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1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1994 Speedway World Final programme.

The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]

It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.[3]

Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.[4][5]

First round

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British qualifiers

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Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

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British semi-finals

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Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

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Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Dec '93 Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground Troy Butler Jason Crump Tony Rose
27 Dec '93 New South Wales Gosford Showground, Gosford Craig Boyce Stephen Davies Tony Primmer
Dec '93 Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Mark Lemon Jason Lyons
Dec '93 South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Shane Parker Brett Woodifield Steve Graetz
Dec '93 Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Steve Johnston ? ?

New Zealand qualification

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Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
?? South Island Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe Mark Jamiesson Trevor Chapman
? North Island Stratford Speedway, Stratford Nathan Murray Mike Wilson Tony Nagel

Third round

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Swedish qualification

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Continental Preliminary round

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 April Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Hungary Sándor Tihanyi Italy Andrea Maida Hungary Gabor Roth
24 April Italy Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Russia Rinat Mardanshin Czech Republic Zdeněk Schneiderwind Germany Robert Barth
24 April Germany Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen Germany Simon Wigg Latvia Vladimir Voronkov Czech Republic George Štancl
24 April Poland Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła Russia Grigory Kharchenko Poland Adam Pawliczek Latvia Andrey Korolev

British Final

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Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

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Main article: 1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
  • First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Mark Thorpe 15
2 Tony Nagel 14
3 Mark Jamieson 13
4 Steve Mudgway 11
5 Nathan Murray 9
6 Mike Wilson 8
7 Galvin Stone 8
8 Craig Barker 8
9 Trevor Chapman 6
10 Justin Monk 6
11 Dean Cooper 5
12 Rhys Hamburger 4
13 Jacqui Mauger 4
14 Chris Penny 4
15 Scott Mitchell 2
16 Daniel Burberry 1

Fourth round

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Continental Quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
8 May France Marmande Speedway, Marmande Poland Grzegorz Rempala Czech Republic Roman Matoušek Italy Massimo Mora
8 May Germany Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen Poland Roman Jankowski Italy Armando Castagna Czech Republic Antonín Kasper, Jr.
8 May Germany Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Germany Marvyn Cox Czech Republic Marián Jirout Hungary Róbert Nagy
8 May Poland Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła Poland Piotr Świst Poland Jacek Rempala Germany Simon Wigg

Danish Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Hans Nielsen 24
2 Claus Jacobsen 22
3 Gert Handberg 21
4 Jan Staechmann 20
5 Tommy Knudsen 20
6 Martin Vinther 18
7 John Jørgensen 17
8 Jacob Olsen 16
9 Brian Karger 16
10 Brian Andersen 13
11 Frede Schött 13
12 Ole Hansen 11
13 Jan Andersen 8
Res Ronni Pedersen 7
14 Morten Andersen 6
Res Soren Damgärd 6
15 Bo Skov Eriksen 1
16 Kjed Mikkelsen 0

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Mika Pellinen 15
2 Petri Nurmesniemi 14
3 Kai Laukkanen 11
4 Jarno Kosonen 11
5 Vesa Ylinen 10
6 Janne Koivula 9
7 Marko Hyyrylãinen 8
8 Juha Moksunen 8
9 Sam Myllymäki 6
10 Petri Vaatsio 6
11 Marko Laine 6
12 Mika Laukkanen 5
13 Marko Junisko (res) 4
14 Tomi Havu 3
15 Jarmo Mäkinen 3
16 Tomi Kalliomäki 1
17 Roy Malmineheimo 0

Norwegian Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Lars Gunnestad 14+3
2 Rune Holta 14+2
3 Arnt Forland 13
4 Björn Arild Tönnesen 11
5 Einar Kyllingstad 10
6 Ignar Hvamstad 10
7 John Pollestad 9
8 Robert Langeland 8
9 Arvid Ardal 7
10 Kjell Roine Heia 5
11 Kjell Öyvind Sola 5
12 Willy Tjessem 4
13 Jörn Arve Aardal 3
14 Eivind Reppen 3
15 Trygve Jensen 2
16 Pal Christiansen Hasselgren 2

