1975 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 30th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ole Olsen won his second World title in front of 81,000 at Wembley Stadium in London with a 15 point maximum from his five rides. Defending champion Anders Michanek finished second and England's John Louis won the run-off for the bronze medal, defeating four time world champion Ivan Mauger. Some criticism was aimed at the track surface which was described as dusty and dry.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1975 event. This time the British riders (not including Commonwealth riders for the first time) were allowed four places in the World Final to be held in England. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 12 riders for the World Final. The European Final qualification route included a new Intercontinental Final which feature riders from the United States for the first time for many years.

First Round
  • British Qualifying - 16 British riders to British Final
  • Oceania Qualifying - 5 riders to Intercontinental Final
  • United States Qualifying - 2 riders to Intercontinental Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final
  • Norwegian Final - 3 to Nordic Final
  • Swedish Qualifying & Final - 8 to Nordic Final
  • Danish Qualifying - 3 to Nordic Final
  • Finnish Qualifying - 2 to Nordic Final

British Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
19 April Canterbury Bob Humphreys Les Rumsey Nigel Wasley
22 April Weymouth Paul Gachet Trevor Geer Ian Cartwright
27 April Rye House Phil Herne Joe Owen Alan Sage
30 April Bradford Terry Kelly Sid Sheldrick Geoff Bouchard
16 May Newport Bob Kilby Tom Owen John Boulger
16 May Wolverhampton Ivan Mauger Arthur Price Chris Morton
17 May Halifax Chris Pusey Dave Morton Charlie Monk
19 May Exeter Ivan Mauger Steve Reinke Martin Ashby
19 May Reading Terry Betts Bob Humphreys Bobby Beaton
20 May Leicester Ray Wilson Billy Sanders Bob Valentine
21 May Poole Malcolm Simmons Paul Tyrer Neil Street
21 May Hull Bruce Cribb Jim McMillan John Boulger
24 May King's Lynn Ray Bales Mick Hines Terry Betts
24 May Coventry Nigel Boocock George Hunter Malcolm Simmons
29 May Sheffield Ray Wilson Chris Morton Carl Glover
29 May Oxford Phil Herne Dave Jessup Richard Greer
29 May Ipswich John Louis Billy Sanders Jim McMillan
30 May Wimbledon Peter Collins Colin Gooddy Eric Broadbelt
30 May Hackney Dave Morton Ray Wilson Billy Sanders
31 May Swindon Ivan Mauger Martin Ashby Barry Thomas
31 May Cradley Heath Arthur Price George Hunter John Boulger
31 May Belle Vue Alan Wilkinson Chris Morton Peter Collins
Semi-Finals
24 June Leicester Martin Ashby Malcolm Simmons Bob Kilby
24 June Sheffield Ray Wilson Dave Jessup Peter Collins

Continental Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
18 May Krumbach Jan Hadek Marek Cieślak Valery Gordeev
18 May Krsko Henryk Glücklich Josef Minarik Vladimir Nesterov
18 May Ostrava Jiří Štancl Vladimir Gordeev Paweł Waloszek
18 May Miskolc Edward Jancarz Isztvan Sziracki Viktor Trofimov
Semi-Finals
29 May Olching Valery Gordeev Edward Jancarz Zenon Plech
31 May Prague Piotr Bruzda Jan Verner Vladimir Gordeev

Swedish Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May Malilla Jan Simensen Christer Sjösten Bengt Jansson
1 May Lindesberg Bernt Persson Tommy Johansson Sören Sjösten
1 May Visby Tommy Jansson Hasse Holmqvist Sören Karlsson

Swedish 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 (1) Tommy Jansson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 (5) Anders Michanek 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 (14) Bernt Persson 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 3
4 (4) Sören Karlsson 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 4
5 (2) Tommy Johansson 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (7) Bengt Jansson 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 6
7 (8) Sören Sjösten 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 7
8 (10) Hasse Holmqvist 7 3 1 0 2 0 6 8
9 (16) Christer Sjösten 5+3 2 1 0 1 1 5 9
10 (3) Åke Andersson 5+2 0 1 1 0 3 5 10
11 (9) Bo Josefsson 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 11
12 (15) Eddie Davidsson 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13 (13) Jan Simensen 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14 (12) Stefan Salomonsson 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 (6) Leif Enecrona 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 (11) Conny Samuelsson 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
(17) Peter Smith 2 2 0 2
(18) Richard Hellsen 1 1 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

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

Norwegian Final
  • Skien
  • First 3 to Nordic Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
2 Dag Lovaas
3 Edgar Stangeland
4 Helge Langli
5 Tormod Langli

Second Round
  • Nordic Final - 9 to Intercontinental Final

Nordic Final
  • June 1, 1975
  •  NOR Skien
  • First 9 to Intercontinental Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Ole Olsen3,2,3,3,314
2 Tommy Jansson2,3,2,3,313
3 Dag Lovaas3,0,3,3,312+3
4 Bernt Persson2,3,2,3,212+2
5 Reidar Eide3,3,1,2,110
6 Tommy Johansson2,1,3,1,310
7 Hasse Holmqvist1,2,2,1,28
8 Anders MichanekF,1,3,2,28
9 Bengt Jansson0,3,0,2,27
10 Edgar Stangeland0,2,1,2,16
11 Ila Teromaa2,2,1,0,F5
12 Finn Thomsen3,F,0,0,14
13 Sören Sjösten1,1,1,1,E4
14 Sören Karlsson1,0,2,0,03
15 Kari Vuoristo0,0,0,1,01
16 Bent Nørregaard-JensenF,-,-,-,-0
R1 Tormod Langli1,01
R2 Helge Langli1,0,12

