1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.

1984 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April Mildenhall Richard Knight Kevin Jolly Robert Henry
8 April Boston David Perks Colin Cook Steven Lomas
10 April Weymouth Marvyn Cox Martin Yeats Alun Rossiter
13 April Edinburgh Kenny McKinna Dave Trownson Charlie McKinna
17 April Milton Keynes Trevor Banks Barry Thomas Keith White
29 April Halifax Kevin Jolly Marvyn Cox Barry Thomas
16 May Poole Michael Lee Chris Morton Phil Collins
25 May Oxford Neil Evitts Andy Grahame Kenny Carter
Final
20 June Coventry Kenny Carter Andy Grahame Dave Jessup

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
(5) Kenny Carter 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 1
(10) Andy Grahame 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 2
(15) Dave Jessup 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 (4) Les Collins 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 4
5 (2) Martin Yeates 10 1 3 3 1 2 10 5
6 (1) Alan Grahame 9 3 3 0 3 T 9 6
7 (3) Simon Wigg 8 E 0 3 2 3 8 7
8 (7) Jeremy Doncaster 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 8
9 (14) Peter Collins 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9 3
10 (16) Neil Evitts 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 10 2
11 (11) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 11
12 (9) Chris Morton 5 E 1 2 1 1 5 12
13 (13) John Louis 4 X 2 0 0 2 4 13
14 (8) Phil Collins 3 X 0 E 3 E 3 14
15 (12) John Davis 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 15
16 (6) Mark Courtney 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Kevin Hawkins 1 1 1 R1
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

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Swedish Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
Hallstavik Pierre Brannefors Leif Wahlman Mikael Messing
Malilla Bjorn Andersson Anders Kling Alf Trofast
5 May Linköping Jan Andersson Per Jonsson Uno Johansson
Final
22 May Kumla Jan Andersson Bjorn Andersson Tommy Nilsson
23 May Vastervik Jan Andersson Pierre Brannefors Mikael Blixt
24 May Göteborg Pierre Brannefors Jan Andersson Per Jonsson

Intercontinental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Australian Final
29 January MilduraPhil CrumpBilly SandersGary Guglielmi
New Zealand Final
4 February Wellington Mitch Shirra Larry Ross David Bargh
Norwegian Final
25 April Skien Reidar Eide Dag Lovaas Edgar Stangeland
American Final
9 June Long Beach Bobby Schwartz Kelly Moran Shawn Moran
Scandinavian Final
12 June Norrköping Hans Nielsen Erik Gundersen Mikael Blixt
Overseas Final
15 July Belle Vue Lance King Phil Crump Shawn Moran
Intercontinental Final
20 July Vojens Shawn Moran Simon Wigg Lance King

Australian Final
  • January 29, 1984
  • Mildura
  • First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Phil Crump(3,3,3,3,3)15
2 Billy Sanders(3,2,3,2,3)13
3 Gary Guglielmi(F,3,3,3,2)11
4 John Titman(3,3,2,1,1)10
5 Rod Hunter(0,2,2,3,3)10
6 Steve Regeling(1,3,0,3,2)9
7 Steve Baker(2,F,1,2,3)8
8 Stan Bear(2,1,0,2,2)7
9 Glyn Taylor(3,2,0,F,1)6
10 Mark Fiora(1,1,3,0,0)5
11 David Jackson(2,2,1,F,X)5
12 Ray Palmer(2,X,2,0,1)5
13 Brent Nott(0,2,2,1,0)5
14 David Cheshire(1,0,0,1,2)4
15 Ashley Norton(F,-,-,-,-)0
16 JOhn McNeil(-,-,-,-,-)0
R1 Greg Barrett(1,1,1,0)3
18 Chris Schmidt(0,1,0,1,0)2

New Zealand Final
  • February 4, 1984
  • Christchurch
  • First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Mitch Shirra15
2 Larry Ross14
3 David Bargh13
4 Barry Briggs11
5 Alan Mason11
6 Peter Nightingale9
7 Chris Martin9
8 Mike Fullerton8
9 Robin Hampton7
10 Alan Fisher6
11 Greg de Kok5
12 Steve Duckworth5
13 Alan Crosbie4
14 Wayne Brown2
15 Greg Holloway1
16 Mark Richards0

Norwegian Final
  • April 25, 1984
  • Skien
  • First 2 to Scandinavian final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
2 Dag Lovaas14
3 Edgar Stangeland13
4 Ove Audun Olsen11

American 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
(11) Bobby Schwartz 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(6) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
(12) Shawn Moran 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 3
4 (1) Lance King 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 4
5 (4) John Cook 10 2 2 3 2 1 10 5
6 (7) Rick Miller 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 6
7 (13) Mike Faria 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7
8 (8) Sam Ermolenko 6 2 E 3 0 1 6 8
9 (5) Robert Pfetzing 6 0 1 2 3 F 6 9
10 (15) Mike Curosco 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 10
11 (14) Dennis Sigalos 4 2 2 F - - 4 11
12 (3) Brad Oxley 3 0 E 2 1 0 3 12
13 (9) Buddy Robinson 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 13
14 (2) John Sandoma 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 14
15 (10) Dubb Farrell 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 (16) Alan Christian 0 X - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Jim Lawson 4 0 0 2 2 4 R1
R2 (R2) Keith Christo 1 1 0 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

