1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

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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.[1][2][3][4]

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.[5]

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.[6][7]

British Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
5 April United Kingdom Eastbourne United Kingdom Andy Galvin United Kingdom Malcolm Holloway United Kingdom Martin Dugard
5 April United Kingdom Mildenhall United Kingdom Alan Mogridge United Kingdom Melvyn Taylor United Kingdom Martin Goodwin
11 April United Kingdom Stoke United Kingdom Nigel Crabtree United Kingdom Martin Yeates United Kingdom Doug Wyer
16 April United Kingdom Middlesbrough United Kingdom Gary Havelock United Kingdom Martin Dixon United Kingdom Les Collins
24 April United Kingdom Peterborough United Kingdom Andrew Silver United Kingdom Trevor Banks United Kingdom Ian Barney
4 May United Kingdom Newcastle United Kingdom Andrew Silver United Kingdom Ian Barney United Kingdom David Blackburn
Semi-Finals
17 May United Kingdom Swindon United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster United Kingdom Marvyn Cox United Kingdom Andy Grahame
17 May United Kingdom Sheffield United Kingdom Simon Wigg United Kingdom Neil Evitts United Kingdom Neil Collins
Final
31 May United Kingdom Coventry United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United Kingdom Neil Evitts United Kingdom Simon Wigg

British Final[]

  • May 31, 1987
  •  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 (11) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
2 United Kingdom (2) Neil Evitts 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 2
3 United Kingdom (14) Simon Wigg 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 3 3
4 United Kingdom (13) Marvyn Cox 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 4 2
5 United Kingdom (12) Jeremy Doncaster 9 0 3 3 3 0 9 5
6 United Kingdom (5) Paul Thorp 9 F 3 X 3 3 9 6
7 United Kingdom (15) Andrew Silver 9 1 2 1 2 3 9 7
8 United Kingdom (6) Simon Cross 8 3 3 1 F 1 8 8
9 United Kingdom (3) Chris Morton 8 1 1 2 2 2 8 9
10 United Kingdom (4) John Davis 7 0 1 3 3 0 7 10
11 United Kingdom (1) Andy Grahame 6 2 0 3 0 1 6 11
12 United Kingdom (10) Gary Havelock 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 12
13 United Kingdom (8) Andy Smith 5 2 2 0 1 F 5 13
14 United Kingdom (7) Peter Carr 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 14
15 United Kingdom (9) Alun Rossiter 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 15
16 United Kingdom (16) Neil Collins 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) 0 0 R1
R2 United Kingdom (R2) Les Collins 0 0 R2
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

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Swedish Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Semi-Finals
3 May Sweden Nassjo Sweden Jan Andersson Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden Mikael Blixt
3 May Sweden Lindesberg Sweden Tommy Nillson Sweden Erik Stenlund Sweden

Swedish Final[]

  • May 19, 20 & 21
  •  SWE Mariestad, Eskilstuna & Vetlanda
  • First 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Sweden Jan Andersson 15+14+14 43
2 Sweden Per Jonsson 14+15+13 42
3 Sweden 9+11+11 31
4 Sweden Tommy Nilsson 8+12+10 30
5 Sweden 10+8+11 29
6 Sweden Conny Ivarsson 9+9+9 27
7 Sweden 7+10+8 25
8 Sweden 8+3+10 21
9 Sweden Tony Olsson 6+9+5 20
10 Sweden Dennis Löfqvist 7+6+3 16
11 Sweden 3+5+5 13
12 Sweden 2+8+2 12
13 Sweden Claes Ivarsson 3+1+7 11
14 Sweden 3+6+0 9
15 Sweden Erik Stenlund 6+2+ns 8
16 Sweden Lillebror Johansson 3+1+3 7
17 Sweden Mikael Blixt 6+1+ns 7
18 Sweden Pierre Brannefors ns+0+7 7
19 Sweden ns+ns+1 1
16 Sweden ns+ns+0 0

