The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.[7] New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.[8]
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
Third roundEdit
Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final
British & Commonwealth semi-finals - 9 to World Final
European Final - 6 to World Final
British & Commonwealth Semi finalsEdit
Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress
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
ReferencesEdit
^Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN0-86215-017-5.
^"World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"Craven can crown it". Sunday Pictorial. 13 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Ronnie Moore wins speedway title". Sunday Independent Dublin. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN0-7524-2402-5
October 21, 2023
1959, individual, speedway, world, championship, previous, 1958, next, 1960, 14th, edition, official, world, championship, determine, world, champion, rider, event, sponsored, sunday, pictorial, zealand, continued, their, recent, domination, ronnie, moore, sec. 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship Previous 1958 Next 1960 The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial 7 New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off 8 Contents 1 First round 1 1 Scandinavian Qualifying 1 2 Continental Qualifying 2 Second round 2 1 British amp Commonwealth Qualifying 2 2 Nordic Final 2 3 Continental Final 3 Third round 3 1 British amp Commonwealth Semi finals 3 2 European Final 4 World Final 5 ReferencesFirst round EditScandinavian Qualifying 16 to Scandinavian Final Continental Qualifying 16 to Continental FinalScandinavian Qualifying Edit Date Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeSemi Finals3 May nbsp Stockholm nbsp Ulf Ericsson nbsp Birger Forsberg nbsp Goran Norlen3 May nbsp Vetlanda nbsp Arne Carlsson nbsp Bjorn Knutsson nbsp Joel Jansson24 May nbsp Hillerod nbsp Rune Sormander nbsp Arne Carlsson nbsp Aage Hansen24 May nbsp Helsinki nbsp Bernt Nilson nbsp Ulf Ericsson nbsp Olle NygrenContinental Qualifying Edit Date Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeQuarter Finals31 May nbsp Ostrow nbsp Joachim Maj nbsp Janusz Koscielak nbsp Mieczyslaw Polukard31 May nbsp Oberhausen nbsp Bjorn Knutsson nbsp Florian Kapala nbsp Konstanty Pociejkewicz31 May nbsp Liberec nbsp Stefan Kwoczala nbsp Lubos Tomicek Sr nbsp Richard Janicek31 May nbsp Kranja nbsp Miroslav Spinka nbsp Marian Phillip nbsp Karel PrusaSemi Finals14 June nbsp Slany nbsp Lubos Tomicek Sr nbsp Mieczyslaw Polukard nbsp Stanislav Svoboda14 June nbsp Wieden nbsp Konstanty Pociejkewicz nbsp Florian Kapala nbsp Bjorn KnutssonSecond round EditOve Fundin seeded to European Final British amp Commonwealth Qualifying 32 to British amp Commonwealth semi finals Nordic Final 9 to European Final Continental Final 6 to European FinalBritish amp Commonwealth Qualifying Edit Top 32 riders based on points accumulated during round would progress Date Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placePreliminary Round29 June nbsp Wimbledon nbsp Ron How nbsp George White nbsp Ronnie Moore2 July nbsp Oxford nbsp Jack Geran nbsp Neil Street nbsp Brian Hanham4 July nbsp Norwich nbsp Mike Broadbanks nbsp Geoff Mardon nbsp Bob Duckworth4 July nbsp Belle Vue nbsp Ron Johnston nbsp Ken McKinlay nbsp Peter Craven7 July nbsp Southampton nbsp Brian Crutcher nbsp Peter Moore nbsp Ron Mountford10 July nbsp Leicester nbsp Ken McKinlay nbsp Peter Craven nbsp Ron Johnston11 July nbsp Swindon nbsp Mike Broadbanks nbsp Les McGillivray nbsp Nigel Boocock11 July nbsp Coventry nbsp Brian Crutcher nbsp Ron Mountford nbsp Geoff Mardon23 July nbsp Poole nbsp Ronnie Moore nbsp Ron How nbsp Jack UnsteadNordic Final Edit May 31 1959 nbsp Turku First 9 to European FinalPos Rider Total1 nbsp Rune Sormander 14 32 nbsp Aage Hansen 14 23 nbsp Arne Carlsson 124 nbsp Ole Andersson 115 nbsp Olle Nygren 96 nbsp Alf Jonsson 97 nbsp Kalevi Lahtinen 98 nbsp Ulf Ericsson 89 nbsp Thorvald Karlsson 710 nbsp Timo Laine 611 nbsp Goran Norlen 612 nbsp Birger Forsberg 413 nbsp Bernt Nilsson 414 nbsp Aulis Lehtonen 315 nbsp Antti Pajari 216 nbsp Turka Sivari 117 nbsp Kjell Lutteman 018 nbsp Aulis Tuominen dnr19 nbsp Allan Nillson dnrContinental Final Edit June 21 1959 nbsp FRG Munich First 6 to European FinalPlacing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos1 nbsp 14 Josef Hofmeister 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 12 nbsp 2 Bjorn Knutsson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 23 nbsp 13 Mieczyslaw Polukard 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 34 nbsp 9 Florian Kapala 11 3 3 E 3 2 11 45 nbsp 1 