1993_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship
1993 Individual Speedway World Championship
World motorcycle speedway competition
The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]
"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982.[4] Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.[5][6]
British qualifiers
Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
- Top 32 to British-Semi finals
British semi-finals
Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
- Top 16 to British final
Australian qualification
More information Date, Championship ...
| Date | Championship | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| ? | Victorian | Olympic Park, Mildura | Mark Lemon | Leigh Adams | Jason Lyons |
| ? | Queensland | Townsville Speedway, Townsville | Troy Butler | Tony Langdon | Mark Carlson |
| ? | Northern Territory | Tennant Creek Speedway | Wayne Bridgeford | Glen Baxter | Wayne Lorymer |
| ? | South Australian | North Arm Speedway, Gillman | Scott Norman | Shane Bowes | Shane Parker |
| 12 Jan | New South Wales | Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago | Craig Boyce | Mick Poole | Stephen Davies |
| ? | West Australian | Claremont Speedway, Perth | Glenn Doyle | Craig Hodgson | David Cheshire |
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Continental Preliminary round
More information Date, Venue ...
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 25 April |  Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana | Gregor Pintar |  Paolo Salvatelli |  Anatoly Khlynov |
| 25 April |  Tarnów Municpial Stadium, Tarnów | Jacek Rempala | Rif Saitgareev | Dariusz Stenka |
| 25 April |  Marmande Speedway, Marmande |  Marvyn Cox | Marek Hucko |  Tomáš Topinka |
| 25 April | Ludwigslust Speedway, Ludwigslust |  Csaba Hell | Armando Castagna |  Toni Pilotto |
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British Final
Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
- Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve
Swedish qualification
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
More information (2 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm), Pos ...
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Australian Final
Main article: 1993 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
- First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
New Zealand Final
- 31 Mar 1993
Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch- First 2 to Commonwealth Final
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
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| 1 | Mark Thorpe | 15 |
| 2 | Mark Lyndon | 14 |
| 3 | Andy Waker | 13 |
| 4 | Craig Wilkie | 11 |
| 5 | Daniel Ornsby | 10 |
| 6 | Paul Atkins | 9 |
| 7 | Justin Monk | 9 |
| 8 | Mike Wilson | 9 |
| 9 | Jacqui Mauger | 6 |
| 10 | Rhys Hamburger | 6 |
| 11 | Daniel Burbery | 5 |
| 12 | Steve Mudgway | 4 |
| 13 | Scott Boyce | 4 |
| 14 | Graham Hartshome | 0 |
| 15 | Mark Jamiesson | 0 |
| 16 | Darrin Wilson | 0 |
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Continental Quarter-finals
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
More information Date, Venue ...
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 22 May | Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut | Jacek Krzyzaniak | Antal Kocso | Robert Nagy |
| 22 May | Stadion Wiener Neustadt | Armando Castagna | Dariusz Stenka | Zoltán Adorján |
| 23 May | Speedway Stadium, Gorzów | Tomasz Gollob | Piotr Świst | Antonín Kasper, Jr. |
| 23 May | Cserénfa Speedway, Cserénfa | Zoltán Hajdú | László Bódi | Paolo Salvatelli |
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Commonwealth Final
Main article: 1993 Commonwealth final
- First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
American Final
top 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Danish Final
2 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve- R1 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers)
- R2 (31 May, Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup)
- Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
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| 1 | Hans Nielsen | 28 | |
| 2 | Tommy Knudsen | 27 | |
| 3 | John Jørgensen | 22 | |
| 4 | Brian Karger | 21 | |
| 5 | Jan Staechmann | 21 | |
| 6 | Hans Clausen | 17 | |
| 7 | Jacob Olsen | 15 | |
| 8 | Kenneth Arnfred | 14 | |
| 9 | Peter Ravn | 13 | |
| 10 | Tom P. Knudsen | 13 | |
| 11 | Ole Hansen | 11 | |
| 12 | Ronni Pedersen | 10 | |
| 13 | Morten Andersen | 10 | |
| 14 | Kurt Hansen | 8 | |
| 15 | Allan Johansen | 4 | |
| 16 | Lars - Henrik Jorgensen | 2 |
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Norwegian Final
Elgane Speedway, Elgane- 6 Sep '92, top 1 (+1 nomination) to Nordic final
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
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| 1 | Lars Gunnestad | 14+3 |
| 2 | Arnt Forland | 14+2 |
| 3 | Rune Holta | 12+3 |
| 4 | Odd Pettersen | 12+2 |
| 5 | Einar Kyllingstad | 12+1 |
| 6 | Robert Langeland | 9 |
| 7 | Atle Knutse | 8 |
| 8 | Ronny Erga | 7 |
| 9 | Ingvar Hvamstad | 7 |
