1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 42nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The 1987 Speedway World Final programme.

It was contested for the one and only time over two days in the Netherlands. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.^[5]

With the chances of a surprise winner reduced due to two races being held it was the favourite Hans Nielsen that duly obliged with his second World crown. Nielsen had trailed after day one by 1 point to great rival Erik Gundersen and the American Sam Ermolenko. However in trademark style Nielsen produced a 15 point maximum on day two to wrap up the World Title, with Gundersen claiming silver and Ermolenko bronze.^[6]^[7]

First round

British preliminary round

Top 32 riders to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
5 April	Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne	Andy Galvin	Malcolm Holloway	Martin Dugard
5 April	Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall	Alan Mogridge	Melvyn Taylor	Martin Goodwin
11 April	Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton	Nigel Crabtree	Martin Yeates	Doug Wyer
16 April	Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough	Gary Havelock	Martin Dixon	Les Collins
24 April	East of England Arena, Peterborough	Andrew Silver	Trevor Banks	Ian Barney
4 May	Brough Park, Newcastle	Andrew Silver	Ian Barney	David Blackburn

Second round

British semi-finals

Top 16 riders to British semi-finals

17 May
Abbey Stadium, Swindon
Top 8 to British final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jeremy Doncaster	15
2	Marvyn Cox	12
3	Andy Grahame	10
4	Simon Cross	10
5	Alun Rossiter	9
6	Kelvin Tatum	9
7	Andrew Silver	9
8	John Davis	8+3
9	Steve Bastable	8+2
10	Melvyn Taylor	7
11	David Blackburn	5
12	Richard Knight	5
13	Malcolm Simmons	5
14	Sean Wilson	3
15	Andy Campbell	2
16	Doug Wyer	1
17	Matthew Cross (res)	1

17 May
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
Top 8 to British final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Simon Wigg	12+3
2	Neil Evitts	12+2
3	Neil Collins	12+1
4	Paul Thorp	10
5	Andy Smith	10
6	Chris Morton	10
7	Gary Havelock	9
8	Peter Carr	9
9	Les Collins	8
10	Ian Barney	5
11	Kenny McKinna	5
12	Trevor Banks	4
13	Andy Galvin	4
14	Carl Blackbird	4
15	Sean Willmott	3
16	Alan Grahame	3

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	Pfaffenhofen Speedwaybahn, Pfaffenhofen	Bohumil Brhel	Ryszard Francsyszyn	Vladimir Voronkov
17 May	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Valentino Furlanetto	Lubomir Jedek	Gianni Famari
17 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Donau	Antal Kocso	Andrzej Huszcza	Laszlo Bodi
17 May	Speedway Stadium, Targovishte	Grzegorz Dzikowski	Josef Sereš	Dariusz Baliński

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(3 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Jan Andersson	13+3
2	Per Jonsson	13+2
3	Mikael Blixt	12
4	Johan Staaf	11
5	Roland Dannö	11
6	Dennis Löfqvist	10
7	Tony Olsson	10
8	Claes Ivarsson	8
9	Thomas Ek	7
10	Pierre Brannefors	6
11	Jörgen Johansson	6
12	Lennart Bengtsson	6
13	Tony Gudbrand	2
14	Patrik Olsson	2
15	Leif Jonsson	2
16	Anders Kling	1

(3 May, Motorbanen Hagalund, Lindesberg)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tommy Nilsson	13
2	Erik Stenlund	11
3	Niklas Karlsson	11
4	Conny Ivarsson	10
5	Patrik Karlsson	10
6	Bo Arrhén	9
7	Christer Rohlén	9
8	Lillebror Johansson	9
9	Kenneth Nyström	8
10	Mikael Ritterwall	8
11	Peter Nahlin	7
12	Börje Ring	4
13	Lars Andersson	4
14	Mikael Teurnberg	3
15	Mikael Messing	3
16	Anders Condé	1

