1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1994 Speedway World Final programme.

The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]

It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.^[3]

Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.^[4]^[5]

Qualification[]

Australian Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Queensland Championship
December 1993	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Troy Butler	Jason Crump	Tony Rose
New South Wales Championship
27 December 1993		Craig Boyce
Victorian Championship
December 1993		Leigh Adams	Mark Lemon	Jason Lyons
South Australian Championship
December 1993	North Arm Speedway	Shane Parker
Western Australian Championship
December 1993	Claremont Speedway	Steve Johnston	?	?
Final
22 January 1994		Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons	Jason Crump

Australian Final[]

January 22, 1994
AUS Mildura,
First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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

New Zealand Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner
South Island Championship
?	Ruapunda Speedway	Mark Thorpe
North Island Championship
?	Stratford Speedway
New Zealand Final
5 February	Stratford Speedway	Mark Thorpe

New Zealand Final[]

February 5, 1994
NZL Stratford, Stratford Speedway
First 2 to Commonwealth Final

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

British Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
28 March	Exeter	Scott Smith	?	?
2 April	Swindon		Paul Hurry	Alun Rossiter
Semi-Finals
18 April	Reading	Dave Mullett	Chris Louis	Jeremy Doncaster
18 April	Wolverhampton	Joe Screen	Mark Loram	Simon Cross
Final
1 May	Coventry	Andy Smith	Joe Screen	Steve Schofield	result

British Final[]

May 1, 1994
ENG Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 10 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
	(12) Andy Smith	12			2					1		3			3						3		12	1
	(4) Joe Screen	11	0							3				3				2				3	11	2	3
	(6) Steve Schofield	11		1				3			3							3			1		11	3	2
4	(10) Gary Havelock	11			3			1						2			3		2				11	4	1
5	(5) Dean Barker	10		3			3					2					1					1	10	5
6	(2) Jeremy Doncaster	9	3					0				1				2				3			9	6
7	(3) Mark Loram	9	1						3				3				0				2		9	7
8	(11) Martin Dugard	9			0				2		2					3						2	9	8
9	(14) Simon Cross	9				3		2					2		2							0	9	9
10	(16) Chris Louis	7				2				0	1						2			2			7	10
11	(8) Kelvin Tatum	6		0						2			1			0			3				6	11
12	(9) Ben Howe	4			1		2						0					0		1			4	12
13	(1) Richard Knight	4	2				0				0				1				1				4	13
14	(7) Dave Mullett	3		2					1					0	E					0			3	14
15	(13) Kenny McKinna	3				0	1							1		1					0		3	15
16	(15) Paul Hurry	2				1			0			0						1	0				2	16
R1	(R1)	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) David Norris	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

Swedish Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
8 May	Målilla	Per Jonsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Mikael Karlsson
8 May	Nyköping	Erik Stenlund	Niklas Klingberg	Conny Ivarsson
Final
24 May	Kumla	Henrik Gustafsson	Per Jonsson	Tony Rickardsson

Swedish Final[]

May 24, 1994
SWE Kumla,
First 5 to Nordic 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) Henrik Gustafsson	13	1					3				3				3				3			13	1
	(5) Per Jonsson	13		3			3					2					3					2	13	2
	(13) Tony Rickardsson	12				3	2							2		2					3		12	3
4	(15) Stefan Danno	10				2			3			0						3	2				10	4
5	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	10	2						1				3				2				2		10	5
6	(11) Niklas Klingberg	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	6	3
7	(1) Mikael Karlsson	9	3				1				0				2				3				9	7	2
8	(7) Erik Stenlund	9		1					0					3	3					2			9	8	1
9	(12) Tony Olsson	7			1					3		1			1						1		7	9
10	(10) Peter Nahlin	6			3			1						1			1		0				6	10
11	(14)	6				1		2					2		0							1	6	11
12	(16)	5				0				1	3						0			1			5	12
13	(4) Claes Ivarsson	4	0							2				0				2				E	4	13
14	(8) Conny Ivarsson	4		2						F			1			0			1				4	14
15	(6)	3		0				0			2							1			0		3	15
16	(9)	0			0		0						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1)	0											0					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

