1980_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1980 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 35th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

With the defending Ivan Mauger failing to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1966, and Ole Olsen only qualifying as a reserve, the 1980 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden was seen as an open final with a number of potential winners. Michael Lee, Bruce Penhall, Dave Jessup and Billy Sanders considered the favourites with Jan Andersson (the only Swedish rider in the World Final), John Davis, Hans Nielsen, Zenon Plech, Chris Morton and Peter Collins all expected to challenge.

Twenty-one-year-old English ace Lee who had only finished 7th in the Intercontinental Final at White City, won his only World Championship with 14 points from his 5 rides. Dave Jessup finished second after defeating Billy Sanders in a runoff when both riders finished on 12 points to give England a 1-2 finish in a World Final.

Michael Lee became only the fifth rider from Great Britain to win speedway's ultimate individual prize, joining Welshman Freddie Williams (1950), and fellow Englishmen Tommy Price (1949), Peter Craven (1955 & 1962) and Peter Collins (1976) as a speedway world champion.

Third round

Fifth round

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Preliminary Round
8 April	Milton Keynes Stadium,Milton Keynes	Mike Lanham	Rob Hollingworth	David Kennett
9 April	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Dave Perks	Dave Morton	Paul Woods
11 April	East of England Arena, Peterborough	Andy Hines	Nicky Allott	Nigel Flatman
11 April	Ellesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere Port	Peter Prinsloo	Derek Richardson	David Gagen
13 April	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Melvyn Taylor	Bob Garrad	Ian Clark
Quarter-Final
27 April	The Shay, Halifax	Mike Lanham	Kevin Hawkins	Dave Morton

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
19 April	Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut	Egon Muller	Waldemar Bacik	Edward Jancarz
20 April	Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz	Zdeněk Kudrna	Jerzy Rembas	Marek Ziarnik
20 April	Giavera del Montello, Treviso	Milan Špinka	Václav Verner	Herbert Szerecz
20 April	Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica	Petr Ondrašík	Jan Hadek	Petr Kučera

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 May	Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný	Mikhail Starostin	Jiří Štancl	Jan Verner
4 May	Mladost Stadum, Prelog	Henny Kroeze	Václav Verner	Milan Špinka
4 May	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	Zdeněk Kudrna	Jerzy Rembas	Piotr Pyszny

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) Jan Andersson	13				2	3							3		2					3		13	1
	(15) Richard Hellsen	12				3			3			3						X	3				12	2
	(2) Tommy Johansson	12	2					3				2				3				2			12	3
4	(8) Anders Michanek	11		3						3			2			1			2				11	4
5	(14) Bernt Persson	11				1		2					3		2							3	11	5
6	(9) Bengt Jansson	10			1		2						1					3		3			10	6
7	(11) Tommy Nilsson	9			2				2		3					0						2	9	7
8	(16) Borje Klingberg	7				0				1	2						3			1			7	8
9	(1) Hans Danielsson	7	1				1				1				3				1				7	9
10	(10) Rolf Sundberg	6			3			X						1			2		0				6	10
11	(6) Per-Ove Gundmundsson	6		2				1			0							1			2		6	11
12	(4) Bo Wirebrand	5	3							0				2				X				-	5	12
13	(7) Conny Samuelsson	3		1					1					0	1					0			3	13
14	(12) Lillebror Johansson	2			0					2		E			-						-		2	14
15	(5) Bengt Gustavsson	1		0			0					1					0					0	1	15
16	(3) Jan Eriksson	0	E						F				F				-				-		0	16
R1	(R1) Karl-Erik Claesson	4													0			2			1	1	4	R1
R2	(R2) Uno Johansson	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

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kai Niemi	12
2	Ilkka Teromaa	9
3	Veijo Tuoriniemi	9
4	Ari Koponen	8
5	Seppo Palomaki	8
6	Olli Turkia	8
7	Esko Myllari	8
8	Timo Kiansten	7
9	Pekka Hautamaki	6
10	Hannu Lehtonen	6
11	Heimo Kaikko	4
12	Markku Haapala	4
13	Veli Pekka Kunelius	3
14	Olli Tyrvainen	3
15	Ismo Kivela	2
16	Jarmo Puttonen	0
17	Matti Hyyrylainen (res)	0

1980_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1980 Individual Speedway World Championship

