1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1987 Speedway World Final programme.

The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 42nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

It was contested for the one and only time over two days in the Netherlands. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.[5]

With the chances of a surprise winner reduced due to two races being held it was the favourite Hans Nielsen that duly obliged with his second World crown. Nielsen had trailed after day one by 1 point to great rival Erik Gundersen and the American Sam Ermolenko. However in trademark style Nielsen produced a 15 point maximum on day two to wrap up the World Title, with Gundersen claiming silver and Ermolenko bronze.[6][7]

First round[edit]

British preliminary round[edit]

  • Top 32 riders to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
5 April Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Andy Galvin Malcolm Holloway Martin Dugard
5 April Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall Alan Mogridge Melvyn Taylor Martin Goodwin
11 April Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton Nigel Crabtree Martin Yeates Doug Wyer
16 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Gary Havelock Martin Dixon Les Collins
24 April East of England Arena, Peterborough Andrew Silver Trevor Banks Ian Barney
4 May Brough Park, Newcastle Andrew Silver Ian Barney David Blackburn

Second round[edit]

British semi-finals[edit]

  • Top 16 riders to British semi-finals
Pos. Rider Points
1 Jeremy Doncaster 15
2 Marvyn Cox 12
3 Andy Grahame 10
4 Simon Cross 10
5 Alun Rossiter 9
6 Kelvin Tatum 9
7 Andrew Silver 9
8 John Davis 8+3
9 Steve Bastable 8+2
10 Melvyn Taylor 7
11 David Blackburn 5
12 Richard Knight 5
13 Malcolm Simmons 5
14 Sean Wilson 3
15 Andy Campbell 2
16 Doug Wyer 1
17 Matthew Cross (res) 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Simon Wigg 12+3
2 Neil Evitts 12+2
3 Neil Collins 12+1
4 Paul Thorp 10
5 Andy Smith 10
6 Chris Morton 10
7 Gary Havelock 9
8 Peter Carr 9
9 Les Collins 8
10 Ian Barney 5
11 Kenny McKinna 5
12 Trevor Banks 4
13 Andy Galvin 4
14 Carl Blackbird 4
15 Sean Willmott 3
16 Alan Grahame 3

Third round[edit]

Continental preliminary round[edit]

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 May West Germany Pfaffenhofen Speedwaybahn, Pfaffenhofen Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel Poland Ryszard Francsyszyn Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov
17 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Italy Valentino Furlanetto Czechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek Italy Gianni Famari
17 May West Germany Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Donau Hungary Antal Kocso Poland Andrzej Huszcza Hungary Laszlo Bodi
17 May Bulgaria Speedway Stadium, Targovishte Poland Grzegorz Dzikowski Hungary Josef Sereš Poland Dariusz Baliński

Swedish qualification[edit]

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

British Final[edit]

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
1 England (11) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
2 England (2) Neil Evitts 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 2
3 England (14) Simon Wigg 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 3 3
4 England (13) Marvyn Cox 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 4 2
5 England (12) Jeremy Doncaster 9 0 3 3 3 0 9 5
6 England (5) Paul Thorp 9 F 3 X 3 3 9 6
7 England (15) Andrew Silver 9 1 2 1 2 3 9 7
8 England (6) Simon Cross 8 3 3 1 F 1 8 8
9 England (3) Chris Morton 8 1 1 2 2 2 8 9
10 England (4) John Davis 7 0 1 3 3 0 7 10
11 England (1) Andy Grahame 6 2 0 3 0 1 6 11
12 England (10) Gary Havelock 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 12
13 England (8) Andy Smith 5 2 2 0 1 F 5 13
14 England (7) Peter Carr 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 14
15 England (9) Alun Rossiter 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 15
16 England (16) Neil Collins 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 16
TR England (TR) David Clarke 0 0 0 TR
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

Australian Final[edit]

Pos. Rider Total
1 Steve Regeling 14
2 Steve Baker 12
3 Glyn Taylor 10
4 Ashley Norton 10
5 Craig Hodgson 10
6 Mick Poole 9
7 David Jackson 9
8 Tony Butler 8
9 Tony Rose 8
10 Stephen Davies 7
11 David Cheshire 6
12 Mark Fiora 4
13 Andy Barret 4
14 Nigel Adlerton 3
15 Chris Watson 2
16 Nigel Tramelling 2

New Zealand Final[edit]