Swedish 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 (2) Henrik Gustafsson 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1
2 Sweden (5) Per Jonsson 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 Sweden (13) Tony Rickardsson 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 3
4 Sweden (15) Stefan Danno 10 2 3 0 3 2 10 4
5 Sweden (3) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 5
6 Sweden (11) Niklas Klingberg 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 6 3
7 Sweden (1) Mikael Karlsson 9 3 1 0 2 3 9 7 2
8 Sweden (7) Erik Stenlund 9 1 0 3 3 2 9 8 1
9 Sweden (12) Tony Olsson 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 9
10 Sweden (10) Peter Nahlin 6 3 1 1 1 0 6 10
11 Sweden (14) Jorgen Johansson 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 Sweden (16) Christer Rohlen 5 0 1 3 0 1 5 12
13 Sweden (4) Claes Ivarsson 4 0 2 0 2 E 4 13
14 Sweden (8) Conny Ivarsson 4 2 F 1 0 1 4 14
15 Sweden (6) Niklas Karlsson 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 15
16 Sweden (9) Patrick Olsson 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Robert Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Anders Kling 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

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

Commonwealth Final

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Main article: 1994 Commonwealth final
  • First 10 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American 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 22
1 United States (15) Greg Hancock 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United States (13) Billy Hamill 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2 3
3 United States (9) Josh Larsen 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3 2
4 United States (11) Mike Faria 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4 3
5 United States (2) Charles Ermolenko 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 5 2
6 United States (6) Chris Manchester 10 3 3 3 1 F 10 6
7 United States (7) Charlie Venegas 8 2 1 2 3 F 8 7
8 United States (1) Bobby Schwartz 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 8
9 United States (5) Jim Sisemore 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 9
10 United States (14) Ed Castro 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 10
11 United States (16) Brent Werner 5 0 3 0 1 1 5 11
12 United States (3) John Aden 5 1 0 1 3 E 5 12
13 United States (4) Bobby Hedden 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 13
14 United States (12) Andy Northrup 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 United States (8) Josh Kehoe 2 T 1 T 0 1 2 15
16 United States (10) Brad Oxley 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 16
R1 United States (R1) Jeam Eastes 0 0 F 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 22

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

Fifth round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Tomasz Gollob 15
2 Germany Marvyn Cox 13+3
3 Poland Jacek Gollob 13+2
4 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 10
5 Hungary Róbert Nagy 10
6 Poland Dariusz Sledz 9
7 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 9
8 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 8
9 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 7
10 Italy Massimo Mora 6
11 Czech Republic Marian Jirout 6
12 Italy Andrea Maida 4
13 Russia Rinat Mardanschin 3
14 Poland Grzegorz Rempala 3
15 Hungary József Petrikovics 3
16 Poland Marek Hucko (res) 1
17 Austria Franz Leitner 0
18 Hungary Sandor Tihanyi (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+3
2 Italy Armando Castagna 12+2
3 Poland Roman Jankowski 11+3
4 Poland Piotr Swist 11+2
5 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 10
6 Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn 10
7 Germany Simon Wigg 10
8 Russia Grigorij Charchenko 8
9 Czech Republic Petr Vandírek 7
10 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 6
11 Poland Jacek Rempala 6
12 Russia Michail Starostin 6
13 Russia Oleg Kurguskin 5
14 Czech Republic Jiří Štancl 5
15 Czech Republic Václav Milík Sr. 1
16 Austria Walter Nebel 0