First round

British Qualification

Second round

Swedish qualification

Continental Preliminary round

Australian Final

New Zealand Final

British semi-finals

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

Swedish Final

Finland Final

Danish Final

Norwegian Final

Australasian Final

British Final

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Commonwealth Final

American Final

Nordic Final

Fifth round

Continental Final

Intercontinental Final

World Final

References

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Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Bo Petersen	15
2	Preben Eriksen	13
3	Bent Rasmussen	12+3
4	Finn Rune Jensen	12+2
5	Finn Thomsen	10
6	Mike Lohmann	8
7	Alf Busk	8
8	Jens Henry Nielsen	7
9	Lars Vinding	6
10	Arne Cruse	6
11	Gunnar Hansen	6
12	Finn Lundahl	5
13	Steen Mastrup	5
14	Hans Ove Cristiansen	3
15	Svend Lund	3
16	Gunnar Svendsen	1

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Reidar Eide	14
2	Audun Ove Olsen	13
3	Rolf Gramstad	12+3
4	Dag Haaland	12+2
5	Trond Helge Skretting	10
6	Terje Tollefsen	8
7	Sigvart Pedersen	7
8	Kjell Gimre	7
9	Jon Hovind	6
10	Roy Otto	6
11	Jorn Haugvaldstad	6
12	Toralf Holen	6
13	Asgeir Bjerga	4
14	Geir Aasland	4
15	Rolf Havirstad	2
16	Dagvinn Jorgensen	2

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
	(10) Billy Sanders	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(1) John Titman	13	3				3				2				3				2				13	2
	(16) Larry Ross	12				3				3	3						2			1			12	3
4	(2) Mitch Shirra	12	2					2				3				3				2			12	4
5	(4) Phil Crump	11	1							2				2				3				3	11	5	3
6	(7) Tony Briggs	11		2					3					1	2					3			11	6	2
7	(6) Mike Farrell	10		3				1			1							2			3		10	7
8	(14) Phil Herne	8				2		0					3		1							2	8	8
9	(3) Steve Koppe	7	0						2				2				1				2		7	9
10	(11) Glyn Taylor	5			2				1		0					2						0	5	10
11	(5) Gleen McDonald	5		0			2					2					0					1	5	11
12	(15) Graeme Stapleton	3				1			0			0						1	1				3	12
13	(13) Keith Wright	2				0	1							0		0					1		2	13
14	(9) David Bargh	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	14
15	(8) Mike Fullerton	2		1						0			0			1			0				2	15
16	(12) Wayne Brown	1			0					1		0			0						0		1	16
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

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Dave Jessup	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Michael Lee	(3,3,3,3,2)	14
3	Phil Collins	(1,2,2,3,3)	11
4	Peter Collins	(3,3,0,3,1)	10
5	Gordon Kennett	(2,2,2,2,2)	10
6	John Louis	(3,1,3,1,1)	9
7	John Davis	(X,2,1,2,3)	8
8	Chris Morton	(0,1,1,2,3)	7
9	Melvyn Taylor	(2,1,X,2,2)	7
10	Reg Wilson	(2,2,1,1,0)	6+3
11	Bobby Beaton	(0,1,3,0,2)	6+2
12	Ian Cartwright	(1,0,2,1,1)	5
13	Dave Morton	(1,3,0,0,0)	4
14	Kevin Jolly	(2,0,1,0,1)	4
15	Peter Prinsloo	(2,1,0,1,0)	4
16	Mike Lanham	(0,0,0,0,0)	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	21
	(2) Dave Jessup	14	3					2				3				3				3			14	1
	(14) John Louis	13				2		3					2		3							3	13	2
	(3) Ivan Mauger	12	2						3				1				3				3		12	3
4	(8) John Davis	11		1						2			3			2			3				11	4
5	(9) Billy Sanders	10			3		3						0					3		1			10	5
6	(4) Chris Morton	11	0							3				3				3				2	11	6
7	(5) Michael Lee	9		3			2					2					1					1	9	7
8	(7) Mitch Shirra	9		2					2					1	2					2			9	8
9	(10) Peter Collins	7			1			0						3			2		1				7	9
10	(15) Gordon Kennett	6				3			1			1						1	0				6	10	3
11	(1) Larry Ross	6	1				1				1				1				2				6	11	E
12	(12) Phil Collins	5			2					1		0			0						2		5	12
13	(6) John Titman	4		0				1			3							0			E		4	13
14	(11) Melvyn Taylor	3			F				0		2					1						0	3	14
15	(13) Phil Crump	2				1	0							0		0					1		2	15
16	(16) Reg Wilson	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
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

