(6) Simon Wigg	14		3				2			3							3			3		14	1
	(14) Kelvin Tatum	13				3		3					2		2							3	13	2
	(13) Chris Morton	11				2	2							3		3					1		11	3		3
4	(3) Simon Cross	11	1						3				3				2				2		11	4		2
5	(5) Neil Evitts	10		1			3					3					3					X	10	5
6	(12) Richard Knight	10			3					2		2			3						0		10	6
7	(16) John Davis	9				1				3	1						1			3			9	7
8	(2) Marvyn Cox	8	3					1				1				1				2			8	8
9	(1) Andy Smith	8	2				1				2				1				2				8	9
10	(8) Steve Schofield	6		0						E			1			2			3				6	10
11	(11) Andrew Silver	6			2				2		F					0						2	6	11
12	(7) Neil Collins	5		2					1					1	0					1			5	12
13	(4) Jeremy Doncaster	4	0							1				0				2				1	4	13
14	(10) Andy Galvin	3			1			F						2			0		0				3	14
15	(15) Sean Wilson	2				0			0			E						1	1				2	15
16	(9) Gary Havelock	0			F		-						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Andy Hackett	0					0											E					0	R1
R2	(R2) David Clarke	0											0							0			0	R2
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	21	22

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

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
7 May	Huddinge	Tony Olsson	Peter Karlsson	Conny Ivarsson
7 May	Gislaved	Claes Ivarsson	Jan Andersson	Bo Arrhén
Final
17 May	Malmö	Christer Rohlén	Conny Ivarsson	Mikael Blixt
18 May	Norrköping	Peter Nahlin	Conny Ivarsson	Mikael Blixt
19 May	Hallstavik	Conny Ivarsson	Peter Nahlin	Mikael Blixt

Swedish Final

• May 17, 18 & 19, 1988
•  SWE - 3 Rounds (Malmö, Norrköping & Hallstavik)
• First 3 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Conny Ivarsson	12+13+14	39
2	Peter Nahlin	11+14+13	38
3	Mikael Blixt	12+13+13	38
4	Christer Rohlén	14+10+9	33
5	Tony Olsson	9+12+10	31
6	Mikael Ritterwall	8+3+12	23
7	Peter Karlsson	8+8+7	23
8	Kenneth Nyström	10+9+4	23
9	Mikael Teurnberg	4+8+8	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7+8+4	19
11	Claes Ivarsson	6+8+4	18
12	Bo Arréhn	4+6+7	17
13	Tommy Nilsson	3+5+2	10
14	Tony Gudbrand	ns+ns+8	8
15	Roland Dannö	4+2+ns	6
16	Tony Zetterström (Res)	3+ns+3	6
17	Patrik Karlsson	5+0+ns	5
18	Krister Gardell (Res)	ns+0+1	1

Intercontinental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Finnish Final
28 April	Karhula	Kai Niemi	Ari Koponen	Vesa Ylinen
Danish Final
8 May	Outrup	Hans Nielsen	Jan O. Pedersen	Erik Gundersen
American Final
11 June	Long Beach	Sam Ermolenko	Robert Pfetzing	Rick Miller
Commonwealth Final
12 June	Kings Lynn	Kelvin Tatum	Mitch Shirra	Simon Wigg
Overseas Final
12 July	Coventry	Simon Cross	Kelvin Tatum	Simon Wigg
Scandinavian Final
25 July	Sandnes	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Jan O. Pedersen
Intercontinental Final
6 August	Vetlanda	Jan O. Pedersen	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen

Finnish Final

• April 28, 1988
• Karhula
• First to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Kai Niemi	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Ari Koponen	3,3,3,2,3	14
3	Vesa Ylinen	3,3,1,3,2	12+3
4	Petri Kokko	2,2,3,3,2	12+2
5	Aki Ala Riihimaki	2,3,3,2,1	11
6	Janne Moksunen	2,2,2,E,3	9
7	Jonko Jarvi	0,1,2,2,3	8
8	Roy Malminhelmo	3,2,2,X,1	8
9	Janne Koivula	1,1,1,1,2	6
10	Jari Moisio	2,0,0,3,F	5
11	Ossi Henriksson	1,1,2,1,0	5
12	Tomi Havu	0,F,0,2,2	4
13	Olli Turkia	1,2,0,1,-	4
14	Esa Reijo	1,1,1,E,1	4
15	Petri Hurmisniemi	0,0,1,0,-	1
16	Esa Einola	0,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Jarno Kosonen	1	1
R2	Jouni Ala Koskela	0	0
R3	Kaj Kujala	0,0,0	0
R4	Markku Haapala	X	0

