1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

1977 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Australian Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
New South Wales Round
27 November Sydney Ricky Day Billy Sanders Mitch Shirra
Queensland Qualification
28 November Bundaberg John Titman Neil Coddington Owen Hall
Victorian Qualification
8 January Melbourne Phil Crump Danny Kennedy Rob Jones
Southern Qualification
17 January Adelaide John Boulger Tony Boyle Bob Maxfield
28 January Adelaide Phil Crump John Boulger Tony Boyle
New South Wales Qualification
11 February Newcastle Phil Crump Phil Herne Billy Sanders
West Australian Qualification
21 February Perth Glyn Taylor Neil Webb Les Leisk
Northern Zone Final
23 February Brisbane Neil Coddington Steve Koppe Mike Farrell
Australian Final
25 February Newcastle Phil Crump Phil Herne Billy Sanders

Australian Final
  • February 25, 1977
  • Newcastle
  • First 8 to Australasian final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Phil Crump15
2 Phil Herne13
3 Billy Sanders13
4 John Boulger11
5 Mike Farrell10
6 John Titman9
7 Ricky Day9
8 Mitch Shirra8
9 Stuart Mountford7
10 Danny Kennedy7
11 Tony Boyle7
12 Paul O'Neil4
13 Robin Amundson3
14 Mick McKeon2
15 John Williams2
16 Robert Maxfield0

New Zealand Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
North Island Final
12 January Auckland John Goodall Mike Fullerton Jack Millen
South Island Final
3 January Christchurch Roger Wright Larry Ross Paul Fewings
New Zealand Semi-Final
20 January Christchurch Ivan Mauger Larry Ross Barry Briggs
New Zealand Final
12 February Auckland Larry Ross Ivan Mauger Robin Adlington

New Zealand Final
  • February 12, 1977
  • Auckland
  • First 8 to Australasian final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Larry Ross3,2,3,3,314
2 Ivan MaugerX,3,3,3,312
3 Robin Adlington2,3,2,2,312
4 Barry Briggs1,1,3,3,311
5 John Goodall3,3,1,3,111
6 Roger Wright1,3,2,2,210
7 Colin Farquharson2,2,3,2,110
8 Mike Fullerton3,1,2,1,29
9 Colin Tucker3,0,1,2,28
10 Paul Fewings2,1,0,1,15
11 Max Brown1,0,2,0,14
12 Allan Brown0,2,1,1,F4
13 James Moore0,F,X,1,23
14 Malcolm Chambers2,F,0,-,-2
15 Bruce Spargo0,1,0,0,01
16 John Bargh0,-,0,0,00
R1 Merv Hodgson1,1,02
R2 Bruce Mitchell2,02

Swedish Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
6 May Avesta Soren Karlsson Jan Andersson Jan Simensen
7 May Motala Hasse Holmqvist Richard Hellsen Christer Sjosten
6 May Vastervik Bernt Persson Soren Sjosten Tommy Johanssen
Final
24 May Vetlanda Anders Michanek Bengt Jansson Bernt Persson
25 May Norrköping Anders Michanek Bernt Persson Soren Karlsson
26 May Eskilstuna Anders Michanek Bengt Jansson Jan Andersson

Swedish Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Anders Michanek44
2 Bengt Jansson38
3 Bernt Persson32
4 Tommy Nilsson30
5 Sören Karlsson29
6 Jan Andersson27
7 Rickard Hellsén27
8 Christer Sjösten24
9 Sören Sjösten21
10 Tommy Johansson19
11 Hans Holmqvist15
12 Jan Simensen15
13 Åke Fridell14
14 Karl-Erik Claesson13
15 Börje Klingberg7
16 Eddie Davidsson5
17 Lars-Åke Andersson0
18 Conny Samuelsson0

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
21 April Oxford Paul Tyrer Geoff Bouchard Martin Yeates
30 April Stoke Robbie Gardner John Jackson Carl Glover
1 May Rye House Karl Fiala Les Collins Mike Lanham
5 May Newport Steve Weatherley Barney Kennett Steve Lomas
Quarter-Finals
14 May Halifax Chris Pusey Doug Wyer John Louis
16 May Cradley Heath Gordon Kennett George Hunter Bob Kilby
18 May Kings Lynn Michael Lee Paul Tyrer Chris Morton
20 May Hackney Malcolm Simmons Martin Yeates Dave Jessup
Semi-Finals
27 June Birmingham Terry Betts Michael Lee Alan Wilkinson
29 June Poole Dave Jessup Doug Wyer Malcolm Simmons
Final
13 July Coventry Michael Lee Dave Jessup Doug Wyer result

