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 - S



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
SAMORODOV, Boris (Soviet Union)
1963
Wembley
11
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
11
  
Total  
2
22
  
         
SANDERS, Billy (Australia)
1977
Gothenburg
6
  
 
1979
Katowice
11
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
12
3rd place
 
1983
Norden
12
2nd place
 
1984
Gothenburg
5
  
Total  
5
46
  
         
SCREEN, Joe (England)
1993
Pocking
5
  
Total  
1
5
  
         
SHIRRA, Mitch (New Zealand)
1983
Norden
7
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
10
  
 
1986
Katowice
1
  
 
1987
Amsterdam
7+5=12
  
 
1989
Munich
10
  
 
1991
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1992
Wroclaw
6
  
Total  
7
50
  
         
SIGALOS, Dennis (USA)
1982
Los Angeles
12
3rd place
 
1983
Norden
8
  
Total  
2
20
  
         
SIMENSEN, Jan (Sweden)
1972
Wembley
2
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
1
2
  
         
SIMMONS, Malcolm (England)
1975
Wembley
10
  
 
1976
Katowice
13
2nd place
 
1978
Wembley
10
  
Total  
3
33
  
         
SJOSTEN, Soren (Sweden)
1962
Wembley
8
  
 
1965
Wembley
9
  
 
1969
Wembley
11
3rd place
 
1970
Wroclaw
9
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
8
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
11
3rd place
Total  
6
56
  
         
SLABON, Robert (Poland)
1979
Katowice
2
  
Total  
1
2
  
         
SMITH, Andy (England)
1989
Munich
10
  
 
1993
Pocking
10
  
Total  
2
20
  
         
SODERMAN, Peo (Sweden)
1956
Wembley
10
  
 
1957
Wembley
7
  
 
1958
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1963
Wembley
5
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
1
  
Total  
4
23
  
         
SORMANDER, Rune (Sweden)
1953
Wembley
5
  
 
1957
Wembley
11
  
 
1958
Wembley
4
  
 
1959
Wembley
6
  
 
1960
Wembley
5
  
 
1961
Malmo
7
  
 
1962
Wembley
7
  
Total  
7
45
  
         
SOVA, Emil (Czech Republic)
1982
Los Angeles
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
STAECHMANN, Jan (Denmark)
1994
Vojens
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
STANCL, Jiri (Czech Republic)
1971
Gothenburg
3
  
 
1976
Katowice
6
  
 
1977
Gothenburg
3
  
 
1978
Wembley
2
  
 
1980
Gothenburg
5
  
 
1981
Wembley
3
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
7
  
 
1983
Norden
1
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
1
  
Total  
9
31
  
         
STAROSTIN, Mikhail (Soviet Union)
1979
Katowice
3
  
 
1982
Los Angeles
0
  
Total  
2
3
  
         
STATHAM, Alec (England)
1937
Wembley
0
Reserve - one ride only
 
1938
Wembley
8+5 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+5 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
 
1949
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
2
8
  
         
SVENSSON, Per Tage (Sweden)
1963
Wembley
1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
SWIST, Piotr (Poland)
1994
Vojens
1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
SZCZAKIEL, Jerzy (Poland)
1970
Wroclaw
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1971
Gothenburg
0
  
 
1973
Katowice
13
1st place
Total  
2
13
** 1 x World Champion **