The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was contested for the one and only time over two days. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.
The 1987 Final was the first time the World Final was held in the Netherlands.
The 1987 Speedway World Final programme.
British Qualification
British Final
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 |
| 3 May |
 Nassjo | Jan Andersson | Per Jonsson | Mikael Blixt |
|
| 3 May |
Lindesberg | Tommy Nillson | Erik Stenlund | Niklas Karlsson |
|
Swedish Final
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Jan Andersson | 15+14+14 | 43 |
| 2 | Per Jonsson | 14+15+13 | 42 |
| 3 | Roland Danno | 9+11+11 | 31 |
| 4 | Tommy Nilsson | 8+12+10 | 30 |
| 5 | Patrik Karlsson | 10+8+11 | 29 |
| 6 | Conny Ivarsson | 9+9+9 | 27 |
| 7 | Christer Rohlen | 7+10+8 | 25 |
| 8 | Niklas Karlsson | 8+3+10 | 21 |
| 9 | Tony Olsson | 6+9+5 | 20 |
| 10 | Dennis Löfqvist | 7+6+3 | 16 |
| 11 | Jan Staan | 3+5+5 | 13 |
| 12 | Bo Arhhen | 2+8+2 | 12 |
| 13 | Claes Ivarsson | 3+1+7 | 11 |
| 14 | Kenneth Nystrom | 3+6+0 | 9 |
| 15 | Erik Stenlund | 6+2+ns | 8 |
| 16 | Lillebror Johansson | 3+1+3 | 7 |
| 17 | Mikael Blixt | 6+1+ns | 7 |
| 18 | Pierre Brannefors | ns+0+7 | 7 |
| 19 | Mikael Rittewall | ns+ns+1 | 1 |
| 16 | Jorgen Johansson | ns+ns+0 | 0 |
Intercontinental Round
Australian Final
- January 24, 1987
Mildura- First 3 to Commonwealth Final
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Steve Regeling | | 14 |
| 2 | Steve Baker | | 12 |
| 3 | Glyn Taylor | | 10 |
| 4 | Ashley Norrton | | 10 |
| 5 | Craig Hodgston | | 10 |
| 6 | Mick Poole | | 9 |
| 7 | David Jackson | | 9 |
| 8 | Tony Butler | | 8 |
| 9 | Tony Rose | | 8 |
| 10 | Stephen Davies | | 7 |
| 11 | Dave Cheshire | | 6 |
| 12 | Mark Fiora | | 4 |
| 13 | Andy Barret | | 4 |
| 14 | Nigel Adlerton | | 3 |
| 15 | Chris Watson | | 2 |
| 16 | Nigel Tramelling | | 2 |
New Zealand Final
- February 21, 1987
NZL Aucland- Marked in green to Commonwealth Final
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
|---|
| 1 | David Bargh | 14 |
| 2 | Mitch Shirra | 13 |
| 3 | Larry Ross | 12 |
| 4 | Alan Mason | 10 |
| 5 | Mike Fullerton | 10 |
| 6 | Richard Price | 9 |
| 7 | Mark Long | 8 |
| 8 | Chris Marin | 8 |
| 9 | Steve Rose | 8 |
| 10 | John Roberts | 6 |
| 11 | Mark Lyndon | 6 |
| 12 | Chris Monk | 5 |
| 13 | Les Chappell | 4 |
| 14 | Don Hopewell | 3 |
| 15 | Dave Cotton | 2 |
American Final
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 |  Sam Ermolenko | 3,4,4,4,4 | 19 |
| 2 | Kelly Moran | 4,4,3,4,3 | 18 |
| 3 | John Cook | 4,2,4,3,2 | 15+4 |
| 4 | Robert Pfetzing | 4,4,4,2,2 | 15+3 |
| 5 | Mike Faria | 2,4,3,4,2 | 15+2 |
| 6 | Lance King | 4,2,3,2,4 | 15+1 |
| 7 | Rick Miller | 3,3,2,4,3 | 15+0 |
| 8 | Shawn Moran | 3,0,4,3,4 | 14 |
| 9 | Bobby Schwartz | 0,4,2,3,3 | 12 |
| 10 | Gary Hicks | 2,1,1,3,4 | 11 |
| 11 | Steve Lucero | 1,3,3,2,1 | 10 |
| 12 | John Sandona | 1,3,2,0,3 | 8 |
| 13 | Jim Sisemore | 2,0,1,2,3 | 8 |
| 14 | Brad Oxley | 3,1,1,1,1 | 7 |
| 15 | Eddie Ingels | 2,1,2,0,0 | 5 |
| 16 | Mark Dwyer | 1,2,0,1,1 | 5 |
| 17 | Tuff McBridge | 1,2,1,1,F | 5 |
| 18 | John Kehoe | 0,1,0,0,1 | 2 |
| 19 | Gary Ford | 0,0,0,1,0 | 1 |
| 20 | Bart Bast | 0,0,0,0,0 | 0 |
|
Finnish Final
- August 26, 1987
Lahti- First to Scandinavian Final
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Ari Koponen | | 15 |
| 2 | Vesa Ylinen | | 14 |
| 3 | Roy Malminhelmo | | 13 |
| 4 | Ari Ala Riihimaki | | 11 |
| 5 | Olli Turkia | | 11 |
| 6 | Aare Soivuori | | 7 |
| 7 | Juha Moksunen | | 6 |
| 8 | Jorma frantila | | 6 |
| 9 | Janne Moksunen | | 5 |
| 10 | Maarku Haapala | | 5 |
| 11 | Mikael Back | | 5 |
| 12 | Esa Einola | | 5 |
| 13 | Petri Kokko | | 3 |
| 14 | Jari Kortelainen | | 3 |
| 15 | Jari Moisio | | 3 |
| 16 | Janne Koivula | | 0 |
Overseas Final
- July 5, 1987
GBR Bradford- First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
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 |