British Final

31 May 1987
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(11) Kelvin Tatum	13			3				3		2					3						2	13	1
	(2) Neil Evitts	11	3					1				2				2				3			11	2
	(14) Simon Wigg	10				3		2					3		1							1	10	3		3
4	(13) Marvyn Cox	10				2	2							2		1					3		10	4		2
5	(12) Jeremy Doncaster	9			0					3		3			3						0		9	5
6	(5) Paul Thorp	9		F			3					X					3					3	9	6
7	(15) Andrew Silver	9				1			2			1						2	3				9	7
8	(6) Simon Cross	8		3				3			1							F			1		8	8
9	(3) Chris Morton	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(4) John Davis	7	0							1				3				3				0	7	10
11	(1) Andy Grahame	6	2				0				3				0				1				6	11
12	(10) Gary Havelock	6			2			0						1			1		2				6	12
13	(8) Andy Smith	5		2						2			0			1			F				5	13
14	(7) Peter Carr	4		1					0					0	2					1			4	14
15	(9) Alun Rossiter	4			1		1						1					1		0			4	15
16	(16) Neil Collins	2				0				0	0						0			2			2	16
TR	(TR) David Clarke	0										0											0	TR
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

Australian Final

24 January 1987
Olympic Park, Mildura
First 4 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Steve Regeling	14
2	Steve Baker	12
3	Glyn Taylor	10
4	Ashley Norton	10
5	Craig Hodgson	10
6	Mick Poole	9
7	David Jackson	9
8	Tony Butler	8
9	Tony Rose	8
10	Stephen Davies	7
11	David Cheshire	6
12	Mark Fiora	4
13	Andy Barret	4
14	Nigel Adlerton	3
15	Chris Watson	2
16	Nigel Tramelling	2

New Zealand Final

21 February 1987
Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Top 3 riders + 1 reserve to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	14
2	Mitch Shirra	13
3	Larry Ross	12
4	Alan Mason	10
5	Mike Fullerton	10
6	Richard Price	9
7	Mark Long	8
8	Chris Martin	8
9	Steve Rose	8
10	John Roberts	6
11	Mark Lyndon	6
12	Chris Monk	5
13	Les Chappell	4
14	Don Hopewell	3
15	Dave Cotton	2

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 May	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	József Petrikovics	Armando Castagna	Toni Pilotto
31 May	Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen	Mikhail Starostin	Viktor Kuznetsov	Zoltan Adorjan
31 May	Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne	Roman Matoušek	Jiří Svoboda	Valery Gordeev
31 May	Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Gerd Riss	Karl Maier

Commonwealth Final

14 June 1987
Hyde Road, Manchester
First 11 to the Overseas Final

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
	(4) Kelvin Tatum	14	3							2				3				3				3	14	1
	(12) Simon Cross	13			3					3		3			3						1		13	2
	(14) Marvyn Cox	10				3		3					3		1							0	10	3
4	(10) Neil Evitts	10			2			1						1			3		3				10	4
5	(3) Chris Morton	10	1						3				2				2				2		10	5
6	(11) David Bargh	10			1				2		2					3						2	10	6
7	(13) Mitch Shirra	10				1	2							2		2					3		10	7
8	(16) Steve Regeling	8				2				1	1						1			3			8	8
9	(2) Andrew Silver	8	2					2				2				E				2			8	9
10	(5) Paul Thorp	7		3			3					F					0					1	7	10
11	(7) Jeremy Doncaster	6		2					1					0	2					1			6	11	3
12	(6) Simon Wigg	6		1				0			3							2			0		6	12	2
13	(9) Steve Baker	3			0		1						1					1		0			3	13
14	(15) Glyn Taylor	3				X			0			1						0	2				3	14
15	(1) Alan Mason	1	0				0				0				0				1				1	15
16	(8) Ashley Norton	1		E						0			1			0			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Larry Ross	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Glenn Hornby	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

American Final

13 June 1987
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
Top 5 to Overseas Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	3,4,4,4,4	19
2	Kelly Moran	4,4,3,4,3	18
3	John Cook	4,2,4,3,2	15+4
4	Robert Pfetzing	4,4,4,2,2	15+3
5	Mike Faria	2,4,3,4,2	15+2
6	Lance King	4,2,3,2,4	15+1
7	Rick Miller	3,3,2,4,3	15+0
8	Shawn Moran	3,0,4,3,4	14
9	Bobby Schwartz	0,4,2,3,3	12
10	Gary Hicks	2,1,1,3,4	11
11	Steve Lucero	1,3,3,2,1	10
12	John Sandona	1,3,2,0,3	8
13	Jim Sisemore	2,0,1,2,3	8
14	Brad Oxley	3,1,1,1,1	7
15	Eddie Ingels	2,1,2,0,0	5
16	Mark Dwyer	1,2,0,1,1	5
17	Tuff McBridge	1,2,1,1,F	5
18	John Kehoe	0,1,0,0,1	2
19	Gary Ford	0,0,0,1,0	1
20	Bart Bast	0,0,0,0,0	0

