1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

1959 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
29 June	Wimbledon	Ron How	George White	Ronnie Moore
2 July	Oxford	Jack Geran	Neil Street	Brian Hanham
4 July	Norwich	Mike Broadbanks	Geoff Mardon	Bob Duckworth
4 July	Belle Vue	Ron Johnston	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven
7 July	Southampton	Brian Crutcher	Peter Moore	Ron Mountford
10 July	Leicester	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven	Ron Johnston
11 July	Swindon	Mike Broadbanks	Les McGillivray	Nigel Boocock
11 July	Coventry	Brian Crutcher	Ron Mountford	Geoff Mardon
23 July	Poole	Ronnie Moore	Ron How	Jack Unstead
30 July	Oxford	?	?	?
Semi-Finals
10 August	Wimbledon	Brian Crutcher	Ken McKinlay	Geoff Mardon
15 August	Belle Vue	Ron How	Peter Moore	Nigel Boocock
15 August	Norwich	Peter Craven	Brian Crutcher	George White
Final
25 August	Southampton	?	?	?

Scandinavian Qualifications

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
3 May	Stockholm	Ulf Ericsson	Birger Forsberg	Goran Norlen
3 May	Vetlanda	Arne Carlsson	Bjorn Knutsson	Joel Jansson
24 May	Hillerod	Rune Sormander	Arne Carlsson	Aage Hansen
24 May	Helsinki	Bernt Nilson	Ulf Ericsson	Olle Nygren
Final
24 May	Turku	Rune Sormander	Aage Hansen	Arne Carlsson

Scandinavian Final

• May 31, 1959
• Turku
• First 9 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Rune Sormander	14+3
2	Aage Hansen	14+2
3	Arne Carlsson	12
4	Olle Andersson	11
5	Olle Nygren	9
6	Alf Jonsson	9
7	Kalevi Lahtinen	9
8	Ulf Ericsson	8
9	Thorvald Karlsson	7
10	Timo Laine	6
11	Goran Norlen	6
12	Birger Forsberg	4
13	Bernt Nilsson	4
14	Aulis Lehtonen	3
15	Antti Pajari	2
16	Turka Sivari	1
17	Kjell Lutteman	0
18	Aulis Tuominen	dnr
19	Allan Nillson	dnr

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
31 May	Ostrow	Joachim Maj	Janusz Koscielak	Mieczyslaw Polukard
31 May	Oberhausen	Bjorn Knutsson	Florian Kapala	Konstanty Pociejkowicz
31 May	Liberec	Stefan Kwoczala	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	Richard Janicek
31 May	Kranja	Miroslav Spinka	Marian Phillip	Karel Prusa
Semi-Finals
14 June	Slany	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	Mieczyslaw Polukard	Stanislav Svoboda
14 June	Wieden	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Florian Kapala	Bjorn Knutsson
Continental Final
21 June	Munich	Josef Hofmeister	Bjorn Knutsson	Mieczyslaw Polukard
European Final
17 July	Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Josef Hofmeister	Mieczyslaw Polukard

Continental Final

• June 21, 1959
•  FRG Munich
• First 6 to European 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
1	(14) Josef Hofmeister	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
2	(2) Bjorn Knutsson	13	3					2				3				2				3			13	2
3	(13) Mieczyslaw Polukard	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	3
4	(9) Florian Kapala	11			3		3						E					3		2			11	4
5	(1) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	10	2				1				2				2				3				10	5
6	(5) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	9		3			0					1					3					2	9	6
7	(16) Joachim Maj	8				1				3	3						F			1			8	7
8	(15) Josef Bossner	8				0			2			2						2	2				8	8
9	(11) Jaroslav Mahač	7			2				3		0					1						1	7	9
10	(3) Bohumil Bartonek	7	1						1				2				2				1		7	10
11	(6) Pawel Mirowski	5		0				1			1							1			2		5	11
12	(4) Milan Špinka	4	0							2				2				0				0	4	12
13	(8) Zdenek Dominik	4		2						1			1			0			0				4	13
14	(10) Richard Janichek	4			1			0						1			1		1				4	14
15	(7) Stanislaw Svoboda	2		1					0					0	1					0			2	15
16	(12) František Irmis	0			0					0		0			0						0		0	16
	(17) Alfred Aberl	0																					0
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

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

European Final

• July 17, 1959
• Göteborg
• First 6 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	14
2	Josef Hofmeister	13
3	Mieczyslaw Polukard	12
4	Rune Sormander	11
5	Olle Nygren	10
6	Arne Carlsson	9
7	Florian Kapala	9
8	Bjorn Knutsson	7
9	Aage Hansen	7
10	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	6
11	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	6
12	Alf Jonsson	5
13	Kalevi Lahtinen	4
14	Milan Špinka	3
15	Aage Andersson	2
16	Bohumil Bartonek	1

World Final

• 19 September 1959
• London, Wembley Stadium^[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
	(13) Ronnie Moore	15				3	3							3		3					3		15	1
	(14) Ove Fundin	13				2		2					3		3							3	13	2
	(10) Barry Briggs	11+3			3			1						1			3		3				11	3
4	(16) Olle Nygren	11+2				1				2	3						2			3			11	4
5	(6) Aub Lawson	11+1		3				3			2							2			1		11	5
6	(3) Brian Crutcher	10	3						2				2				1				2		10	6
7	(11) Arne Carlsson	8			2				3		1					1						1	8	7
8	(7) Peter Craven	7		0					1					2	2					2			7	8
9	(2) George White	7	1					0				3				2				1			7	9
10	(4) Geoff Mardon	6	2							3				0				1				E	6	10
11	(5) Rune Sormander	6		2			1					1					0					2	6	11
12	(1) Mieczysław Połukard	5	0				2				0				1				2				5	12
13	(9) Josef Hofmeister	4			0		E						1					3		F			4	13
14	(8) Ron How	3		1						1			E			E			1				3	14
15	(12) Peter Moore	3			1					0		2			0						0		3	15
16	(15) Cyril Roger	0				0			0			0						0	0				0	16
R1	(R1) Ken McKinlay	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Florian Kapala	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

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. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5