The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.[4]

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.[5]

British Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April United KingdomMildenhallUnited Kingdom Richard KnightUnited Kingdom Kevin JollyUnited Kingdom Robert Henry
8 April United KingdomBostonUnited Kingdom Dave PerksUnited Kingdom Colin CookUnited Kingdom Steve Lomas
10 April United KingdomWeymouthUnited Kingdom Marvyn CoxUnited Kingdom Martin YeatesUnited Kingdom Alun Rossiter
13 April ScotlandEdinburghScotland Kenny McKinnaUnited Kingdom Dave TrownsonScotland Charlie McKinna
17 April United KingdomMilton KeynesUnited Kingdom Trevor BanksUnited Kingdom Barry ThomasUnited Kingdom Keith White
Quarter-Final
29 April United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Kevin JollyUnited Kingdom Marvyn CoxUnited Kingdom Barry Thomas
Semi-Final
16 May United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Michael LeeUnited Kingdom Chris MortonUnited Kingdom Phil Collins
25 May United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Neil EvittsUnited Kingdom Andy GrahameUnited Kingdom Kenny Carter
Final
20 June United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Kenny CarterUnited Kingdom Andy GrahameUnited Kingdom Dave Jessup

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 21
1 United Kingdom (5) Kenny Carter 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1
2 United Kingdom (10) Andy Grahame 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 2
3 United Kingdom (15) Dave Jessup 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 United Kingdom (4) Les Collins 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 4
5 United Kingdom (2) Martin Yeates 10 1 3 3 1 2 10 5
6 United Kingdom (1) Alan Grahame 9 3 3 0 3 T 9 6
7 United Kingdom (3) Simon Wigg 8 E 0 3 2 3 8 7
8 United Kingdom (7) Jeremy Doncaster 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 8
9 United Kingdom (14) Peter Collins 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9 3
10 United Kingdom (16) Neil Evitts 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 10 2
11 United Kingdom (11) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 11
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Morton 5 E 1 2 1 1 5 12
13 United Kingdom (13) John Louis 4 X 2 0 0 2 4 13
14 United Kingdom (8) Phil Collins 3 X 0 E 3 E 3 14
15 United Kingdom (12) John Davis 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 15
16 United Kingdom (6) Mark Courtney 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Kevin Hawkins 1 1 1 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 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

Swedish Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
SwedenHallstavikSweden Pierre BranneforsSweden Leif WahlmanSweden Mikael Messing
SwedenMalillaSweden Bjorn AnderssonSweden Anders KlingSweden Alf Trofast
5 May SwedenLinköpingSweden Jan AnderssonSweden Per JonssonSweden Uno Johansson
Final
22 May SwedenKumlaSweden Jan AnderssonSweden Bjorn AnderssonSweden Tommy Nilsson
23 May SwedenVastervikSweden Jan AnderssonSweden Pierre BranneforsSweden Mikael Blixt
24 May SwedenGöteborgSweden Pierre BranneforsSweden Jan AnderssonSweden Per Jonsson

Danish Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Final
6 May DenmarkRandersDenmark Bo PetersenDenmark Erik GundersenDenmark Hans Nielsen

Intercontinental Round

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Australian Final
29 January AustraliaMilduraAustraliaPhil CrumpAustraliaBilly SandersAustraliaGary Guglielmi
New Zealand Final
4 February New ZealandWellingtonNew Zealand Mitch ShirraNew Zealand Larry RossNew Zealand David Bargh
Norwegian Final
25 April NorwaySkienNorway Reidar EideNorway Dag LovaasNorway Edgar Stangeland
American Final
9 June United StatesLong BeachUnited States Bobby SchwartzUnited States Kelly MoranUnited States Shawn Moran
Nordic Final
12 June SwedenNorrköpingDenmark Hans NielsenDenmark Erik GundersenSweden Mikael Blixt
Overseas Final
15 July United KingdomBelle VueUnited States Lance KingAustralia Phil CrumpUnited States Shawn Moran
Intercontinental Final
20 July DenmarkVojensUnited States Shawn MoranUnited Kingdom Simon WiggUnited States Lance King

Australian Final

  • January 29, 1984
  • Australia Mildura
  • First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Australia Phil Crump(3,3,3,3,3)15
2Australia Billy Sanders(3,2,3,2,3)13
3Australia Gary Guglielmi(F,3,3,3,2)11
4Australia John Titman(3,3,2,1,1)10
5Australia Rod Hunter(0,2,2,3,3)10
6Australia Steve Regeling(1,3,0,3,2)9
7Australia Steve Baker(2,F,1,2,3)8
8Australia Stan Bear(2,1,0,2,2)7
9Australia Glyn Taylor(3,2,0,F,1)6
10Australia Mark Fiora(1,1,3,0,0)5
11Australia David Jackson(2,2,1,F,X)5
12Australia Ray Palmer(2,X,2,0,1)5
13Australia Brent Nott(0,2,2,1,0)5
14Australia David Cheshire(1,0,0,1,2)4
15Australia Ashley Norton(F,-,-,-,-)0
16Australia John McNeill(-,-,-,-,-)0
R1Australia Greg Barrett(1,1,1,0)3
18Australia Chris Schmidt(0,1,0,1,0)2

