1956_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1956 Individual Speedway World Championship

11th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

The 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The World final was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and was televised live. Despite being televised a crowd of 65,000 saw the first Scandinavian winner in 23 year old Ove Fundin from Sweden. ^[7]

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Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kauko Jousanen	15
2	Antti Pajari	14
3	Simo Ylänen	11
4	Janne Rihkajrvi	11
5	Aulis Tuominen	10
6	Pertti Mikkola	9
7	Erkki Ala Sippola	9
8	Paavo Mikkola	7
9	Pekka Tenko	7
10	Raimo Kivinen	6
11	Toimi Koskela	4
12	Nils Staaf	4
13	Reino Niemi	4
14	Pentti Paajanen	3
15	Kalevi Lahtinen	3
16	Antti Mattila	2

Date	Venue	Winner
10 July	Banister Court Stadium	Ian Williams
12 July	Foxhall Stadium	Ken McKinlay
12 July	Oxford Stadium	Howdy Byford
13 July	Leicester Stadium	Dick Bradley
14 July	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Gerald Jackson
25 July	Brandon Stadium	Bert Edwards
25 July	Abbey Stadium	Bob Roger

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Dan Forsberg	15
2	Ulf Ericsson	14
3	Rune Sörmander	13
4	Bernt Nilsson	12
5	Göran Norlén	11
6	Per Olof Söderman	9
7	Birger Forsberg	9
8	Ole Andersson	7
9	Per Tage Svensson	6
10	Aage Hansen	5
11	Rolf Westerberg	5
12	Stig Pramberg	3
13	Lars Pettersson	1
14	Antti Pajari	1
15	Simo Ylänen	0
16	Reidar Kristoffersen	dnr
17	Kaukko Jousanen	dnr

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kjell Carlsson	14
2	Josef Seidl	14
3	Andrzej Krzesiński	11
4	Włodzimierz Szwendrowski	10
5	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	10
6	Edward Kupczyński	9
7	Florian Kapała	9
8	Mieczysław Połukard	9
9	Albin Siegl	7
10	Hugo Rosák	7
11	Josef Hofmeister	5
12	Paul Cardang	5
13	Sebastian Wiesent	5
14	Alfred Aberl	2
15	Fritz Dirtl	0
16	Josef Kamper	0
17	Janusz Suchecki	dnr
18	Edmund Nazimek	dnr
19	Marian Kaiser	dnr

Date	Venue	Winner
20 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Ronnie Moore
22 August	Wimborne Road	Jack Biggs
23 August	Wembley Stadium	Brian Crutcher
25 August	Hyde Road Stadium	Brian Crutcher
29 August	Odsal Stadium	Barry Briggs
31 August	Perry Barr Stadium	Alan Hunt / Doug Davies
1 September	The Firs Stadium	Gerry Hussey

1956_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1956 Individual Speedway World Championship

Qualification

Stage 1

Norwegian qualification

Finnish round

Swedish round

Stage 2

Nordic round

Continental round

Stage 3

British & Commonwealth round

Nordic Final

Continental Final

Stage 4

Championship Round

European Final

World final

Classification

References

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Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	15
2	Per Olof Söderman	13
3	Ole Andersson	12
4	Ulf Ericsson	11
5	Rune Sörmander	10
6	Henry Andersen	8
7	Florian Kapała	8
8	Edward Kupczyński	7
9	Göran Norlén	7
10	Dan Forsberg	6
11	Birger Forsberg	5
12	Bernt Nilsson	4
13	Włodzimierz Szwendrowski	2
14	Mieczysław Połukard	2
15	Marian Kaiser	2
16	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	2

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	(1,3,3,3,3)	13
2	Ronnie Moore	(2,2,2,3,3)	12
3	Arthur Forrest	(3,1,3,2,2)	11+3
4	Peter Craven	(3,1,2,2,3)	11+2
5	Ken McKinlay	(2,2,3,3,0)	10
6	Per Olof Söderman	(0,3,2,2,3)	10
7	Barry Briggs	(3,2,1,3,1)	10
8	Brian Crutcher	(1,3,3,0,2)	9
9	Peter Moore	(2,1,1,2,2)	8
10	Eric Boothroyd	(2,3,1,1,0)	7
11	Alan Hunt	(3,0,1,1,1)	6
12	Dick Fisher	(0,0,2,1,2)	5
13	Doug Davies	(1,2,0,0,1)	4
14	Ole Andersson	(1,1,0,0,0)	2
15	Ulf Ericsson	(0,0,0,1,1)	2
16	Gerry Hussey	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Rune Sörmander	absent	-
R2	Jack Biggs	did not ride	-
R3	Nigel Boocock	did not ride	-

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	(4) Ove Fundin	13	1							3				3				3				3	13	1
2	(3) Ronnie Moore	12	2						2				2				3				3		12	2
3	(5) Arthur Forrest	11+3		3			1					3					2					2	11	3
4	(2) Peter Craven	11+2	3					1				2				2				3			11	4
5	(8) Ken McKinlay	10		2						2			3			3			0				10	5
6	(1) Per Olof Söderman	10	0				3				2				2				3				10	6
7	(14) Barry Briggs	10				3		2					1		3							1	10	7
8	(6) Brian Crutcher	9		1				3			3							0			2		9	8
9	(15) Peter Moore	8				2			1			1						2	2				8	9
10	(11) Eric Boothroyd	7			2				3		1					1						0	7	10
11	(10) Alan Hunt	6			3			0						1			1		1				6	11
12	(7) Dick Fisher	5		0					0					2	1					2			5	12
13	(13) Doug Davies	4				1	2							0		0					1		4	13
14	(12) Ole Andersson	2			1					1		0			0						0		2	14
15	(9) Ulf Ericsson	2			0		0						0					1		1			2	15
16	(16) Gerry Hussey	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
	(17) Jack Biggs	0																					0
	(18) Nigel Boocock	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