Third Round
  • Intercontinental Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

Intercontinental 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 (2) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 (11) Anders Michanek 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
3 (13) Bernt Persson 11+3 3 3 0 2 3 11 3
4 (1) Ole Olsen 11+2 3 1 2 2 3 11 4
5 (6) Scott Autrey 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 5
6 (9) Tommy Jansson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 6
7 (14) Reidar Eide 8+3 2 1 3 0 2 8 7
8 (3) Phil Crump 8+2 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 (7) Tommy Johansson 8+1 1 0 2 3 2 8 9
10 (4) Dag Lovaas 7 0 3 1 3 0 7 10
11 (12) John Boulger 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 11
12 (8) Billy Sanders 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 12
13 (16) Bengt Jansson 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 13
14 (5) Hasse Holmqvist 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 14
15 (10) Steven Gresham 3 0 0 3 0 F 3 15
16 (15) Barry Briggs 1 1 - - - - 1 16
(17) Kenneth Selmonsson 0 0
(18) Jan Andersson 2 1 0 0 1 2
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

Continental 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 (6) Edward Jancarz 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 1
2 (4) Valery Gordeev 11 3 0 2 3 3 11 2
3 (15) Viktor Kalmykov 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 3
4 (10) Vladimir Gordeev 10 3 3 1 0 3 10 4
5 (13) Marek Cieślak 10 0 2 3 3 2 10 5
6 (8) Henryk Glücklich 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 6
7 (2) Viktor Trofimov 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 7
8 (1) Zenon Plech 7+3 1 1 1 3 1 7 8
9 (16) Nikolay Kornev 7+2 1 2 2 1 2 8 9
10 (5) Piotr Bruzda 7+1 2 0 1 2 2 7 10
11 (9) Jiri Stancl 7+0 0 3 3 1 0 7 11
12 (12) Mikhail Starostin 6 1 2 0 2 1 6 12
13 (14) Jan Verner 5 2 0 2 1 0 5 13
14 (11) Bogusław Nowak 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 14
15 (3) Paweł Waloszek 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (7) Manfred Poschenreider 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Andrzej Jurczyński 0 0
(18) Franciszek Stach 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

Fourth Round
  • British Final - 4 to World Final
  • European Final - 12 to World Final

British 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 (6) John Louis 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (8) Peter Collins 13+3 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 (9) Malcolm Simmons 13+2 3 3 2 2 3 13 3
4 (12) Ray Wilson 11+3 F 3 3 3 2 11 4
5 (3) Martin Ashby 11+2 3 3 1 3 1 11 5
6 (10) Chris Pusey 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 (11) Tony Davey 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 (1) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 8
9 (2) Dave Jessup 6 0 0 2 2 2 6 9
10 (4) Doug Wyer 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 10
11 (7) Jim McMillan 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 11
12 (13) Bob Kilby 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13 (14) Chris Morton 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 13
14 (5) Dave Morton 3 0 E 1 0 2 3 14
15 (16) Alan Wilkinson 2 1 0 F 1 0 2 15
16 (15) Carl Glover 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Nigel Boocock 0 0
(18) Bobby Beaton 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
  • August 24, 1975
  •  POL Bydgoszcz
  • First 12 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
(12) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
(3) Ole Olsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
(9) Phil Crump 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 3
4 (6) Anders Michanek 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 4
5 (2) Henryk Glücklich 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 5
6 (13) Tommy Jansson 8 2 1 2 3 0 8 6
7 (14) Valery Gordeev 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 7
8 (10) Viktor Trofimov 8 X 2 3 1 2 8 8
9 (16) Bernt Persson 7 3 2 0 2 E 7 9
10 (1) Edward Jancarz 7 1 2 2 2 0 7 10
11 (7) Zenon Plech 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 11
12 (15) Marek Cieślak 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12
13 (8) Vladimir Gordeev 5 0 1 0 1 3 5 13
14 (4) Scott Autrey 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 14
15 (11) Reidar Eide 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 15
16 (5) Viktor Kalmykov 1 1 0 - 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Tommy Johansson 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Nikolay Kornev 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

World 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) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (16) Anders Michanek 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 (10) John Louis 12+3 2 2 3 2 3 12 3
4 (6) Ivan Mauger 12+2 3 1 2 3 3 12 4
5 (11) Peter Collins 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 5
6 (1) Phil Crump 10 3 3 1 1 2 10 6
7 (5) Malcolm Simmons 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 7
8 (15) Viktor Trofimov 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 8
9 (8) Tommy Jansson 8 1 2 2 2 0 7 9
10 (3) Bernt Persson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 10
11 (7) Ray Wilson 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 (2) Edward Jancarz 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 12
13 (4) Valery Gordeev 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 13
14 (9) Zenon Plech 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 14
15 (13) Marek Cieślak 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 (12) Henryk Glücklich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(17) Martin Ashby 0 0
(18) Vladimir Gordeev 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

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