1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

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

British Qualification


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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
Semi-Finals
10 August Wimbledon Brian Crutcher Ken McKinlay Geoff Mardon
11 August Southampton Ronnie Moore
15 August Belle Vue Ron How Peter Moore Nigel Boocock
15 August Norwich Peter Craven Brian Crutcher George White

Scandinavian Qualifications


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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
31 May Turku Rune Sormander Aage Hansen Arne Carlsson


Scandinavian Final
  • May 31, 1959
  • Turku
  • First 9 to European Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Rune Sormander14+3
2 Aage Hansen14+2
3 Arne Carlsson12
4 Olle Andersson11
5 Olle Nygren9
6 Alf Jonsson9
7 Kalevi Lahtinen9
8 Ulf Ericsson8
9 Thorvald Karlsson7
10 Timo Laine6
11 Goran Norlen6
12 Birger Forsberg4
13 Bernt Nilsson4
14 Aulis Lehtonen3
15 Antti Pajari2
16 Turka Sivari1
17 Kjell Lutteman0
18 Aulis Tuominendnr
19 Allan Nillsondnr

Continental Round


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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.RiderTotal
1 Ove Fundin14
2 Josef Hofmeister13
3 Mieczyslaw Polukard12
4 Rune Sormander11
5 Olle Nygren10
6 Arne Carlsson9
7 Florian Kapala9
8 Bjorn Knutsson7
9 Aage Hansen7
10 Konstanty Pociejkowicz6
11 Luboš Tomíček, Sr.6
12 Alf Jonsson5
13 Kalevi Lahtinen4
14 Milan Špinka3
15 Åke Andersson2
16 Bohumil Bartonek1

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
(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
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