1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

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
?		Mark Lemon	Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons
Queensland Championship
?		Troy Butler
Northern Territory Championship
?	Tennant Creek Speedway
South Australian Championship
?	North Arm Speedway		Shane Bowes	Shane Parker
New South Wales Championship
January 12	Newcastle Motordrome	Craig Boyce	Mick Poole
West Australian Championship
?	Claremont Speedway	Glenn Doyle
Australian Championship
January 30	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons	Shane Bowes

Australian Final[]

• January 30, 1993
•  AUS Brisbane, Brisbane Exhibition Ground
• First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Leigh Adams	14
2	Jason Lyons	12
3	Shane Bowes	11
4		10+3
5	Troy Butler	10+2
6	Craig Boyce	9
7	Mick Poole	9
8		6
9		6
10		6
11		5
12	Glenn Doyle	5
13	Mark Lemon	5
14		5
15	Shane Parker	4
16		3

New Zealand Qualification[]

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

New Zealand Final[]

• Mart 31, 1993
•  NZL Christchurch, Ruapuna Speedway
• First 2 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mark Thorpe	15
2		14
3		13
4		11
5		10
6		9
7		9
8		9
9		6
10		6
11		5
12		4
13		4
14		0
15		0
16		0

British Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 April	Sheffield	Carl Stonehewer	David Blackburn
2 April	Edinburgh	Kenny McKinna		Les Collins
10 April	Swindon	Martin Goodwin	Andy Galvin	Ben Howe
Semi-Finals
22 April	Ipswich	David Norris	Chris Louis	Martin Dugard
25 April	Cradley Heath	Gary Havelock	Andy Smith	Andy Grahame
Final
9 May	Coventry	Andy Smith	Joe Screen	Gary Havelock	result

British Final[]

• May 9, 1993
•  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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

Swedish Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
2 May	Västervik	Claes Ivarsson	Henrik Gustafsson
2 May	Stockholm	Tony Rickardsson	Per Jonsson	Mikael Karlsson
Final
11 May	Mariestad	Per Jonsson	Jimmy Nilsen	Tony Rickardsson
12 May	Norrköping	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Per Jonsson
13 May	Hallstavik	Henrik Gustafsson	Per Jonsson	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	Henrik Gustafsson	11+14+15	40
2	Per Jonsson	14+12+13	39
3	Tony Rickardsson	12+14+11	37
4	Jimmy Nilsen	13+9+13	35
5	Peter Karlsson	10+10+12	32
6	Stefan Andersson	7+10+10	27
7	Peter Nahlin	9+10+6	25
8	Claes Ivarsson	9+6+7	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+8+9	22
10	Niklas Klingberg	5+5+6	16
11	Conny Ivarsson	3+6+6	15
12	Stefan Dannö	6+7+2	15
13		5+4+5	14
14	Mikael Karlsson	7+1+ns	8
15	(Res)	ns+1+4	5
16		2+1+1	4
17		2+0+ns	2
18	(Res)	ns+0+ns	0

Danish qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
9 May	Copenhagen			Ronni Pedersen
Finals
29 May	Randers	Tommy Knudsen	Hans Nielsen	Brian Karger
31 May		Hans Nielsen	Tommy Knudsen	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	Hans Nielsen		28
2	Tommy Knudsen		27
3	John Jørgensen		22
4	Brian Karger		21
5	Jan Staechmann		21
6	Hans Clausen		17
7			15
8			14
9	Peter Ravn		13
10			13
11			11
12	Ronni Pedersen		10
13			10
14	Kurt Hansen		8
15			4
16			2

Intercontinental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Commonwealth Final
23 May	King's Lynn	Leigh Adams	Andy Smith	Martin Dugard
Overseas Final
13 June	Coventry	Martin Dugard	Ronnie Correy	Joe Screen
Nordic Final
13 June	Seinäjoki	Tommy Knudsen	Per Jonsson	Tony Rickardsson

Commonwealth Final[]

• May 23, 1993
•  GBR King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

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

* Mitch Shirra replaced

Overseas Final[]