Danish Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Finals
28 May	Holstebro	Gert Handberg	Tommy Knudsen
29 May	Randers	Hans Nielsen		John Jørgensen

Danish Final[]

May 28-29, 1994
DEN - 2 Rounds (Holstebro & Randers)
First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	24
2		22
3	Gert Handberg	21
4	Jan Staechmann	20
5	Tommy Knudsen	20
6		18
7	John Jørgensen	17
8		16
9	Brian Karger	16
10	Brian Andersen	13
11		13
12		11
13	Jan Andersen	8
Res	Ronni Pedersen	7
14		6
Res		6
15		1
16		0

Intercontinental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
American Final
22 May	Ventura Raceway	Greg Hancock	Billy Hamill	Josh Larsen
Commonwealth Final
22 May	King's Lynn	Mark Loram	Martin Dugard	Joe Screen
Overseas Final
12 June	Coventry	Sam Ermolenko	Greg Hancock	Craig Boyce
Scandinavian Final
12 June	Eskilstuna	Hans Nielsen	Tommy Knudsen	Tony Rickardsson

American Final[]

May 22, 1994
USA Ventura, Ventura Raceway
First 5 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
Sam Ermolenko seeded 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	22
	(15) Greg Hancock	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(13) Billy Hamill	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	2		3
	(9) Josh Larsen	13			3		3						3					2		2			13	3		2
4	(11) Mike Faria	11			2				2		2					2						3	11	4	3
5	(2)	11	3					2				2				1				3			11	5	2
6	(6) Chris Manchester	10		3				3			3							1			F		10	6
7	(7) Charlie Venegas	8		2					1					2	3					F			8	7
8	(1) Bobby Schwartz	7	2				1				1				1				2				7	8
9	(5)	6		1			0					1					2					2	6	9
10	(14)	6				1		1					2		2							0	6	10
11	(16) Brent Werner	5				0				3	0						1			1			5	11
12	(3)	5	1						0				1				3				E		5	12
13	(4)	4	0							2				1				0				1	4	13
14	(12)	2			1					0		0			0						1		2	14
15	(8)	2		T						1			T			0			1				2	15
16	(10) Brad Oxley	0			0			T						0			0		0				0	16
R1	(R1)	0		0				F															0	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	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

Commonwealth Final[]

May 22, 1994
ENG King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
First 10 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
	(4) Mark Loram	14	3							3				3				2				3	14	1
	(15) Martin Dugard	13				2			3			2						3	3				13	2
	(5) Joe Screen	12		3			2					3					3					1	12	3
4	(14) Leigh Adams	11				1		3					3		2							2	11	4
5	(1) Chris Louis	10	1				1				3				3				2				10	5
6	(13) Jeremy Doncaster	9				3	0							1		2					3		9	6
7	(8) Jason Lyons	8		1						2			2			3			F				8	7
8	(6) Craig Boyce	8		2				2			2							1			1		8	8
9	(10) Gary Havelock	7			3			1						0			2		1				7	9
10	(3) Jason Crump	7	2						1				1				1				2		7	10
11	(9) Mitch Shirra	6			0		3						0					0		3			6	11
12	(7) Andy Smith	4		F					0					2	0					2			4	12
13	(11) Steve Schofield	4			2				2		0					F						0	4	13
14	(12) Mark Thorpe	3			1					0		1			1						0		3	14
15	(16) Dean Barker	2				0				1	1						0			E			2	15
16	(2) Simon Cross	0	0					0				F				-				-			0	16
R1	(R1) Kelvin Tatum	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Shane Parker	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[]

