WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX


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The following is an A-Z list of riders who competed in the World Individual Finals between 1936-1994.

The World Speedway Championship then moved to a Grand Prix format in time for the 1995 season, where a statistical record of the full GP series can be found here. The complete World Championship Roll of Honour is available here.

KEY: VENUES - Amsterdam, Holland; Bradford, England; Gothenburg, Sweden; Katowice, Poland; Los Angeles, USA; Malmo, Sweden; Munich, Germany; Norden, Germany; Pocking, Germany; Vojens, Denmark; Wembley, England; Wroclaw, Poland.

NOTE: The totals underneath each rider's entry refer to the number of World Finals ridden in and the number of points amassed from those appearances.

COMPILED BY ROBERT BAMFORD


RIDERS - A



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
ABBOTT, Joe (England)
1937
Wembley
6+8 bonus
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
ADAMS, Leigh (Australia)
1993
Pocking
4
  
Total  
1
4
  
         
ADORJAN, Zoltan (Hungary)
1985
Bradford
2
  
 
1989
Munich
4
  
 
1990
Bradford
2
  
Total  
3
8
  
         
AIREY, Jim (Australia)
1971
Gothenburg
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
ANDERSEN, Stompa (Norway)
1955
Wembley
2
  
Total  
1
2
  
         
ANDERSSON, Jan (Sweden)
1978
Wembley
3
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1981
Wembley
9
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
8
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1985
Bradford
7
  
 
1986
Katowice
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
6
44
  
         
ANDERSSON, Olle (Sweden)
1956
Wembley
2
  
Total  
1
2
  
         
ANDREWS, Bob (England)
1960
Wembley
2
Reserve - One ride only
 
1961
Malmo
10
  
 
1962
Wembley
9
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
4
  
Total  
4
25
  
         
ASHBY, Martin (England)
1968
Gothenburg
5
  
 
1975
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
5
  
         
ATKINSON, Arthur (England)
1936
Wembley
3+6 bonus
  
 
1937
Wembley
6+8 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
5+5 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+6 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
3
14
  
         
AUTREY, Scott (USA)
1976
Katowice
7
  
 
1978
Wembley
11
3rd place
Total  
2
18