1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.^[4]

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.^[5]

British Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April	Mildenhall	Richard Knight	Kevin Jolly	Robert Henry
8 April	Boston		Colin Cook
10 April	Weymouth	Marvyn Cox		Alun Rossiter
13 April	Edinburgh	Kenny McKinna
17 April	Milton Keynes	Trevor Banks	Barry Thomas	Keith White
29 April	Halifax	Kevin Jolly	Marvyn Cox	Barry Thomas
16 May	Poole	Michael Lee	Chris Morton	Phil Collins
25 May	Oxford	Neil Evitts	Andy Grahame	Kenny Carter
Final
20 June	Coventry	Kenny Carter	Andy Grahame	Dave Jessup

British Final[]

June 20, 1984
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 8 to 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
	(5) Kenny Carter	13		3			3					1					3					3	13	1
	(10) Andy Grahame	12			3			2						3			1		3				12	2
	(15) Dave Jessup	11				2			3			2						2	2				11	3
4	(4) Les Collins	10	2							3				1				3				1	10	4
5	(2) Martin Yeates	10	1					3				3				1				2			10	5
6	(1) Alan Grahame	9	3				3				0				3				T				9	6
7	(3) Simon Wigg	8	E						0				3				2				3		8	7
8	(7) Jeremy Doncaster	8		0					2					2	1					3			8	8
9	(14) Peter Collins	7				1		1					1		2							2	7	9	3
10	(16) Neil Evitts	7				3				2	2						0			0			7	10	2
11	(11) Gordon Kennett	6			2				1		1					2						0	6	11
12	(9) Chris Morton	5			E		1						2					1		1			5	12
13	(13) John Louis	4				X	2							0		0					2		4	13
14	(8) Phil Collins	3		X						0			E			3			E				3	14
15	(12) John Davis	3			1					1		0			0						1		3	15
16	(6) Mark Courtney	2		2				0			0							0			0		2	16
R1	(R1)	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

Swedish Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
	Hallstavik	Pierre Brannefors
	Malilla
5 May	Linköping	Jan Andersson	Per Jonsson
Final
22 May	Kumla	Jan Andersson		Tommy Nilsson
23 May	Vastervik	Jan Andersson	Pierre Brannefors	Mikael Blixt
24 May	Göteborg	Pierre Brannefors	Jan Andersson	Per Jonsson

Intercontinental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Australian Final
29 January	Mildura	Phil Crump	Billy Sanders	Gary Guglielmi
New Zealand Final
4 February	Wellington	Mitch Shirra	Larry Ross	David Bargh
Norwegian Final
25 April	Skien	Reidar Eide	Dag Lovaas	Edgar Stangeland
American Final
9 June	Long Beach	Bobby Schwartz	Kelly Moran	Shawn Moran
Nordic Final
12 June	Norrköping	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Mikael Blixt
Overseas Final
15 July	Belle Vue	Lance King	Phil Crump	Shawn Moran
Intercontinental Final
20 July	Vojens	Shawn Moran	Simon Wigg	Lance King

Australian Final[]

January 29, 1984
Mildura
First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Phil Crump	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Billy Sanders	(3,2,3,2,3)	13
3	Gary Guglielmi	(F,3,3,3,2)	11
4	John Titman	(3,3,2,1,1)	10
5	Rod Hunter	(0,2,2,3,3)	10
6	Steve Regeling	(1,3,0,3,2)	9
7	Steve Baker	(2,F,1,2,3)	8
8		(2,1,0,2,2)	7
9	Glyn Taylor	(3,2,0,F,1)	6
10	Mark Fiora	(1,1,3,0,0)	5
11		(2,2,1,F,X)	5
12		(2,X,2,0,1)	5
13		(0,2,2,1,0)	5
14		(1,0,0,1,2)	4
15		(F,-,-,-,-)	0
16		(-,-,-,-,-)	0
R1		(1,1,1,0)	3
18		(0,1,0,1,0)	2

New Zealand Final[]

February 4, 1984
Christchurch
First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mitch Shirra	15
2	Larry Ross	14
3	David Bargh	13
4	Barry Briggs	11
5		11
6		9
7		9
8		8
9		7
10		6
11		5
12		5
13		4
14	Wayne Brown	2
15		1
16		0

Norwegian Final[]

April 25, 1984
Skien
First 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Reidar Eide	15
2	Dag Lovaas	14
3	Edgar Stangeland	13
4	Audun Ove Olsen	11

