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 - K



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
KAISER, Marian (Poland)
1960
Wembley
1
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
5
  
Total  
2
6
  
         
KALMYKOV, Viktor (Soviet Union)
1972
Wembley
6
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
KAPALA, Florian (Poland)
1959
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1961
Malmo
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
KARGER, Brian (Denmark)
1992
Wroclaw
4
  
 
1993
Pocking
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
4
  
         
KARLSSON, Peter (Sweden)
1993
Pocking
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
KARLSSON, Soren (Sweden)
1977
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
KASPER, Toni (Czech Republic)
1983
Norden
3
  
 
1986
Katowice
2
  
 
1987
Amsterdam
5+4=9
  
 
1990
Bradford
2
  
Total  
4
16
  
         
KASPRZAK, Zenon (Poland)
1988
Vojens
3
  
Total  
1
3
  
         
KAUFMAN, Benny (USA)
1938
Wembley
7+5 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+5 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
1
7
  
         
KENNETT, Gordon (England)
1978
Wembley
12
2nd place
Total  
1
12
  
         
KHLINOVSKI, Grigory (Soviet Union)
1972
Wembley
4
  
 
1973
Katowice
10
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1976
Katowice
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
3
20
  
         
KING, Lance (USA)
1983
Norden
4
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
13
3rd place
 
1985
Bradford
6
  
Total  
3
23
  
         
KITCHEN, Bill (England)
1937
Wembley
9+7 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
9+6 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+7 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
 
1949
Wembley
9
  
Total  
3
27
  
         
KLEMENTIEV, Valeri (Soviet Union)
1969
Wembley
4
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
8
  
Total  
2
12
  
         
KNIGHT, Richard (England)
1990
Bradford
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
KNUDSEN, Tommy (Denmark)
1981
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1985
Bradford
10
  
 
1986
Katowice
10
  
 
1991
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
9
  
 
1994
Vojens
10
  
Total  
6
62
  
         
KNUTSSON, Bjorn (Sweden)
1961
Malmo
12
2nd place
 
1962
Wembley
10
  
 
1963
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1964
Gothenburg
10
  
 
1965
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1966
Gothenburg
5
  
Total  
6
64
** 1 x World Champion **
         
KOCSO, Antal (Hungary)
1988
Vojens
6
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
6
  
         
KRAZNOV, Mikhail (Soviet Union)
1974
Gothenburg
3
  
Total  
1
3
  
         
KROEZE, Henny (Netherlands)
1983
Norden
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1987
Amsterdam
1+0=1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
KUDRNA, Zdenek (Czech Republic)
1978
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1979
Katowice
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
KURILENKO, Gennady (Soviet Union)
1964
Gothenburg
7
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
2
  
Total  
3
20
  
         
KUZMIN, Anatoli (Soviet Union)
1972
Wembley
4
  
Total  
1
4
  
         
KUZNETSOV, Viktor (Soviet Union)
1985
Bradford
2
  
 
1986
Katowice
10
  
Total  
2
12
  
         
KWOCZALA, Stefan (Poland)
1960
Wembley
8
  
Total  
1
8