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 - M



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
McAULIFFE, Leo (Wales)
1963
Wembley
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
McKINLAY, Ken (Scotland)
1955
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1956
Wembley
10
  
 
1957
Wembley
8
  
 
1958
Wembley
11
  
 
1959
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1960
Wembley
6
  
 
1961
Malmo
5
  
 
1962
Wembley
9
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1965
Wembley
4
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1969
Wembley
7
  
Total  
9
66
  
         
McMILLAN, Jim (Scotland)
1972
Wembley
2
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
1
2
  
         
MAIDMENT, Cyril (England)
1961
Malmo
4
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
8
  
Total  
2
12
  
         
MAIER, Karl (Germany)
1983
Norden
8
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
7
  
 
1985
Bradford
1
  
 
1986
Katowice
3
  
 
1989
Munich
5
  
Total  
5
24
  
         
MALMKVIST, Gunnar (Sweden)
1968
Gothenburg
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
MARDON, Geoff (New Zealand)
1951
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1953
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1954
Wembley
5
  
 
1959
Wembley
6
  
Total  
3
23
  
         
MATOUSEK, Roman (Czech Republic)
1987
Amsterdam
3+2=5
  
 
1988
Vojens
8
  
 
1989
Munich
5
  
 
1990
Bradford
5
  
 
1991
Gothenburg
2
  
Total  
5
25
  
         
MAUGER, Ivan (New Zealand)
1966
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1967
Wembley
13
3rd place
 
1968
Gothenburg
15
1st place
 
1969
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1970
Wroclaw
15
1st place
 
1971
Gothenburg
12
2nd place
 
1972
Wembley
13
1st place
 
1973
Katowice
13
2nd place
 
1974
Gothenburg
11
2nd place
 
1975
Wembley
12
  
 
1976
Katowice
11
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
14
1st place
 
1978
Wembley
8
  
 
1979
Katowice
14
1st place
Total  
14
176
** 6 x World Champion **
         
MICHANEK, Anders (Sweden)
1967
Wembley
9
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
7
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1972
Wembley
8
  
 
1973
Katowice
6
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
15
1st place
 
1975
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1976
Katowice
2
Reserve - one ride only
 
1977
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1978
Wembley
7
  
Total  
11
95
** 1 x World Champion **
         
MIGOS, Edmund (Poland)
1970
Wroclaw
4
Reserve - five rides taken
Total  
1
4
  
         
MILLER, Rick (USA)
1990
Bradford
8
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
6
  
Total  
2
14
  
         
MILNE, Cordy (USA)
1936
Wembley
11+9 bonus
  
 
1937
Wembley
12+11 bonus
3rd place
 
1938
Wembley
8+7 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+8 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
3
31
  
         
MILNE, Jack (USA)
1936
Wembley
6+9 bonus
  
 
1937
Wembley
15+13 bonus
1st place
 
1938
Wembley
14+7 bonus
2nd place
 
1939
Wembley
-+6 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
3
35
** 1 x World Champion **
         
MOORE, Peter (Australia)
1956
Wembley
8
  
 
1958
Wembley
5
  
 
1959
Wembley
3
  
 
1960
Wembley
12
  
 
1963
Wembley
6
  
Total  
5
34
  
         
MOORE, Ronnie (New Zealand)
1950
Wembley
7
  
 
1951
Wembley
11
  
 
1952
Wembley
10
  
 
1953
Wembley
9
  
 
1954
Wembley
15
1st place
 
1955
Wembley
12
2nd place
 
1956
Wembley
12
2nd place
 
1958
Wembley
9
  
 
1959
Wembley
15
1st place
 
1960
Wembley
14
2nd place
 
1961
Malmo
10
  
 
1962
Wembley
9
  
 
1969
Wembley
6
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
5
  
Total  
14
144
** 2 x World Champion **
         
MORAN, Kelly (USA)
1979
Katowice
11
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
11
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
11
  
Total  
3
33
  
         
MORAN, Shawn (USA)
1984
Gothenburg
7
  
 
1985
Bradford
10
  
 
1990
Bradford
13
2nd place - see note at foot
Total  
3
30
  
         
MORTON, Chris (England)
1976
Katowice
6
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1981
Wembley
5
  
 
1983
Norden
7
  
 
1986
Katowice
8
  
 
1987
Amsterdam
5+4=9
  
 
1988
Vojens
6
  
Total  
7
49
  
         
MOUNTFORD, Ron (England)
1962
Wembley
2
  
 
1963
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
2
  
         
MUCHA, Jan (Poland)
1969
Wembley
7
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
6
  
 
1973
Katowice
7
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
1
  
         
Total  
4
21
  
         
MULLER, Egon (Germany)
1976
Katowice
8
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1981
Wembley
9
  
 
1983
Norden
15
1st place
 
1984
Gothenburg
3
  
 
1985
Bradford
5
  
Total  
7
52
** 1 x World Champion **

NOTE: Shawn Moran was subsequently stripped of second place in the 1990 World Final, having tested positive in a drugs test at the Overseas Final.