The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[7]

British Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
3 April United KingdomBerwickWales Taffy OwenUnited Kingdom Tom OwenUnited Kingdom Graham Jones
10 April United KingdomCanterburyUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Ted HubbardUnited Kingdom Graham Banks
11 April United KingdomMildenhallUnited Kingdom Kevin JollyUnited Kingdom Andy CusworthUnited Kingdom Laurie Etheridge
13 April United KingdomWeymouthUnited Kingdom Tony FeatherstoneUnited Kingdom Bob ColesUnited Kingdom Barney Kennett
22 April United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Trevor GeerUnited Kingdom Alan GrahameUnited Kingdom Paul Tyrer
23 April United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Alan MolyneuxUnited Kingdom Brian HavelockUnited Kingdom Bob Coles
24 April United KingdomSwindonUnited Kingdom Dave PerksUnited Kingdom Steve BastableUnited Kingdom Tom Owen
24 April United KingdomCradley HeathUnited Kingdom Bobby McNeilUnited Kingdom Mick HinesUnited Kingdom Mick Bell
Quarter-Finals
3 May United KingdomBirminghamUnited Kingdom Peter CollinsUnited Kingdom Chris PuseyUnited Kingdom Alan Molyneux
5 May United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Dave JessupUnited Kingdom Dave MortonUnited Kingdom Arthur Price
8 May United KingdomBelle VueUnited Kingdom Alan GrahameUnited Kingdom John DavisUnited Kingdom Michael Lee
8 May United KingdomKing's LynnUnited Kingdom Malcolm SimmonsUnited Kingdom Chris MortonUnited Kingdom Doug Wyer
Semi-Finals
18 May United KingdomLeicesterUnited Kingdom Malcolm SimmonsUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyUnited Kingdom John Louis
19 May United KingdomWhite CityUnited Kingdom Peter CollinsScotland Jim McMillanUnited Kingdom Doug Wyer
Final
June 2 United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Malcolm SimmonsUnited Kingdom Chris MortonUnited Kingdom Doug Wyer result

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 United Kingdom (9) Malcolm Simmons 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United Kingdom (3) Chris Morton 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2
3 United Kingdom (6) Doug Wyer 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 United Kingdom (12) Peter Collins 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 United Kingdom (5) John Louis 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 United Kingdom (7) Dave Jessup 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 Scotland (2) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 1 3 0 8 7
8 United Kingdom (15) Terry Betts 7 3 1 0 0 3 7 8
9 United Kingdom (13) Ray Wilson 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 9
10 United Kingdom (11) Bob Kilby 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 10
11 United Kingdom (16) John Davis 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 United Kingdom (10) Dave Morton 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13 Scotland (14) George Hunter 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 13
14 United Kingdom (1) Mike Lanham 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 United Kingdom (4) Reg Wilson 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 United Kingdom (8) Chris Pusey 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) John Harrhy 0 0 R1
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

Swedish Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
6 May SwedenKumlaSweden Bernt PerssonSweden Tommy NilssonSweden Sören Sjösten
9 May SwedenMalillaSweden Lars JanssonSweden Bo WirebrandSweden Per-Loke Gerhardsson
9 May SwedenLindesbergSweden Tommy JanssonSweden Hasse HolmqvistSweden Christer Sjösten
Final
20 May SwedenStockholm Abandoned after the fatal crash of Tommy Jansson
25 May SwedenLinköpingSweden Bernt PerssonSweden Anders MichanekSweden 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 Sweden (9) Bernt Persson 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (14) Anders Michanek 11 X 3 3 3 2 11 2
3 Sweden (2) Sören Karlsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 Sweden (3) Bengt Jansson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 Sweden (10) Jan Simensen 10 2 0 3 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (16) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 1 3 1 2 10 6
7 Sweden (13) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 7
8 Sweden (4) Christer Sjösten 8 F 3 2 0 3 8 8
9 Sweden (5) Cal-Erik Claesson 8 3 2 2 0 1 8 9
10 Sweden (6) Lars-Like Andersson 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 10
11 Sweden (1) Eddie Davidsson 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 11
12 Sweden (15) Richard Hellsen 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 Sweden (8) Sven Nilsson 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 Sweden (7) Per-Olof Dovhjort 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 14
15 Sweden (11) Bo Wirebrand 1 1 - 0 - - 1 15
16 Sweden (12) Kenneth Selmolsson 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
Sweden (17) Bengt Larsson 1 0 1 1
Sweden (18) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 2 1 0 3
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