American Final[]

June 9, 1984
Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

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
	(11) Bobby Schwartz	15			3				3		3					3						3	15	1
	(6) Kelly Moran	14		3				3			2							3			3		14	2
	(12) Shawn Moran	13			2					3		3			3						2		13	3
4	(1) Lance King	11	3				3				1				1				3				11	4
5	(4) John Cook	10	2							2				3				2				1	10	5
6	(7) Rick Miller	10		1					2					2	2					3			10	6
7	(13) Mike Faria	9				3	2							1		2					1		9	7
8	(8) Sam Ermolenko	6		2						E			3			0			1				6	8
9	(5) Robert Pfetzing	6		0			1					2					3					F	6	9
10	(15)	5				1			1			0						1	2				5	10
11	(14) Dennis Sigalos	4				2		2					F		-							-	4	11
12	(3) Brad Oxley	3	0						E				2				1				0		3	12
13	(9) Buddy Robinson	3			0		0						1					0		2			3	13
14	(2)	4	1					0				1				1				1			4	14
15	(10)	2			1			1						0			0		0				2	15
16	(16)	0				X				-	-						-			-			0	16
R1	(R1)	4									0				0		2					2	4	R1
R2	(R2)	1								1										0			1	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

Nordic Final[]

June 12, 1984
Norrköping,
First 7 to 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
	(13) Hans Nielsen	14				2	3							3		3					3		14	1
	(11) Erik Gundersen	12			3				2		3					2						2	12	2
	(15) Mikael Blixt	11				3			1			1						3	3				11	3	3
4	(5) Jan Andersson	11		3			X					3					2					3	11	4	2
5	(14) Kai Niemi	11				1		3					3		3							1	11	5	1
6	(3) Bo Petersen	11	1						3				2				3				2		11	6	0
7	(2) Tommy Nilsson	10	3					2				2				X				3			10	7
8	(8) Ari Koponen	8		2						2			1			1			2				8	8
9	(16) Peter Ravn	7				0				3	2						0			2			7	9
10	(1) Jens Rasmussen	7	2				2				0				2				1				7	10
11	(6) Pierre Brannefors	6		1				1			1							2			1		6	11
12	(12)	4			2					1		0			1						0		4	12
13	(10)	3			F			X						2			1		0				3	13
14	(4)	2	0							0				1				1				0	2	14
15	(9) Einar Kyllingstad	2			1		1						0					0		0			2	15
16	(7)	1		0					0					0	0					1			1	16
R1	(R1)	0						0															0	R1
R2	(R2)	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

Overseas Final[]

July 15, 1984
Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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) Lance King	15	3					3				3				3				3			15	1
	(7) Phil Crump	12		3					3					3	2					1			12	2
	(10) Shawn Moran	11			3			E						3			2		3				11	3
4	(4) Billy Sanders	10	1							3				1				3				2	10	4
5	(8) Alan Grahame	10		2						2			1			3			2				10	5
6	(9) Mitch Shirra	9			1		3						3					2		0			9	6
7	(11) Kenny Carter	8			2				2		3					0						1	8	7
8	(14) Simon Wigg	8				1		1					2		1							3	8	8
9	(16) Larry Ross	7				2				1	1						1			2			7	9
10	(5) Kelly Moran	6		1			1					2					2					0	6	10	3
11	(15) Les Collins	6				3			1			0						1	1				6	11	2
12	(13) Jeremy Doncaster	5				X	0							E		2					3		5	12
13	(1) Andy Grahame	5	2				1				2				0				0				5	13
14	(12) Bobby Schwartz	3			0					0		1			E						2		3	14
15	(6) Dave Jessup	3		0				2			0							0			1		3	15
16	(3) Martin Yeates	0	0						0				0				0				0		0	16
R1	(R1) John Cook	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Gary Guglielmi	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) David Bargh	0																					0	R3
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[]