Intercontinental Round[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Australian Final
24 January Australia Mildura Australia Steve Regeling Australia Steve Baker Australia Glyn Taylor
New Zealand Final
21 February New Zealand Auckland New Zealand David Bargh New Zealand Mitch Shirra New Zealand Larry Ross
Danish Final
17 May Denmark Slangerup Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark John Jørgensen
American Final
13 June United States Long Beach United States Sam Ermolenko United States Kelly Moran United States John Cook
Commonwealth Final
14 June United Kingdom Belle Vue United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United Kingdom Simon Cross United Kingdom Marvyn Cox
Finnish Final
28 June Finland Lahti Finland Finland Finland
Overseas Final
5 July United Kingdom Bradford New Zealand Mitch Shirra United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster United States Kelly Moran
Nordic Final
14 July Sweden Norrköping Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Peter Ravn
Intercontinental Final
27 July Denmark Vojens Denmark Erik Gundersen Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Denmark Hans Nielsen

Australian Final[]

  • January 24, 1987
  • Australia Mildura
  • First 3 to Commonwealth Final
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Australia Steve Regeling 14
2 Australia Steve Baker 12
3 Australia Glyn Taylor 10
4 Australia 10
5 Australia 10
6 Australia Mick Poole 9
7 Australia 9
8 Australia 8
9 Australia 8
10 Australia 7
11 Australia 6
12 Australia Mark Fiora 4
13 Australia 4
14 Australia 3
15 Australia 2
16 Australia 2

New Zealand Final[]

  • February 21, 1987
  •  NZL Auckland
  • Marked in green to Commonwealth Final
Pos. Rider Total
1 New Zealand David Bargh 14
2 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 13
3 New Zealand Larry Ross 12
4 New Zealand 10
5 New Zealand 10
6 New Zealand 9
7 New Zealand 8
8 New Zealand 8
9 New Zealand 8
10 New Zealand 6
11 New Zealand 6
12 New Zealand 5
13 New Zealand 4
14 New Zealand 3
15 New Zealand 2

Danish Final[]

  • May 17, 1987
  •  DEN Slangerup
  • First 6 to the 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
1 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (15) Erik Gundersen 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 2
3 Denmark (13) John Jørgensen 11 1 3 2 2 3 11 3
4 Denmark (5) 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 4
5 Denmark (14) Tommy Knudsen 10 2 3 3 2 - 10 5
6 Denmark (4) Peter Ravn 10 2 3 1 1 3 10 6
7 Denmark (11) Jens Rasmussen 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8 Denmark (2) Per Sorensen 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 8
9 Denmark (9) 7 2 1 2 2 0 7 9
10 Denmark (10) 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 10
11 Denmark (12) 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 Denmark (1) Kurt Hansen 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 12
13 Denmark (16) 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 13
14 Denmark (6) 3 0 0 3 0 - 3 14
15 Denmark (8) 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 15
16 Denmark (3) 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 16
R1 Denmark (R1) 0 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Finn Rune Jensen 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

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American Final[]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 United States Sam Ermolenko 3,4,4,4,4 19
2 United States Kelly Moran 4,4,3,4,3 18
3 United States John Cook 4,2,4,3,2 15+4
4 United States Robert Pfetzing 4,4,4,2,2 15+3
5 United States Mike Faria 2,4,3,4,2 15+2
6 United States Lance King 4,2,3,2,4 15+1
7 United States Rick Miller 3,3,2,4,3 15+0
8 United States Shawn Moran 3,0,4,3,4 14
9 United States Bobby Schwartz 0,4,2,3,3 12
10 United States Gary Hicks 2,1,1,3,4 11
11 United States Steve Lucero 1,3,3,2,1 10
12 United States 1,3,2,0,3 8
13 United States 2,0,1,2,3 8
14 United States Brad Oxley 3,1,1,1,1 7
15 United States 2,1,2,0,0 5
16 United States 1,2,0,1,1 5
17 United States 1,2,1,1,F 5
18 United States 0,1,0,0,1 2
19 United States 0,0,0,1,0 1
20 United States Bart Bast 0,0,0,0,0 0

Commonwealth Final[]

