1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships. He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.[5]

It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.[6]

British Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April United Kingdom Milton Keynes United Kingdom Malcolm Simmons United Kingdom Barry Thomas United Kingdom Andy Campbell
9 April United Kingdom Wimbledon United Kingdom Dave Jessup United Kingdom Andrew Silver United Kingdom Roger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 April United Kingdom Berwick United Kingdom Paul Thorp United Kingdom United Kingdom
13 April United Kingdom Boston United Kingdom Doug Wyer United Kingdom Les Collins United Kingdom Andy Hines
15 April United Kingdom Poole United Kingdom Steve Schofield United Kingdom Neil Middleditch United Kingdom
27 April United Kingdom King's Lynn United Kingdom Andy Campbell United Kingdom Steve Schofield United Kingdom Les Collins
Semi-Finals
11 May United Kingdom Swindon United Kingdom Alan Grahame United Kingdom Phil Collins United Kingdom Richard Knight
18 May United Kingdom Bradford United Kingdom Simon Wigg United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster United Kingdom Neil Evitts
Final
1 June United Kingdom Coventry United Kingdom Neil Evitts United Kingdom Phil Collins United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster

British Final[]

  • June 1, 1986
  •  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
  • Top 9 to Commonwealth 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 22
1 United Kingdom (13) Neil Evitts 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 United Kingdom (2) Phil Collins 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 2
3 United Kingdom (15) Jeremy Doncaster 10 0 3 2 2 3 10 3 3
4 United Kingdom (3) Marvyn Cox 10 1 1 3 3 2 10 4 2
5 United Kingdom (9) Chris Morton 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 5 1
6 United Kingdom (7) Malcolm Simmons 9 1 2 3 3 0 9 6
7 United Kingdom (10) Richard Knight 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 7 3
8 United Kingdom (1) Paul Thorp 8 3 1 3 T 1 8 8 2
9 United Kingdom (8) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 3 1 1 0 8 9 1
10 United Kingdom (16) Louis Carr 8 1 2 2 1 2 8 10 F
11 United Kingdom (14) Simon Wigg 7 2 E 0 2 3 7 11
12 United Kingdom (11) Andy Smith 5 3 0 0 F 2 5 12
13 United Kingdom (5) Andrew Silver 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 13
14 United Kingdom (6) Carl Blackbird 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 14
15 United Kingdom (4) Simon Cross 2 0 1 E 1 0 2 15
16 United Kingdom (12) John Davis 2 E 0 1 1 T 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Neil Middleditch 0 0 R1
R1 United Kingdom (R1) 0 0 0 R1
TR United Kingdom (TR) 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


Swedish Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May Sweden Gislaved Sweden Tommy Nilsson Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden
9 May Sweden Karlstad Sweden Tony Olsson Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Sweden Mikael Blixt
Final
21 May Sweden Eskilstuna Sweden Tommy Nilsson Sweden Sweden Roland Dannö
22 May Sweden Nassjo Sweden Mikael Blixt Sweden Tommy Nilsson Sweden Jimmy Nilsen
23 May Sweden Kumla Sweden Tommy Nilsson Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Sweden

Swedish Final[]

  • May 21, 22 & 23
  •  SWE Eskilstuna, Nassjo & Kumla
  • First 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
  • Jan Andersson seeded to Nordic Final
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Sweden Tommy Nilsson 14+13+12 39
2 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 10+13+11 34
3 Sweden Mikael Blixt 8+14+9 31
4 Sweden Erik Stenlund 9+11+10 30
5 Sweden 11+6+11 28
6 Sweden Conny Ivarsson 10+9+8 27
7 Sweden Per Jonsson 5+13+8 26
8 Sweden Tony Olsson 6+10+8 24
9 Sweden Roland Dannö 11+5+8 24
10 Sweden Dennis Löfqvist 10+6+5 21
11 Sweden 6+4+9 19
12 Sweden 6+3+6 15
13 Sweden 5+6+3 14
14 Sweden 7+2+5 14
15 Sweden 1+4+6 11
16 Sweden 0+1+0 1

