The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.^[7]

Qualification started in 1957.^[8][9]

Stage 3

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Nordic Final 8 June 1958 Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to European final Pos. Rider Points 1 Rune Sörmander 15 2 Ove Fundin 12 3 Olle Nygren 12 4 Dan Forsberg 11 5 Göran Norlén 9 6 Per Olof Söderman 9 7 Nils Paulsen 8 8 Birger Forsberg 7 9 Aage Hansen 7 10 Bengt Eriksson 6 11 Arne Pander 5 12 Timo Laine 4 13 Bernt Nilsson 4 14 Curt Nyqvist 3 15 Evert Andersson 2 16 Kjell Wårenius 2 17 Björn Knutson 2 18 Reidar Kristoffersen dnr

Continental Final 1 June 1958 Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Points 1 Joel Jansson 14 2 Josef Hofmeister 14 3 Josef Seidl 11 4 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 5 Stanisław Tkocz 9 6 Marian Kaiser 9 7 Joachim Maj 8 8 Edward Kupczyński 8 9 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 8 10 Janusz Suchecki 7 11 Henryk Żyto 6 12 Alfred Aberl 6 13 Janusz Koscielak 3 14 Jaroslav Volf 3 15 Josef Bössner 3 16 Karl Killmeyer 1 176 Valentin Unterköfler (res) 0

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British & Commonwealth qualifying

• Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals.^[10]

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Date	Venue	Winner
14 July	Wimborne Road	Jack Biggs
14 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Ronnie Moore
15 July	Banister Court Stadium	Ronnie Genz
17 July	Foxhall Stadium	Peter Moore
17 July	Oxford Stadium	Gordon McGregor
18 July	Leicester Stadium	Ken McKinlay
19 July	Hyde Road	Ron Johnston
19 July	Brandon Stadium	Jack Young
19 July	The Firs Stadium	Billy Bales
19 July	Abbey Stadium	Ron How

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Stage 4

British/Commonwealth semi-final

• Barry Briggs seeded to World final
• First 10 to World final + 1 reserve

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Date	Venue	Winner
16 August	Hyde Road	Ken McKinklay
18 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Peter Craven
19 August	Banister Court Stadium	Jack Geran
22 August	Leicester Stadium	Brian Crutcher

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Pos. Rider Points 1 Ken McKinlay 27 2 Peter Craven 27 3 Mike Broadbanks 25 4 Ron How 24 5 Peter Moore 24 6 Ronnie Moore 23 7 Aub Lawson 22 8 Ron Johnston 22 9 Gerry Hussey 22 10 Jack Geran 22 11 Brian Crutcher 22 12 Gordon McGregor 20 13 George White 17 14 Dick Bradley 15 15 Billy Bales 14 16 Neil Street 14

Pos. Rider Total pts 17 Chum Taylor 13 18 Jack Young 13 19 Alf Hagon 13 20 Jack Unstead 12 21 Jack Biggs 11 22 Bob Duckworth 8 23 Harry Edwards 8 24 Ronnie Genz 7 25 Gerald Jackson 6 26 Charlie New 6 27 Arthur Forrest 5 28 Eric Boothroyd 4 29 Ray Cresp 3 30 Phil Clarke 3 31 Ron Mountford 1

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European Final

• 22 July 1958
• Army Stadium, Warsaw
• First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve^[11]

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Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	15
2	Josef Hofmeister	13
3	Rune Sörmander	12
4	Olle Nygren	11
5	Joel Jansson	10
6	Per Olof Söderman	9
7	Marian Kaiser	9
8	Joseph Seidl	7
9	Joachim Maj	6
10	Nils Paulsen	6
11	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	5
12	Stanisław Tkocz	4
13	Edward Kupczyński	4
14	Dan Forsberg	3
15	Göran Norlén	2
16	Birger Forsberg	2

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• 20 September 1958
• London, Wembley Stadium^[12]
• Referee: () E. G. Cope

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Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Barry Briggs	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Ove Fundin	(3,3,2,3,2)	13
3	Aub Lawson	(1,3,3,1,3)	11+3
4	Peter Craven	(2,3,0,3,3)	11+2
5	Ken McKinlay	(2,2,3,2,2)	11+1
6	Ronnie Moore	(3,2,0,1,3)	9
7	Olle Nygren	(3,2,2,2,0)	9
8	Ron Johnston	(1,1,1,3,2)	8
9	Gerry Hussey	(2,0,2,2,1)	7
10	Ron How	(1,1,2,2,1)	7
11	Peter Moore	(0,1,3,1,0)	5
12	Mike Broadbank	(2,0,1,0,2)	5
13	Rune Sörmander	(0,2,1,0,1)	4
14	Jack Geran	(0,1,1,0,1)	3
15	Josef Hofmeister	(1,0,0,1,0)	2
16	Joel Jansson	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Brian Crutcher	did not ride	-
R2	Per Olof Söderman	did not ride	-

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Classification

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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) Barry Briggs	15	3							3				3				3				3	15	1
2	(13) Ove Fundin	13				3	3							2		3					2		13	2
3	(2) Aub Lawson	11+3	1					3				3				1				3			11	3
4	(3) Peter Craven	11+2	2						3				e				3				3		11	4
5	(11) Ken McKinlay	11+0			2				2		3					2						2	11	5
6	(10) Ronnie Moore	9			3			2						0			1		3				9	6
7	(5) Olle Nygren	9		3			2					2					2					e	9	7
8	(7) Ron Johnston	8		1					1					1	3					2			8	8
9	(6) Gerry Hussey	7		2				0			2							2			1		7	9
10	(14) Ron How	7				1		1					2		2							1	7	10
11	(9) Peter Moore	5			f		1						3					1		0			5	11
12	(15) Mike Broadbank	5				2			0			1						0	2				5	12
13	(16) Rune Sörmander	4				0				2	1						0			1			4	13
14	(8) Jack Geran	3		f						1			1			0			1				3	14
15	(12) Josef Hofmeister	2			1					0		0			1						0		2	15
16	(1) Joel Jansson	0	0				0				0				0				0				0	16
	(17) Brian Crutcher	0																					0
	(18) Per Olof Söderman	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

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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

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