British Final
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
(6) Michael Lee 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(8) Dave Jessup 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
(16) Doug Wyer 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 3
4 (2) John Davis 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 4
5 (5) Keith White 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 (3) Chris Morton 9 X 3 2 2 2 9 6
7 (14) Bob Kilby 9 2 3 0 3 1 9 7
8 (11) Gordon Kennett 8 3 1 0 1 3 8 8
9 (1) Terry Betts 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 9
10 (9) Alan Wilkinson 7 2 1 1 2 1 7 10
11 (15) John Louis 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12 (10) Martin Ashby 5 1 1 3 0 0 5 12
13 (7) Barry Thomas 2 T 0 0 2 0 2 13
14 (12) David Gagen 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 14
15 (4) Neil Middleditch 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 (13) Malcolm Simmons 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Mick Bell 3 0 2 1 3 R1
R2 (R2) Frank Smith 0 F 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Intercontinental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Australasian Final
19 February Sydney Ivan Mauger Phil Crump John Boulger
Norwegian Final
17 April Sandnes Tormod Langli Rolf Gramstad Stein R.Pedersen
Danish Final
19 May Fredericia Finn Thomsen Erling Rasmussen Bo Petersen
Scandinavian Final
29 May Tampere Ole Olsen Ila Teromaa Finn Thomsen
American Final
29 July Costa Mesa Mike Bast Bruce Penhall Scott Autrey
Intercontinental Final
21 August White City Peter Collins Ole Olsen Billy Sanders

Australasian Final
  • February 19, 1977
  •  AUS Sydney
  • First 4 to Intercontinental final
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
(5) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
(1) Phil Crump 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 2 2
(16) John Boulger 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 3 1
4 (9) Billy Sanders 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 4
5 (12) Phil Herne 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (4) Barry Briggs 9 1 1 3 2 2 9 6
7 (3) Ricky Day 9 2 3 2 1 1 9 7
8 (13) Mitch Shirra 8 1 0 2 3 2 8 8
9 (6) Mike Farrell 7 2 3 1 1 0 7 9
10 (14) John Titman 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 10
11 (7) Colin Farquharson 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 11
12 (10) Larry Ross 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 12
13 (15) Robin Adlington 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 (11) Mike Fullerton 3 0 1 0 2 E 3 14
15 (8) Roger Wright 1 0 0 E 1 0 1 15
16 (2) John Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Stuart Mountford 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Paul O'Neil 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Norwegian Final
  • April 17, 1977
  • Sandnes
  • First 5 to Scandinavian Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Tormod Langli15
2 Rolf Gramstad12
3 Stein R.Pedersen12
4 Jan Gravningen11
5 Edgard Stangeland11
6 Jan Gravningen10
7 Tom Godal
8 Ingve Madland
9 Trond Skretting
10 Geir Aasland
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Danish Final
  • May 19, 1977
  • Fredericia
  • First 6 to Scandinavian Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Finn Thomsen13
2 Erling Rasmussen12+3
3 Bo Petersen12+2
4 Gunnar Svensen11
5 Finn Rune Jensen9+3
6 Bent Noregaard9+2
7 Bent Rasmussen8
8 Frank Mastrup8
9 Kaj Kristiansen7
10 Knud Ellegaard7
11 Jens Krause Kjaer7
12 Kurt Bogh6
13 Frank Hansen5
14 Jorgen Walther5
15 Otto Larsen1
16 Preben Rosenkilde0

Scandinavian Final
  • May 29, 1977
  • Tampere
  • First 4 to Intercontinental final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Ole Olsen15
2 Ila Teromaa14
3 Finn Thomsen12
4 Kai Niemi12
5 Bo Petersen10
6 Tom Godal10
7 Finn Jensen9
8 Tormod Langli8
9 Gunnar Svendsen7
10 Markku Helminen5
11 Erling Rasmussen5
12 Trond Skretting4
13 Esa Mattila (Res)3
14 Rauli Mäkinen (Res)2
15 Geir Aasland1
16 Pentti Mattila (Res)1
17 Ingve Madland0
18 Ari Koponen0
19 Stein R Pedersen0

American Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Mike Bast14
2 Bruce Penhall13+3
3 Scott Autrey13+2
4 Steve Bast11
5 Rick Woods10
6 Alan Christian9
7 Mike Curoso9
8 Dennis Sigalos8
9 Steve Gresham8
10 Ron Yarrow7
11 Larry Shaw6
12 Rich MacMurray5
13 Dave Robinson5
14 R. McGill1
15 Dave Faria1

Intercontinental Final
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
(1) Peter Collins 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(15) Ole Olsen 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
(12) Billy Sanders 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 3 3
4 (11) Michael Lee 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 4 2
5 (4) Ivan Mauger 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 5
6 (16) John Boulger 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 6
7 (3) Finn Thomsen 8 E 0 3 3 2 8 7
8 (9) John Davis 7 3 2 0 X 2 7 8 3
9 (5) Dave Jessup 7 3 1 1 2 F 7 9 F
10 (8) Ila Teromaa 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11 (7) Doug Wyer 6 2 1 2 0 1 6 11
12 (14) Kai Niemi 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 (6) Keith White 4 0 3 0 1 0 4 13
14 (13) Bruce Penhall 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 14
15 (10) Phil Crump 2 0 2 E 0 0 2 15
16 (2) Mike Bast 1 T 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Trevor Geer 1 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) Steve Weatherley 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
24 April Civitanova Paolo Noro Jan Hadek Jiří Štancl
25 April Bopfingen Georg Hack Jiri Jirout Hans Ziegl
Quarter-Finals
1 May Bremen Edward Jancarz Marek Cieślak Egon Muller
8 May Wiener Neustadt Jiří Štancl Siegfried Eder Jerzy Szczakiel
7 May Slany Sergey Dyuzhev Zenon Plech Jerzy Rembas
8 May Debrecen Walter Grubmuller Sergey Uchov Václav Verner
Semi-Finals
29 May Gorzów Jerzy Rembas Boguslaw Nowak Jan Mucha
29 May Norden Marek Cieślak Egon Muller Edward Jancarz
Final
June 25 Tolyatti Jan Verner Egon Muller Jiří Štancl

Continental Final
  • July 25, 1977
  • Togliatti
  • First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
(9) Jan Verner 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3
(4) Egon Muller 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 2
(6) Jiří Štancl 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3 1
4 (12) Edward Jancarz 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 4
5 (13) Jan Mucha 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (10) Vladimir Rozhanchuk 10 2 2 0 3 3 10 6
7 (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 7
8 (14) Boguslaw Nowak 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 8
9 (7) Jerzy Rembas 6 0 3 1 F 2 6 9
10 (2) Jan Hadek 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 10
11 (8) Angel Jeftimov 3 2 1 F - - 3 11
12 (15) Henny Kroeze 2 1 1 F - - 2 12
13 (16) Marek Cieślak 1 0 F 1 E E 1 13
14 (5) Georgy Ivanov 1 1 F - - - 1 14
15 (3) Andrzej Jurczynski 0 F 0 F F - 0 15
16 (1) Václav Verner 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Nikolay Kornev 5 E 3 2 5 R1
R2 (R2) Nikolay Dubrovin 1 1 1 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

World Final
  • September 2, 1977
  • Göteborg, Ullevi[1]
  • Referee: () Torrie Kittelsen
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
(7) Ivan Mauger 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(14) Peter Collins 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
(9) Ole Olsen 12+3 2 3 3 3 1 12 3
4 (16) Michael Lee 12+2 2 3 3 2 2 12 4
5 (3) Finn Thomsen 10 2 3 1 1 3 10 5
6 (13) Bengt Jansson 8 1 1 2 3 2 9 6
7 (1) Egon Müller 8 3 2 0 F 3 8 7
8 (5) Anders Michanek 8 2 E 3 3 E 8 8
9 (11) Billy Sanders 7 3 1 2 0 E 6 9
10 (4) Tommy Nilsson 6 0 2 E 2 2 6 10
11 (12) Bernt Persson 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 11
12 (2) John Boulger 5 1 2 E 2 F 5 12
13 (6) Edward Jancarz 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 (15) Jiří Štancl 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 (8) Jan Verner 1 0 0 0 1 X 1 15
16 (10) Jan Mucha 0 0 0 1 E X 1 16
R1 (R1) Sören Karlsson 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Boguslaw Nowak 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
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References
  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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