Pos. Rider Total
1 David Bargh 14
2 Mitch Shirra 13
3 Larry Ross 12
4 Alan Mason 10
5 Mike Fullerton 10
6 Richard Price 9
7 Mark Long 8
8 Chris Martin 8
9 Steve Rose 8
10 John Roberts 6
11 Mark Lyndon 6
12 Chris Monk 5
13 Les Chappell 4
14 Don Hopewell 3
15 Dave Cotton 2

Fourth round[edit]

Continental quarter-finals[edit]

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 May Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt Hungary József Petrikovics Italy Armando Castagna Austria Toni Pilotto
31 May Hungary Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen Soviet Union Mikhail Starostin Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Hungary Zoltan Adorjan
31 May Soviet Union Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek Czechoslovakia Jiří Svoboda Soviet Union Valery Gordeev
31 May Czechoslovakia Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. West Germany Gerd Riss West Germany Karl Maier

Commonwealth Final[edit]

  • 14 June 1987
  • England Hyde Road, Manchester
  • First 11 to the Overseas 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
1 England (4) Kelvin Tatum 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (12) Simon Cross 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 England (14) Marvyn Cox 10 3 3 3 1 0 10 3
4 England (10) Neil Evitts 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4
5 England (3) Chris Morton 10 1 3 2 2 2 10 5
6 New Zealand (11) David Bargh 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 6
7 New Zealand (13) Mitch Shirra 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 7
8 Australia (16) Steve Regeling 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 8
9 England (2) Andrew Silver 8 2 2 2 E 2 8 9
10 England (5) Paul Thorp 7 3 3 F 0 1 7 10
11 England (7) Jeremy Doncaster 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 11 3
12 England (6) Simon Wigg 6 1 0 3 2 0 6 12 2
13 Australia (9) Steve Baker 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 13
14 Australia (15) Glyn Taylor 3 X 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 New Zealand (1) Alan Mason 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Australia (8) Ashley Norton 1 E 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 New Zealand (R1) Larry Ross 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Glenn Hornby 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

American Final[edit]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Sam Ermolenko 3,4,4,4,4 19
2 Kelly Moran 4,4,3,4,3 18
3 John Cook 4,2,4,3,2 15+4
4 Robert Pfetzing 4,4,4,2,2 15+3
5 Mike Faria 2,4,3,4,2 15+2
6 Lance King 4,2,3,2,4 15+1
7 Rick Miller 3,3,2,4,3 15+0
8 Shawn Moran 3,0,4,3,4 14
9 Bobby Schwartz 0,4,2,3,3 12
10 Gary Hicks 2,1,1,3,4 11
11 Steve Lucero 1,3,3,2,1 10
12 John Sandona 1,3,2,0,3 8
13 Jim Sisemore 2,0,1,2,3 8
14 Brad Oxley 3,1,1,1,1 7
15 Eddie Ingels 2,1,2,0,0 5
16 Mark Dwyer 1,2,0,1,1 5
17 Tuff McBridge 1,2,1,1,F 5
18 John Kehoe 0,1,0,0,1 2
19 Gary Ford 0,0,0,1,0 1
20 Bart Bast 0,0,0,0,0 0

Swedish Finals[edit]

Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Jan Andersson 15 14 14 43
2 Per Jonsson 14 15 13 42
3 Roland Danno 9 11 11 31
4 Tommy Nilsson 8 12 10 30
5 Patrik Karlsson 10 8 11 29
6 Conny Ivarsson 9 9 9 27
7 Christer Rohlen 7 10 8 25
8 Niklas Karlsson 8 3 10 21
9 Tony Olsson 6 9 5 20
10 Dennis Löfqvist 7 6 3 16
11 Jan Staan 3 5 5 13
12 Bo Arhhen 2 8 2 12
13 Claes Ivarsson 3 1 7 11
14 Kenneth Nystrom 3 6 0 9
15 Erik Stenlund 6 2 - 8
16 Lillebror Johansson 3 1 3 7
17 Mikael Blixt 6 1 - 7
18 Pierre Brannefors - 0 7 7
19 Mikael Rittewall - - 1 1
16 Jorgen Johansson - - 0 0

Finnish Final[edit]

Finland 2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Norway Final[edit]

Norway 2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Danish Final[edit]

