1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

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.

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship.

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.

Overseas Qualification

Australian Final

• 26 January 1992
• Adelaide - North Arm Speedway
• Referee: Sam Bass
• First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
	Leigh Adams ()	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
	Shane Parker ()	13	(2,3,3,3,2)
	Mark Carlson ()	11	(2,2,2,2,3)
4	Jason Lyons ()	10+3	(3,0,3,2,2+3)
5	Glenn Doyle ()	10+2	(3,3,1,2,1+2)
6	Tony Langdon ()	10+1	(1,2,1,3,3+1)
7	Craig Hodgson ()	8	(3,1,t,1,3)
8	Craig Boyce ()	8	(2,3,2,0,1)
9	Mick Poole ()	8	(1,3,1,1,2)
10	David Cheshire ()	7	(1,1,3,2,0)
11	Rod Colquhoun ()	6	(0,1,0,3,2)
12	Troy Butler ()	6	(0,2,2,1,1)
13	Michael Carter ()	5	(2,0,2,1,0)
14	Glen Baxter ()	2	(1,0,0,0,1)
15	Steve Greatz () (Res)	1	(-,1,0,-,0)
16	Paul Schevienen () (Res)	1	(-,-,1,0,-)
17	Kelvin Willis ()	0	(0,0,0,0,0)
18	Todd Wiltshire ()	0	(f,-,-,-,-)

New Zealand Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
New Zealand Final
??	Meeanee Speedway	Gary Allan	Mark Thorpe	Paul Atkins

Danish Final

• May 16 & 17, 1992
• - 2 Rounds (Uhre and Holsted)
• First 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
• Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gert Handberg	27
2	Brian Karger	23+3
3	John Jörgensen	23+2
4	Tommy Knudsen	21
5	Claus Jacobsen	19+3
6	Peter Ravn	19+2
7	Allan Johansen	18
8	Brian Andersen	18
9	Bo Eriksen	11
10	Jan Staechmann	10
11	Jan Andersen	10
12	Tom Knudsen	9
13	Jan Petersen	8
14	Lars-Henrik Jörgensen	7
15	Hans Clausen	7
16	Rene Madsen	4
17	Jacob Olsen (Res)	4
18	Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res)	2

British Final

• May 17, 1992
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Havelock	13+3
2	Martin Dugard	13+2
3	Andy Smith	11
4	Paul Thorp	10
5	Kelvin Tatum	10
6	Chris Louis	9
7	Marvyn Cox	8
8	Simon Wigg	7
9	Mark Loram	7
10	David Mullett	6+3
11	Dean Barker	6+2
12	Sean Wilson	5
13	Graham Jones	4
14	Jeremy Doncaster	4
15	Joe Screen	4
16	Alun Rossiter	1

Swedish Final

• May 19, 20 & 21, 1992
• - 3 Rounds (Målilla, Hagfors & Örebro)
• First 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
• Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Per Jonsson	14+14+10	38
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11+13+12	36
3	Tony Rickardsson	13+10+12	35
4	Peter Nahlin	10+12+13	35
5	Jörgen Johansson	9+9+9	27
6	Conny Ivarsson	9+5+11	25
7	Christer Rohlén	6+10+7	23
8	Niklas Karlsson	5+11+6	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+7+9	21
10	Tony Olsson	8+3+9	20
11	Erik Stenlund	9+6+5	20
12	Kenneth Lindby	8+5+2	15
13	Mikael Ritterwall	6+1+5	12
14	Stefan Dannö	3+8+0	11
15	Joakim Karlsson	0+4+5	9
16	Patrik Olsson	4+2+2	8

Commonwealth Final

• May 31, 1992
• - King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• First 11 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	11+3
2	Mark Thorpe	11+2
3	Gary Havelock	11+1
4	Marvyn Cox	10
5	Martin Dugard	9
6	Mitch Shirra	9
7	Simon Wigg	8
8	Paul Thorp	8
9	Jason Lyons	8
10	Andy Smith	7
11	Shane Parker	6+3
12	Mark Loram	6+2
13	Chris Louis	5
14	Leigh Adams	5
15	Dave Mullett	5
16	Mark Carlson	1

