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 - W



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
WALOSZEK, Pawel (Poland)
1962
Wembley
2
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
10
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
14
2nd place
 
1972
Wembley
6
  
 
1973
Katowice
8
  
Total  
5
40
  
         
WARREN, Graham (Australia)
1949
Wembley
5
  
 
1950
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1952
Wembley
5
  
 
1953
Wembley
5
  
Total  
4
27
  
         
WATERMAN, Split (England)
1950
Wembley
8
  
 
1951
Wembley
12
2nd place
 
1952
Wembley
6
  
 
1953
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1954
Wembley
9
  
Total  
5
48
  
         
WATSON, Cliff (Australia)
1949
Wembley
1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
WHITE, George (England)
1957
Wembley
4
  
 
1959
Wembley
7
  
Total  
2
11
  
         
WIESBOCK, Alois (Germany)
1979
Katowice
1
  
Total  
1
1
  
         
WIGG, Simon (England)
1984
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1988
Vojens
9
  
 
1989
Munich
12
2nd place
Total  
3
30
  
         
WILKINSON, Bluey (Australia)
1936
Wembley
15+10 bonus
3rd place
 
1938
Wembley
14+8 bonus
1st place
Total  
2
29
** 1 x World Champion **
         
WILLIAMS, Eric (Wales)
1951
Wembley
6
  
 
1953
Wembley
4
  
 
1955
Wembley
12
  
Total  
3
22
  
         
WILLIAMS, Freddie (Wales)
1950
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1951
Wembley
7
  
 
1952
Wembley
13
2nd place
 
1953
Wembley
14
1st place
 
1954
Wembley
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
4
48
** 2 x World Champion **
         
WILLIAMS, Ian (Wales)
1957
Wembley
3
  
Total  
1
3
  
         
WILSON, Ray (England)
1967
Wembley
7
  
 
1971
Gothenburg
11
  
 
1973
Katowice
5
  
 
1975
Wembley
5
  
Total  
4
28
  
         
WILTSHIRE, Todd (Australia)
1990
Bradford
12
3rd place
Total  
1
12
  
         
WORYNA, Antoni (Poland)
1965
Wembley
6
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
13
3rd place
 
1967
Wembley
5
  
 
1968
Gothenburg
5
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
13
3rd place
Total  
5
42
  
         
WRIGHT, Arthur (England)
1955
Wembley
6
  
Total  
1
6
  
         
WYER, Doug (England)
1976
Katowice
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
WYGLENDA, Andrzej (Poland)
1964
Gothenburg
4
  
 
1965
Wembley
2
  
 
1967
Wembley
2
  
 
1969
Wembley
2
  
 
1970
Wroclaw
7
  
 
1973
Katowice
0
Reserve - one ride only
Total  
6
17