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Bruce Penhall	14
2	Scott Autrey	13+3
3	Dennis Sigalos	13+2
4	Ron Preston	13+1
5	Shawn Moran	10
6	Gene Woods	10
7	John Cook	9
8	Mike Faria	7
9	Bobby Schwartz	5
10	Alan Christian	5
11	Denny Pyeatt	5
12	Duane Yarrow	5
13	Brad Oxley	4
14	John Santona	4
15	Dan McNeill	3
16	Kelly Moran	1
17	Larry Kosta	0

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Ole Olsen	14
3	Finn Thomsen	13
4	Bent Rasmussen	12
5	Kai Niemi	10
6	Ila Teromaa	8
7	Bo Petersen	8
8	Hans Danielsson	7
9	Tommy Johansson	7
10	Preben Eriksen	6
11	Rolf Gramstad	5
12	Bernt Persson	5
13	Veijo Tyoriniemi	4
14	Audun Ove Olsen	2
15	Reidar Eide	1
16	Bengt Jansson	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
	(16) Zenon Plech	14				3				3	3						3			2			14	1	3
	(13) Jiří Štancl	14				2	3							3		3					3		14	2	2
	(7) Aleš Dryml Sr.	12		1					3					2	3					3			12	3
4	(1) Egon Müller	11	3				1				2				2				3				11	4
5	(5) Petr Ondrašík	11		2			2					2					2					3	11	5
6	(6) Václav Verner	9		3				1			1							2			2		9	6
7	(4) Mikhail Starostin	7	2							2				F				3				E	7	7
8	(8) Jerzy Rembas	7		X						1			3			1			2				7	8
9	(14) Georg Hack	7				1		2					2		F							2	7	9
10	(11) Milan Špinka	6			3				2		0					0						1	6	10
11	(10) Zdeněk Kudrna	6			X			3						1			1		1				6	11
12	(2) Andrzej Huszcza	6	F					E				3				2				1			6	12
13	(3) Andy Cusworth	3	1						0				1				0				1		3	13
14	(12) Wojciech Żabiałowicz	2			1					0		0			1						F		2	14
15	(15) Nikolay Kornev	2				0			1			1						E	F				2	15
16	(9) Edward Jancarz	0			F		-						-					-					0	16
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
	(1) Chris Morton	12	2				1				3				3				3				12	1	3
	(5) Bruce Penhall	12		3			3					1					3					2	12	2	2
	(15) Billy Sanders	11				1			3			3						2	2				11	3	3
4	(3) Kai Niemi	11	3						2				2				1				3		11	4	2
5	(16) Finn Thomsen	10				2				2	1						2			3			10	5
6	(8) Dave Jessup	9		2						3			E			3			1				9	6
7	(13) Michael Lee	9				3	0							3		1					2		9	7
8	(9) John Davis	9			1		2						3					1		2			9	8
9	(4) Hans Nielsen	8	1							1				X				3				3	8	9
10	(2) Peter Collins	7	0					3				2				2				0			7	10
11	(7) Ole Olsen	6		1					1					2	1					1			6	11
12	(11) Scott Autrey	6			3				0		2					0						1	6	12
13	(14) Ivan Mauger	5				0		2					1		2							0	5	13
14	(12) John Louis	3			2					0		0			0						1		3	14
15	(6) Mitch Shirra	1		0				1			0							0			0		1	15
16	(10) Bent Leif Rasmussen	0			0			0						X			E		-				0	16
R1	(R1) Gordon Kennett	0																	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

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
	(9) Michael Lee	14			2		3						3					3		3			14	1
	(10) Dave Jessup	12			3			2						2			2		3				12	2	3
	(13) Billy Sanders	12				3	1							3		2					3		12	3	2
4	(5) Jan Andersson	11		3			0					2					3					3	11	4
5	(1) Bruce Penhall	9	3				2				1				1				2				9	5
6	(2) John Davis	9	2					1				1				3				2			9	6
7	(11) Peter Collins	8			1				3		3					1						0	8	7
8	(12) Kai Niemi	8			0					1		3			2						2		8	8
9	(7) Chris Morton	8		2					1					1	3					1			8	9
10	(14) Finn Thomsen	7				2		3					1		0							1	7	10
11	(4) Hans Nielsen	7	1							2				0				2				2	7	11
12	(8) Aleš Dryml Sr.	5		0						3			2			0			0				5	12
13	(15) Jiří Štancl	5				1			2			0						1	1				5	13
14	(6) Egon Muller	4		1				0			2							E			1		4	14
15	(16) Zenon Plech	1				E				0	0						1			0			1	15
16	(3) Petr Ondrašík	0	0						0				0				0				0		0	16
R1	(R1) Ole Olsen	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Václav Verner	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Hans Danielsson	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