1953 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship was the eighth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5] [6]

Welshman Freddie Williams became the second rider to win a second title in front of a 90,000 attendance at Wembley Stadium. Williams won 4 of his 5 races, only dropping one point in heat 13 to Jeff Lloyd. Geoff Mardon defeated Olle Nygren in the bronze medal ride off.[7]

Qualification[]

Nordic Final[]

  • 31 May 1953
  • Norway Oslo
  • First 8 to Continental final
Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Dan Forsberg 15
2 Norway Basse Hveem 14
3 Sweden Olle Nygren 11
4 Sweden 10
5 Norway Henry Andersen 10
6 Sweden Rune Sörmander 9
7 Sweden 9
8 Sweden 9
9 Sweden Sune Karlsson 7
10 Denmark Leif Bech 7
11 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen 7
12 Sweden Bert Lindarw 5
13 Norway 3
14 Sweden Joel Jansson 3
15 Finland 1
16 Finland 0
17 Denmark Kiehn Berthelsen 0

Continental Final[]

  • 21 June 1953
  • Sweden Kumla
  • First 8 to Championship Round
Pos. Rider Points
1 Norway Basse Hveem 15
2 Sweden Olle Nygren 13
3 Sweden Dan Forsberg 12
4 Sweden Sune Karlsson 12
5 Sweden Rune Sörmander 10
6 Sweden 9
7 England Phil Clarke 9
8 Sweden 8
9 Sweden 7
10 Norway Henry Andersen 6
11 Austria 6
12 Sweden Kjell Carlsson 4
13 Austria Josef Kamper 3
14 England Bob Roger 3
15 Austria Fritz Dirtl 2
16 Sweden 1
17 West Germany dnr

Championship Round[]

Venues[]

9 events in Great Britain.

Scores[]

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-20th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 29
2 Sweden Olle Nygren 28
3 Australia Jack Young 27
4 England Arthur Forrest 26
5 Australia Jack Biggs 25
6 England Dick Bradley 25
7 Wales Freddie Williams 25
8 Australia Aub Lawson 25
9 England Alan Hunt 25
10 England Jeff Lloyd 24
11 England Split Waterman 24
12 Wales Eric williams 24
13 New Zealand Geoff Mardon 24
14 England Brian Crutcher 23
15 Sweden Rune Sörmander 23
16 Australia Graham Warren 23
17 England Dent Oliver 23
18 Australia Arthur Payne 22
19 England Louis Lawson 21
20 New Zealand 21
21 England Wally Green 20
22 England Len Williams 20
23 England Ron How 19
24 Australia 19
25 England 18
26 England 18
27 New Zealand 17
28 England 17
29 England 16
30 New Zealand Ron Johnston 16
31 England Bill Kitchen 16
32 Sweden Dan Forsberg 14
33 Australia 14
34 England Fred Brand 14
35 England Eric Boothroyd 14
36 New Zealand 13
Pos. Rider Total pts
37 England 13
38 England Ken Middleditch 13
39 Australia Peter Moore 12
40 England 11
41 England Jack Parker 11
42 England Ron Clarke 11
43 England 11
44 England 11
45 England Harry Bastable 11
46 England 11
47 Sweden 11
48 Sweden 11
49 New Zealand 10
50 England 10
51 Scotland Ken McKinlay 9
52 England 9
53 New Zealand 8
54 Sweden Sune Karlsson 8
55 England Reg Reeves 7
56 England Phil Clarke 7
57 England 7
58 New Zealand Barry Briggs 6
59 England Geoff Pymar 6
60 England 6
61 England Malcolm Craven 6
62 New Zealand Trevor Redmond 5.5
63 England 5
64 England Bill Holden 4
65 England 3
66 England 3
67 England Ron Mountford 3
68 England Basse Hveem 3
69 New Zealand 2
70 England 2
71 Scotland 2

World final[]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Wales Freddie Williams (3,3,3,2,3) 14
2 England Split Waterman (3,3,3,3,1) 13
3 New Zealand Geoff Mardon (3,2,3,1,3) 12+3
4 Sweden Olle Nygren (2,3,2,3,2) 12+2
5 Australia Jack Young (3,2,3,2,F) 10
6 New Zealand Ronnie Moore (F,1,2,3,3) 9
7 England Jeff Lloyd (2,2,F,3,1) 8
8 England Arthur Forrest (2,2,0,0,3) 7
9 Australia Aub Lawson (1,3,2,1,0) 7
10 England Brian Crutcher (1,1,1,2,1) 6
11 Sweden Rune Sörmander (0,0,1,2,2) 5
12 Australia Graham Warren (0,0,2,1,2) 5
13 Wales Eric Williams (1,1,1,1,F) 4
14 England Alan Hunt (0,0,1,0,2) 3
15 England Dick Bradley (2,F,0,0,0) 2
16 Australia Jack Biggs (1,1,0,0,-) 2
R1 England Dent Oliver (1) 1
R2 Australia Arthur Payne did not ride -

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 Wales (1) Freddie Williams 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 England (10) Split Waterman 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 New Zealand (14) Geoff Mardon 12+3 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 Sweden (15) Olle Nygren 12+2 2 3 2 3 2 12 4
5 Australia (5) Jack Young 10 3 2 3 2 - 10 5
6 New Zealand (13) Ronnie Moore 9 - 1 2 3 3 7 6
7 England (12) Jeff Lloyd 9 2 2 - 3 1 2 7
8 England (7) Arthur Forrest 7 2 2 0 0 3 7 8
9 Australia (8) Aub Lawson 7 1 3 2 1 0 7 9
10 England (2) Brian Crutcher 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11 Sweden (4) Rune Sörmander 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 Australia (6) Graham Warren 5 0 0 2 1 2 5 12
13 Wales (16) Eric Williams 4 1 1 1 1 - 4 13
14 England (9) Alan Hunt 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 England (3) Dick Bradley 2 2 - 0 0 0 2 15
16 Australia (11) Jack Biggs 2 1 1 0 0 - 2 16
17 England (17) Dent Oliver 1 1 1 17
18 Australia (18) Arthur Payne 0 0 18
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

References[]

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  7. ^ "Fred Williams wind the speed championship". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 September 1953. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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