1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was contested for the one and only time over two days. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.

The 1987 Final was the first time the World Final was held in the Netherlands.

The 1987 Speedway World Final programme.

World final

Day 1

• September 5, 1987
• Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium^[1]
• Referee: Roman Cheladze

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	(3,1,3,3,3)	13
2	Erik Gundersen	(3,3,3,3,1)	13
3	Hans Nielsen	(1,3,3,2,3)	12
4	Jeremy Doncaster	(2,3,2,2,3)	12
5	Per Jonsson	(3,2,1,3,2)	11
6	Jan O. Pedersen	(2,2,1,3,2)	10
7	Jimmy Nilsen	(3,3,2,0,1)	9
8	Mitch Shirra	(2,0,0,2,3)	7
9	Simon Cross	(2,1,2,1,1)	7
10	John Cook	(1,2,1,1,2)	7
11	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	(1,0,2,2,0)	5
12	Chris Morton	(0,2,0,1,2)	5
13	Gerd Riss	(0,1,3,-,0)	4
14	Roman Matousek	(1,1,1,0,0)	3
15	Henny Kroeze	(0,0,0,0,1)	1
16	Roman Jankowski	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Peter Ravn	(1)	1
R2	Władimir Trofimow	did not ride	-

Day 2

• September 6, 1987
• Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium^[1]
• Referee: Roman Cheladze

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Jimmy Nilsen	(3,3,2,2,3)	13
3	Erik Gundersen	(1,1,3,3,3)	11
4	Sam Ermolenko	(3,2,1,3,2)	11
5	Per Jonsson	(2,2,2,2,3)	11
6	Jan O. Pedersen	(1,3,1,2,2))	9
7	John Cook	(3,0,3,1,1)	8
8	Roman Jankowski	(1,1,1,3,2)	8
9	Jeremy Doncaster	(0,2,2,2,2)	8
10	Gerd Riss	(2,2,2,1,1)	8
11	Mitch Shirra	(2,3,0,0,0)	5
12	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	(0,0,3,1,0)	4
13	Chris Morton	(1,1,0,1,1)	4
14	Simon Cross	(2,0,0,0,1)	3
15	Roman Matousek	(0,1,1,0,0)	2
16	Henny Kroeze	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Peter Ravn	did not ride	-
R2	Władimir Trofimow	did not ride	-

Final standings

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	12+15	27
2	Erik Gundersen	13+11	24+3
3	Sam Ermolenko	13+11	24+2
4	Jimmy Nilsen	9+13	22
5	Per Jonsson	11+11	22
6	Jeremy Doncaster	12+8	20
7	Jan O. Pedersen	10+9	19
8	John Cook	7+8	15
9	Mitch Shirra	7+5	12
10	Gerd Riss	4+8	12
11	Simon Cross	7+3	10
12	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5+4	9
13	Chris Morton	5+4	9
14	Roman Jankowski	0+8	8
15	Roman Matousek	3+2	5
16	Henny Kroeze	1+0	1
R1	Peter Ravn	1	1
R2	Władimir Trofimow	did not ride	-

References

See also

Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons Speedway World Championship 1936 1937 1938 1939 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 See also Medalists Medal Classification Grands Prix SGP riders Super Prix SGP Statistics