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Scandinavian Final
  • June 12, 1984
  • Norrköping,
  • First 7 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
(13) Hans Nielsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(11) Erik Gundersen 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 2
(15) Mikael Blixt 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 (5) Jan Andersson 11 3 X 3 2 3 11 4 2
5 (14) Kai Niemi 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 5 1
6 (3) Bo Petersen 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 6 0
7 (2) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 2 2 X 3 10 7
8 (8) Ari Koponen 8 2 2 1 1 2 8 8
9 (16) Peter Ravn 7 0 3 2 0 2 7 9
10 (1) Jens Rasmussen 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 10
11 (6) Pierre Brannefors 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 (12) Bjorn Andersson 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 12
13 (10) John Eskilden 3 F X 2 1 0 3 13
14 (4) Pekka Hautamaeki 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 (9) Einar Kyllingstad 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 (7) Ray Otto 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 (R1) Patrick Karsson 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Leif Wahlman 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

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Overseas 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
(2) Lance King 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(7) Phil Crump 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 2
(10) Shawn Moran 11 3 E 3 2 3 11 3
4 (4) Billy Sanders 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 4
5 (8) Alan Grahame 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 5
6 (9) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 3 2 0 9 6
7 (11) Kenny Carter 8 2 2 3 0 1 8 7
8 (14) Simon Wigg 8 1 1 2 1 3 8 8
9 (16) Larry Ross 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
10 (5) Kelly Moran 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 10 3
11 (15) Les Collins 6 3 1 0 1 1 6 11 2
12 (13) Jeremy Doncaster 5 X 0 E 2 3 5 12
13 (1) Andy Grahame 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 13
14 (12) Bobby Schwartz 3 0 0 1 E 2 3 14
15 (6) Dave Jessup 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 15
16 (3) Martin Yeates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) John Cook 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Gary Guglielmi 0 0 R2
R3 (R3) David Bargh 0 0 R3
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 Final
  • July 20, 1984
  • Vojens
  • First 12 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
(12) Shawn Moran 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
(10) Simon Wigg 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 2
(9) Lance King 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3
4 (14) Bo Petersen 9 3 3 0 2 1 9 4
5 (15) Mitch Shirra 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 5
6 (5) Kelly Moran 8 3 F 3 2 0 8 6
7 (16) Kai Niemi 8 2 0 3 0 3 8 7
8 (13) Hans Nielsen 8 0 E 2 3 3 8 8
9 (8) Erik Gundersen 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 9
10 (1) Jan Andersson 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 10
11 (11) Billy Sanders 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 (4) Alan Grahame 6 1 1 1 0 3 6 12 3
13 (3) Kenny Carter 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 13 2
14 (7) Phil Crump 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 14
15 (2) Larry Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (6) Mikael Blixt 1 F 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Tommy Nilsson 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Les Collins 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
22 April Krsko Edward Jancarz Georg Gilgenreiner Jerzy Rembas
22 April Debrecen Jiří Štancl Woijcech Zabialowicz János Oreskó
22 April Slany Václav Verner Maciej Jaworek Stanislav Urban
22 April Olching Josef Aigner Peter Wurtele Armando Castagna
Quarter-Finals
5 May Gdańsk Antonín Kasper Jr. Boleslaw Proch Petr Ondrašík
5 May Landshut Egon Muller Karl Maier Jiří Štancl
6 May Wiener Neustadt Josef Aigner Andrzej Huszcza Alois Wiesbock
6 May Szeged Mikhail Starostin Edward Jancarz Aleš Dryml Sr.
Semi-Finals
10 June Norden Egon Muller Jiří Štancl Karl Maier
10 June Žarnovica Zenon Kasprzak Petr Ondrašík Lubomir Jedek
Final
22 July Rovno Egon Muller Karl Maier Jiří Štancl

Continental Final
  • July 22, 1984
  • Rovno
  • 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
(14) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3
(5) Karl Maier 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 2
(2) Jiří Štancl 11 3 2 2 3 1 11 3 3
4 (11) Václav Verner 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 4 2
5 (9) Edward Jancarz 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 5
6 (16) Petr Ondrašík 9 0 1 3 2 3 9 6
7 (6) Georg Hack 8 1 F 1 3 3 8 7
8 (13) Aleš Dryml Sr. 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 8
9 (8) Lubomir Jedek 6 0 3 1 0 2 6 9
10 (10) Henny Kroeze 6 F 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 (7) Mikhail Starostin 6 2 2 F 2 0 6 11
12 (4) Andrzej Huszcza 4 1 2 1 X 0 4 12
13 (15) Zenon Plech 3 3 0 F X - 3 13
14 (1) Zdenek Schneiderwind 2 2 F 0 0 0 2 14
15 (3) Peter Wurtele 1 0 1 0 - X 1 15
16 (12) Zenon Kasprzak 1 1 0 - - - 1 16
R1 (R1) Boleslaw Proch 5 1 1 3 5 R1
R2 (R2) Josef Aigner 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

World 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) Erik Gundersen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(3) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 3
(14) Lance King 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3 2
4 (10) Kelly Moran 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4
5 (7) Mitch Shirra 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 5
6 (11) Simon Wigg 9 3 1 2 3 0 9 6
7 (2) Bo Petersen 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 7
8 (6) Shawn Moran 7 1 0 3 1 2 7 8
9 (12) Karl Maier 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10 (4) Jan Andersson 6 0 2 3 0 1 6 10
11 (1) Billy Sanders 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 11
12 (9) Kai Niemi 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 12
13 (16) Petr Ondrašík 3 2 0 0 E 1 3 13
14 (8) Egon Muller 3 0 1 1 1 F 3 14
15 (13) Jiří Štancl 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 (15) Václav Verner 0 0 0 E - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Alan Grahame 5 3 2 5 R1
R2 (R2) Georg Hack 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
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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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