14th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.[7] New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title[8] with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.[9]
First Round
Qualification results.[10][11]
Norwegian round Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Aage Hansen | 15 | 2 | Nils Paulsen | 14 | 3 | Reidar Kristoffersen | 13 | 4 | Rolf Westerberg | 12 | 5 | Roger Steen | 11 | 6 | Sverre Harrfeldt | 11 | 7 | Tore Svaleng | 9 | 8 | Arne Kristiansen | 7 | 9 | Kjell Bergh | 5 | 10 | Haavard Gulbjornsrud | 5 | 11 | Oddvar Kristiansen | 5 | 12 | Oystein Mellerud | 4 | 13 | Thorbjorn Nygaard | 3 | 14 | Per Aulie | 3 | 15 | Tore Melbye | 2 | 16 | Egil H. Kruke | 1 | | Finnish round - 5 October 1958
- Turku Hippodrome, Turku
- Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1959
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Antti Pajari | 15 | 2 | Timo Laine | 14 | 3 | Kauko Jousanen | 13 | 4 | Aulis Tuominen | 12 | 5 | Olavi Turunen | 11 | 6 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 10 | 7 | Antero Salasto | 9 | 8 | Pertti Mikkola | 6 | 9 | Esko Koponen | 6 | 10 | Raimo Kivinen | 4 | 11 | Turkka Silvan | 3 | 12 | Veikko Kirjonen | 3 | 13 | Heikki Sorri | 3 | 14 | Valle Seliverstov | 3 | 15 | Lasse Mylari | 3 | 16 | Reino Niemi | 1 | 17 | Martti Assinen (res) | 1 | 18 | Pertti Petersohn (res) | 0 | |
Swedish round
- 3 May 1959
- Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
- Top 6 to Nordic qualification, 2 to Continental quarterfinal
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Continental quarter-finals
Second round
Nordic qualification
Continental semi-final
Third round
- Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final
British & Commonwealth Qualifying
- Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final
Nordic Final
Continental Final
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 |
Fourth round
- Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final
British & Commonwealth Semi finals
Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to World final
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
10 August | Wimbledon Stadium | Brian Crutcher | Ken McKinlay | Geoff Mardon |
11 August | Banister Court Stadium | Ronnie Moore | Cyril Roger | Neil Street |
15 August | Hyde Road | Ron How | Peter Moore | Nigel Boocock |
15 August | The Firs Stadium | Peter Craven | Brian Crutcher | George White |
European Final
Pos. | Rider | Total | |
1 | (12) Ove Fundin | 14 | 3,2,3,3,3 |
2 | (4) Josef Hofmeister | 13 | 2,3,2,3,3 |
3 | (3) Mieczysław Połukard | 12 | 3,3,2,2,2 |
4 | (16) Rune Sörmander | 11 | 2,1,3,3,2 |
5 | (13) Olle Nygren | 10 | 3,2,3,2,0 |
6 | (8) Arne Carlsson | 9 | 3,0,3,3,t |
7 | (9) Florian Kapała | 9 | 2,3,1,0,3 |
8 | (15) Björn Knutson | 7 | 0,1,1,2,3 |
9 | (14) Aage Hansen | 7 | 1,3,0,2,1 |
10 | (11) Konstanty Pociejkewicz | 6 | 1,2,2,1,0 |
11 | (5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 6 | f,1,2,1,2 |
12 | (6) Alf Jonsson | 5 | f,2,1,1,1 |
13 | (10) Kalevi Lahtinen | 4 | 0,1,1,0,2 |
14 | (7) Miloslav Špinka | 3 | 2,0,0,1,0 |
15 | (1) Åke Andersson | 2 | 1,0,0,0,1 |
16 | (2) Bohumír Bartoněk | 1 | 0,0,0,0,1 |
R1 | (17) Ulf Ericsson | - | dnr |
R2 | (18) Thorvald Karlsson | - | dnr |
World Final
- 19 September 1959
- Wembley Stadium, London[12]
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
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Craven can crown it". Sunday Pictorial. 13 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Speedway Champion". Sunday Post. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ronnie Moore wins speedway title". Sunday Independent Dublin. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1959 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "1959 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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