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 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (15) Erik Gundersen 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 2
3 Denmark (13) John Jørgensen 11 1 3 2 2 3 11 3
4 Denmark (5) Jan Jacobsen 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 4
5 Denmark (14) Tommy Knudsen 10 2 3 3 2 - 10 5
6 Denmark (4) Peter Ravn 10 2 3 1 1 3 10 6
7 Denmark (11) Jens Rasmussen 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8 Denmark (2) Per Sorensen 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 8
9 Denmark (9) Peter Glanz 7 2 1 2 2 0 7 9
10 Denmark (10) Fleming Rasmussen 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 10
11 Denmark (12) John Eskilden 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 Denmark (1) Kurt Hansen 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 12
13 Denmark (16) Aksel Jepsen 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 13
14 Denmark (6) Frank Andersen 3 0 0 3 0 - 3 14
15 Denmark (8) Ole Hansen 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 15
16 Denmark (3) Sam Nikolajsen 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 16
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

Fifth round[edit]

Continental semi-finals[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Roman Jankowski 14
2 Poland Wojciech Zabialowicz 13
3 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 11+3
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Trofimov 11+2
5 Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek 10
6 Soviet Union Michail Starostin 10
7 Hungary Sandor Tihanyi 9
8 Poland Janusz Stachyra 8
9 Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov 7
10 Soviet Union Valerij Gordeev 6
11 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Schneiderwind 6
12 Poland Grzegorz Dzikowski 5
13 Italy Gianni Famari 5
14 Italy Giorgio Zaramella 3
15 Czechoslovakia Jiri Svoboda 2
16 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Tesař 0
17 Czechoslovakia Josef Fejfar (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 West Germany Gerd Riss 14
2 Italy Armando Castagna 13
3 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. 11+3
4 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandírek 11+2
5 Italy Armando Dal Chiele 10
6 West Germany Karl Maier 9
7 Poland Jan Krzystyniak 9
8 Hungary Antal Kocso 8
9 Austria Toni Pilotto 6
10 Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn 6
11 Hungary Janos Balogh 5
12 Poland Andrzej Huszcza 4
13 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 4
14 Poland Dariusz Stenka 4
15 Hungary József Petrikovics 3
16 West Germany Michael Datzmann 3
17 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel 0
18 Austria Heinrich Schatzer (res) 0

Overseas Final[edit]

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 New Zealand (7) Mitch Shirra 12 3 0 3 3 3 12 1
2 England (11) Jeremy Doncaster 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 2
3 United States (14) Kelly Moran 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 3 3
4 United States (12) Sam Ermolenko 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4 2
5 Australia (6) Steve Regeling 9 2 0 3 3 1 9 5
6 England (10) Simon Cross 9 2 3 2 2 0 9 6
7 England (1) Neil Evitts 8 3 1 1 0 3 8 7
8 England (8) Marvyn Cox 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 8
9 United States (13) John Cook 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 9
10 England (3) Chris Morton 7 2 1 1 3 X 7 10 3
11 England (15) Kelvin Tatum 7 0 3 0 2 2 7 11 2
12 New Zealand (4) David Bargh 6 1 1 X 1 3 6 12
13 United States (5) Robert Pfetzing 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 13
14 United States (16) Mike Faria 5 2 0 0 1 2 5 14
15 England (2) Paul Thorp 3 0 1 2 0 E 3 15
16 England (9) Andrew Silver 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 16
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

Nordic Final[edit]

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 Denmark (2) Erik Gundersen 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (14) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 2 3
3 Denmark (12) Peter Ravn 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 3 2
4 Sweden (4) Per Jonsson 11 1 3 3 1 3 11 4
5 Denmark (9) Jan O. Pedersen 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 5
6 Sweden (6) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 3 3 1 10 6
7 Finland (1) Kai Niemi 9 2 1 0 3 3 9 7 3
8 Denmark (8) John Jørgensen 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 8 2
9 Sweden (16) Jan Andersson 8 2 0 2 3 1 8 9
10 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 10
11 Sweden (5) Roland Danno 6 1 2 1 2 0 6 11
12 Denmark (3) Jan Jacobsen 4 E 1 0 1 2 4 12
13 Sweden (7) Tommy Nilsson 3 F 2 1 0 0 3 13
14 Finland (15) Olli Tyrväinen 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 Norway (13) Arne Svendsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
16 Norway (10) Einar Kyllingstad 0 F 0 X F 0 0 16
R1 Finland (R1) Vesa Ylinen 2 2 2 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

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

Sixth round[edit]

Сontinental Final[edit]