New Zealand Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
South Island Final
6 December, '75 New ZealandInvercargillNew Zealand Larry RossNew Zealand Graeme StapletonNew Zealand Denis Sincock
North Island Final
10 January New ZealandPalmerston NorthNew Zealand Colin FarquharsonNew Zealand Colin TuckerNew Zealand Roy Trigg
New Zealand Final
14 February New ZealandChristchurchNew Zealand Ivan MaugerNew Zealand Barry BriggsNew Zealand Larry Ross

Australian Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
New South Wales Round
22 November '75 AustraliaLiverpoolAustralia Billy SandersAustralia Phil HerneNew Zealand Mitch Shirra
28 November '75 AustraliaNewcastleAustralia Phil HerneAustralia Terry SoutherlandNew Zealand Mitch Shirra
29 November '75 AustraliaSydneyNew Zealand Mitch ShirraAustralia Phil HerneAustralia Billy Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75 AustraliaBrisbaneAustralia Mike FarrellAustralia Ron HendersonAustralia Darryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 January AustraliaAdelaideAustralia John BoulgerAustralia Ray SniderAustralia Robin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 January AustraliaMelbourneAustralia Denny KennedyAustralia Rob JonesAustralia John Dewhurst
Northern District
23 January AustraliaAdelaideAustralia Phil CrumpAustralia John BoulgerAustralia Kym Amundson
31 January AustraliaSydneyAustralia Billy SandersAustralia Mike FarrellAustralia John Langfield
7 February AustraliaBrisbaneAustralia Mike FarrellAustralia John TitmanAustralia Garry Middleton
Southern Zone Final
13 February AustraliaAuclandAustralia Phil CrumpAustralia John LangfieldAustralia Phil Herne

Australian Final

  • February 13, 1976
  • Australia Adelaide
  • First 8 to Austral-Asian Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Australia Phil Crump15
2Australia John Langfield13
3Australia Phil Herne12
4Australia John Boulger12
5Australia Mitch Shirra10
6Australia John Titman9
7Australia Ticky Day9
8Australia Billy Sanders8
9Australia Mick McKeon8
10Australia Mike Farrell6
11Australia Robin Amundson5
12Australia Robert Maxfield4
13Australia Ron Henderson3
14Australia Rod Chessell3
15Australia Ray Snider2
16Australia Dene Davies1
17Australia Paul Scanlon0

Intercontinental Round

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Australasian Final
21 February New ZealandAucklandAustralia John BoulgerAustralia Billy SandersAustralia Phil Crump
Norwegian Final
25 April NorwaySkienNorway Reidar EideNorway Dag LovaasNorway Edgar Stangeland
Danish Final
25 April DenmarkVojensDenmark Finn ThomsenDenmark Kurt BøghDenmark Jan Henningsen
Nordic Final
2 June SwedenNorrköpingDenmark Ole OlsenSweden Anders MichanekSweden Bengt Jansson
American Final
 ? June United StatesSanta MonicaUnited States Scott AutreyUnited States Mike CuroscoUnited States Steve Gresham
Intercontinental Final
26 June United KingdomWembleyUnited Kingdom Peter CollinsNew Zealand Ivan MaugerAustralia Phil Crump

