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 - N



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
NEWTON, George (England)
1936
Wembley
4+12 bonus
  
 
1937
Wembley
5+11 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
2+5 bonus
  
Total  
3
11
  
         
NIELSEN, Hans (Denmark)
1980
Gothenburg
7
  
 
1981
Wembley
6
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
8
  
 
1983
Norden
9
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
13
2nd place
 
1985
Bradford
13
2nd place
 
1986
Katowice
14
1st place
 
1987
Amsterdam
12+15=27
1st place
 
1988
Vojens
14
2nd place
 
1989
Munich
15
1st place
 
1990
Bradford
11
  
 
1991
Gothenburg
11
3rd place
 
1993
Pocking
11
2nd place
 
1994
Vojens
12
2nd place
Total  
14
171
** 3 x World Champion **
         
NIEMI, Kai (Finland)
1980
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
5
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1985
Bradford
10
  
Total  
4
27
  
         
NILSEN, Jimmy (Sweden)
1986
Katowice
11
  
 
1987
Amsterdam
9+13=22
  
 
1990
Bradford
10
  
 
1991
Gothenburg
10
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
7
  
Total  
5
60
  
         
NILSSON, Tommy (Sweden)
1977
Gothenburg
6
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
NORDIN, Gote (Sweden)
1961
Malmo
12
3rd place
 
1962
Wembley
9
  
 
1963
Wembley
10
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1966
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
4
40
  
         
NOWAK, Boguslaw (Poland)
1977
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
NYGREN, Olle (Sweden)
1953
Wembley
12
  
 
1954
Wembley
13
3rd place
 
1955
Wembley
9
  
 
1958
Wembley
9
  
 
1959
Wembley
11
  
Total  
5
54