Swedish Finals

Top 4 + 1 reserve (+ Jimmy Nilsen, seeded) to Nordic Final
R1 (19 May, Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad)
R2 (20 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna)
R3 (21 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)

Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Jan Andersson	15	14	14	43
2	Per Jonsson	14	15	13	42
3	Roland Danno	9	11	11	31
4	Tommy Nilsson	8	12	10	30
5	Patrik Karlsson	10	8	11	29
6	Conny Ivarsson	9	9	9	27
7	Christer Rohlen	7	10	8	25
8	Niklas Karlsson	8	3	10	21
9	Tony Olsson	6	9	5	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7	6	3	16
11	Jan Staan	3	5	5	13
12	Bo Arhhen	2	8	2	12
13	Claes Ivarsson	3	1	7	11
14	Kenneth Nystrom	3	6	0	9
15	Erik Stenlund	6	2	-	8
16	Lillebror Johansson	3	1	3	7
17	Mikael Blixt	6	1	-	7
18	Pierre Brannefors	-	0	7	7
19	Mikael Rittewall	-	-	1	1
16	Jorgen Johansson	-	-	0	0

Finnish Final

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Norway Final

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Danish Final

17 May 1987
Slangerup Speedway Center, Slangerup
First 6 + Jan O Pedersen (seeded) to the Nordic Final

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
	(7) Hans Nielsen	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(15) Erik Gundersen	13				3			1			3						3	3				13	2
	(13) John Jørgensen	11				1	3							2		2					3		11	3
4	(5) Jan Jacobsen	11		2			2					2					3					2	11	4
5	(14) Tommy Knudsen	10				2		3					3		2							-	10	5
6	(4) Peter Ravn	10	2							3				1				1				3	10	6
7	(11) Jens Rasmussen	9			3				2		2					1						1	9	7
8	(2) Per Sorensen	7	1					1				0				3				2			7	8
9	(9) Peter Glanz	7			2		1						2					2		0			7	9
10	(10) Fleming Rasmussen	6			1			2						0			1		2				6	10
11	(12) John Eskilden	5			0					2		1			1						1		5	11
12	(1) Kurt Hansen	4	3				0				0				0				1				4	12
13	(16) Aksel Jepsen	4				0				0	1						2			1			4	13
14	(6) Frank Andersen	3		0				0			3							0			-		3	14
15	(8) Ole Hansen	3		1						1			1			0			0				3	15
16	(3) Sam Nikolajsen	2	0						0				0				0				2		2	16
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

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

13 June
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Roman Jankowski	14
2	Wojciech Zabialowicz	13
3	Zoltán Adorján	11+3
4	Vladimir Trofimov	11+2
5	Roman Matoušek	10
6	Michail Starostin	10
7	Sandor Tihanyi	9
8	Janusz Stachyra	8
9	Viktor Kuznetsov	7
10	Valerij Gordeev	6
11	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	6
12	Grzegorz Dzikowski	5
13	Gianni Famari	5
14	Giorgio Zaramella	3
15	Jiří Svoboda	2
16	Zdeněk Tesař	0
17	Josef Fejfar (res)	0

14 June
Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Gerd Riss	14
2	Armando Castagna	13
3	Antonín Kasper Jr.	11+3
4	Petr Vandírek	11+2
5	Armando Dal Chiele	10
6	Karl Maier	9
7	Jan Krzystyniak	9
8	Antal Kocso	8
9	Toni Pilotto	6
10	Ryszard Franczyszyn	6
11	Janos Balogh	5
12	Andrzej Huszcza	4
13	Zoltan Hajdu	4
14	Dariusz Stenka	4
15	József Petrikovics	3
16	Michael Datzmann	3
17	Bohumil Brhel	0
18	Heinrich Schatzer (res)	0

