1989 Individual Speedway World Championship

Summary

Overseas Series

New Zealand Qualification

• First 3 from New Zealand final to Commonwealth final

  Australian Qualification

• First 3 from Australian final to Commonwealth final

  Swedish Qualification

Swedish Final

• May 16, 17 & 18
• Nässjö, Nyköping & Karlstad
• First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Per Jonsson	13+15+14	42
2	Mikael Blixt	13+13+11	37
3	Jan Andersson	11+12+11	34
4	Jimmy Nilsen	14+11+8	33
5	Erik Stenlund	9+10+13	32
6	Tony Olsson	11+8+11	30
7	Niklas Karlsson	7+8+9	24
8	Peter Karlsson	8+9+5	22
9	Christer Rohlén	6+6+8	20
10	Conny Ivarsson	8+4+7	19
11	Dennis Löfqvist	5+7+3	15
12	Mikael Teurnberg	1+4+10	15
13	Mikael Ritterwall	6+1+3	10
14	Peter Nahlin	4+6+ns	10
15	Tommy Nilsson	3+5+0	8
16	Kenneth Lindby	ns+ns+5	5
17	Tommy Lindgren	1+1+ns	2

Danish Final

• May 19
• Vojens, Speedway Center
• First 6 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Erik Gundersen	14+3
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14+2
3	Brian Karger	14+1
4	Hans Nielsen	12
5	John Jørgensen	11
6	Peter Ravn	9
7	Allan Johansen	9
8	Ole Hansen	7+3
9	Kenneth Arnfred	7+2
10	Jan Stæchmann	6
11	Per Sörensen	5
12	John Eskildsen	3
13	Jan Jakobsen	3
14	Henrik Kristensen	3
15	Jens-Henry Nielsen	2
16	Jan Petersen	1
17	Torben Hansen	0

British Final

• May 22
• Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
• First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Simon Wigg	14
2	Kelvin Tatum	12+3
3	Alan Grahame	12+2
4	Les Collins	11
5	Andy Phillips	10
6	Andy Grahame	7
7	Martin Dugard	7
8	Neil Collins	7
9	Andy Smith	7
10	Jeremy Doncaster	7
11	Neil Evitts	6
12	John Davis	5
13	Mark Courtney	5
14	Graham Jones	4
15	Andrew Silver	2
16	Marvyn Cox	2

American Final

• June 3
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 4 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	19+3
2	Shawn Moran	19+2
3	Ronnie Correy	19+1
4	Lance King	17
5	Rick Miller	16
6	Bobby Schwartz	14
7	Mike Faria	14
8	Gary Hicks	12
9	Bart Bast	12
10	Billy Hamill	10
11	Louis Kossuth	8
12	Greg Hancock	7
13	Ed Castro	7
14	Alan Christian	7
15	Steve Lucero	7
16	Brad Oxley	5
17	John Sizemore	3
18	Shawn Venables	1
19	Scotty Brown	1
20	John Kehoe	1

Commonwealth Final

• June 4
• Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
• First 12 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Simon Wigg	13
2	Mitch Shirra*	12+3
3	Neil Collins	12+2
4	Andy Grahame	9
5	Kelvin Tatum	9
6	Andy Smith	9
7	Jeremy Doncaster	8
8	Troy Butler*	7
9	Andy Phillips	7
10	Martin Dugard	7
11	Steven Davies	7
12	Andy Grahame	7
13	Les Collins	6
14	Gary Allan	5
15	Glenn Doyle	0
16	Darren Wilson*	0

Nordic Final

• June 4
• Tampere, Ratinan stadion
• First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	14+3
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14+2
3	Erik Gundersen	12
4	Peter Ravn	10
5	Tony Olsson	9
6	John Jørgensen	8+3
7	Olli Tyrväinen	8+2
8	Erik Stenlund	8+1
9	Mikael Blixt	7
10	Kai Niemi	7
11	Lars Gunnestad	6
12	Per Jonsson	5
13	Brian Karger	5
14	Jimmy Nilsen	4
15	Peter Karlsson	2
16	Arne Svendsen	1

Overseas Final

• June 25
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	13
2	Kelvin Tatum	12
3	Ronnie Correy	11+3
4	Simon Wigg	11+2
5	Andy Grahame	9
6	Mitch Shirra	9
7	Andy Grahame	8
8	Jeremy Doncaster	8
9	Andy Smith	8
10	Troy Butler	6+3
11	Martin Dugard	6+2
12	Lance King	5
13	Steven Davies	5
14	Rick Miller*	4
15	Neil Collins	4
16	Andy Phillips	1

Continental Final

• August 12
• Debrecen, Debrecen Speedway
• First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Zoltán Adorján	14
2	Karl Maier	10+
3	Roman Matousek	10+
4	Gerd Riss	10+
5	Bohumil Brhel	10+
6	Jozsef Petrikovics	10+
7	Rif Saitgareev	10+
8	Antal Kocso	10+
9	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	8
10	Sándor Tihanyi	8
11	Ryszard Dolomisiewicz	7
12	Zdenek Tesar	4
13	Igor Zverev	3
14	Wojciech Zaluski	3
15	Igor Dubinin	2
16	Pavel Karnas	1
17	Roman Jankowski	0

Intercontinental Final

• August 13
• Bradford, Odsal Stadium
• First 11 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	13+3
2	Erik Gundersen	13+2
3	Hans Nielsen	12+3
4	Mitch Shirra	12+2
5	Jan O. Pedersen	9
6	Simon Wigg	9
7	Tony Olsson	8
8	Jeremy Doncaster	7
9	Andy Smith	6
10	Olli Tyrväinen	5+3
11	Ronnie Correy	5+2
12	Troy Butler*	5+1
13	Andy Grahame	5+0
14	Peter Ravn	4
15	Alan Grahame	3
16	John Jørgensen	3
R1	Martin Dugard	1
R2	Eric Stenlund	0

World final

• September 2, 1989
• Munich, Olympic Stadium
• Referee: Henry van den Boomen

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen		15
2	Simon Wigg		12+3
3	Jeremy Doncaster		12+2
4	Erik Gundersen		11
5	Kelvin Tatum		10
6	Mitch Shirra		10
7	Andy Smith		10
8	Tony Olsson		8
9	Gerd Riss		5
10	Roman Matousek		5
11	Karl Maier		5
12	Troy Butler*		4
13	Olli Tyrväinen		4
14	Ronnie Correy		4
15	Zoltán Adorján		4
16	Bohumil Brhel		1
R1	Andy Grahame	did not ride	-
R2	Jozsef Petrikovics	did not ride	-

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