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 56 nbsp 5 Lubos Tomicek Sr 9 3 0 1 3 2 9 67 nbsp 16 Joachim Maj 8 1 3 3 F 1 8 78 nbsp 15 Josef Bossner 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 89 nbsp 11 Jaroslav Machac 7 2 3 0 1 1 7 910 nbsp 3 Bohumir Bartonek 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 1011 nbsp 6 Pawel Mirowski 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 1112 nbsp 4 Miroslav Spinka 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 1213 nbsp 8 Zdenek Dominik 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1314 nbsp 10 Richard Janicek 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 1415 nbsp 7 Stanislav Svoboda 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1516 nbsp 12 Frantisek Irmis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 nbsp 17 Alfred Aberl 0 0Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Posm 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 outsideThird round EditBarry Briggs seeded to World Final British amp Commonwealth semi finals 9 to World Final European Final 6 to World FinalBritish amp Commonwealth Semi finals Edit Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress Date Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeSemi Finals10 August nbsp Wimbledon nbsp Brian Crutcher nbsp Ken McKinlay nbsp Geoff Mardon 11 August nbsp Southampton nbsp Ronnie Moore nbsp Cyril Roger nbsp Neil Street15 August nbsp Belle Vue nbsp Ron How nbsp Peter Moore nbsp Nigel Boocock15 August nbsp Norwich nbsp Peter Craven nbsp Brian Crutcher nbsp George White indicates qualifier for World Final Aub Lawson was the ninth rider to qualify European Final Edit July 17 1959 nbsp Goteborg First 6 to World final plus 1 reservePos Rider Total1 nbsp 12 Ove Fundin 14 3 2 3 3 32 nbsp 4 Josef Hofmeister 13 2 3 2 3 33 nbsp 3 Mieczyslaw Polukard 12 3 3 2 2 24 nbsp 16 Rune Sormander 11 2 1 3 3 25 nbsp 13 Olle Nygren 10 3 2 3 2 06 nbsp 8 Arne Carlsson 9 3 0 3 3 t7 nbsp 9 Florian Kapala 9 2 3 1 0 38 nbsp 15 Bjorn Knutsson 7 0 1 1 2 39 nbsp 14 Aage Hansen 7 1 3 0 2 110 nbsp 11 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 6 1 2 2 1 011 nbsp 5 Lubos Tomicek Sr 6 f 1 2 1 212 nbsp 6 Alf Jonsson 5 f 2 1 1 113 nbsp 10 Kalevi Lahtinen 4 0 1 1 0 214 nbsp 7 Miroslav Spinka 3 2 0 0 1 015 nbsp 1 Ake Andersson 2 1 0 0 0 116 nbsp 2 Bohumir Bartonek 1 0 0 0 0 1R1 nbsp 17 Ulf Ericsson dnrR2 nbsp 18 Thorvald Karlsson dnrWorld Final Edit19 September 1959 nbsp London Wembley Stadium 9 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 nbsp nbsp 13 Ronnie Moore 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 nbsp nbsp 14 Ove Fundin 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2 nbsp nbsp 10 Barry Briggs 11 3 3 1 1 3 3 11 34 nbsp 16 Olle Nygren 11 2 1 2 3 2 3 11 45 nbsp 6 Aub Lawson 11 1 3 3 2 2 1 11 56 nbsp 3 Brian Crutcher 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 67 nbsp 11 Arne Carlsson 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 78 nbsp 7 Peter Craven 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 89 nbsp 2 George White 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 910 nbsp 4 Geoff Mardon 6 2 3 0 1 E 6 1011 nbsp 5 Rune Sormander 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 1112 nbsp 1 Mieczyslaw Polukard 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 1213 nbsp 9 Josef Hofmeister 4 0 E 1 3 F 4 1314 nbsp 8 Ron How 3 1 1 E E 1 3 1415 nbsp 12 Peter Moore 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1516 nbsp 15 Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16R1 nbsp R1 Ken McKinlay 0 0 R1R2 nbsp R2 Florian Kapala 0 0 R2Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Posm 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 outsideReferences Edit Oakes Peter 1981 1981 Speedway Yearbook Studio Publications Ipswich Ltd pp 20 21 ISBN 0 86215 017 5 World Championship 1936 1994 Edinburgh Speedway Retrieved 5 July 2021 WORLD FINALS 1936 1994 PDF Speedway Researcher Retrieved 5 July 2021 HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway org Retrieved 5 July 2021 Speedway riders history and results wwosbackup Retrieved 5 July 2021 WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL RIDER INDEX British Speedway Retrieved 5 July 2021 Craven can crown it Sunday Pictorial 13 September 1959 Retrieved 6 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive Ronnie Moore wins speedway title Sunday Independent Dublin 20 September 1959 Retrieved 6 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive Bamford R amp Shailes G 2002 A History of the World Speedway Championship Stroud Tempus Publishing ISBN 0 7524 2402 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship amp oldid 1140498499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