Australian Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Queensland Championship
December 1985 Australia Australia John Titman Australia Troy Butler Australia Steve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
December 1985 Australia Newcastle Motordrome Australia Australia Australia ?
Northern Territory Championship
December 1985 Australia Arunga Park Speedway Australia Australia Australia ?
Victorian Championship
December 1985 Australia Australia Phil Crump Australia Australia ?
South Australian Championship
December 1985 Australia North Arm Speedway Australia Steve Baker Australia Mark Fiora Australia ?
Western Australian Championship
December 1985 Australia Claremont Speedway Australia Mick McKeon Australia Glyn Taylor Australia
Australian Championship
January 11 1986 Australia Australia Troy Butler Australia John Titman Australia Alan Rivett

Australian Final[]

  • January 11, 1986
  • Australia Ayr,
  • Top 4 to Commonwealth 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 22
1 Australia (6) Troy Butler 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 1
2 Australia (2) John Titman 12 3 2 3 3 1 12 2
3 Australia (13) 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 3
4 Australia (12) Steve Regeling 10 2 3 2 E 3 10 4 3
5 Australia (7) Steve Baker 10 3 0 3 2 2 10 5 2
6 Australia (11) 9 1 2 2 1 3 9 6
7 Australia (9) 8 0 2 3 2 1 8 7
8 Australia (1) 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 8
9 Australia (15) 8 2 1 1 2 2 8 9
10 Australia (3) Glyn Taylor 7 0 3 2 2 0 7 10
11 Australia (14) Mark Fiora 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 11
12 Australia (10) Phil Crump 6 3 E E 3 E 6 12
13 Australia (4) 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 13
14 Australia (5) 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 14
15 Australia (8) 1 0 E 1 0 0 1 15
16 Australia (16) 1 0 1 F F 0 1 16
R1 Australia (R1) 1 1 1 R1
R2 Australia (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 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

Intercontinental Round[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
New Zealand Final
25 January New Zealand Gisborne New Zealand David Bargh New Zealand Larry Ross New Zealand Mitch Shirra
Danish Final
8 May Denmark Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Bo Petersen
Commonwealth Final
8 June United Kingdom Manchester United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United Kingdom Chris Morton
American Final
21 June United States Long Beach United States Shawn Moran United States Lance King United States Sam Ermolenko
Overseas Final
29 June United Kingdom Coventry United States Sam Ermolenko United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster United Kingdom Neil Evitts
Nordic Final
4 July Sweden Kumla Denmark Hans Nielsen Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Denmark Jan O. Pedersen
Interconintental Final
20 July United Kingdom Bradford Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Tommy Knudsen

New Zealand Final[]

  • January 25, 1986
  •  NZL Gisborne,
  • Top 3 to Commonwealth Final
Pos. Rider Total
1 New Zealand David Bargh 14+3
2 New Zealand Larry Ross 14+2
3 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 12+3
4 New Zealand 12+2
5 New Zealand 11
6 New Zealand 9
7 New Zealand 9
8 New Zealand 7
9 New Zealand 6
10 New Zealand 5
11 New Zealand 5
12 New Zealand 4
13 New Zealand 4
14 New Zealand 3
15 New Zealand 3
16 New Zealand 1

Danish Final[]

  • May 8, 1986
  •  DEN ,
  • Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
  • Tommy Knudsen seeded to Nordic Final
Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 14
2 Denmark Erik Gundersen 13+3
3 Denmark Bo Petersen 13+2
4 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 12
5 Denmark John Jørgensen 12
6 Denmark 7
7 Denmark 7
8 Denmark 7
9 Denmark 7
10 Denmark 5
11 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 5
12 Denmark Peter Ravn 5
13 Denmark 4
14 Denmark Kurt Hansen 4
15 Denmark Preben Eriksen 3
16 Denmark 0

Commonwealth Final[]

