1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

1977 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Overseas Series

Australasian Final

February 19, 1977
Sydney, Sydney Showground Speedway
First 4 to Intercontinental final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ivan Mauger	14+3
2	Phil Crump	14+2
3	John Boulger	14+1
4	Billy Sanders	12
5	Phil Herne	11
6	Barry Briggs	9
7	Ricky Day	9
8	Mitch Shirra	8
9	Mike Farrell	7
10	John Titman	7
11	Colin Farquharson	4
12	Larry Ross	4
13	Robin Adlington	3
14	Mike Fullerton	3
15	Roger Wright	1
16	John Goodall	0

Nordic Final

May 29, 1977
Tampere, Ratinan stadion
First 4 to Intercontinental final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ole Olsen	15
2	Ilka Teromaa	14
3	Finn Thomsen	12
4	Kai Niemi	12
5	Bo Petersen	10
6	Tom Godal	10
7	Finn Jensen	9
8	Tormod Langli	8
9	Gunnar Svendsen	7
10	Markku Helminen	5
11	Erling Rasmussen	5
12	Trond Skretting	4
13	Esa Mattila (Res)	3
14	Rauli Mäkinen (Res)	2
15	Geir Aasland	1
16	Pentti Mattila (Res)	1
17	Ingve Madland	0
18	Ari Koponen	0
19	Stein R Pedersen	0

Swedish Final

June 24-26, 1977
- 3 Rounds (Vetlanda, Norrköping & Eskilstuna)
First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Anders Michanek	44
2	Bengt Jansson	38
3	Bernt Persson	32
4	Tommy Nilsson	30
5	Sören Karlsson	29
6	Jan Andersson	27
7	Rickard Hellsén	27
8	Christer Sjösten	24
9	Sören Sjösten	21
10	Tommy Johansson	19
11	Hans Holmqvist	15
12	Jan Simensen	15
13	Åke Fridell	14
14	Karl-Erik Claesson	13
15	Börje Klingberg	7
16	Eddie Davidsson	5
17	Lars-Åke Andersson	0
18	Conny Samuelsson	0

British Final

July 13, 1977
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 6 to Intercontinental final. Peter Collins seeded to Intercontinental final.

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Michael Lee	14
2	Dave Jessup	13
3	Doug Wyer	12
4	John Davis	10
5	Keith White	10
6	Chris Morton	9
7	Bob Kilby	9
8	Gordon Kennett	8
9	Terry Betts	8
10	Alan Wilkinson	7
11	John Louis	6
12	Martin Ashby	5
13	Barry Thomas	2
14	David Gagen	2
15	Neil Middleditch	2
16	Malcolm Simmons	0

American Final

July 29, 1977
Los Angeles, Costa Mesa Speedway
First 2 to Intercontinental final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mike Bast	14
2	Bruce Penhall	13+3
3	Scott Autrey	13+2
4	Steve Bast	11
5	Rick Woods	10
6	Alan Christian	9
7	Mike Curoso	9
8	Don Sigalos	8
9	Steve Gresham	8
10	Ron Yarrow	7
11	Larry Shaw	6
12	Rich MacMurray	5
13	Dave Robinson	5
14	R. McGill	1
15	Dave Faria	1

Continental Final

July 25, 1977
Togliatti
First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan Verner	13+3
2	Egon Müller	13+2
3	Jiří Štancl	13+1
4	Edward Jancarz	11
5	Jan Mucha	11
6	Vladimir Rozhanchuck	10
7	Gregorij Khlynovski	9
8	Boguslaw Nowak	7
9	Jerzy Rembas	6
10	Jan Hadek	5
11	Angel Eftimov	3
12	Henny Kroeze	2
13	Marek Cieślak	1
14	Gregorij Ivanov	1
15	Vaclav Verner	0
16	Andrzej Jurczynski	0

Intercontinental Final

August 21, 1977
London, White City Stadium
First 7 to World final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Peter Collins	15
2	Ole Olsen	13
3	Billy Sanders	12+3
4	Michael Lee	12+2
5	Ivan Mauger	9
6	John Boulger	9
7	Finn Thomsen	8
8	John Davis	7+3
9	Dave Jessup	7+2
10	Ilka Teromaa	6
11	Doug Wyer	6
12	Kai Niemi	5
13	Keith White	4
14	Bruce Penhall	3
15	Phil Crump	2
16	Mike Bast	1

World final

September 2, 1977
Göteborg, Ullevi^[1]
Referee: () Torrie Kittelsen

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
	(7) Ivan Mauger	14		3					2					3	3					3			14	1
	(14) Peter Collins	13				3		3					2		2							3	13	2
	(9) Ole Olsen	12+3			2		3						3					3		1			12	3
4	(16) Michael Lee	12+2				2				3	3						2			2			12	4
5	(3) Finn Thomsen	10	2						3				1				1				3		10	5
6	(13) Bengt Jansson	8				1	1							2		3					2		9	6
7	(1) Egon Müller	8	3				2				0				F				3				8	7
8	(5) Anders Michanek	8		2			E					3					3					E	8	8
9	(11) Billy Sanders	7			3				1		2					0						E	6	9
10	(4) Tommy Nilsson	6	0							2				E				2				2	6	10
11	(12) Bernt Persson	6			1					1		2			1						1		6	11
12	(2) John Boulger	5	1					2				E				2				F			5	12
13	(6) Edward Jancarz	4		1				1			1							1			0		4	13
14	(15) Jiří Štancl	3				0			0			1						0	2				3	14
15	(8) Jan Verner	1		0						0			0			1			X				1	15
16	(10) Jan Mucha	0			0			0						1			E		X				1	16
R1	(R1) Sören Karlsson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Boguslaw Nowak	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

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

↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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