Overseas Final

5 July 1987
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(7) Mitch Shirra	12		3					0					3	3					3			12	1
	(11) Jeremy Doncaster	11			3				2		2					3						1	11	2
	(14) Kelly Moran	10				3		2					2		1							2	10	3	3
4	(12) Sam Ermolenko	10			0					2		3			2						3		10	4	2
5	(6) Steve Regeling	9		2				0			3							3			1		9	5
6	(10) Simon Cross	9			2			3						2			2		0				9	6
7	(1) Neil Evitts	8	3				1				1				0				3				8	7
8	(8) Marvyn Cox	8		0						3			3			1			1				8	8
9	(13) John Cook	8				1	2							1		2					2		8	9
10	(3) Chris Morton	7	2						1				1				3				X		7	10	3
11	(15) Kelvin Tatum	7				0			3			0						2	2				7	11	2
12	(4) David Bargh	6	1							1				X				1				3	6	12
13	(5) Robert Pfetzing	5		1			3					1					0					0	5	13
14	(16) Mike Faria	5				2				0	0						1			2			5	14
15	(2) Paul Thorp	3	0					1				2				0				E			3	15
16	(9) Andrew Silver	2			1		0						0					0		1			2	16
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

Nordic Final

14 June 1987
Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(2) Erik Gundersen	14	3					2				3				3				3			14	1
	(14) Hans Nielsen	12				3		3					3		1							2	12	2	3
	(12) Peter Ravn	12			3					2		2			2						3		12	3	2
4	(4) Per Jonsson	11	1							3				3				1				3	11	4
5	(9) Jan O. Pedersen	11			2		3						2					2		2			11	5
6	(6) Jimmy Nilsen	10		2				1			3							3			1		10	6
7	(1) Kai Niemi	9	2				1				0				3				3				9	7	3
8	(8) John Jørgensen	9		3						1			1			2			2				9	8	2
9	(16) Jan Andersson	8				2				0	2						3			1			8	9
10	(11) Tommy Knudsen	7			1				3		1					1						1	7	10
11	(5) Roland Danno	6		1			2					1					2					0	6	11
12	(3) Jan Jacobsen	4	E						1				0				1				2		4	12
13	(7) Tommy Nilsson	3		F					2					1	0					0			3	13
14	(15) Olli Tyrväinen	2				1			0			0						0	1				2	14
15	(13) Arne Svendsen	0				0	0							0		0					0		0	15
16	(10) Einar Kyllingstad	0			F			0						X			F		0				0	16
R1	(R1) Vesa Ylinen	2												2									2	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

Сontinental Final

26 July 1987
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
First 4 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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) Gerd Riss	13	3				3				1				3				3				13	1	3
	(11) Roman Jankowski	13			2				3		2					3						3	13	2	2
	(8) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	11		2						3			2			2			2				11	3	3
4	(4) Roman Matoušek	11	1							2				3				3				2	11	4	2
5	(2) Vladimir Trofimov	10	2					3				2				1				2			10	5	3
6	(7) Armando Dal Chiele	10		3					2					1	1					3			10	6	2
7	(13) Armando Castagna	9				2	2							2		0					3		9	7
8	(6) Janusz Stachyra	9		1				2			3							2			1		9	8
9	(9) Zoltan Adorjan	7			3		1						3					F		X			7	9
10	(12) Karl Maier	6			E					1		1			2						2		6	10
11	(5) Antal Kocso	5		F			0					3					2					E	5	11
12	(16) Mikhail Starostin	4				3				0	X						1			E			4	12
13	(14) Petr Vandirek	4				1		1					1		0							1	4	13
14	(3) Wojciech Żabiałowicz	3	0						0				0				3				0		3	14
15	(15) Sandor Tihanyi	3				0			1			0						1	1				3	15
16	(10) Jan Krzystyniak	1			1			0						0			0		0				1	16
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