  • June 8, 1986
  •  GBR Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
  • Top 11 to the 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
1 United Kingdom (16) Jeremy Doncaster 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 United Kingdom (15) Kelvin Tatum 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
3 United Kingdom (5) Chris Morton 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 3
4 Australia (4) Steve Baker 9 1 1 3 3 1 9 4
5 United Kingdom (13) Neil Evitts 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 5
6 United Kingdom (8) Richard Knight 9 3 0 2 2 2 9 6
7 New Zealand (14) Larry Ross 8 0 0 3 3 2 8 7
8 Australia (6) Phil Crump 8 1 3 X 2 2 8 8
9 United Kingdom (2) Marvyn Cox 8 3 1 2 1 1 8 9
10 United Kingdom (9) Paul Thorp 8 3 2 1 0 2 8 10
11 New Zealand (1) Mitch Shirra 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 11
12 New Zealand (12) David Bargh 6 1 3 F 1 1 6 12
13 United Kingdom (10) Phil Collins 5 2 2 0 1 0 5 13
14 United Kingdom (7) Malcolm Simmons 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14
15 Australia (11) Steve Regeling 3 0 2 1 E 0 3 15
16 Australia (3) 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 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

American 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
1 United States (12) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 United States (10) Lance King 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2 3
3 United States (11) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3 2
4 United States (3) Bobby Schwartz 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 4 1
5 United States (4) Kelly Moran 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 United States (16) Rick Miller 9 2 1 2 1 3 9 6
7 United States (1) 8 1 3 1 1 2 8 7
8 United States (14) 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 8
9 United States (5) Mike Faria 7 2 2 2 0 1 7 9
10 United States (6) Steve Lucero 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 10
11 United States (15) John Cook 6 3 0 0 2 1 6 11
12 United States (7) Bobby Ott 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 12
13 United States (13) Robert Pfetzing 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 13
14 United States (2) Brad Oxley 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 United States (8) 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 United States (9) 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 16
R1 United States (R1) 0 0 R1
R2 United States (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 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

Overseas Final[]

  • June 19, 1986
  •  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
  • Top 9 to 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
1 United States (7) Sam Ermolenko 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 United Kingdom (4) Jeremy Doncaster 12 3 3 1 2 3 12 2
3 United Kingdom (14) Neil Evitts 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 United Kingdom (1) Marvyn Cox 10 1 3 3 1 2 10 4
5 United Kingdom (2) Chris Morton 10 2 3 2 2 1 10 5
6 New Zealand (8) Mitch Shirra 9 0 2 1 3 3 9 6
7 United Kingdom (12) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 1 3 X 3 9 7
8 United States (15) Kelly Moran 8 2 2 1 3 0 8 8
9 Australia (5) Steve Baker 7 2 2 0 3 0 7 9
10 United Kingdom (13) Paul Thorp 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 10
11 Australia (10) Phil Crump 5 3 1 0 F 1 5 11
12 United States (11) Bobby Schwartz 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 12
13 New Zealand (3) Larry Ross 5 0 1 2 E 2 5 13
14 United Kingdom (6) Malcolm Simmons 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 14
15 United States (9) Lance King 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 United States (16) Shawn Moran 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 United States (R1) Rick Miller 5 0 2 3 5 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Steve Regeling 0 F 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

Nordic Final[]

  • July 4, 1986
  •  SWE Kumla,
  • Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 14
2 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 13
3 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 11
4 Denmark Erik Gundersen 10
5 Sweden Jan Andersson 10
6 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 10
7 Sweden Tommy Nilsson 9
8 Denmark 9
9 Finland Kai Niemi 9
10 Denmark John Jørgensen 8
11 Sweden Erik Stenlund 6
12 Norway Einar Kyllingstad 3
13 Finland Ari Koponen 3
14 Sweden Mikael Blixt 2
15 Finland 2
16 Norway 0
Res Sweden 1

Intercontinental Final[]