  • June 14, 1987
  •  GBR Belle Vue
  • First 10 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
1 United Kingdom (4) Kelvin Tatum 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 United Kingdom (12) Simon Cross 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 United Kingdom (14) Marvyn Cox 10 3 3 3 1 0 10 3
4 United Kingdom (10) Neil Evitts 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4
5 United Kingdom (3) Chris Morton 10 1 3 2 2 2 10 5
6 New Zealand (11) David Bargh 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 6
7 New Zealand (13) Mitch Shirra 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 7
8 Australia (16) Steve Regeling 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 8
9 United Kingdom (2) Andrew Silver 8 2 2 2 E 2 8 9
10 United Kingdom (5) Paul Thorp 7 3 3 F 0 1 7 10
11 United Kingdom (7) Jeremy Doncaster 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 11 3
12 United Kingdom (6) Simon Wigg 6 1 0 3 2 0 6 12 2
13 Australia (9) Steve Baker 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 13
14 Australia (15) Glyn Taylor 3 X 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 New Zealand (1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 New Zealand (8) 1 E 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 New Zealand (R1) Larry Ross 0 0 R1
R2 United Kingdom (R2) 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

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Finnish Final[]

  • August 26, 1987
  • Finland Lahti
  • First to Nordic Final
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Finland 15
2 Finland 14
3 Finland 13
4 Finland 11
5 Finland 11
6 Finland 7
7 Finland 6
8 Finland 6
9 Finland 5
10 Finland 5
11 Finland 5
12 Finland 5
13 Finland Petri Kokko 3
14 Finland 3
15 Finland 3
16 Finland 0

Overseas Final[]

  • July 5, 1987
  •  GBR Bradford
  • 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
1 New Zealand (7) Mitch Shirra 12 3 0 3 3 3 12 1
2 United Kingdom (11) Jeremy Doncaster 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 2
3 United States (14) Kelly Moran 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 3 3
4 United States (12) Sam Ermolenko 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4 2
5 Australia (6) Steve Regeling 9 2 0 3 3 1 9 5
6 United Kingdom (10) Simon Cross 9 2 3 2 2 0 9 6
7 United Kingdom (1) Neil Evitts 8 3 1 1 0 3 8 7
8 United Kingdom (8) Marvyn Cox 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 8
9 United States (13) John Cook 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 9
10 United Kingdom (3) Chris Morton 7 2 1 1 3 X 7 10 3
11 United Kingdom (15) Kelvin Tatum 7 0 3 0 2 2 7 11 2
12 New Zealand (4) David Bargh 6 1 1 X 1 3 6 12
13 United States (5) Robert Pfetzing 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 13
14 United States (16) Mike Faria 5 2 0 0 1 2 5 14
15 United Kingdom (2) Paul Thorp 3 0 1 2 0 E 3 15
16 United Kingdom (9) Andrew Silver 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Simon Wigg 0 0 R1
R2 United States (R2) Rick Miller 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

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Nordic Final[]

  • June 14, 1987
  •  SWE Norrköping
  • First 7 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
1 Denmark (2) Erik Gundersen 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (14) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 2 3
3 Denmark (12) Peter Ravn 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 3 2
4 Sweden (4) Per Jonsson 11 1 3 3 1 3 11 4
5 Denmark (9) Jan O. Pedersen 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 5
6 Sweden (6) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 3 3 1 10 6
7 Finland (1) Kai Niemi 9 2 1 0 3 3 9 7 3
8 Denmark (8) John Jørgensen 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 8 2
9 Sweden (16) Jan Andersson 8 2 0 2 3 1 8 9
10 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 10
11 Sweden (5) 6 1 2 1 2 0 6 11
12 Denmark (3) 4 E 1 0 1 2 4 12
13 Sweden (7) Tommy Nilsson 3 F 2 1 0 0 3 13
14 Finland (15) Olli Tyrväinen 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 Norway (13) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
16 Norway (10) Einar Kyllingstad 0 F 0 X F 0 0 16
R1 Finland (R1) 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

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Intercontinental Final[]

  • July 27, 1987
  •  DEN Vojens
  • First 11 to the 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 (1) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 1
2 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 2
3 Denmark (4) Hans Nielsen 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 3
4 Denmark (3) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 4
5 New Zealand (2) Mitch Shirra 9 1 2 0 3 3 9 5
6 United States (7) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 3 0 3 2 9 6
7 United States (10) John Cook 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 7
8 Sweden (5) Per Jonsson 8 3 1 3 0 1 8 8
9 United Kingdom (12) Simon Cross 8 2 1 2 0 3 8 9
10 United Kingdom (15) Jeremy Doncaster 8 3 0 1 2 2 8 10
11 United Kingdom (13) Chris Morton 7 2 2 2 0 1 7 11
12 Denmark (8) Peter Ravn 5 X 2 2 1 0 5 12 3
13 United Kingdom (6) Neil Evitts 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 13 2
14 Finland (14) Kai Niemi 4 1 0 1 2 0 4 14
15 United Kingdom (16) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 Australia (9) Steve Regeling 0 0 0 X - - 0 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Kelvin Tatum 1 1 1 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) John Jørgensen 0 E 0 R2
R3 United States (R3) Kelly Moran 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