Danish Final

• May 8
• Outrup, Outrup Speedway
• First 7 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14
3	Erik Gundersen	13
4	Peter Ravn	10
5	Peter Glanz	9
6	Per Sörensen	9
7	John Jørgensen	8+3
8	Tommy Knudsen	8+2
9	Jan Stæchmann	7
10	Frank Andersen	6
11	John Eskildsen	6
12	Flemming Pedersen	6
13	Sam Nikolajsen	5
14	Aksel Jepsen	4
15	Jan Petersen	0
16	Finn-Rune Jensen	0

American Final

• June 11
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	4,4,4,4,4	20
2	Robert Pfetzing	4,2,4,3,4	17+3
3	Rick Miller	4,4,3,4,2	17+2
4	Mike Faria	3,3,2,3,4	15
5	Bobby Schwartz	1,4,4,2,3	14
6	Shawn Moran	3,4,3,F,3	13
7	Ronnie Correy	3,3,3,3,0	12
8	Kelly Moran	2,3,4,0,2	11
9	Randy Green	0,3,2,2,4	11
10	Steve Lucero	2,2,3,2,1	10
11	Ed Castro	2,2,2,1,3	10
12	Lance King	4,2,E,0,3	9
13	Brad Oxley	1,1,1,4,2	9
14	Shawn Venables	1,0,2,4,1	8
15	Dub Ferrell	3,0,E,2,2	7
16	Bart Bast	1,1,1,3,0	6
17	Billy Hamill	0,1,0,1,1	3
18	Gary Hicks	2,0,0,-,-	2
19	Scotty Brown (Res)	0,1,-,-,-	1
20	Alan Christian	0,0,0,1,0	1
21	Len Dillon	1

Commonwealth Final

• June 12
• King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	3,2,3,3,3	14
2	Mitch Shirra	2,3,3,2,3	13
3	Simon Wigg	3,3,3,3,0	12
4	John Davis	3,1,2,2,3	11
5	Simon Cross	3,0,3,X,3	9
6	Chris Morton	1,3,2,2,1	9
7	Neil Evitts	2,1,0,3,2	8
8	Andy Smith	1,3,1,1,2	8
9	Richard Knight	F,X,2,3,2	7
10	Craig Hodgson	2,2,1,1,1	7
11	Marvyn Cox	2,1,1,1,2	7
12	Mark Fiora	0,2,0,2,1	5
13	David Bargh	0,2,1,0,0	3
14	Steve Baker	0,0,2,1,0	3
15	Steve Regeling	1,1,0,0,1	3
16	Mark Lyndon	1,0,0,E,0	1

Overseas Final

• July 12
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(6) Simon Cross	13		2				3			3							3			2		13	1	3
	(10) Kelvin Tatum	13			3			1						3			3		3				13	2	2
	(8) Simon Wigg	13		3						2			3			3			2				13	3	1
4	(2) Chris Morton	12	2					2				3				2				3			12	4
5	(14) Marvyn Cox	10				3		0					1		3							3	10	5
6	(3) Mitch Shirra	10	3						1				2				1				3		10	6
7	(4) Richard Knight	8	0							3				2				2				1	8	7
8	(5) Sam Ermolenko	7		0			3					2					2					F	7	8
9	(13) John Davis	7				2	2							1		1					1		7	9
10	(15) Andy Smith	6				1			3			1						0	1				6	10	3
11	(11) Mike Faria	6			1				2		1					0						2	6	11	2
12	(7) Robert Pfetzing	5		1					0					F	2					2			5	12
13	(16) Rick Miller	4				0				1	2						0			1			4	13
14	(9) Bobby Schwartz	3			2		0						0					1		0			3	14
15	(1) Neil Evitts	3	1				1				F				1				0				3	15
16	(12) Craig Hodgston	0			0					0		0			0						0		0	16
R1	(R1) Mark Fiora	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Shawn Moran	0																					0	R2
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	21