New Zealand Final

  • February 4, 1984
  • New Zealand Christchurch
  • First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1New Zealand Mitch Shirra15
2New Zealand Larry Ross14
3New Zealand David Bargh13
4New Zealand Barry Briggs11
5New Zealand Alan Mason11
6New Zealand Peter Nightingale9
7New Zealand Chris Martin9
8New Zealand Mike Fullerton8
9New Zealand Robin Hampton7
10New Zealand Alan Fisher6
11New Zealand Greg de Kok5
12New Zealand Steve Duckworth5
13New Zealand Alan Crosbie4
14New Zealand Wayne Brown2
15New Zealand Greg Holloway1
16New Zealand Mark Richards0

Norwegian Final

  • April 25, 1984
  • Norway Skien
  • First 2 to Nordic final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Norway Reidar Eide15
2Norway Dag Lovaas14
3Norway Edgar Stangeland13
4Norway Audun Ove Olsen11

American 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 United States (11) Bobby Schwartz 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United States (6) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 United States (12) Shawn Moran 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 3
4 United States (1) Lance King 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 4
5 United States (4) John Cook 10 2 2 3 2 1 10 5
6 United States (7) Rick Miller 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 6
7 United States (13) Mike Faria 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7
8 United States (8) Sam Ermolenko 6 2 E 3 0 1 6 8
9 United States (5) Robert Pfetzing 6 0 1 2 3 F 6 9
10 United States (15) Mike Curosco 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 10
11 United States (14) Dennis Sigalos 4 2 2 F - - 4 11
12 United States (3) Brad Oxley 3 0 E 2 1 0 3 12
13 United States (9) Buddy Robinson 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 United States (2) John Sandoma 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 14
15 United States (10) Dubb Farrell 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 United States (16) Alan Christian 0 X - - - - 0 16
R1 United States (R1) Jim Lawson 4 0 0 2 2 4 R1
R2 United States (R2) Keith Christo 1 1 0 1 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

Nordic Final

  • June 12, 1984
  • Sweden Norrköping,
  • First 7 to 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 21
1 Denmark (13) Hans Nielsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (11) Erik Gundersen 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 2
3 Sweden (15) Mikael Blixt 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 Sweden (5) Jan Andersson 11 3 X 3 2 3 11 4 2
5 Finland (14) Kai Niemi 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 5 1
6 Denmark (3) Bo Petersen 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 6 0
7 Sweden (2) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 2 2 X 3 10 7
8 Finland (8) Ari Koponen 8 2 2 1 1 2 8 8
9 Denmark (16) Peter Ravn 7 0 3 2 0 2 7 9
10 Denmark (1) Jens Rasmussen 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 10
11 Sweden (6) Pierre Brannefors 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 Sweden (12) Bjorn Andersson 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 12
13 Denmark (10) John Eskildsen 3 F X 2 1 0 3 13
14 Finland (4) Pekka Hautamaki 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 Norway (9) Einar Kyllingstad 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 Norway (7) Ray Otto 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Patrick Karsson 0 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Leif Wahlman 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

Overseas 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 United States (2) Lance King 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Australia (7) Phil Crump 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 2
3 United States (10) Shawn Moran 11 3 E 3 2 3 11 3
4 Australia (4) Billy Sanders 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 4
5 United Kingdom (8) Alan Grahame 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 5
6 New Zealand (9) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 3 2 0 9 6
7 United Kingdom (11) Kenny Carter 8 2 2 3 0 1 8 7
8 United Kingdom (14) Simon Wigg 8 1 1 2 1 3 8 8
9 New Zealand (16) Larry Ross 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
10 United States (5) Kelly Moran 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 10 3
11 United Kingdom (15) Les Collins 6 3 1 0 1 1 6 11 2
12 United Kingdom (13) Jeremy Doncaster 5 X 0 E 2 3 5 12
13 United Kingdom (1) Andy Grahame 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 13
14 United States (12) Bobby Schwartz 3 0 0 1 E 2 3 14
15 United Kingdom (6) Dave Jessup 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 15
16 United Kingdom (3) Martin Yeates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 United States (R1) John Cook 0 0 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Gary Guglielmi 0 0 R2
R3 New Zealand (R3) David Bargh 0 0 R3
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