Intercontinental Final
- July 27, 1987
DEN Vojens- First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve
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
Nederlands Final
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 |  Henk Steman | 13+15+1+13,5+13 | 54,5 |
| 2 | Rene Elzinga | 3,5+8+15+15+15 | 53 |
| 3 | Peter Seur | 12+11,5+9+11,5+9,5 | 44,5 |
| 4 | .svg.png) Geert Cools | ns+9+9+13,5+12 | 43,5 |
| 5 | Wil Stoes | 11+10+ns+7,5+14 | 42,5 |
| 6 | Rob Steman | 0,5+11,5+14+6+6,5 | 38,5 |
| 7 | Robert Jam Munnecom | 10+14+13+ns+ns | 37 |
| 8 | Rikus Gorter | 8,5+3+11,5+9+5 | 34 |
| 9 | Frans Cools | 0,5+5,5+5,5+10+11 | 31 |
| 10 | Ron Koppe | 3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,5 | 30,5 |
| 11 | Frits Koppe | 14+13+ns+ns+ns | 27 |
| 12 | Vital Cardeynaels | 7+4+11,5+1+ns | 23,5 |
| 13 | Henny Kroeze | 15+5,5+ns+ns+ns | 20,5 |
| 14 | Ron Van Dam | 2+ns+7+7,5+3,5 | 20 |
| 15 | Patrick Pino | 5+ns+3,5+3,5+8 | 20 |
| 16 | Aage Lucardie | ns+1+9+5+2 | 17 |
| 17 | Fokke Van Der Walle | 8,5+2+2+3,5+3,5 | 16,5 |
| 18 | Hylke Dijkema | ns++ns+ns+ns+9,5 | 9,5 |
| 19 | Willy Heremans | 6+ns+3,5+ns+ns | 9,5 |
| 20 | Herman Heremans | ns+ns+ns+2+ns | 2 |
German Final
- September 4, 1987
FRG Pocking- Marked in green to Continental Qualification
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Tommy Dunker | 3,3,3,3,3 | 15 |
| 2 | Gerd Riss | 3,3,3,2,3 | 14 |
| 3 | Karl Maier | 2,3,2,3,3 | 13 |
| 4 | Carsten Pelzmann | 3,2,1,3,1 | 10 |
| 5 | Andreas Marynowski | 2,2,1,3,2 | 10 |
| 6 | Peter Schrock | 2,1,3,2,2 | 10 |
| 7 | Berndt Traunspurger | 1,0,3,2,1 | 7 |
| 8 | Tommy Broch | 2,E,1,1,3 | 7 |
| 9 | Klaus Freundorfer | 1,2,2,F,2 | 7 |
| 10 | Peter Hehlert | 1,3,0,2,0 | 6 |
| 11 | Alois Bachuber | 0,1,2,1,1 | 5 |
| 12 | Andre Pohlenn | 0,1,1,0,2 | 4 |
| 13 | Hans Faltermeier | 1,1,2,F,- | 4 |
| 14 | Heinz Huber | 3,F,-,-,- | 3 |
| 15 | Hans Kressirer | 0,2,0,1,E | 3 |
| 16 | Mario Trupkovic | 0,0,0,0,1 | 1 |
Italian Final
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 |  Valentino Furlanetto | 16+14+15+16 | 61 |
| 2 | Armando Castagna | 14+15+15+14 | 58 |
| 3 | Paolo Salvatelli | 12+11+13+9 | 45 |
| 4 | Armando Dal Chiele | 13+8+11+10 | 42 |
| 5 | Ottaviano Righetto | 11+12+10+9 | 42 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Scalzolaro | 9+10+9+5 | 33 |
| 7 | Giorgio Zaramello | ns+10+8+12 | 30 |
| 8 | Gianni Famari | ns+9+10+10 | 29 |
| 9 | Giovanni Cragnolini | 9+5+0+7 | 21 |
| 10 | Fabrizio Vesperini | 8+5+5+4 | 21 |
| 11 | Gaetano Bressan | ns+7+8+5 | 20 |
| 12 | Davide Guarise | 4+6+ns+8 | 18 |
| 13 | Amerigo Milanese | 5+4+1+4 | 14 |
| 14 | Mario Andriolo | 6+3+3+0 | 12 |
| 15 | Daniele Doro | 6+0+4+1 | 11 |
| 16 | Fabrizio Maggio | ns+2+5+3 | 10 |
| 17 | Giuseppe Marzotto | ns+ns+4+ns | 4 |
| 18 | Domenico Solda | 3+ns+ns+ns | 3 |
Hungarian Final
- Marked in green to Continental Qualification
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|
| 1 |  Zoltan Adorjan | | 30 |
| 2 | Joszef Petrikovics | | 28 |
| 3 | Laszlo Bodi | | 24 |
| 4 | Sandor Tihanyi | | 22 |
| 5 | Antal Kosco | | 21 |
| 6 | Zoltan Hajdu | | 21 |
| 7 | Janoš Bologh | | 21 |
| 8 | Janoš Sereš | | 19 |
| 9 | Robert Nagy | | 16 |
| 10 | Joszef Sziracky | | 14 |
| 11 | Ferenc Juhaš | | 14 |
| 12 | Ištvan Rušz | | 13 |
| 13 | Andraš Kovacs | | 8 |
| 14 | Robert Csilik | | 8 |
| 15 | Sandor Ujhelyi | | 4 |
| 16 | Janoš Oreško | | 3 |
World Final
Day 1
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 |
Day 2
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 |
See also
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| Speedway World Championship | | |
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| Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) | |
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| See also | |
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References
- 1 2 Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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