1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982.[4] Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.[5][6]

Qualification[]

Australian Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Victorian Championship
? Australia Australia Mark Lemon Australia Leigh Adams Australia Jason Lyons
Queensland Championship
? Australia Australia Troy Butler Australia Australia
Northern Territory Championship
? AustraliaTennant Creek Speedway Australia Australia Australia
South Australian Championship
? AustraliaNorth Arm Speedway Australia Australia Shane Bowes Australia Shane Parker
New South Wales Championship
January 12 AustraliaNewcastle Motordrome Australia Craig Boyce Australia Mick Poole Australia
West Australian Championship
? AustraliaClaremont Speedway Australia Glenn Doyle Australia Australia
Australian Championship
January 30 AustraliaBrisbane Exhibition Ground Australia Leigh Adams Australia Jason Lyons Australia Shane Bowes

Australian Final[]

  • January 30, 1993
  •  AUS Brisbane, Brisbane Exhibition Ground
  • First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Total
1 Australia Leigh Adams 14
2 Australia Jason Lyons 12
3 Australia Shane Bowes 11
4 Australia 10+3
5 Australia Troy Butler 10+2
6 Australia Craig Boyce 9
7 Australia Mick Poole 9
8 Australia 6
9 Australia 6
10 Australia 6
11 Australia 5
12 Australia Glenn Doyle 5
13 Australia Mark Lemon 5
14 Australia 5
15 Australia Shane Parker 4
16 Australia 3

New Zealand Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
New Zealand Final
31 Mart New ZealandChristchurch New Zealand Mark Thorpe New Zealand New Zealand

New Zealand Final[]

  • Mart 31, 1993
  •  NZL Christchurch, Ruapuna Speedway
  • First 2 to Commonwealth Final
Pos. Rider Total
1 New Zealand Mark Thorpe 15
2 New Zealand 14
3 New Zealand 13
4 New Zealand 11
5 New Zealand 10
6 New Zealand 9
7 New Zealand 9
8 New Zealand 9
9 New Zealand 6
10 New Zealand 6
11 New Zealand 5
12 New Zealand 4
13 New Zealand 4
14 New Zealand 0
15 New Zealand 0
16 New Zealand 0

British Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 April United KingdomSheffield United Kingdom Carl Stonehewer United Kingdom David Blackburn United Kingdom
2 April United KingdomEdinburgh United Kingdom Kenny McKinna United Kingdom United Kingdom Les Collins
10 April United KingdomSwindon United Kingdom Martin Goodwin United Kingdom Andy Galvin United Kingdom Ben Howe
Semi-Finals
22 April United KingdomIpswich United Kingdom David Norris United Kingdom Chris Louis United Kingdom Martin Dugard
25 April United KingdomCradley Heath United Kingdom Gary Havelock United Kingdom Andy Smith United Kingdom Andy Grahame
Final
9 May United KingdomCoventry United Kingdom Andy Smith United Kingdom Joe Screen United Kingdom Gary Havelock result

British Final[]

Pos. Rider Total
1 United Kingdom Andy Smith 14
2 United Kingdom Joe Screen 13+3
3 United Kingdom Gary Havelock 13+2
4 United Kingdom Richard Knight 12
5 United Kingdom Martin Dugard 11
6 United Kingdom Martin Goodwin 8
7 United Kingdom David Norris 8
8 United Kingdom Chris Louis 8
9 United Kingdom Dave Mullett 7
10 United Kingdom Les Collins 6
11 United Kingdom Troy Pratt 5+3
12 United Kingdom Carl Stonehewer 5+2
13 United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster 4
14 United Kingdom Sean Wilson 4
15 United Kingdom Andy Grahame 2
16 United Kingdom Peter Carr 0
Res United Kingdom Graham Jones ns
Res United Kingdom David Blackburn ns

Swedish Qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Semi-Finals
2 May SwedenVästervik Sweden Claes Ivarsson Sweden Henrik Gustafsson Sweden
2 May SwedenStockholm Sweden Tony Rickardsson Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden Mikael Karlsson
Final
11 May SwedenMariestad Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Sweden Tony Rickardsson
12 May SwedenNorrköping Sweden Tony Rickardsson Sweden Henrik Gustafsson Sweden Per Jonsson
13 May SwedenHallstavik Sweden Henrik Gustafsson Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden Jimmy Nilsen