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 West Germany (1) Gerd Riss 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1 3
2 Poland (11) Roman Jankowski 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 2
3 Czechoslovakia (8) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3 3
4 Czechoslovakia (4) Roman Matoušek 11 1 2 3 3 2 11 4 2
5 Soviet Union (2) Vladimir Trofimov 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 5 3
6 Italy (7) Armando Dal Chiele 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 6 2
7 Italy (13) Armando Castagna 9 2 2 2 0 3 9 7
8 Poland (6) Janusz Stachyra 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 8
9 Hungary (9) Zoltan Adorjan 7 3 1 3 F X 7 9
10 West Germany (12) Karl Maier 6 E 1 1 2 2 6 10
11 Hungary (5) Antal Kocso 5 F 0 3 2 E 5 11
12 Soviet Union (16) Mikhail Starostin 4 3 0 X 1 E 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (14) Petr Vandirek 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14 Poland (3) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 14
15 Hungary (15) Sandor Tihanyi 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15
16 Poland (10) Jan Krzystyniak 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
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[edit]

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 Denmark (1) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 1
2 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 2
3 Denmark (4) Hans Nielsen 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 3
4 Denmark (3) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 4
5 New Zealand (2) Mitch Shirra 9 1 2 0 3 3 9 5
6 United States (7) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 3 0 3 2 9 6
7 United States (10) John Cook 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 7
8 Sweden (5) Per Jonsson 8 3 1 3 0 1 8 8
9 England (12) Simon Cross 8 2 1 2 0 3 8 9
10 England (15) Jeremy Doncaster 8 3 0 1 2 2 8 10
11 England (13) Chris Morton 7 2 2 2 0 1 7 11
12 Denmark (8) Peter Ravn 5 X 2 2 1 0 5 12 3
13 England (6) Neil Evitts 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 13 2
14 Finland (14) Kai Niemi 4 1 0 1 2 0 4 14
15 England (16) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 Australia (9) Steve Regeling 0 0 0 X - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Kelvin Tatum 1 1 1 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) John Jørgensen 0 E 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

World Final[edit]

  • Scores accumulated from 2 days

Day 1[edit]

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 United States (6) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 1
2 Denmark (13) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 3
4 England (15) Jeremy Doncaster 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 4
5 Sweden (12) Per Jonsson 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 5
6 Denmark (10) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 6
7 Sweden (4) Jimmy Nilsen 9 3 3 2 0 1 9 7
8 New Zealand (5) Mitch Shirra 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 8
9 United States (11) John Cook 7 1 2 1 1 2 7 9
10 England (1) Simon Cross 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 10
11 Czechoslovakia (14) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 11
12 England (9) Chris Morton 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13 West Germany (3) Gerd Riss 4 F 1 3 T 0 4 13
14 Czechoslovakia (8) Roman Matoušek 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 Netherlands (7) Henny Kroeze 1 F 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Poland (16) Roman Jankowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Peter Ravn 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

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

Day 2[edit]

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 Denmark (10) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (5) Jimmy Nilsen 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (12) Erik Gundersen 11 1 1 3 3 3 11 3 3
4 United States (2) Sam Ermolenko 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 4 2
5 Sweden (7) Per Jonsson 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Denmark (4) Jan O. Pedersen 9 1 3 1 2 2 9 6
7 United States (16) John Cook 8 3 0 3 1 1 8 7
8 Poland (6) Roman Jankowski 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 8
9 England (8) Jeremy Doncaster 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 9
10 Germany (1) Gerd Riss 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 10
11 New Zealand (15) Mitch Shirra 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 12
13 England (13) Chris Morton 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 13
14 England (11) Simon Cross 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (3) Roman Matoušek 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Netherlands (14) Henny Kroeze 0 0 E 0 E 0 0 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Peter Ravn 0 0 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

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

Final standings[edit]

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 12+15 27
2 Denmark Erik Gundersen 13+11 24+3
3 United States Sam Ermolenko 13+11 24+2
4 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 9+13 22
5 Sweden Per Jonsson 11+11 22
6 England Jeremy Doncaster 12+8 20
7 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 10+9 19
8 United States John Cook 7+8 15
9 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 7+5 12
10 Germany Gerd Riss 4+8 12
11 England Simon Cross 7+3 10
12 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5+4 9
13 England Chris Morton 5+4 9
14 Poland Roman Jankowski 0+8 8
15 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 3+2 5
16 Netherlands Henny Kroeze 1+0 1
R1 Denmark Peter Ravn 1 1
R2 Soviet Union Vladimir Trofimov did not ride -

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Erik truce". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Hans roars to world triumph". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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