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 - J



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
JANCARZ, Edward (Poland)
1968
Gothenburg
11
3rd place
         
 
1969
Wembley
9
  
 
1973
Katowice
6
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
1
Reserve - three rides only
 
1975
Wembley
4
  
 
1976
Katowice
5
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1979
Katowice
7
  
 
1981
Wembley
5
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
7
  
Total  
10
59
  
         
JANKOWSKI, Roman (Poland)
1987
Amsterdam
0+8=8
  
 
1988
Vojens
2
  
 
1994
Vojens
0
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
3
10
  
         
JANSSON, Bengt (Sweden)
1965
Wembley
10
  
 
1967
Wembley
14
2nd place
 
1971
Gothenburg
12
3rd place
 
1974
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
9
  
Total  
5
54
  
         
JANSSON, Joel (Sweden)
1958
Wembley
0
  
Total  
1
0
  
         
JANSSON, Tommy (Sweden)
1971
Gothenburg
1
  
 
1973
Katowice
0
Reserve - one ride only
 
1974
Gothenburg
3
Reserve - three rides only
 
1975
Wembley
7
  
Total  
4
11
  
         
JESSUP, Dave (England)
1974
Gothenburg
5
  
 
1978
Wembley
11
  
 
1979
Katowice
8
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
12
2nd place
 
1981
Wembley
7
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
8
  
Total  
6
51
  
         
JOHANSSON, Tommy (Sweden)
1974
Gothenburg
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
JOHNSON, Ron (Australia)
1937
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1939
Wembley
-+5 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
0
0
  
         
JOHNSTON, Ron (New Zealand)
1955
Wembley
6
  
 
1957
Wembley
9
  
 
1958
Wembley
8
  
 
1960
Wembley
10
  
Total  
4
33
  
         
JONSSON, Per (Sweden)
1987
Amsterdam
11+11=22
  
 
1988
Vojens
9
  
 
1990
Bradford
13
1st place
 
1991
Gothenburg
7
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
11
2nd place
 
1993
Pocking
7
  
Total  
6
69
** 1 x World Champion **
         
JORGENSEN, John (Denmark)
1988
Vojens
3
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
8
  
Total  
2
11