1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

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

The 1994 Speedway World Final programme.

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]

First round

British qualifiers

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Dec '93	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Troy Butler	Jason Crump	Tony Rose
27 Dec '93	New South Wales	Gosford Showground, Gosford	Craig Boyce	Stephen Davies	Tony Primmer
Dec '93	Victorian	Olympic Park, Mildura	Leigh Adams	Mark Lemon	Jason Lyons
Dec '93	South Australian	North Arm Speedway, Gillman	Shane Parker	Brett Woodifield	Steve Graetz
Dec '93	Western Australian	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Steve Johnston	?	?

New Zealand qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
??	South Island	Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch	Mark Thorpe	Mark Jamiesson	Trevor Chapman
?	North Island	Stratford Speedway, Stratford	Nathan Murray	Mike Wilson	Tony Nagel

Third round

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(8 May, Nyköpings Motorstadion, Nyköping)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Erik Stenlund	12
2	Niklas Klingberg	12
3	Tony Rickardsson	11
4	Conny Ivarsson	11
5	Peter Nahlin	11
6	Tony Olsson	9
7	Jimmy Nilsen	9
8	Patrik Olsson	9
9	Robert Eriksson	7
10	Mikael Ritterwall	7
11	Peter Karlsson	6
12	Stefan Ekberg	6
13	Jörgen Hultgren	4
14	Dennis Löfqvist	3
15	Magnus Zetterström (res)	3
16	John Jensen	0
17	Patrik Karlsson	0

(8 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Per Jonsson	15
2	Henrik Gustafsson	13
3	Christer Rohlén	10
4	Mikael Karlsson	10
5	Stefan Dannö	10
6	Claes Ivarsson	9
7	Niklas Karlsson	9
8	Jörgen Johansson	8
9	Stefan Andersson	8
10	Joakim Karlsson	7
11	Anders Kling	6
12	Jonathan Forsgren	5
13	Jimmy Engman	4
14	Mikael Olsson	3
15	Raymond Smedh	3
16	Kenneth Lindby	0

Continental Preliminary round

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 April	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Sándor Tihanyi	Andrea Maida	Gabor Roth
24 April	Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo	Rinat Mardanshin	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Robert Barth
24 April	Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen	Simon Wigg	Vladimir Voronkov	George Štancl
24 April	Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła	Grigory Kharchenko	Adam Pawliczek	Andrey Korolev

British Final

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

5 February 1994
Stratford Speedway, Stratford
Top 1 (+ Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mark Thorpe	15
2	Tony Nagel	14
3	Mark Jamieson	13
4	Steve Mudgway	11
5	Nathan Murray	9
6	Mike Wilson	8
7	Galvin Stone	8
8	Craig Barker	8
9	Trevor Chapman	6
10	Justin Monk	6
11	Dean Cooper	5
12	Rhys Hamburger	4
13	Jacqui Mauger	4
14	Chris Penny	4
15	Scott Mitchell	2
16	Daniel Burberry	1

Fourth round

Continental Quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 May	Marmande Speedway, Marmande	Grzegorz Rempala	Roman Matoušek	Massimo Mora
8 May	Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen	Roman Jankowski	Armando Castagna	Antonín Kasper, Jr.
8 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt	Marvyn Cox	Marián Jirout	Róbert Nagy
8 May	Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła	Piotr Świst	Jacek Rempala	Simon Wigg

Danish Final

- 2 rounds, top 6 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
R1 (28 May, Skave Speedway, Holstebro)
R2 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers)

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	24
2	Claus Jacobsen	22
3	Gert Handberg	21
4	Jan Staechmann	20
5	Tommy Knudsen	20
6	Martin Vinther	18
7	John Jørgensen	17
8	Jacob Olsen	16
9	Brian Karger	16
10	Brian Andersen	13
11	Frede Schött	13
12	Ole Hansen	11
13	Jan Andersen	8
Res	Ronni Pedersen	7
14	Morten Andersen	6
Res	Soren Damgärd	6
15	Bo Skov Eriksen	1
16	Kjed Mikkelsen	0

Finland Final

Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere
22 Aug '93, top 1 (+2 nominations) to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mika Pellinen	15
2	Petri Nurmesniemi	14
3	Kai Laukkanen	11
4	Jarno Kosonen	11
5	Vesa Ylinen	10
6	Janne Koivula	9
7	Marko Hyyrylãinen	8
8	Juha Moksunen	8
9	Sam Myllymäki	6
10	Petri Vaatsio	6
11	Marko Laine	6
12	Mika Laukkanen	5
13	Marko Junisko (res)	4
14	Tomi Havu	3
15	Jarmo Mäkinen	3
16	Tomi Kalliomäki	1
17	Roy Malmineheimo	0