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Continental Round[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
1 May West GermanyPfaffenhofen Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel Poland Soviet Union
17 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaKrsko Italy Valentino Furlanetto Czechoslovakia Italy
17 May West GermanyNeustadt Donau Hungary Antal Kocso Poland Andrzej Huszcza Hungary
17 May BulgariaTargovishte Poland Hungary Poland
Quarter-Finals
24 May AustriaWiener Neustadt Hungary Italy Armando Castagna Austria
31 May HungaryDebrecen Soviet Union Mikhail Starostin Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Hungary Zoltan Adorjan
31 May Soviet UnionRovno Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Valery Gordeev
31 May CzechoslovakiaSlany Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. West Germany Gerd Riss West Germany Karl Maier
Semi-Finals
13 June PolandLeszno Poland Roman Jankowski Poland Wojciech Żabiałowicz Hungary Zoltan Adorjan
14 June West GermanyKrumbach West Germany Gerd Riss Italy Armando Castagna Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr.
Final
26 July ItalyLonigo West Germany Gerd Riss Poland Roman Jankowski Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr.

Nederlands Final[]

  • April 20,24, July 4,12
  •  NED Feyenoord, Heusden Zolder, Amsterdam & Blijham
  • Marked in green to Continental Qualification
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Netherlands 13+15+1+13,5+13 54,5
2 Netherlands 3,5+8+15+15+15 53
3 Netherlands 12+11,5+9+11,5+9,5 44,5
4 Belgium ns+9+9+13,5+12 43,5
5 Netherlands 11+10+ns+7,5+14 42,5
6 Netherlands 0,5+11,5+14+6+6,5 38,5
7 Netherlands 10+14+13+ns+ns 37
8 Belgium 8,5+3+11,5+9+5 34
9 Belgium 0,5+5,5+5,5+10+11 31
10 Netherlands 3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,5 30,5
11 Netherlands 14+13+ns+ns+ns 27
12 Belgium 7+4+11,5+1+ns 23,5
13 Netherlands Henny Kroeze 15+5,5+ns+ns+ns 20,5
14 Netherlands 2+ns+7+7,5+3,5 20
15 Netherlands 5+ns+3,5+3,5+8 20
16 Netherlands ns+1+9+5+2 17
17 Netherlands 8,5+2+2+3,5+3,5 16,5
18 Netherlands ns++ns+ns+ns+9,5 9,5
19 Belgium 6+ns+3,5+ns+ns 9,5
20 Belgium ns+ns+ns+2+ns 2

German Final[]

  • September 4, 1987
  •  FRG Pocking
  • Marked in green to Continental Qualification
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 West Germany Tommy Dunker 3,3,3,3,3 15
2 West Germany Gerd Riss 3,3,3,2,3 14
3 West Germany Karl Maier 2,3,2,3,3 13
4 West Germany 3,2,1,3,1 10
5 West Germany 2,2,1,3,2 10
6 West Germany 2,1,3,2,2 10
7 West Germany 1,0,3,2,1 7
8 West Germany 2,E,1,1,3 7
9 West Germany 1,2,2,F,2 7
10 West Germany 1,3,0,2,0 6
11 West Germany 0,1,2,1,1 5
12 West Germany Andre Pollehn 0,1,1,0,2 4
13 West Germany 1,1,2,F,- 4
14 West Germany 3,F,-,-,- 3
15 West Germany 0,2,0,1,E 3
16 West Germany 0,0,0,0,1 1

Italian Final[]