Intercontinental Final

  • July 20, 1984
  • Denmark Vojens
  • First 11 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
1 United States (12) Shawn Moran 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
2 United Kingdom (10) Simon Wigg 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 2
3 United States (9) Lance King 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 Denmark (14) Bo Petersen 9 3 3 0 2 1 9 4
5 New Zealand (15) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 5
6 United States (5) Kelly Moran 8 3 F 3 2 0 8 6
7 Finland (16) Kai Niemi 8 2 0 3 0 3 8 7
8 Denmark (13) Hans Nielsen 8 0 E 2 3 3 8 8
9 Denmark (8) Erik Gundersen 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 9
10 Sweden (1) Jan Andersson 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 10
11 Australia (11) Billy Sanders 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 United Kingdom (4) Alan Grahame 6 1 1 1 0 3 6 12 3
13 United Kingdom (3) Kenny Carter 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 13 2
14 Australia (7) Phil Crump 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 14
15 New Zealand (2) Larry Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (6) Mikael Blixt 1 F 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Tommy Nilsson 0 0 R1
R2 United Kingdom (R2) Les Collins 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

Continental Round

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
22 April Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaKrskoPoland Edward JancarzWest Germany Georg GilgenreinerPoland Jerzy Rembas
22 April HungaryDebrecenCzechoslovakia Jiří ŠtanclPoland Wojciech ŻabiałowiczHungary János Oreskó
22 April CzechoslovakiaSlanyCzechoslovakia Václav VernerPoland Maciej JaworekCzechoslovakia Stanislav Urban
22 April West GermanyOlchingWest Germany Josef AignerWest Germany Peter WurteleItaly Armando Castagna
Quarter-Finals
5 May PolandGdańskCzechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr.Poland Boleslaw ProchCzechoslovakia Petr Ondrašík
5 May West GermanyLandshutWest Germany Egon MullerWest Germany Karl MaierCzechoslovakia Jiří Štancl
6 May AustriaWiener NeustadtWest Germany Josef AignerPoland Andrzej HuszczaWest Germany Alois Wiesböck
6 May HungarySzegedSoviet Union Mikhail StarostinPoland Edward JancarzCzechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr.
Semi-Finals
10 June West GermanyNordenWest Germany Egon MullerCzechoslovakia Jiří ŠtanclWest Germany Karl Maier
10 June Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaŽarnovicaPoland Zenon KasprzakCzechoslovakia Petr OndrašíkCzechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek
Final
22 July Soviet UnionRovnoWest Germany Egon MullerWest Germany Karl MaierCzechoslovakia Jiří Štancl

Continental Final

  • July 22, 1984
  • Soviet Union Rovno
  • First 5 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
1 West Germany (14) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3
2 West Germany (5) Karl Maier 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 2
3 Czechoslovakia (2) Jiří Štancl 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 3 3
4 Czechoslovakia (11) Václav Verner 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 4 2
5 Poland (9) Edward Jancarz 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 5
6 Czechoslovakia (16) Petr Ondrašík 9 0 1 3 2 3 9 6
7 West Germany (6) Georg Hack 8 1 F 1 3 3 8 7
8 Czechoslovakia (13) Aleš Dryml Sr. 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 8
9 Czechoslovakia (8) Lubomir Jedek 6 0 3 1 0 2 6 9
10 Netherlands (10) Henny Kroeze 6 F 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 Soviet Union (7) Mikhail Starostin 6 2 2 F 2 0 6 11
12 Poland (4) Andrzej Huszcza 4 1 2 1 X 0 4 12
13 Poland (15) Zenon Plech 3 3 0 F X - 3 13
14 Czechoslovakia (1) Zdenek Schneiderwind 2 2 F 0 0 0 2 14
15 West Germany (3) Peter Wurtele 1 0 1 0 - X 1 15
16 Poland (12) Zenon Kasprzak 1 1 0 - - - 1 16
R1 Poland (R1) Boleslaw Proch 5 1 1 3 5 R1
R2 West Germany (R2) Josef Aigner 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 21
1 Denmark (5) Erik Gundersen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (3) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 3
3 United States (14) Lance King 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3 2
4 United States (10) Kelly Moran 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4
5 New Zealand (7) Mitch Shirra 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 5
6 United Kingdom (11) Simon Wigg 9 3 1 2 3 0 9 6
7 Denmark (2) Bo Petersen 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 7
8 United States (6) Shawn Moran 7 1 0 3 1 2 7 8
9 West Germany (12) Karl Maier 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10 Sweden (4) Jan Andersson 6 0 2 3 0 1 6 10
11 Australia (1) Billy Sanders 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 11
12 Finland (9) Kai Niemi 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (16) Petr Ondrašík 3 2 0 0 E 1 3 13
14 West Germany (8) Egon Muller 3 0 1 1 1 F 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (13) Jiří Štancl 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 Czechoslovakia (15) Václav Verner 0 0 0 E - - 0 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Alan Grahame 5 3 2 5 R1
R2 West Germany (R2) Georg Hack 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

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