June 12, 1994
ENG Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 9 to World Semi-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
	(3) Sam Ermolenko	14	3						3				3				3				2		14	1
	(6) Greg Hancock	12		3				3			3							2			1		12	2	3
	(7) Craig Boyce	12		2					2					3	3					2			12	3	2
4	(8) Leigh Adams	11		1						3			2			3			2				11	4
5	(1) Jason Crump	9	2				3				1				0				3				9	5
6	(12) Josh Larsen	9			0					2		3			1						3		9	6
7	(2) Mark Loram	8	1					2				2				2				1			8	7
8	(5) Chris Louis	8		0			2					1					2					3	8	8
9	(9) Billy Hamill	8			1		1						0					3		3			8	9
10	(14) Joe Screen	7				2		1					1		2							1	7	10
11	(16) Charles Ermolenko	6				3				0	2						1			0			6	11
12	(10) Gary Havelock	5			3			0						2			0		0				5	12
13	(4) Jeremy Doncaster	4	0							1				1				0				2	4	13
14	(11) Martin Dugard	3			2				1		0					0						0	3	14
15	(13) Mike Faria	2				1	0							0		1					0		2	15
16	(15) Jason Lyons	2				0			0			0						1	1				2	16
R1	(R1) Mitch Shirra	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Chris Manchester	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

Nordic Final[]

June 12, 1994
SWE Eskilstuna, Smedstadion
First 9 to World Semi-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
	(3) Hans Nielsen	13	2						3				2				3				3		13	1
	(9) Tommy Knudsen	12			3		0						3					3		3			12	2	3
	(5) Tony Rickardsson	12		1			3					3					2					3	12	3	2
4	(1) Henrik Gustafsson	10	0				2				3				2				3				10	4
5	(2) Per Jonsson	10	1					3				1				3				2			10	5
6	(4) Lars Gunnestad	10	3							3				2				1				1	10	6
7	(7) Stefan Danno	8		0					2					3	3					0			8	7
8	(6) Gert Handberg	8		3				1										2			2		8	8
9	(16) Jan Staechmann	8				2				2	2						1			1			8	9
10	(8)	7		2						1			1			1			2				7	10
11	(15) Jimmy Nilsen	5				3			X			2						0	X				5	11
12	(14)	5				1		2					0		0							2	5	12
13	(11) Rune Holta	4			T				1		1					2						F	4	13
14	(13)	4				2	1							1		0					0		4	14
15	(12)	3			1					0		0			1						1		3	15
16	(10)	1			0			0						0			0		1				1	16
R1	(R1) Magnus Zetterstrom	0																					0	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

Continental Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
24 April	Krsko	Sandor Tihanyi	Andrea Maida
24 April	Lonigo	Rinat Mardanshin	Zdenek Schneiderwind	Robert Barth
24 April	Pfaffenhofen	Simon Wigg		George Štancl
24 April	Pila
Quarter-Finals
8 May	Marmande	Grzegorz Rempala	Roman Matoušek
8 May	Diedenbergen	Roman Jankowski	Armando Castagna	Antonin Kasper, Jr.
8 May		Marvyn Cox	Marian Jirout	Robert Nagy
8 May	Pila	Piotr Swist		Simon Wigg
Semi-Finals
12 June	Bydgoszcz	Tomasz Gollob	Marvyn Cox	Jacek Gollob
12 June	Miskolc	Antonin Kasper, Jr.	Armando Castagna	Roman Jankowski

World Semi-finals[]

Semi-final 1[]