Overseas Final

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Main article: 1994 Overseas final
  • First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic 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 Denmark (3) Hans Nielsen 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 1
2 Denmark (9) Tommy Knudsen 12 3 0 3 3 3 12 2 3
3 Sweden (5) Tony Rickardsson 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 3 2
4 Sweden (1) Henrik Gustafsson 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4
5 Sweden (2) Per Jonsson 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 5
6 Norway (4) Lars Gunnestad 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 6
7 Sweden (7) Stefan Danno 8 0 2 3 3 0 8 7
8 Denmark (6) Gert Handberg 8 3 1 2 2 8 8
9 Denmark (16) Jan Staechmann 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 9
10 Denmark (8) Claus Jacobsen 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 Sweden (15) Jimmy Nilsen 5 3 X 2 0 X 5 11
12 Finland (14) Vesa Ylinen 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 12
13 Norway (11) Rune Holta 4 T 1 1 2 F 4 13
14 Finland (13) Mika Pellinen 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 14
15 Finland (12) Marko Huyyrylainen 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 Denmark (10) Martin Vinther 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Magnus Zetterstrom 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

Sixth round

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World Semi-Final 1

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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 22
1 England (9) Mark Loram 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 Sweden (11) Henrik Gustafsson 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 United States (6) Josh Larsen 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 4
5 England (4) Marvyn Cox 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 5
6 England (5) Chris Louis 9 2 2 2 2 1 9 6
7 Poland (16) Piotr Świst 8 1 2 0 3 2 8 7
8 Australia (1) Craig Boyce 8 1 1 2 2 2 8 8
9 Poland (15) Roman Jankowski 7 3 3 1 0 0 7 9
10 Denmark (10) Claus Jacobsen 6 1 1 1 0 3 6 10
11 Czech Republic (3) Bohumil Brhel 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 11
12 Norway (8) Lars Gunnestad 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 12
13 Poland (12) Jacek Gollob 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 13
14 Italy (14) Armando Castagna 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 Australia (13) Leigh Adams 2 0 0 2 0 - 2 15
16 Hungary (7) Robert Nagy 0 0 0 0 - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Joe Screen 0 0 R1
R2 Czech Republic (R2) Roman Matoušek 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 22

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

World Semi-final 2

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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 22
1 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Sweden (8) Tony Rickardsson 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 2
3 Denmark (16) Jan Staechmann 11 2 2 3 2 2 11 3 3
4 United States (7) Sam Ermolenko 11 2 1 2 3 3 11 4 2
5 Sweden (11) Stefan Danno 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 5 1
6 Denmark (15) Tommy Knudsen 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 6 0
7 Australia (1) Jason Crump 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8 United States (12) Greg Hancock 8 2 0 1 2 3 8 8 3
9 United States (13) Billy Hamill 8 1 T 3 2 2 8 9 2
10 Czech Republic (4) Tomáš Topinka 8 2 1 1 3 1 8 10
11 Hungary (14) Zoltán Adorján 5 0 3 2 0 X 5 11
12 Poland (9) Ryszard Franczyszyn 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 Poland (2) Dariusz Sledz 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 England (6) Simon Wigg 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 14
15 Denmark (3) Gert Handberg 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 Czech Republic (10) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 1 1 E E - - 1 16
R1 Russia (R1) Grigory Kharchenko 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 Czech Republic (R2) Petr Vandírek 0 F 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 22

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

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 (6) Tony Rickardsson 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 1 3
2 Denmark (11) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 3 X 3 12 2 2
3 Australia (13) Craig Boyce 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 1
4 United States (12) Greg Hancock 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 4
5 Denmark (1) Tommy Knudsen 10 3 3 1 0 3 10 5
6 England (14) Marvyn Cox 9 3 0 3 2 1 9 6
7 Sweden (10) Henrik Gustafsson 9 2 3 2 1 1 9 7
8 England (8) Mark Loram 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 8
9 United States (2) Josh Larsen 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 9
10 Denmark (15) Jan Stæchmann 7 1 2 2 2 0 7 10
11 Australia (7) Jason Crump 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 11
12 England (3) Chris Louis 6 1 1 1 3 0 6 12
13 United States (5) Sam Ermolenko 6 0 1 1 2 2 6 13
14 Sweden (4) Stefan Dannö 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 14
15 Poland (16) Piotr Świst 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Poland (9) Tomasz Gollob 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
R1 United States (R1) Billy Hamill 0 1 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Roman Jankowski 0 0 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

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. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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