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

Scandinavian Final

• July 25
• Sandnes, Sandnes Stadion
• First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(7) Hans Nielsen	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(13) Erik Gundersen	13				3	3							2		2					3		13	2
	(12) Jan O. Pedersen	12			3					3		3			1						2		12	3
4	(1) Per Jonsson	11	3				E				3				2				3				11	4
5	(5) Peter Ravn	11		2			2					2					2					3	11	5
6	(10) John Jørgensen	10			2			2						1			3		2				10	6
7	(2) Conny Ivarsson	8	2					3				0				1				2			8	7	3
8	(8) Ingvar Skogland	8		1						2			1			3			1				8	8	2
9	(9) Jimmy Nilsen	7			1		1						3					2		E			7	9
10	(11) Peter Nahlin	6			0				2		2					0						2	6	10
11	(3) Peter Glanz	5	1						0				2				1				1		5	11
12	(4) Kai Niemi	4	0							1				0				3				E	4	12
13	(16) Tor Einar Hielm	3				1				0	1						0			1			3	13
14	(15) Per Sorensen	3				0			1			1						1	0				3	14
15	(14) Mikael Blixt	2				2		E					E		0							E	2	15
16	(6) Ari Koponen	1		0				1			0							-			-		1	16
R1	(R1) Christer Rohlen	0																0					0	R1
R2	(R2) Arnt Forland	0																			0		0	R2
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	21

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

Intercontinental Final

• August 6
• Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
• First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(6) Jan O. Pedersen	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(1) Hans Nielsen	12	3				3				2				1				3				12	2	3
	(15) Erik Gundersen	12				3			3			3						2	1				12	3	2
4	(5) Per Jonsson	11		2			2					3					1					3	11	4	1
5	(7) Kelvin Tatum	11		2					2					3	3					1			11	5
6	(10) Conny Ivarsson	9			1			2						2			2		2				9	6
7	(3) Chris Morton	8	1						1				0				3				3		8	7
8	(8) John Davis	8		1						3			2			2			0				8	8
9	(2) John Jørgensen	7	2					0				0				3				2			7	9
10	(11) Simon Wigg	7			2				0		1					1						3	7	10
11	(12) Sam Ermolenko	7			0					2		2			2						1		7	11
12	(14) Simon Cross	5				2		1					1		0							1	5	12
13	(9) Peter Ravn	3			0		0						1					E		2			3	13
14	(4) Mitch Shirra	2	0							1				1				0				0	2	14
15	(13) Marvyn Cox	2				1	1							0		0					0		2	15
16	(16) Richard Knight	1				E				0	0						1			0			1	16
R1	(R1) Ingvar Skogland	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Andy Smith	0																					0	R2
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	21

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

Continental Qualifications 1989

Austrian Final

•  AUT 18 June - St. Johann im Pongau, 31 July - Wiener Neustadt, 3 September - Natschbach-Loipersbach
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Heinrich Schatzer		40
2	Walter Nebel		36
3	Robert Funk		35
4	Andreas Bossner		33
5	Thomas Stadler		33
6	Toni Pilotto		32
7	Siegfried Eder		31
8	Christian Hochtl		21
9	Anton Wannasek		7
10	Manfred Trisko		6
11	Paul Ager		4
12	Josef Faching		2
13	Thaddaus Walach		2
14	Hans Kogler		2
15	Erich Hackl		1
16	Rainer Selb		1
17	Franz Penz		0

German Final

• October 2, 1988
•  FRG Brokstedt
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Klaus Lausch	3,3,3,3,2	14+3
2	Tommy Dunker	3,3,2,3,3	14+2
3	Karl Maier	2,2,3,3,2	12
4	Gerd Riss	E,3,3,2,3	11
5	Carsten Pelzmann	3,2,2,2,1	10
6	Andre Pollehn	2,1,2,2,1	8
7	Klaus Freundorfer	1,3,3,F,-	7
8	Peter Schrock	0,2,0,2,3	7
9	Peter Hehlert	3,0,1,1,2	7
10	Andreas Rahn	1,0,1,1,3	6
11	Andreas Marynowski	1,2,2,F,-	5
12	Andreas Schapfl	2,1,1,E,0	4
13	Hans Faltermeier	2,0,0,F,1	3
14	Michael Domes	1,F,0,0,2	3
15	Alois Bachhuber	0,1,1,1,0	3
16	Egon Muller	F,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Bernhard Osterlocher	1,0,3,1,1	6