Australasian Final

  • February 21, 1976
  • Australia Auckland
  • First 4 to Intercontinental Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Australia John Boulger3,3,2,3,314
2Australia Billy Sanders2,3,3,3,213
3Australia Phil Crump3,3,3,X,312
4New Zealand Ivan Mauger3,2,X,3,311+3
5Australia Phil Herne3,2,1,2,311+2
6Australia Mitch Shirra2,3,2,3,111+1
7New Zealand Barry BriggsX,1,3,2,28
8Australia John TitmanX,2,2,2,28
9Australia Ricky Day1,1,3,0,16
10New Zealand Colin Tucker2,2,1,0,05
11New Zealand Colin Farqhuarson1,E,1,2,15
12Australia John LangfieldX,1,2,1,04
13New Zealand Larry Ross2,1,0,1,E4
14New Zealand Graeme Stapleton0,0,E,1,23
15New Zealand Roy Trigg1,0,0,0,12
16New Zealand Paul Fewlings0,0,1,0,01
R1New Zealand Dennis Sincock1
R2New Zealand Robin Adlington1

Norwegian Final

  • April 25, 1976
  • Norway Skien
  • First 3 to Nordic Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Norway Reidar Eide15
2Norway Dag Lovaas14
3Norway Edgard Stangeland13
4Norway Audun Ove Olsen11
5Norway Øyvind S. Berg11
6Norway Jan Terje Gravningen10
7Norway Kjell Gimre9
8Norway Helge Langli9
9Norway Tormod Langli6
10Norway Tom Godal5
11Norway Ingve Madland4
12Norway Stein Pedersen4
13Norway Askild Malmin3
14Norway Jorn Flatha2
15Norway Sigvard Pedersen2
16Norway Per Hetland1

Danish Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Denmark Finn Thomsen15
2Denmark Kurt Bøgh12+3
3Denmark Jan Henningsen12+2
4Denmark Leif Rasmusen12+1
5Denmark Finn Rune Jensen11
6Denmark Gunnar Svendsen10
7Denmark Bent Nørregaard-Jensen10
8Denmark Mike Lohmann8
9Denmark Kristian Præstbro8
10Denmark Jens Erik Krause Kjaer4
11Denmark Knud Ellegaard4
12Denmark Ernst Bøgh4
13Denmark Erling Rasmussen3
14Denmark Godtfred Andreasen3
15Denmark Jorgen Walther Johansen2
16Denmark Kaj Kristensen2

Nordic 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 21
1 Denmark (4) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Sweden (14) Anders Michanek 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 Sweden (10) Bengt Jansson 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 Norway (12) Dag Lovaas 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4
5 Sweden (7) Bernt Persson 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (5) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 6
7 Sweden (6) Sören Karlsson 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7 3
8 Norway (13) Edgar Stangeland 8 2 3 0 2 1 8 8 2
9 Finland (2) Ila Teromaa 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 9 1
10 Denmark (3) Finn Thomsen 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 10
11 Norway (1) Reidar Eide 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 Sweden (15) Tommy Nilsson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 Finland (11) Markku Helminen 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 Sweden (9) Karl Erik Claesson 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
15 Sweden (8) Jan Simensen 1 0 1 - 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (16) Christer Sjösten 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Lars-Åke Andersson 1 1 1 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Thomas Pettersson 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

American Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1United States Scott Autrey
2United States Mike Curosco
3United States Steve Gresham

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 United Kingdom (11) Peter Collins 12+3 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 New Zealand (9) Ivan Mauger 12+2 1 3 2 3 3 12 2
3 Australia (1) Phil Crump 11+3 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4 United Kingdom (7) Malcolm Simmons 11+2 3 0 3 3 2 11 4
5 United Kingdom (8) Chris Morton 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 United Kingdom (5) Doug Wyer 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 United States (10) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 1 3 1 9 7
8 United Kingdom (6) John Louis 8+3 0 3 0 2 3 8 8
9 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 8+2 3 3 1 0 1 8 9
10 Australia (12) John Boulger 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 10
11 Australia (3) Billy Sanders 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 Denmark (13) Ole Olsen 6 X E 2 2 2 6 12
13 Sweden (15) Bengt Jansson 4 2 1 1 X 0 4 13
14 Sweden (4) Bernt Persson 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 14
15 Norway (2) Dag Lovaas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (14) Sören Sjösten 1 1 0 E - - 1 16
United Kingdom (17) Trevor Geer 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom (18) Barry Thomas 0 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

