1959_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

14th edition of the World motorcycle speedway 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]

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
31 May	Municipal Stadium, Ostrów	Joachim Maj	Janusz Koscielak	Mieczysław Połukard
31 May	Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen	Björn Knutson	Florian Kapała	Konstanty Pociejkewicz
31 May	Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec	Stefan Kwoczala	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Richard Janicek
31 May	Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj	Miloslav Špinka	Marian Phillip	Karel Průša

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

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

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
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

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

1959_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

First Round

Norwegian round

Finnish round

Swedish round

Continental quarter-finals

Second round

Nordic qualification

Continental semi-final

Third round

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

Nordic Final

Continental Final

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Semi finals

European Final

World Final

References

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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	(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) Zdeněk 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

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