1952 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship was the seventh edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]

Australian rider Jack Young became the first rider to win a second title (and the first to win two in a row) when he won his second straight World Championship after scoring 14 points. Second was Welshman Freddie Williams on 13 points, with England's Bob Oakley third on 12 points.[6]

Qualification[]

Nordic Final[]

  • 20 June 1952
  • Sweden Växjö
  • First 8 to Continental Final
Pos. Rider Points
1 Norway Basse Hveem 14
2 Sweden 13
3 Sweden Rune Sörmander 12
4 Sweden Olle Nygren 12
5 Sweden Sune Karlsson 10
6 Sweden 9
7 Sweden Göte Olsson 9
8 Denmark Kiehn Berthelsen 8
9 Norway 7
10 Sweden 6
11 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen 6
12 Sweden Bert Lindarw 5
13 Norway 5
14 Finland 2
15 Finland 2
16 Denmark Morian Hansen 0
17 Sweden dnr

Continental Final[]

  • 22 June 1952
  • Sweden Falköping
  • First 8 to Championship Round
Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Rune Sörmander 14
2 Sweden Olle Nygren 12
3 Sweden 11
4 England 11
5 Norway Basse Hveem 11
6 Sweden 11
7 Sweden Sune Karlsson 9
8 Austria Fritz Dirtl 7
9 Austria Josef Kamper 7
10 Australia 6
11 Sweden Göte Olsson 6
12 Scotland Ken McKinlay 5
13 Sweden 5
14 Norway 2
15 England 2
16 Denmark Kiehn Berthelsen 0
17 Netherlands dnr

Championship Round[]

Venues[]

10 events in Great Britain.

Scores[]

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 England Bob Oakley 28
2 Australia Jack Young 27
3 England Split Waterman 27
4 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 27
5 Wales Freddie Williams 27
6 England Ron How 26
7 England Dick Bradley 25
8 England Cyril Roger 25
9 England Arthur Forrest 24
10 England Jeff Lloyd 24
11 England Brian Crutcher 24
12 Australia Arthur Payne 24
13 South Africa Henry Long 23
14 England Derick Close 23
15 England Bert Roger 23
16 Australia Graham Warren 22
17 Sweden Dan Forsberg 22
18 Norway Basse Hveem 22
19 New Zealand Trevor Redmond 22
20 England Alan Hunt 22
21 Sweden Olle Nygren 21
22 England Cyril Brine 21
23 England Ken Sharples 21
24 England Tommy Price 21
25 New Zealand Geoff Mardon 21
26 England Eddie Rigg 20
27 England 18
28 New Zealand 18
29 England Harry Bastable 18
30 England 17
31 England 16
32 Australia Jack Biggs 16
33 Sweden Sune Karlsson 16
34 England Eric French 16
35 England 15
36 Wales Eric Williams 15
37 England Wally Green 14
38 England Pat Clarke 14
39 England George Wilks 14
40 Scotland 13
Pos. Rider Total pts
41 New Zealand 13
42 England 13
43 England 13
44 England Ken Adams 13
45 England Ron Mountford 13
46 England Ken Middleditch 13
47 England Geoff Pymar 13
48 Sweden Rune Sörmander 12
49 England 12
50 England Len Williams 11
51 England Jack Parker 10
52 New Zealand 10
53 England 10
54 England 10
55 England Billy Hole 10
56 Scotland 10
57 England 10
58 New Zealand 9
59 New Zealand 9
60 England 9
61 Scotland 9
62 Australia 8
63 England 8
64 Sweden 8
65 England 7
66 England Fred Brand 7
67 England 7
68 England Louis Lawson 7
69 England 6
70 England 6
71 England 6
72 England 5
73 England Bill Gilbert 5
74 England 5
75 England 4
76 England 4
77 England 3
78 Austria Fritz Dirtl 2
79 England 1

World final[]

Nr. 3 Bob Oakley winning a race in the Netherlands in 1949
Pos. Rider Points Heats
1 Australia Jack Young 14 (3,3,3,3,2)
2 Wales Freddie Williams 13 (3,2,3,2,3)
3 England Bob Oakley 12 (3,3,2,1,3)
4 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 10 (2,2,3,F,3)
5 Australia Arthur Payne 9 (0,1,2,3,3)
6 Sweden Dan Forsberg 9 (2,3,1,3,F)
7 England Dick Bradley 9 (3,2,3,1,0)
8 England Jeff Lloyd 7 (2,2,0,2,1)
9 England Arthur Forrest 7 (1,1,0,3,2)
10 South Africa Henry Long 7 (1,0,2,2,2)
11 England Brian Crutcher 6 (1,3,1,0,1)
12 England Split Waterman 6 (2,1,0,1,2)
13 Australia Graham Warren 5 (0,1,1,2,1)
14 England Derick Close 4 (1,0,2,0,1)
15 England Cyril Roger 2 (0,Ex,1,1,0)
16 England Ron How 0 (0,d,0,0,0)
Norway Basse Hveem – –
New Zealand Trevor Redmond – –

Classification[]

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
1 Australia (10) Jack Young 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Wales (2) Freddie Williams 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
3 England (8) Bob Oakley 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 New Zealand (3) Ronnie Moore 10 2 2 3 - 3 4 4
5 Australia (4) Arthur Payne 9 0 1 2 3 3 9 5
6 Sweden (11) Dan Forsberg 9 2 3 1 3 - 9 6
7 England (16) Dick Bradley 9 3 2 3 1 0 9 7
8 England (5) Jeff Lloyd 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 8
9 England (7) Arthur Forrest 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 9
10 South Africa (12) Henry Long 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 10
11 England (13) Brian Crutcher 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 11
12 England (14) Split Waterman 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 12
13 Australia (9) Graham Warren 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 England (1) Derek Close 4 1 0 2 0 1 4 14
15 England (15) Cyril Roger 2 0 - 1 1 0 0 15
16 England (6) Ron How 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 16
Norway (17) Basse Hveem 0 0
New Zealand (18) Trevor Redmond 0 0
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

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

Podium[]

  1. Gold Australia Jack Young (Australia)
  2. Silver Wales Freddie Williams (Wales)
  3. Bronze England Bob Oakley (England)

References[]

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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