11th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
The 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The World final was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and was televised live. Despite being televised a crowd of 65,000 saw the first Scandinavian winner in 23 year old Ove Fundin from Sweden. [7]
Qualification
Qualification started in 1955.[8][9]
Stage 1
Norwegian qualification
The October 1955 Norwegian final was cancelled due to bad weather, resulting in riders being seeded to Nordic round
Finnish round
- 23 October 1955
- Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
- First 7 (+seeded riders) to 1956 Nordic round
Pos. | Rider | Points |
1 | Kauko Jousanen | 15 |
2 | Antti Pajari | 14 |
3 | Simo Ylänen | 11 |
4 | Janne Rihkajrvi | 11 |
5 | Aulis Tuominen | 10 |
6 | Pertti Mikkola | 9 |
7 | Erkki Ala Sippola | 9 |
8 | Paavo Mikkola | 7 |
9 | Pekka Tenko | 7 |
10 | Raimo Kivinen | 6 |
11 | Toimi Koskela | 4 |
12 | Nils Staaf | 4 |
13 | Reino Niemi | 4 |
14 | Pentti Paajanen | 3 |
15 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 3 |
16 | Antti Mattila | 2 |
Swedish round
- 27 April 1956
- Hammarby IP, Stockholm
- Top 6 to Nordic round
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Dan Forsberg | 14 | 2 | Ulf Ericsson | 13 | 3 | Bernt Nilsson | 13 | 4 | Birger Forsberg | 11 | 5 | Lars Pettersson | 11 | 6 | Per-Tage Svensson | 9 | 7 | Sune Karlsson | 8 | 8 | Sven Fahlén | 8 | 9 | Bert Lindarw | 7 | 10 | Olle Segerström | 6 | 11 | Rune Claesson | 6 | 12 | Bengt Eriksson | 6 | 13 | Göte Nordin | 5 | 14 | Alf Jonsson | 2 | 15 | Thorsten Carlsson | 2 | 16 | Thorvald Karlsson | 0 | | Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rune Sörmander | 15 | 2 | Olle Andersson II | 13 | 3 | Göran Norlén | 11 | 4 | Stig Pramberg | 11 | 5 | Allan Nilsson | 10 | 6 | Per-Olof Söderman | 10 | 7 | Olle Heyman | 9 | 8 | Bertil Carlsson II | 8 | 9 | Kaj Forsberg | 7 | 10 | Joel Jansson | 6 | 11 | Roger Forsberg | 6 | 12 | Evert Andersson | 5 | 13 | Olle Andersson I | 5 | 14 | Bengt Gustafsson | 2 | 15 | Per Sjöholm | 1 | 16 | Åke Andersson | 1 | 17 | Bo Sandin | 0 | |
Stage 2
Nordic round
Continental round
Stage 3
British & Commonwealth round
- Top 21 qualify for Championship round.[10]
Nordic Final
Continental Final
Fritz Dirtl was tragically killed competing in the Continental final. He was involved in a crash with fellow Austrian rider Josef Kamper and the fell into the path of Mieczysław Połukard.[11]
Stage 4
Championship Round
- Top 11 qualify, 1 reserve for World final
Scores
First 11 to World final + 1 reserve
European Final
World final
- 22 September 1956
- Wembley Stadium, London[13]
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Ove Fundin | (1,3,3,3,3) | 13 |
2 | Ronnie Moore | (2,2,2,3,3) | 12 |
3 | Arthur Forrest | (3,1,3,2,2) | 11+3 |
4 | Peter Craven | (3,1,2,2,3) | 11+2 |
5 | Ken McKinlay | (2,2,3,3,0) | 10 |
6 | Per Olof Söderman | (0,3,2,2,3) | 10 |
7 | Barry Briggs | (3,2,1,3,1) | 10 |
8 | Brian Crutcher | (1,3,3,0,2) | 9 |
9 | Peter Moore | (2,1,1,2,2) | 8 |
10 | Eric Boothroyd | (2,3,1,1,0) | 7 |
11 | Alan Hunt | (3,0,1,1,1) | 6 |
12 | Dick Fisher | (0,0,2,1,2) | 5 |
13 | Doug Davies | (1,2,0,0,1) | 4 |
14 | Ole Andersson | (1,1,0,0,0) | 2 |
15 | Ulf Ericsson | (0,0,0,1,1) | 2 |
16 | Gerry Hussey | (0,0,0,0,0) | 0 |
R1 | Rune Sörmander | absent | - |
R2 | Jack Biggs | did not ride | - |
R3 | Nigel Boocock | did not ride | - |
Classification
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 |
1 | (4) Ove Fundin | 13 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 13 | 1 |
2 | (3) Ronnie Moore | 12 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | 12 | 2 |
3 | (5) Arthur Forrest | 11+3 | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 11 | 3 |
4 | (2) Peter Craven | 11+2 | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | 11 | 4 |
5 | (8) Ken McKinlay | 10 | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | 10 | 5 |
6 | (1) Per Olof Söderman | 10 | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 10 | 6 |
7 | (14) Barry Briggs | 10 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 10 | 7 |
8 | (6) Brian Crutcher | 9 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | 9 | 8 |
9 | (15) Peter Moore | 8 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 8 | 9 |
10 | (11) Eric Boothroyd | 7 | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | 7 | 10 |
11 | (10) Alan Hunt | 6 | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 11 |
12 | (7) Dick Fisher | 5 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 5 | 12 |
13 | (13) Doug Davies | 4 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | 4 | 13 |
14 | (12) Ole Andersson | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | 2 | 14 |
15 | (9) Ulf Ericsson | 2 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 15 |
16 | (16) Gerry Hussey | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | 16 |
| (17) Jack Biggs | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | |
| (18) Nigel Boocock | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | |
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 |
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