July 20, 1984
Vojens
First 12 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(12) Shawn Moran	13			3					3		2			3						2		13	1
	(10) Simon Wigg	12			1			2						3			3		3				12	2
	(9) Lance King	11			2		3						2					2		2			11	3
4	(14) Bo Petersen	9				3		3					0		2							1	9	4
5	(15) Mitch Shirra	9				1			3			1						3	1				9	5
6	(5) Kelly Moran	8		3			F					3					2					0	8	6
7	(16) Kai Niemi	8				2				0	3						0			3			8	7
8	(13) Hans Nielsen	8				0	E							2		3					3		8	8
9	(8) Erik Gundersen	8		2						2			3			1			0				8	9
10	(1) Jan Andersson	7	2				2				1				0				2				7	10
11	(11) Billy Sanders	7			0				1		2					2						2	7	11
12	(4) Alan Grahame	6	1							1				1				0				3	6	12	3
13	(3) Kenny Carter	6	3						0				1				1				1		6	13	2
14	(7) Phil Crump	5		1					2					0	1					1			5	14
15	(2) Larry Ross	1	0					1				0				0				0			1	15
16	(6) Mikael Blixt	1		F				0			0							1			0		1	16
R1	(R1) Tommy Nilsson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Les Collins	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

Continental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
22 April	Krsko	Edward Jancarz	Georg Gilgenreiner	Jerzy Rembas
22 April	Debrecen	Jiří Štancl	Wojciech Żabiałowicz
22 April	Slany	Václav Verner	Maciej Jaworek
22 April	Olching	Josef Aigner		Armando Castagna
Quarter-Finals
5 May	Gdańsk	Antonín Kasper Jr.	Boleslaw Proch	Petr Ondrašík
5 May	Landshut	Egon Muller	Karl Maier	Jiří Štancl
6 May	Wiener Neustadt	Josef Aigner	Andrzej Huszcza	Alois Wiesböck
6 May	Szeged	Mikhail Starostin	Edward Jancarz	Aleš Dryml Sr.
Semi-Finals
10 June	Norden	Egon Muller	Jiří Štancl	Karl Maier
10 June	Žarnovica	Zenon Kasprzak	Petr Ondrašík
Final
22 July	Rovno	Egon Muller	Karl Maier	Jiří Štancl

Continental Final[]

July 22, 1984
Rovno
First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(14) Egon Muller	14				2		3					3		3							3	14	1	3
	(5) Karl Maier	14		3			3					3					3					2	14	2	2
	(2) Jiří Štancl	11	3					2				2				3				1			11	3	3
4	(11) Václav Verner	11			3				3		2					2						1	11	4	2
5	(9) Edward Jancarz	10			2		2						2					2		2			10	5
6	(16) Petr Ondrašík	9				0				1	3						2			3			9	6
7	(6) Georg Hack	8		1				F			1							3			3		8	7
8	(13) Aleš Dryml Sr.	7				1	1							2		1					2		7	8
9	(8)	6		0						3			1			0			2				6	9
10	(10) Henny Kroeze	6			F			1						3			1		1				6	10
11	(7) Mikhail Starostin	6		2					2					F	2					0			6	11
12	(4) Andrzej Huszcza	4	1							2				1				X				0	4	12
13	(15) Zenon Plech	3				3			0			F						X	-				3	13
14	(1) Zdenek Schneiderwind	2	2				F				0				0				0				2	14
15	(3)	1	0						1				0				-				X		1	15
16	(12) Zenon Kasprzak	1			1					0		-			-						-		1	16
R1	(R1) Boleslaw Proch	5										1			1				3				5	R1
R2	(R2) Josef Aigner	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

World Final[]

1 September 1984
Göteborg, Ullevi^[6]

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
	(5) Erik Gundersen	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	1
	(3) Hans Nielsen	13	3						3				3				1				3		13	2	3
	(14) Lance King	13				3		3					2		3							2	13	3	2
4	(10) Kelly Moran	11			2			2						2			2		3				11	4
5	(7) Mitch Shirra	10		3					2					1	1					3			10	5
6	(11) Simon Wigg	9			3				1		2					3						0	9	6
7	(2) Bo Petersen	9	2					1				2				2				2			9	7
8	(6) Shawn Moran	7		1				0			3							1			2		7	8
9	(12) Karl Maier	7			0					3		1			2						1		7	9
10	(4) Jan Andersson	6	0							2				3				0				1	6	10
11	(1) Billy Sanders	5	1				2				1				0				1				5	11
12	(9) Kai Niemi	4			1		1						0					2		0			4	12
13	(16) Petr Ondrašík	3				2				0	0						E			1			3	13
14	(8) Egon Muller	3		0						1			1			1			F				3	14
15	(13) Jiří Štancl	1				1	0							0		0					0		1	15
16	(15) Václav Verner	0				0			0			E						-	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Alan Grahame	5																3	2				5	R1
R2	(R2) Georg Hack	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

References[]

^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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[2] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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