WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX


Select a rider by surname initial

[A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [J] - [K] - [L] - [M]
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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 - O



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
OAKLEY, Bob (England)
1952
Wembley
12
3rd place
Total  
1
12
  
         
OLIVER, Dent (England)
1949
Wembley
0
  
 
1950
Wembley
6
  
 
1953
Wembley
1
Reserve - one ride only
Total  
3
7
  
         
OLSEN, Ole (Denmark)
1970
Wroclaw
6
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
15
1st place
 
1972
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1973
Katowice
11
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
2
  
 
1975
Wembley
15
1st place
 
1977
Gothenburg
12
3rd place
 
1978
Wembley
13
1st place
 
1979
Katowice
11
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1981
Wembley
12
2nd place
 
1983
Norden
10
  
Total  
11
119
** 3 x World Champion **
         
OLSSON, Tony (Sweden)
1989
Munich
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
OLSZAK, Henryk (Poland)
1981
Wembley
0
Reserve - one ride only
Total  
1
0
  
         
ONDRASIK, Petr (Czech Republic)
1978
Wembley
0
  
 
1979
Katowice
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1980
Gothenburg
0
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
3
  
Total  
3
3
  
         
ORMSTON, Jack (England)
1936
Wembley
8+9 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
5
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
2
13