July 10, 1994
ENG Bradford, Odsal Stadium
First 8 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	22
	(9) Mark Loram	14			2		3						3					3		3			14	1
	(2) Hans Nielsen	13	3					3				3				3				1			13	2
	(11) Henrik Gustafsson	12			3				2		3					1						3	12	3
4	(6) Josh Larsen	11		3				2			1							2			3		11	4
5	(4) Marvyn Cox	11	2							3				3				1				2	11	5
6	(5) Chris Louis	9		2			2					2					2					1	9	6
7	(16) Piotr Swist	8				1				2	0						3			2			8	7
8	(1) Craig Boyce	8	1				1				2				2				2				8	8
9	(15) Roman Jankowski	7				3			3			1						0	0				7	9
10	(10)	6			1			1						1			0		3				6	10
11	(3) Bohumil Brhel	6	0						1				2				1				2		6	11
12	(8) Lars Gunnestad	6		1						1			1			2			1				6	12
13	(12) Jacek Gollob	4			0					0		0			3						1		4	13
14	(14) Armando Castagna	3				2		0					0		1							0	3	14
15	(13) Leigh Adams	2				0	0							2		0					-		2	15
16	(7) Robert Nagy	0		0					0					0	-					-			0	16
R1	(R1) Joe Screen	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Roman Matoušek	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

Semi-final 2[]

July 10, 1994
CZE Prague,
First 8 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	22
	(5) Tomasz Gollob	14		3			3					3					3					2	14	1
	(8) Tony Rickardsson	12		1						3			3			3			2				12	2
	(16) Jan Staechmann	11				2				2	3						2			2			11	3		3
4	(7) Sam Ermolenko	11		2					1					2	3					3			11	4		2
5	(11) Stefan Danno	11			3				3		1					1						3	11	5		1
6	(15) Tommy Knudsen	11				3			2			2						1	3				11	6		0
7	(1) Jason Crump	9	3				2				2				1				1				9	7
8	(12) Greg Hancock	8			2					0		1			2						3		8	8	3
9	(13) Billy Hamill	8				1	T							3		2					2		8	9	2
10	(4) Tomas Topinka	8	2							1				1				3				1	8	10
11	(14) Zoltan Adorjan	5				0		3					2		0							X	5	11
12	(9)	5			0		1						1					2		1			5	12
13	(2) Dariusz Sledz	2	0					2				0				0				0			2	13
14	(6) Simon Wigg	2		0				1			0							0			1		2	14
15	(3) Gert Handberg	2	1						0				0				1				0		2	15
16	(10) Antonin Kasper, Jr.	1			1			E						E			-		-				1	16
R1	(R1)	0															0		0				0	R1
R2	(R2) Petr Vandirek	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	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 20, 1994
DEN Vojens, Vojens Speedway Center

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
	(6) Tony Rickardsson	12		2				2			2							3			3		12	1	3
	(11) Hans Nielsen	12			3				3		3					X						3	12	2	2
	(13) Craig Boyce	12				2	2							3		3					2		12	3	1
4	(12) Greg Hancock	11			1					3		3			3						1		11	4
5	(1) Tommy Knudsen	10	3				3				1				0				3				10	5
6	(14) Marvyn Cox	9				3		0					3		2							1	9	6
7	(10) Henrik Gustafsson	9			2			3						2			1		1				9	7
8	(8) Mark Loram	9		1						2			2			2			2				9	8
9	(2) Josh Larsen	7	2					1				0				1				3			7	9
10	(15) Jan Stæchmann	7				1			2			2						2	0				7	10
11	(7) Jason Crump	6		3					0					0	1					2			6	11
12	(3) Chris Louis	6	1						1				1				3				0		6	12
13	(5) Sam Ermolenko	6		0			1					1					2					2	6	13
14	(4) Stefan Dannö	2	0							1				1				0				0	2	14
15	(16) Piotr Świst	1				0				0	0						0			1			1	15
16	(9) Tomasz Gollob	0			0		0						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Billy Hamill	0																1					0	R1
R2	(R2) Roman Jankowski	0											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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References[]

^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links[]

The finals at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)

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

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

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v t Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons
Speedway World Championship	1936 1937 1938 1939 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Speedway Grand Prix (SGP)	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
See also	Medalists Medal Classification Grands Prix SGP riders Super Prix SGP Statistics