Intercontinental Final

27 July 1987
Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens
First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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) Erik Gundersen	13	3				3				3				1				3				13	1
	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	12			3				2		2					2						3	12	2
	(4) Hans Nielsen	11	0							3				3				3				2	11	3
4	(3) Jan O. Pedersen	10	2						1				3				2				2		10	4
5	(2) Mitch Shirra	9	1					2				0				3				3			9	5
6	(7) Sam Ermolenko	9		1					3					0	3					2			9	6
7	(10) John Cook	9			1			3						1			3		1				9	7
8	(5) Per Jonsson	8		3			1					3					0					1	8	8
9	(12) Simon Cross	8			2					1		2			0						3		8	9
10	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	8				3			0			1						2	2				8	10
11	(13) Chris Morton	7				2	2							2		0					1		7	11
12	(8) Peter Ravn	5		X						2			2			1			0				5	12	3
13	(6) Neil Evitts	5		2				1			1							1			0		5	13	2
14	(14) Kai Niemi	4				1		0					1		2							0	4	14
15	(16) Marvyn Cox	1				0				0	0						1			0			1	15
16	(9) Steve Regeling	0			0		0						X					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Kelvin Tatum	1																		1			1	R1
R2	(R2) John Jørgensen	0																E					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

World Final

Scores accumulated from 2 days

Day 1

5 September 1987
Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium^[8]
Referee: Roman Cheladze

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
	(6) Sam Ermolenko	13		3				1			3							3			3		13	1
	(13) Erik Gundersen	13				3	3							3		3					1		13	2
	(2) Hans Nielsen	12	1					3				3				2				3			12	3
4	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	12				2			3			2						2	3				12	4
5	(12) Per Jonsson	11			3					2		1			3						2		11	5
6	(10) Jan O. Pedersen	10			2			2						1			3		2				10	6
7	(4) Jimmy Nilsen	9	3							3				2				0				1	9	7
8	(5) Mitch Shirra	7		2			0					0					2					3	7	8
9	(11) John Cook	7			1				2		1					1						2	7	9
10	(1) Simon Cross	7	2				1				2				1				1				7	10
11	(14) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5				1		0					2		2							0	5	11
12	(9) Chris Morton	5			0		2						0					1		2			5	12
13	(3) Gerd Riss	4	F						1				3				T				0		4	13
14	(8) Roman Matoušek	3		1						1			1			0			0				3	14
15	(7) Henny Kroeze	1		F					0					0	0					1			1	15
16	(16) Roman Jankowski	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
R1	(R1) Peter Ravn	1															1						1	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

Day 2

6 September 1987
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam^[8]
Referee: Roman Cheladze

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
	(10) Hans Nielsen	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(5) Jimmy Nilsen	13		3			3					2					2					3	13	2
	(12) Erik Gundersen	11			1					1		3			3						3		11	3	3
4	(2) Sam Ermolenko	11	3					2				1				3				2			11	4	2
5	(7) Per Jonsson	11		2					2					2	2					3			11	5
6	(4) Jan O. Pedersen	9	1							3				1				2				2	9	6
7	(16) John Cook	8				3				0	3						1			1			8	7
8	(6) Roman Jankowski	8		1				1			1							3			2		8	8
9	(8) Jeremy Doncaster	8		0						2			2			2			2				8	9
10	(1) Gerd Riss	8	2				2				2				1				1				8	10
11	(15) Mitch Shirra	5				2			3			0						0	0				5	11
12	(9) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	4			0		0						3					1		0			4	12
13	(13) Chris Morton	4				1	1							0		1					1		4	13
14	(11) Simon Cross	3			2				0		0					0						1	3	14
15	(3) Roman Matoušek	2	0						1				1				0				0		2	15
16	(14) Henny Kroeze	0				0		E					0		E							0	0	16
R1	(R1) Peter Ravn	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

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 Matoušek	3+2	5
16	Henny Kroeze	1+0	1
R1	Peter Ravn	1	1
R2	Vladimir Trofimov	did not ride	-

References

^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Erik truce". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Hans roars to world triumph". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[1] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] "Erik truce". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Hans roars to world triumph". Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[hwsc-8] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

Contents

First round

British preliminary round

Second round

British semi-finals

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Swedish qualification

British Final

Australian Final

New Zealand Final

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Commonwealth Final

American Final

Swedish Finals

Finnish Final

Norway Final

Danish Final

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Overseas Final

Nordic Final

Sixth round

Сontinental Final

Intercontinental Final

World Final

Day 1

Day 2

Final standings

See also

References