1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

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.

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.

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.

First round

British preliminary round

  • 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

British semi-finals

  • 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

Continental preliminary round

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 May Pfaffenhofen Speedwaybahn, Pfaffenhofen Bohumil Brhel Ryszard Francsyszyn Vladimir Voronkov
17 May Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Valentino Furlanetto Lubomir Jedek Gianni Famari
17 May Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Donau Antal Kocso Andrzej Huszcza Laszlo Bodi
17 May Speedway Stadium, Targovishte Grzegorz Dzikowski Josef Sereš Dariusz Baliński

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

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

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

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

Continental quarter-finals

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

Commonwealth Final

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

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

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

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Norway Final

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

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

Continental semi-finals

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

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

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

Сontinental 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) Gerd Riss 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1 3
(11) Roman Jankowski 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 2
(8) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3 3
4 (4) Roman Matoušek 11 1 2 3 3 2 11 4 2
5 (2) Vladimir Trofimov 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 5 3
6 (7) Armando Dal Chiele 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 6 2
7 (13) Armando Castagna 9 2 2 2 0 3 9 7
8 (6) Janusz Stachyra 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 8
9 (9) Zoltan Adorjan 7 3 1 3 F X 7 9
10 (12) Karl Maier 6 E 1 1 2 2 6 10
11 (5) Antal Kocso 5 F 0 3 2 E 5 11
12 (16) Mikhail Starostin 4 3 0 X 1 E 4 12
13 (14) Petr Vandirek 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14 (3) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 14
15 (15) Sandor Tihanyi 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15
16 (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

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

  • Scores accumulated from 2 days

Day 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
(6) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 1
(13) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
(2) Hans Nielsen 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 3
4 (15) Jeremy Doncaster 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 4
5 (12) Per Jonsson 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 5
6 (10) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 6
7 (4) Jimmy Nilsen 9 3 3 2 0 1 9 7
8 (5) Mitch Shirra 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 8
9 (11) John Cook 7 1 2 1 1 2 7 9
10 (1) Simon Cross 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 10
11 (14) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 11
12 (9) Chris Morton 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13 (3) Gerd Riss 4 F 1 3 T 0 4 13
14 (8) Roman Matoušek 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 (7) Henny Kroeze 1 F 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 (16) Roman Jankowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (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

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

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

See also

References

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