Nordic Final

• June 14, 1992
• - Elgane, Elgane Speedway
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tony Rickardsson	12
2	Per Jonsson	10+3
3	Brian Karger	10+2
4	John Jörgensen	10+1
5	Jimmy Nilsen	10+0
6	Gert Handberg	9+
7	Henrik Gustafsson	9+
8	Tommy Knudsen	9+
9	Einar Kyllingstad	9+
10	Peter Nahlin	9+
11	Lars Gunnestad	8
12	Hans Nielsen	6
13	Claus Jacobsen	4
14	Vesa Ylinen	3
15	Jörgen Johansson (Res)	1
16	Peter Ravn	0
17	Juha Moksunen	0
18	Arnt Førland (Res)	0

Overseas Final

• June 14, 1992
• - Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Havelock	13
2	Mitch Shirra	12
3	Kelvin Tatum	11
4	Sam Ermolenko	10
5	Andy Smith	10
6	Martin Dugard	9
7	Jason Lyons	9
8	Rick Miller	8
9	Ronnie Correy	8
10	Marvyn Cox	7+3
11	Shane Parker	7+2
12	Mike Faria	5
13	Billy Hamill	4
14	Paul Thorp	3
15	Mark Thorpe	3
16	Simon Wigg	1
17	Bobby Ott (Res)	0

Continental Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Continental Semi-final
June 14, 1992	Miskolc, Borsod Volán Stadium	Zdenek Tesar	Sławomir Drabik	Roman Matousek
Continental Semi-final
June 14, 1992	Brokstedt, Holsteinring Brokstedt	Antal Kocso	Róbert Nagy	Bohumil Brhel

World Semi-Final #1

• August 9, 1992
• - Bradford, Odsal Stadium
• First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Per Jonsson	14+3
2	Gary Havelock	14+2
3	Kelvin Tatum	11
4	Jimmy Nilsen	9
5	Ronnie Correy	8+
6	Zdenek Tesar	8+
7	John Jörgensen	8+
8	Henrik Gustafsson	8+
9	Antal Kosco	8+
10	Bohumil Brhel	8+
11	Andy Smith	7
12	Mirosław Kowalik	5
13	Jason Lyons	5
14	Roman Matousek	4
15	Piotr Świst	2
16	Piotr Paluch	1

World Semi-Final #2

• August 15, 1992
• - Wiener Neustadt, ÖAMTC Zweigverein
• First 7 to World final plus 1 reserve
• Sławomir Drabik seeded to World Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gert Handberg	15
2	Sam Ermolenko	14
3	Tommy Knudsen	11
4	Rick Miller	10
5	Tony Rickardsson	10
6	Brian Karger	9
7	Mitch Shirra	9
8	Martin Dugard	7+3
9	Róbert Nagy	7+2
10	Gerd Riss	7+1
11	Sławomir Drabik	7+0
12	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5
13	Jozsef Petricovics	3
14	Einar Kyllingstad	3
15	Petr Vandirek	2
16	Zdenek Schneiderwind	1
17	Peter Nahlin (Res)	0

World final

• August 29, 1992
• Wrocław, Olympic Stadium[1]

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
	(8) Gary Havelock	14		3						2			3			3			3				14	1
	(6) Per Jonsson	11		0				3			2							3			3		11	2
	(13) Gert Handberg	10				3	2							3		2					0		10	3
4	(3) Tommy Knudsen	9	3						3				0				1				2		9	4
5	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	9		1			0					2					3					3	9	5
6	(1) John Jørgensen	8	2				1				0				3				2				8	6
7	(12) Jimmy Nilsen	7			3					X		3			0						1		7	7
8	(9) Sam Ermolenko	7			1		3						1					X		2			7	8
9	(4) Sławomir Drabik	6	E							3				2				1				X	6	9
10	(11) Kelvin Tatum	6			0				0		3					1						2	6	10
11	(14) Rick Miller	6				0		2					2		2							X	6	11
12	(7) Ronnie Correy	6		2					2					0	1					1			6	12
13	(15) Mitch Shirra	6				2			1			1						2	0				6	13
14	(10) Tony Rickardsson	5			2			1						1			0		1				5	14
15	(16) Zdenek Tesar	5				1				1	1						2			0			5	15
16	(2) Brian Karger	4	1					0				0				0				3			4	16
R1	(R1) Antal Kocso	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Martin Dugard	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

1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5