1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

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]

First round

Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Scandinavian Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

Scandinavian Qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
3 May	Stockholm	Ulf Ericsson	Birger Forsberg	Göran Norlén
3 May	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Arne Carlsson	Björn Knutson	Joel Jansson
24 May	Hillerød	Rune Sörmander	Arne Carlsson	Aage Hansen
24 May	Helsinki	Bernt Nilson	Ulf Ericsson	Olle Nygren

Continental Qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
31 May	Ostrów Municipal Stadium	Joachim Maj	Janusz Koscielak	Mieczysław Połukard
31 May	Niederrheinstadion	Björn Knutson	Florian Kapała	Konstanty Pociejkewicz
31 May	Liberec	Stefan Kwoczala	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Richard Janicek
31 May	Kranja	Miloslav Špinka	Marian Phillip	Karel Průša
Semi-Finals
14 June	Slaný Speedway Stadium	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Mieczysław Połukard	Stanislav Svoboda
14 June	Wieden	Konstanty Pociejkewicz	Florian Kapała	Björn Knutson

Second round

Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final
British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
Nordic Final - 9 to European Final
Continental Final - 6 to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

Top 32 riders based on points accumulated during round would progress

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
29 June	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	George White	Ronnie Moore
2 July	Oxford Stadium	Jack Geran	Neil Street	Brian Hanham
4 July	The Firs Stadium	Mike Broadbanks	Geoff Mardon	Bob Duckworth
4 July	Hyde Road	Ron Johnston	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven
7 July	Banister Court Stadium	Brian Crutcher	Peter Moore	Ron Mountford
10 July	Leicester Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven	Ron Johnston
11 July	Abbey Stadium	Mike Broadbanks	Les McGillivray	Nigel Boocock
11 July	Brandon Stadium	Brian Crutcher	Ron Mountford	Geoff Mardon
23 July	Wimborne Road	Ronnie Moore	Ron How	Jack Unstead

Nordic Final

May 31, 1959
Turku Speedway track, Turku
First 9 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Rune Sörmander	14+3
2	Aage Hansen	14+2
3	Arne Carlsson	12
4	Ole Andersson	11
5	Olle Nygren	9
6	Alf Jonsson	9
7	Kalevi Lahtinen	9
8	Ulf Ericsson	8
9	Thorvald Karlsson	7
10	Timo Laine	6
11	Göran Norlén	6
12	Birger Forsberg	4
13	Bernt Nilsson	4
14	Aulis Lehtonen	3
15	Antti Pajari	2
16	Turka Sivari	1
17	Kjell Lutteman	0
18	Aulis Tuominen	dnr
19	Allan Nillson	dnr

Continental Final

June 21, 1959
BBM Stadium, 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) Björn Knutson	13	3					2				3				2				3			13	2
3	(13) Mieczysław Połukard	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	3
4	(9) Florian Kapała	11			3		3						E					3		2			11	4
5	(1) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	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 Bössner	8				0			2			2						2	2				8	8
9	(11) Jaroslav Machač	7			2				3		0					1						1	7	9
10	(3) Bohumír Bartoněk	7	1						1				2				2				1		7	10
11	(6) Pawel Mirowski	5		0				1			1							1			2		5	11
12	(4) Miloslav Špinka	4	0							2				2				0				0	4	12
13	(8) Zdenek Dominik	4		2						1			1			0			0				4	13
14	(10) Richard Janicek	4			1			0						1			1		1				4	14
15	(7) Stanislav 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

Third round

Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final
British & Commonwealth semi-finals - 9 to World Final
European Final - 6 to World Final

British & Commonwealth Semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
10 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Brian Crutcher+	Ken McKinlay	Geoff Mardon+
11 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ronnie Moore+	Cyril Roger+	Neil Street
15 August	Hyde Road	Ron How+	Peter Moore+	Nigel Boocock
15 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven+	Brian Crutcher+	George White+

+ indicates qualifier for World Final (Aub Lawson was the ninth rider to qualify)

European Final

July 17, 1959
Ullevi, Göteborg
First 6 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	(12) Ove Fundin	14	3,2,3,3,3
2	(4) Josef Hofmeister	13	2,3,2,3,3
3	(3) Mieczysław Połukard	12	3,3,2,2,2
4	(16) Rune Sörmander	11	2,1,3,3,2
5	(13) Olle Nygren	10	3,2,3,2,0
6	(8) Arne Carlsson	9	3,0,3,3,t
7	(9) Florian Kapała	9	2,3,1,0,3
8	(15) Björn Knutson	7	0,1,1,2,3
9	(14) Aage Hansen	7	1,3,0,2,1
10	(11) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	6	1,2,2,1,0
11	(5) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	6	f,1,2,1,2
12	(6) Alf Jonsson	5	f,2,1,1,1
13	(10) Kalevi Lahtinen	4	0,1,1,0,2
14	(7) Miloslav Špinka	3	2,0,0,1,0
15	(1) Åke Andersson	2	1,0,0,0,1
16	(2) Bohumír Bartoněk	1	0,0,0,0,1
R1	(17) Ulf Ericsson	-	dnr
R2	(18) Thorvald Karlsson	-	dnr

World Final

19 September 1959
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
	(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 Sörmander	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 Kapała	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

↑ 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. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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[1] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[2] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[7] "Craven can crown it". Sunday Pictorial. 13 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Ronnie Moore wins speedway title". Sunday Independent Dublin. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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