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1988 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

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World Under-21 Championship
VenueSlaný Speedway Stadium
LocationSlaný, Czechoslovakia
Start date10 July 1988
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The 1988 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2][3] It was the first Championship open to all nations, which was why it was renamed the World Under-21 Championship from the European Under-21 Championship.

The event was won by Peter Nahlin of Sweden.[4][5][6]

World final

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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 21
1 Sweden (7) Peter Nahlin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (16) Henrik Gustafsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 2 3
3 Denmark (11) Brian Karger 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 3 2
4 Denmark (10) Kenneth Arnfred 11 1 2 3 3 2 11 4 1
5 Sweden (1) Christer Rohlén 10 3 3 E 1 3 10 5
6 Sweden (3) Niklas Karlsson 10 2 1 3 1 3 10 6
7 West Germany (9) Tommy Dunker 9 3 E 1 3 2 9 7
8 Poland (4) Piotr Świst 9 1 3 1 2 2 9 8
9 Australia (2) Troy Butler 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 9
10 Poland (12) Waldemar Cieślewicz 8 0 1 3 2 2 8 10
11 Soviet Union (8) Ruslan Koval 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 11
12 Poland (5) Zbigniew Błażejczak 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (13) Jan Schinagl 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 13
14 Poland (14) Sławomir Dudek 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 x
15 Poland (6) Jarosław Olszewski 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 15
16 Czechoslovakia (15) Vladimir Kalina 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 16
R1 Hungary (R1) Róbert Nagy 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 21

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

References

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  1. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1988". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "The Dynamic Duos". Reading Evening Post. 16 July 1988. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.