• June 13, 1993
•  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

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

Nordic Final[]

• June 13, 1993
•  FIN Seinäjoki
• First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tommy Knudsen	14
2	Per Jonsson	13
3	Tony Rickardsson	12
4	Brian Karger	11
5	Peter Karlsson	10
6	Hans Nielsen	9
7	Henrik Gustafsson	9
8	John Jørgensen	9
9	Gert Handberg	7
10	Jimmy Nilsen	6
11	Hans Clausen	5
12	Einar Kyllingstad	4
13		2
14	Jan Staechmann	2
15	Lars Gunnestad	2
16		1
Res	Peter Nahlin	ns
Res	Rune Holta	ns

Continental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April	Ljubljana		Paolo Salvatelli
25 April	Tarnów
25 April	Marmande	Marvyn Cox		Tomas Topinka
25 April	Ludwigslust	Csaba Hell	Armando Castagna
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Landshut	Jacek Krzyzaniak	Antal Kocso	Robert Nagy
22 May	Wiener Neustadt	Armando Castagna		Zoltan Adorjan
23 May	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Tomasz Gollob	Piotr Swist	Antonin Kasper, Jr.
23 May	Kaposvár			Paolo Salvatelli
Semi-Finals
12 June	Prague	Armando Castagna	Zoltan Adorjan	Antal Kocso
14 June	Zielona Góra	Tomasz Gollob	Piotr Swist	Marvyn Cox

World Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

• July 24, 1993
•  ITA Lonigo,
• First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	13+3
2	Billy Hamill	13+2
3	Greg Hancock	12
4	Leigh Adams	11
5	Armando Castagna	9
6	Gary Havelock	9
7	Gerd Riss	9
8	Andy Smith	8+3
9	Brian Karger	8+2
10	Martin Dugard	7
11	Antonin Kasper, Jr.	6
12	John Jørgensen	6
13		6
14	Slawomir Drabik	2
15	Vaclav Milik	1
16		0
Res	Robert Nagy	0
Res	Jimmy Nilsen	0

Semifinal 2[]

• August 6, 1993
•  SWE Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
• First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Joe Screen	12
2	Tomasz Gollob	11+3
3	Henrik Gustafsson	11+2
4	Tony Rickardsson	10
5	Sam Ermolenko	10
6	Per Jonsson	10
7	Chris Louis	9+3
8	Peter Karlsson	9+2
9	Ronnie Correy	9+1
10	Tommy Knudsen	7
11	Marvyn Cox	6
12	Bohumil Brhel	5
13	Jacek Krzyzaniak	4
14	Zoltan Adorjan	3
15	Antal Kocso	2
16	Piotr Swist	1
Res	Hans Clausen	1
Res		0

World Final[]

• August 29, 1993 ^[7]
• Pocking,

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) Sam Ermolenko	12		3			3					3					3					0	12	1
	(10) Hans Nielsen	11			3			3						2			0		3				11	2	3
	(13) Chris Louis	11				3	2							1		2					3		11	3	2
4	(4) Henrik Gustafsson	10	3							1				0				3				3	10	4
5	(16) Andy Smith	10				0				2	3						2			3			10	5
6	(14) Gary Havelock	10				2		2					3		1							2	10	6
7	(15) Tomasz Gollob	8				1			3			2						2	0				8	7
8	(7) Peter Karlsson	8		2					0					3	2					1			8	8
9	(8) Per Jonsson	7		0						3			2			1			1				7	9
10	(3) Billy Hamill	7	2						1				1				1				2		7	10
11	(1) Gerd Riss	6	0				0				1				3				2				6	11
12	(2) Armando Castagna	5	1					0				1				3				0			5	12
13	(6) Joe Screen	5		1				1			2							0			1		5	13
14	(11) Tony Rickardsson	4			1				2		0					0						1	4	14
15	(9) Leigh Adams	4			0		1						0					1		2			4	15
16	(12) Greg Hancock	2			2					0		0			0						0		2	16
R1	(R1) Ronnie Correy	0																					0	R1
R2	(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

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

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