Swedish Final[]

  • May 11, 12 & 13, 1993
  •  SWE - 3 Rounds (Mariestad, Norrköping and Hallstavik)
  • First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 11+14+15 40
2 Sweden Per Jonsson 14+12+13 39
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 12+14+11 37
4 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 13+9+13 35
5 Sweden Peter Karlsson 10+10+12 32
6 Sweden Stefan Andersson 7+10+10 27
7 Sweden Peter Nahlin 9+10+6 25
8 Sweden Claes Ivarsson 9+6+7 22
9 Sweden Dennis Löfqvist 5+8+9 22
10 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 5+5+6 16
11 Sweden Conny Ivarsson 3+6+6 15
12 Sweden Stefan Dannö 6+7+2 15
13 Sweden 5+4+5 14
14 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 7+1+ns 8
15 Sweden (Res) ns+1+4 5
16 Sweden 2+1+1 4
17 Sweden 2+0+ns 2
18 Sweden (Res) ns+0+ns 0


Danish qualification[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
9 May Denmark Copenhagen Denmark Denmark Denmark Ronni Pedersen
Finals
29 May Denmark Randers Denmark Tommy Knudsen Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Brian Karger
31 May Denmark Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Tommy Knudsen Denmark John Jørgensen

Danish Final[]

  • May 29, 1993, and May 31, 1993
  •  DEN - 2 Rounds (Randers & )
  • First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
  • Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 28
2 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 27
3 Denmark John Jørgensen 22
4 Denmark Brian Karger 21
5 Denmark Jan Staechmann 21
6 Denmark Hans Clausen 17
7 Denmark 15
8 Denmark 14
9 Denmark Peter Ravn 13
10 Denmark 13
11 Denmark 11
12 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 10
13 Denmark 10
14 Denmark Kurt Hansen 8
15 Denmark 4
16 Denmark 2

Intercontinental Round[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Commonwealth Final
23 May United KingdomKing's Lynn Australia Leigh Adams United Kingdom Andy Smith United Kingdom Martin Dugard
Overseas Final
13 June United KingdomCoventry United Kingdom Martin Dugard United States Ronnie Correy United Kingdom Joe Screen
Nordic Final
13 June FinlandSeinäjoki Denmark Tommy Knudsen Sweden Per Jonsson Sweden Tony Rickardsson

Commonwealth Final[]

Pos. Rider Total
1 Australia Leigh Adams 14
2 United Kingdom Andy Smith 13
3 United Kingdom Martin Dugard 13
4 United Kingdom Joe Screen 10
5 Australia Jason Lyons 10
6 United Kingdom Chris Louis 9
7 United Kingdom Dave Mullett 9
8 United Kingdom Gary Havelock 8
9 United Kingdom David Norris 8
10 New Zealand Mitch Shirra* 6+3
11 United Kingdom Richard Knight 6+2
12 New Zealand Mark Thorpe 6+1
13 Australia 5
14 United Kingdom Martin Goodwin 4
15 Australia Shane Bowes 1
16 United Kingdom Les Collins 0

* Mitch Shirra replaced

Overseas Final[]

Pos. Rider Total
1 United Kingdom Martin Dugard 13
2 United States Ronnie Correy 10+3
3 United Kingdom Joe Screen 10+2
4 United States Sam Ermolenko 9
5 United States Billy Hamill 9
6 United States Greg Hancock 9
7 United Kingdom Chris Louis 8
8 United Kingdom Gary Havelock 7
9 Australia Leigh Adams 7
10 United Kingdom Andy Smith 6+3
11 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 6+2
12 United Kingdom Dave Mullett 6+1
13 Australia Jason Lyons 6+0
14 United States Bobby Ott 5
15 United Kingdom David Norris 5
16 United Kingdom Richard Knight 2
Res United States Josh Larsen 1
Res New Zealand Mark Thorpe -

Nordic Final[]

