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 - P



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
PADEWSKI, Jerzy (Poland)
1968
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
PARKER, Jack (England)
1937
Wembley
10+11 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
6+4 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+5 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
 
1949
Wembley
14
2nd place
 
1950
Wembley
8
  
 
1951
Wembley
10
  
Total  
5
48
  
         
PARKER, Norman (England)
1936
Wembley
1+6 bonus
Reserve - one ride only
 
1949
Wembley
10
  
 
1951
Wembley
3
  
Total  
3
14
  
         
PAVLOV, Alexander (Soviet Union)
1972
Wembley
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
PAZNIKOV, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
1973
Katowice
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
PAYNE, Arthur (Australia)
1950
Wembley
0
  
 
1952
Wembley
9
  
 
1953
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
2
9
  
         
PEDERSEN, Jan O. (Denmark)
1985
Bradford
7
  
 
1986
Katowice
13
2nd place
 
1987
Amsterdam
10+9=19
  
 
1988
Vojens
13
3rd place
 
1991
Gothenburg
15
1st place
Total  
5
67
** 1 x World Champion **
         
PENHALL, Bruce (USA)
1980
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1981
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1982
Los Angeles
14
1st place
Total  
3
37
** 2 x World Champion **
         
PERSSON, Bernt (Sweden)
1967
Wembley
6
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
1
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1972
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1973
Katowice
0
  
 
1975
Wembley
5
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1978
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
7
40
  
         
PETERSEN, Bo (Denmark)
1984
Gothenburg
9
  
Total  
1
9
  
         
PETRIKOVICS, Jozsef (Hungary)
1989
Munich
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
PHILLIPS, Wal (England)
1936
Wembley
5+7 bonus
  
Total  
1
5
  
         
PITCHER, Bill (England)
1936
Wembley
2+6 bonus
  
Total  
1
2
  
         
PLECH, Zenon (Poland)
1973
Katowice
12
3rd place
 
1974
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1975
Wembley
4
  
 
1976
Katowice
11
  
 
1979
Katowice
13
2nd place
 
1980
Gothenburg
1
  
 
1981
Wembley
3
  
 
1983
Norden
1
  
Total  
8
53
  
         
PLECHANOV, Igor (Soviet Union)
1961
Malmo
4
  
 
1962
Wembley
7
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
13
2nd place
 
1965
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1966
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1967
Wembley
12
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
6
57
  
         
PODLECKI, Zbigniew (Poland)
1964
Gothenburg
3
  
 
1969
Wembley
3
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
2
6
  
         
POGORZELSKI, Andrzej (Poland)
1965
Wembley
7
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
5
  
 
1967
Wembley
6
  
 
1969
Wembley
7
  
Total  
4
25
  
         
POLUKARD, Mieczyslaw (Poland)
1959
Wembley
5
  
 
1960
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
5
  
         
PRATT, Colin (England)
1967
Wembley
4
  
Total  
1
4
  
         
PRICE, Tommy (England)
1938
Wembley
4+4 bonus
  
 
1949
Wembley
15
1st place
 
1950
Wembley
8
  
 
1954
Wembley
5
  
Total  
4
32
  
         
PYMAR, Geoff (England)
1938
Wembley
2+5 bonus
  
Total  
1
2