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Italy Valentino Furlanetto 16+14+15+16 61
2 Italy Armando Castagna 14+15+15+14 58
3 Italy Paolo Salvatelli 12+11+13+9 45
4 Italy Armando Dal Chiele 13+8+11+10 42
5 Italy 11+12+10+9 42
6 Italy 9+10+9+5 33
7 Italy ns+10+8+12 30
8 Italy ns+9+10+10 29
9 Italy 9+5+0+7 21
10 Italy 8+5+5+4 21
11 Italy ns+7+8+5 20
12 Italy 4+6+ns+8 18
13 Italy 5+4+1+4 14
14 Italy 6+3+3+0 12
15 Italy 6+0+4+1 11
16 Italy ns+2+5+3 10
17 Italy Giuseppe Marzotto ns+ns+4+ns 4
18 Italy 3+ns+ns+ns 3

Hungarian Final[]

  • Marked in green to Continental Qualification
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Hungary Zoltan Adorjan 30
2 Hungary 28
3 Hungary 24
4 Hungary Sandor Tihanyi 22
5 Hungary Antal Kocso 21
6 Hungary 21
7 Hungary 21
8 Hungary 19
9 Hungary Robert Nagy 16
10 Hungary 14
11 Hungary 14
12 Hungary 13
13 Hungary 8
14 Hungary 8
15 Hungary 4
16 Hungary 3

Сontinental Final[]

  • July 26, 1987
  •  ITA Lonigo
  • First 4 to the 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 West Germany (1) Gerd Riss 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1 3
2 Poland (11) Roman Jankowski 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 2
3 Czechoslovakia (8) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3 3
4 Czechoslovakia (4) Roman Matoušek 11 1 2 3 3 2 11 4 2
5 Soviet Union (2) 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 5 3
6 Italy (7) Armando Dal Chiele 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 6 2
7 Italy (13) Armando Castagna 9 2 2 2 0 3 9 7
8 Poland (6) 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 8
9 Hungary (9) Zoltan Adorjan 7 3 1 3 F X 7 9
10 West Germany (12) Karl Maier 6 E 1 1 2 2 6 10
11 Hungary (5) Antal Kocso 5 F 0 3 2 E 5 11
12 Soviet Union (16) Mikhail Starostin 4 3 0 X 1 E 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (14) Petr Vandirek 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14 Poland (3) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 14
15 Hungary (15) Sandor Tihanyi 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15
16 Poland (10) Jan Krzystyniak 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Austria (R1) 0 0 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Viktor Kuznetsov 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

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World Final[]

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
1 United States (6) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 1
2 Denmark (13) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 3
4 United Kingdom (15) Jeremy Doncaster 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 4
5 Sweden (12) Per Jonsson 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 5
6 Denmark (10) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 6
7 Sweden (4) Jimmy Nilsen 9 3 3 2 0 1 9 7
8 New Zealand (5) Mitch Shirra 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 8
9 United States (11) John Cook 7 1 2 1 1 2 7 9
10 United Kingdom (1) Simon Cross 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 10
11 Czechoslovakia (14) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 11
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Morton 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13 West Germany (3) Gerd Riss 4 F 1 3 T 0 4 13
14 Czechoslovakia (8) Roman Matoušek 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 Netherlands (7) Henny Kroeze 1 F 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Poland (16) Roman Jankowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Peter Ravn 1 1 1 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) 0 0 R2
R3 Netherlands (R3) 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

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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
1 Denmark (10) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (5) Jimmy Nilsen 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (12) Erik Gundersen 11 1 1 3 3 3 11 3 3
4 United States (2) Sam Ermolenko 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 4 2
5 Sweden (7) Per Jonsson 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Denmark (4) Jan O. Pedersen 9 1 3 1 2 2 9 6
7 United States (16) John Cook 8 3 0 3 1 1 8 7
8 Poland (6) Roman Jankowski 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 8
9 United Kingdom (8) Jeremy Doncaster 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 9
10 Germany (1) Gerd Riss 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 10
11 New Zealand (15) Mitch Shirra 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 12
13 United Kingdom (13) Chris Morton 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 13
14 United Kingdom (11) Simon Cross 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (3) Roman Matoušek 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Netherlands (14) Henny Kroeze 0 0 E 0 E 0 0 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Peter Ravn 0 0 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) 0 0 R2
R3 Netherlands (R3) 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

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Final standings[]

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

See also[]

References[]

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