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 - B



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
BALES, Billy (England)
1955
Wembley
6
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
BETTS, Terry (England)
1974
Gothenburg
6
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
BETZL, Christoph (Germany)
1979
Katowice
2
  
Total  
1
2
  
         
BIGGS, Jack (Australia)
1950
Wembley
3
  
 
1951
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1953
Wembley
2
  
 
1954
Wembley
7
  
 
1956
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1957
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
4
24
  
         
BLIXT, Mikael (Sweden)
1991
Gothenburg
0
Reserve - one ride only
Total  
1
0
  
         
BOOCOCK, Eric (England)
1967
Wembley
9
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1972
Wembley
2
  
Total  
3
15
  
         
BOOCOCK, Nigel (England)
1956
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1962
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1963
Wembley
8
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1965
Wembley
8
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
2
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
1
  
 
1969
Wembley
10
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1972
Wembley
6
  
Total  
8
47
  
         
BOOTHROYD, Eric (England)
1956
Wembley
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
BOULGER, John (Australia)
1973
Katowice
6
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
5
  
Total  
2
11
  
         
BOYCE, Craig (Australia)
1994
Vojens
12
3rd place
Total  
1
12
  
         
BRADLEY, Dick (England)
1951
Wembley
2
Reserve - one ride only
 
1952
Wembley
9
  
 
1953
Wembley
2
  
Total  
3
13
  
         
BRAND, Fred (England)
1954
Wembley
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
BRANNEFORS, Bengt (Sweden)
1966
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
BRETT, Brian (England)
1965
England
9
  
Total  
1
9
  
         
BRHEL, Bohumil (Czech Republic)
1989
Munich
1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
BRIGGS, Barry (New Zealand)
1954
Wembley
9
  
 
1955
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1956
Wembley
10
  
 
1957
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1958
Wembley
15
1st place
 
1959
Wembley
11
3rd place
 
1960
Wembley
9
  
 
1961
Malmo
12
  
 
1962
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1963
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1964
Gothenburg
15
1st place
 
1965
Wembley
10
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
15
1st place
 
1967
Wembley
11
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
12
2nd place
 
1969
Wembley
11
2nd place
 
1970
Wroclaw
7
  
 
1972
Wembley
3
  
Total  
18
201
** 4 x World Champion **
         
BRINE, Cyril (England)
1950
Wembley
7
  
 
1951
Wembley
3
  
Total  
2
10
  
         
BROADBANK, Mike (England)
1958
Wembley
5
  
 
1961
Malmo
2
  
 
1962
Wembley
2
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1965
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1966
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1967
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
5
19
  
         
BUTLER, Troy (Australia)
1989
Munich
4
  
Total  
1
4