  • June 13, 1993
  •  FIN Seinäjoki
  • First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final
Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 14
2 Sweden Per Jonsson 13
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 12
4 Denmark Brian Karger 11
5 Sweden Peter Karlsson 10
6 Denmark Hans Nielsen 9
7 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 9
8 Denmark John Jørgensen 9
9 Denmark Gert Handberg 7
10 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 6
11 Denmark Hans Clausen 5
12 Norway Einar Kyllingstad 4
13 Finland 2
14 Denmark Jan Staechmann 2
15 Norway Lars Gunnestad 2
16 Finland 1
Res Sweden Peter Nahlin ns
Res Norway Rune Holta ns


Continental Round[]

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April SloveniaLjubljana Slovenia Italy Paolo Salvatelli Russia
25 April PolandTarnów Poland Russia Poland
25 April FranceMarmande Germany Marvyn Cox Poland Czech Republic Tomas Topinka
25 April GermanyLudwigslust Hungary Csaba Hell Italy Armando Castagna Austria
Quarter-Finals
22 May GermanyLandshut Poland Jacek Krzyzaniak Hungary Antal Kocso Hungary Robert Nagy
22 May AustriaWiener Neustadt Italy Armando Castagna Poland Hungary Zoltan Adorjan
23 May PolandGorzów Wielkopolski Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Piotr Swist Czech Republic Antonin Kasper, Jr.
23 May HungaryKaposvár Hungary Hungary Italy Paolo Salvatelli
Semi-Finals
12 June Czech RepublicPrague Italy Armando Castagna Hungary Zoltan Adorjan Hungary Antal Kocso
14 June PolandZielona Góra Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Piotr Swist Germany Marvyn Cox


World Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

  • July 24, 1993
  •  ITA Lonigo,
  • First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 13+3
2 United States Billy Hamill 13+2
3 United States Greg Hancock 12
4 Australia Leigh Adams 11
5 Italy Armando Castagna 9
6 United Kingdom Gary Havelock 9
7 Germany Gerd Riss 9
8 United Kingdom Andy Smith 8+3
9 Denmark Brian Karger 8+2
10 United Kingdom Martin Dugard 7
11 Czech Republic Antonin Kasper, Jr. 6
12 Denmark John Jørgensen 6
13 Hungary 6
14 Poland Slawomir Drabik 2
15 Czech Republic Vaclav Milik 1
16 Poland 0
Res Hungary Robert Nagy 0
Res Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 0

Semifinal 2[]

  • August 6, 1993
  •  SWE Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
  • First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Total
1 United Kingdom Joe Screen 12
2 Poland Tomasz Gollob 11+3
3 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 11+2
4 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 10
5 United States Sam Ermolenko 10
6 Sweden Per Jonsson 10
7 United Kingdom Chris Louis 9+3
8 Sweden Peter Karlsson 9+2
9 United States Ronnie Correy 9+1
10 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 7
11 Germany Marvyn Cox 6
12 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 5
13 Poland Jacek Krzyzaniak 4
14 Hungary Zoltan Adorjan 3
15 Hungary Antal Kocso 2
16 Poland Piotr Swist 1
Res Denmark Hans Clausen 1
Res Hungary 0


World 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 States (5) Sam Ermolenko 12 3 3 3 3 0 12 1
2 Denmark (10) Hans Nielsen 11 3 3 2 0 3 11 2 3
3 United Kingdom (13) Chris Louis 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 3 2
4 Sweden (4) Henrik Gustafsson 10 3 1 0 3 3 10 4
5 United Kingdom (16) Andy Smith 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 5
6 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 6
7 Poland (15) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 3 2 2 0 8 7
8 Sweden (7) Peter Karlsson 8 2 0 3 2 1 8 8
9 Sweden (8) Per Jonsson 7 0 3 2 1 1 7 9
10 United States (3) Billy Hamill 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 Germany (1) Gerd Riss 6 0 0 1 3 2 6 11
12 Italy (2) Armando Castagna 5 1 0 1 3 0 5 12
13 United Kingdom (6) Joe Screen 5 1 1 2 0 1 5 13
14 Sweden (11) Tony Rickardsson 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 14
15 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 15
16 United States (12) Greg Hancock 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 United States (R1) Ronnie Correy 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Brian Karger 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[]

  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "'Ermolenko takes title'". The Times. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
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