  • July 20, 1986
  •  GBR Bradford, Odsal Stadium
  • Top 11 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
1 Denmark (9) Erik Gundersen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (14) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 Denmark (4) Tommy Knudsen 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 United Kingdom (5) Neil Evitts 11 3 1 3 3 1 11 4
5 United Kingdom (1) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 2 0 3 8 5
6 United States (2) Sam Ermolenko 8 1 1 2 3 1 8 6
7 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 8 2 2 1 2 1 8 7
8 New Zealand (3) Mitch Shirra 7 0 3 0 2 2 7 8
9 United Kingdom (13) Chris Morton 7 0 2 1 1 3 7 9
10 Denmark (6) Jan O. Pedersen 7 0 2 3 1 1 7 10
11 United Kingdom (15) Marvyn Cox 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11 3
12 Sweden (7) Jan Andersson 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 12 2
13 United Kingdom (12) Paul Thorp 4 1 1 E 2 0 4 13
14 United Kingdom (16) Jeremy Doncaster 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 Australia (10) Steve Baker 2 2 X 0 0 0 2 15
16 Sweden (11) Tommy Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Australia (R1) Phil Crump 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) John Jørgensen 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
11 May West GermanyAbensberg Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek West Germany West Germany
11 May BulgariaTargovishte Soviet Union Valery Gordeev Italy Armando Dal Chiele Czechoslovakia
11 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaLjubljana Poland Zenon Plech Soviet Union Rinat Mardanshin Poland
11 May HungaryMiskolc Czechoslovakia Italy Hungary
Quarter-Finals
24 May PolandBydgoszcz Poland Wojciech Żabiałowicz Poland Soviet Union
25 May CzechoslovakiaPrague Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek
26 May NetherlandsAmsterdam Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek Poland Roman Jankowski Italy Armando Castagna
29 May West GermanyOlching Austria Hungary Soviet Union Mikhail Starostin
Semi-Finals
8 June ItalyLonigo Italy Armando Castagna Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek
8 June West GermanyLandshut Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov West Germany Georg Hack West Germany Mikhail Starostin
Final
20 July AustriaWiener Neustadt Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. Italy Armando Castagna

Continental 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
1 Soviet Union (7) Viktor Kuznetsov 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 3
2 Czechoslovakia (15) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 2 2
3 Italy (12) Armando Castagna 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 3
4 West Germany (2) Karl Maier 11 1 3 2 2 3 11 4 3
5 Czechoslovakia (11) Petr Vandirek 11 2 1 2 3 3 11 5 2
6 Poland (6) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 8 2 2 1 0 3 8 6
7 Czechoslovakia (5) 7 1 3 0 3 0 7 7
8 Czechoslovakia (8) Roman Matoušek 7 X 2 3 X 2 7 8
9 Soviet Union (9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 9
10 Bulgaria (3) 6 2 E 1 2 1 6 10
11 Poland (13) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 11
12 West Germany (16) Klaus Lausch 5 0 1 3 1 0 5 12
13 Soviet Union (4) Mikhail Starostin 5 0 E 2 1 2 5 13
14 West Germany (14) Georg Hack 4 1 E 0 2 1 4 14
15 Austria (1) 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 Poland (10) Maciej Jaworek 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Hungary (R1) Zoltan Adorjan 0 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) 1 0 1 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 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

World Final[]

  • August 30, 1986
  •  POL Chorzów, Silesian Stadium
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 Denmark (5) Hans Nielsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (11) Jan O. Pedersen 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 United Kingdom (12) Kelvin Tatum 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3
4 Sweden (1) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 4
5 Denmark (10) Tommy Knudsen 10 1 3 3 X 3 10 5
6 Soviet Union (13) Viktor Kuznetsov 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 6
7 United States (6) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 2 1 3 2 9 7
8 United Kingdom (4) Neil Evitts 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 8
9 United Kingdom (16) Chris Morton 8 2 1 0 2 3 8 9
10 Denmark (8) Erik Gundersen 7 3 0 3 1 E 7 10
11 Poland (15) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 6 1 2 0 2 1 6 11
12 United Kingdom (14) Marvyn Cox 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 12
13 West Germany (2) Karl Maier 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 Italy (3) Armando Castagna 2 1 1 0 F - 2 14
15 Czechoslovakia (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 New Zealand (7) Mitch Shirra 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Jan Andersson 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Petr Vandirek 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

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