Hungarian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Zoltan Adorjan		56
2	Antal Kosco		49
3	Robert Nagy		47
4	Zoltan Hajdu		47
5	Joszef Petrikovics		46
6	Sandor Tihanyi		45
7	Robert Csilik		38
8	Sandor Ujhelyi		30
9	Janoš Sereš		30
10	Janoš Bologh		28
11	Andraš Kovacs		26
12	Sandor Kabai		19
13	Atilla Kovacs		15
14	Laszlo Bodi		12

Yugoslavian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Zvonko Pavlič		110
2	Artur Horvat		96
3	Gregor Pintar		83
4	Franc Kalin		79
5	Kreso Omerzel		78
6	Martin Peterca		76
7	Darko Tominač		70
8	Zdravko Tominač		62
9	Andrej Matjašeč		57
10	Lazar Csaba		54
11	Goran Hoblaj		54
12	Igor Hauptman		33
13	Rudi Spitaler		27
14	Zelkjo Feher		23
15	Drago Dolinšek		22
16	Josip Lehki		10
17	Mitja Pungašič		8
18	Niko Klavzar		6
19	Gorazd Vinšek		1

Czechoslovakian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Roman Matousek		76
2	Antonín Kasper, Jr.		72
3	Zdenek Schneiderwind		68
4	Lubomir Jedek		63
5	Petr Vandirek		54
6	Bohumil Brhel		53
7	Stanislav Urban		53
8	Pavel Karnas		39
9	Josef Fejfar		38
10	Jan Schinagl		35
11	Jan Holub II		26
12	Zdenek Tesar		26
13	Borivoj Hadek		25
14	Jiri Svoboda		23
15	Vladimir Kalina		21
16	Jindrich Dominik		16
17	Vaclav Milik, Sr.		10
18	Ladislav Hradecky		10
19	Karel Prusa		10

USSR Final

• October 2, 1988
•  Soviet Union Rovno
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Vladimir Trofimov	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Rif Saitgareev	3,3,3,2,3	14
3	Rinat Mardanshin	3,2,2,3,2	12
4	Mikhail Starostin	2,2,2,3,2	11
5	Pavel Chernov	2,1,3,2,2	10
6	Igor Dubinin	E,3,2,3,1	9
7	Flyur Kalimullin	3,0,0,1,3	7
8	Igor Zverev	1,E,3,2,1	7
9	Arkady Kononec	1,0,1,1,3	6
10	Andrej Korzhevoy	1,3,1,0,1	6
11	Oleg Volokhov	1,2,1,0,2	6
12	Valery Sokolov	2,2,F,1,1	6
13	Grigory Kharchenko	0,1,1,2,0	4
14	Aleksandr Pawlov	2,F,0,1,-	3
15	Fjodor Zakharov	0,T,2,0,-	2
16	Ruslan Koval	ns

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
7 May	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Miroslaw Korbel	Ryszard Dolomiesewicz	Valery Gordeev
7 May	Natschbach-Loipersbach	Paolo Salvatelli	Heinrich Sczatzer	Zoltan Hajdu
8 May	Ljubljana	Joszef Petrikovics	Janosh Bologh	Nikolai Manev
8 May	Neunkrick	Viktor Kuznetsow	Henny Kroeze	Lubomir Jedek
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Norden	Antal Kocso	Paolo Salvatelli	Gerd Riss
5 June	Lonigo	Viktor Kuznetsow	Armando dal Chiele	Roman Jankowski
5 June	Rivne	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Zoltán Adorján	Petr Vandirek
5 June	Žarnovica	Roman Matoušek	Klaus Freundorfer	Miroslaw Korbel
Semi-Finals
18 June	Rzeszow	Roman Matoušek	Zenon Kasprzak	Roman Jankowski
18 June	Miskolc	Gerd Riss	Sándor Tihanyi	Antal Kocso
Final
16 August	Leszno	Zenon Kasprzak	Antal Kocso	Roman Jankowski