| 10 | Ingvar Skoglund | 6 |
| 11 | John A. Pollestad | 5 |
| 12 | Eivind Reppen | 5 |
| 13 | Jorn Arve Ardal | 3 |
| 14 | Gjermund Aas | 3 |
| 15 | Björn Arild Tonnesen | 2 |
| 16 | Jan Arild Slatta | 1 |
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Finland Final
Vauhtipuisto, Hyvinkää- 23 Aug '92, top 2 to Nordic final
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
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| 1 | Vesa Ylinen | 15 |
| 2 | Roy Malminheimo | 13 |
| 3 | Arto Orjo | 12 |
| 4 | Petri Nurmesniemi | 11 |
| 5 | Mika Pellinen | 10 |
| 6 | Kai Laukkanen | 10 |
| 7 | Petri Vaatsio | 10 |
| 8 | Tomi Havu | 9 |
| 9 | Janne Koivula | 7 |
| 10 | Aarre Soivuori | 6 |
| 11 | Petri Kokko | 4 |
| 12 | Jarno Kosonen | 3 |
| 13 | Petri Hyvönen | 2 |
| 14 | Kai Pohjasniemi | 1 |
| 15 | Marko Jumisko (res) | 2 |
| 16 | Marko Laine (res) | 2 |
| 17 | Tomi Kalliomäki (res) | 2 |
| 18 | Mika Laukkanen | 1 |
| 19 | Jyri Viemerö | 1 |
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Swedish Final
- R1 (11 May, Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad)
- R2 (12 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping)
- R3 (13 May, Orionparken, Hallstavik)
- 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Gustafsson | 11+14+15 | 40 |
| 2 | Per Jonsson | 14+12+13 | 39 |
| 3 | Tony Rickardsson | 12+14+11 | 37 |
| 4 | Jimmy Nilsen | 13+9+13 | 35 |
| 5 | Peter Karlsson | 10+10+12 | 32 |
| 6 | Stefan Andersson | 7+10+10 | 27 |
| 7 | Peter Nahlin | 9+10+6 | 25 |
| 8 | Claes Ivarsson | 9+6+7 | 22 |
| 9 | Dennis Löfqvist | 5+8+9 | 22 |
| 10 | Niklas Klingberg | 5+5+6 | 16 |
| 11 | Conny Ivarsson | 3+6+6 | 15 |
| 12 | Stefan Dannö | 6+7+2 | 15 |
| 13 | Kenneth Lindby | 5+4+5 | 14 |
| 14 | Mikael Karlsson | 7+1+ns | 8 |
| 15 | Marcus Andersson (Res) | ns+1+4 | 5 |
| 16 | Robert Johansson | 2+1+1 | 4 |
| 17 | Kenneth Nyström | 2+0+ns | 2 |
| 18 | Christer Rohlén (Res) | ns+0+ns | 0 |
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Overseas Final
Main article: 1993 Overseas final
- First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final
Nordic Final
- 13 June 1993
- Seinäjoki Speedway, Seinäjoki
- First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final
More information Pos., Rider ...
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
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| 1 |  Tommy Knudsen | 14 |
| 2 |  Per Jonsson | 13 |
| 3 | Tony Rickardsson | 12 |
| 4 | Brian Karger | 11 |
| 5 | Peter Karlsson | 10 |
| 6 | Hans Nielsen | 9 |
| 7 | Henrik Gustafsson | 9 |
| 8 | John Jørgensen | 9 |
| 9 | Gert Handberg | 7 |
| 10 | Jimmy Nilsen | 6 |
| 11 | Hans Clausen | 5 |
| 12 |  Einar Kyllingstad | 4 |
| 13 |  Roy Malminheimo | 2 |
| 14 | Jan Staechmann | 2 |
| 15 | Lars Gunnestad | 2 |
| 16 | Vesa Ylinen | 1 |
| Res | Peter Nahlin | ns |
| Res | Rune Holta | ns |
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Continental Semi-finals
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- Cox rode on a Polish licence
World Semi-Finals
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- 29 August 1993[7]
Rottalstadion, Pocking
More information Placing, Rider ...
| 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 |
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 (5) Sam Ermolenko |
12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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(10) Hans Nielsen |
11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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 (13) Chris Louis |
11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | (4) Henrik Gustafsson |
10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | (16) Andy Smith |
10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (14) Gary Havelock |
10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | (15) Tomasz Gollob |
8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (7) Peter Karlsson |
8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (8) Per Jonsson |
7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (3) Billy Hamill |
7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (1) Gerd Riss |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (2) Armando Castagna |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (6) Joe Screen |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (11) Tony Rickardsson |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  (9) Leigh Adams |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (12) Greg Hancock |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| R1 | (R1) Ronnie Correy |
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| R2 | (R2) Brian Karger |
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 |
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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
| gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
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- "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "'Ermolenko takes title'". The Times. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
- "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.