Norwegian Final

Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
8 May, top 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Lars Gunnestad	14+3
2	Rune Holta	14+2
3	Arnt Forland	13
4	Björn Arild Tönnesen	11
5	Einar Kyllingstad	10
6	Ignar Hvamstad	10
7	John Pollestad	9
8	Robert Langeland	8
9	Arvid Ardal	7
10	Kjell Roine Heia	5
11	Kjell Öyvind Sola	5
12	Willy Tjessem	4
13	Jörn Arve Aardal	3
14	Eivind Reppen	3
15	Trygve Jensen	2
16	Pal Christiansen Hasselgren	2

Swedish Final

24 May 1994
Kumla Motorstadion, 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) Jorgen Johansson	6				1		2					2		0							1	6	11
12	(16) Christer Rohlen	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) Niklas Karlsson	3		0				0			2							1			0		3	15
16	(9) Patrick Olsson	0			0		0						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Robert Eriksson	0											0					0		0			0	R1
R2	(R2) Anders Kling	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

Commonwealth Final

First 10 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

22 May 1994
Ventura Raceway, Ventura
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) Charles Ermolenko	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) Jim Sisemore	6		1			0					1					2					2	6	9
10	(14) Ed Castro	6				1		1					2		2							0	6	10
11	(16) Brent Werner	5				0				3	0						1			1			5	11
12	(3) John Aden	5	1						0				1				3				E		5	12
13	(4) Bobby Hedden	4	0							2				1				0				1	4	13
14	(12) Andy Northrup	2			1					0		0			0						1		2	14
15	(8) Josh Kehoe	2		T						1			T			0			1				2	15
16	(10) Brad Oxley	0			0			T						0			0		0				0	16
R1	(R1) Jeam Eastes	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

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

12 June
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
Top 7 to World semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Tomasz Gollob	15
2	Marvyn Cox	13+3
3	Jacek Gollob	13+2
4	Bohumil Brhel	10
5	Róbert Nagy	10
6	Dariusz Sledz	9
7	Tomáš Topinka	9
8	Roman Matoušek	8
9	Laszlo Bodi	7
10	Massimo Mora	6
11	Marian Jirout	6
12	Andrea Maida	4
13	Rinat Mardanschin	3
14	Grzegorz Rempala	3
15	József Petrikovics	3
16	Marek Hucko (res)	1
17	Franz Leitner	0
18	Sandor Tihanyi (res)	0

12 June
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
Top 7 to World semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Antonín Kasper Jr.	12+3
2	Armando Castagna	12+2
3	Roman Jankowski	11+3
4	Piotr Swist	11+2
5	Zoltán Adorján	10
6	Ryszard Franczyszyn	10
7	Simon Wigg	10
8	Grigorij Charchenko	8
9	Petr Vandírek	7
10	Zoltan Hajdu	6
11	Jacek Rempala	6
12	Michail Starostin	6
13	Oleg Kurguskin	5
14	Jiří Štancl	5
15	Václav Milík Sr.	1
16	Walter Nebel	0

Overseas Final

First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic Final

12 June 1994
Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
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) Claus Jacobsen	7		2						1			1			1			2				7	10
11	(15) Jimmy Nilsen	5				3			X			2						0	X				5	11
12	(14) Vesa Ylinen	5				1		2					0		0							2	5	12
13	(11) Rune Holta	4			T				1		1					2						F	4	13
14	(13) Mika Pellinen	4				2	1							1		0					0		4	14
15	(12) Marko Huyyrylainen	3			1					0		0			1						1		3	15
16	(10) Martin Vinther	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

Sixth round

World Semi-Final 1

Odsal Stadium, Bradford
10 July 1994, top 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 Świst	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) Claus Jacobsen	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

World Semi-final 2

Markéta Stadium, Prague
10 July 1994, top 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) Tomáš Topinka	8	2							1				1				3				1	8	10
11	(14) Zoltán Adorján	5				0		3					2		0							X	5	11
12	(9) Ryszard Franczyszyn	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) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	1			1			E						E			-		-				1	16
R1	(R1) Grigory Kharchenko	0															0		0				0	R1
R2	(R2) Petr Vandírek	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

20 August 1994
Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens

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

[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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