Nederlands Final

•  NED 3 April - Feyenoord, 26 June, 11 September - Amsterdam, 2 October - Blijham
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henk Steman	24+22+20+24	90
2	Rene Elzinga	21+21+24+23	89
3	Robert Jan Munnecom	19+24+23+22	88
4	Peter Seur	17+19+22+20	78
5	Ron Koppe	20+20+19+19	78
6	Rikus Gorter	18+14+17+21	70
7	Ron Van Dam	15+17+18+17	67
8	Rob Steman	22+18+21+ns	61
9	Fokke Van Der Walle	16+13+14+15	58
10	Henk Bangma	8+15+16+18	57
11	Patrick Pino	14+11+15+16	56
12	John Lispet	13+12+13+9	47
13	Henny Kroeze	23+23+ns+ns	46
14	Rias Kazemeier	9+10+11+10	40
15	Gerard Kok	10+ns+12+12	34
16	Harry Kuipers	6+8+8+11	33
17	Hilbert Tel	ns+7+10+13	30
18	Rene Van Merkenstein	7+9+9+2	27
19	Mans Kok	3+6+ns+7	16
20	Wil Stroes	ns+16+ns+ns	16
21	Jim Groen	ns+ns+7+8	15
22	Rob Dolman	ns+ns+ns+14	14
23	Jan Dijkema	12+ns+ns+ns	12
24	Chris Slager	11+ns+ns+ns	11
25	Roy Wervaard	5+5+ns+ns	10
26	Herman Hulseboch	ns+ns+5+4	9
27	Han Hendriks	4+4+ns+ns	8
28	Jan Tjassing	ns+ns+3+1	4
29	Martinus Bikema	+ns+ns+ns+6	6
30	Jacco Valentejn	+ns+ns+ns+5	5
31	Michel Bolt	ns+ns+ns+3	3

Continental Final

• August 16, 1988
• Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
• First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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	21	22
	(15) Zenon Kasprzak	14				3			3			3						2	3				14	1
	(10) Antal Kocso	13			3			3						2			3		2				13	2
	(3) Roman Jankowski	12	3						2				3				2				2		12	3		3
4	(2) Roman Matoušek	12	2					2				2				3				3			12	4		2
5	(9) Sándor Tihanyi	11			2		2						2					3		2			11	5	3
6	(13) Andrzej Huszcza	11				2	3							3		2					1		11	6	2
7	(6) Gerd Riss	9		3				0			2							1			3		9	7
8	(4) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	8	1							3				1				0				3	8	8
9	(5) Paolo Salvatelli	6		2			F					1					1					2	6	9
10	(8) Dariusz Stenka	5		1						2			0			1			1				5	10
11	(7) Lubomir Jedek	4		0					1					0	3					0			4	11
12	(11) Zoltán Adorján	3			X				0		3					X						0	3	12
13	(14) Ryszard Franczyszyn	3				1		1					1		F							-	3	13
14	(1) Janosh Bologh	3	0				1				1				1				0				3	14
15	(12) Zdenek Schneiderwind	2			X					0		0			2						0		2	15
16	(16) Miroslaw Korbel	2				0				1	F						0			1			2	16
R1	(R1) Armando Castagna	1																				1	1	R1
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	21	22

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

World Final

• September 3, 1988
• Vojens, Speedway Center

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	21
	(1) Erik Gundersen	14	3				3				3				3				2				14	1	3
	(9) Hans Nielsen	14			3		2						3					3		3			14	2	2
	(10) Jan O. Pedersen	13			2			2						3			3		3				13	3
4	(14) Sam Ermolenko	12				3		3					2		1							3	12	4
5	(12) Per Jonsson	9			X					3		1			2						3		9	5
6	(2) Simon Wigg	9	2					0				3				2				2			9	6
7	(13) Roman Matoušek	8				1	1							2		3					1		8	7
8	(16) Kelvin Tatum	8				2				2	1						2			1			8	8
9	(3) Conny Ivarsson	7	1						3				1				0				2		7	9
10	(5) Chris Morton	6		3			0					0					1					2	6	10
11	(11) Antal Kocso	6			1				2		2					0						1	6	11
12	(7) John Davis	3		2					1					F	E					0			3	12
13	(6) John Jørgensen	3		0				1			E							2			E		3	13
14	(15) Zenon Kasprzak	3				0			0			2						1	0				3	14
15	(8) Sándor Tihanyi	3		1						0			0			1			1				3	15
16	(4) Roman Jankowski	2	0							1				1				0				E	2	16
R1	(R1) Simon Cross	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Andrzej Huszcza	0																					0	R2
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	21

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

References