Continental Round

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April ItalyLonigoWest Germany Hans WassermannCzechoslovakia Evzen ErbanCzechoslovakia Karel Vobornik
25 April AustriaWiener NeustadtWest Germany Georg GilgenreinerWest Germany Alois WiesböckAustria Hubert Fischbaher
Quarter-Finals
15 May CzechoslovakiaOstravaSoviet Union Mikhail StarostinSoviet Union Vladimir GordeevSoviet Union Viktor Trofimov
15 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaPrelogItaly Giuseppe MarzottoSoviet Union Viktor KuznetsovBulgaria Angel Eftimov
16 May West GermanyPockingWest Germany Egon MüllerWest Germany Christoph BetzlSoviet Union Valery Gordeev
16 May HungaryDebrecenCzechoslovakia Vaclav HejlItaly Paolo NoroCzechoslovakia Václav Verner
Semi-Finals
30 May PolandGdańskSoviet Union Viktor KuznetsovItaly Giuseppe MarzottoSoviet Union Vladimir Gordeev
30 May West GermanyKrumbachWest Germany Egon MüllerSoviet Union Valery GordeevWest Germany Christoph Betzl
Final
June 20 Soviet UnionLeningradWest Germany Egon MüllerCzechoslovakia Jiří ŠtanclSoviet Union Valery Gordeev

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 West Germany (6) Egon Müller 9 3 3 3 9 1
2 Czechoslovakia (4) Jiří Štancl 8 3 3 2 8 2
3 Soviet Union (9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 3
4 Soviet Union (7) Vladimir Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 4
5 Soviet Union (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 2 2 2 6 5
6 Soviet Union (14) Georgy Ivanov 6 3 1 2 6 6
7 Czechoslovakia (12) Jan Hadek 6 3 1 2 6 7
8 Soviet Union (15) Viktor Kuznetsov 4 0 1 3 4 8
9 Soviet Union (13) Nikolay Kornev 4 2 2 0 4 9
10 Soviet Union (5) Vladimir Smirnov 4 2 1 1 4 10
11 Soviet Union (16) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 2 1 4 11
12 Italy (10) Giuseppe Marzotto 3 0 2 1 3 12
13 West Germany (2) Hans Wassermann 2 2 0 0 2 13
14 West Germany (8) Christoph Betzl 1 0 0 1 1 14
15 Czechoslovakia (3) Jan Klokocka 1 1 0 0 1 15
16 Soviet Union (1) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Soviet Union (R1) Sergey Dyuzhev 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Josef Minarik 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

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 United Kingdom (11) Peter Collins 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 United Kingdom (15) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 Australia (13) Phil Crump 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 New Zealand (5) Ivan Mauger 11 3 E 2 3 3 11 4
5 Poland (9) Zenon Plech 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 5
6 United Kingdom (7) John Louis 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 6
7 United Kingdom (10) Doug Wyer 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 7
8 West Germany (1) Egon Müller 8 3 1 2 2 F 8 8
9 United States (2) Scott Autrey 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 Czechoslovakia (12) Jiří Štancl 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 10
11 United Kingdom (16) Chris Morton 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 12
13 Poland (4) Marek Cieślak 4 0 3 0 E 1 4 13
14 Poland (3) Jerzy Rembas 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 14
15 Soviet Union (8) Valery Gordeev 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 15
16 Soviet Union (14) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Anders Michanek 2 2 2 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Grigory Khlinovsky 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

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