1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final. Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off.

1991 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points.

Overseas Qualification

Australian Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place4th place
Northern Territory Championship
17 November 1990 Tennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Trevor O'Brien
Queensland Championship
1 December 1990 Mac's Speedway Troy Butler Darren Winkler Alan Rivett
Victorian Championship
23 December 1990 Olympic Park Speedway Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Phil Crump
New South Wales Championship
26 December 1990 Newcastle Motordrome Craig Boyce Todd Wiltshire Stephen Davies
Western Australian Championship
28 December 1990 Claremont Speedway Glenn Doyle David Cheshire Michael Carter
South Australian Championship
29 December 1990 Riverview Speedway Shane Parker Damon Richardson Brett Tomkins
Last Chance Qualifying
19 January 1991 Arunga Park Speedway Shane Bowes Scott Norman Mark Lemon Glyn Taylor
Australian Solo Championship
27 January 1991 Arunga Park Speedway Craig Boyce Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David Cheshire

Australian Final
  • 27 January 1991
  • Alice Springs, Arunga Park Speedway
  • First 3 to Commonwealth final
  • Leigh Adams seeded to Commonwealth Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Craig Boyce15
2 Glenn Doyle14
3 Glyn Taylor12
4 David Cheshire10+3
5 Todd Wiltshire10+2
6 Shane Bowes10+1
7 Phil Crump*9
8 Troy Butler8
9 Shane Parker8
10 Scott Norman5
11 Damon Richardson5
12 Mark Lemon5
13 Wayne Bridgeford3
14 Darren Winkler2
15 Glen Baxter2
16 Jason Lyons2

* Phil Crump replaced injured Victorian Champion Leigh Adams

New Zealand Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
South Island Final
?? Ruapuna Speedway Mark Lyndon????
North Island Final
?? Gisborne Speedway David Bargh????
New Zealand Final
14 February Awapundi Speedway David Bargh Chris Martin Mark Thorpe

American Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Rick Miller15
2 Sam Ermolenko14
3 Ronnie Correy13
4 Kelly Moran11
5 Billy Hamill10+3
6 Bobby Ott10+2
7 Gary Hicks9
8 Bobby Schwartz7
9 Mike Faria7
10 Greg Hancock6
11 Lance King5
12 Louis Kossuth4
13 Steve Lucero3
14 Brad Oxley3
15 Andy Northrup2
16 Josh Larsen (Res)1
17 John Kehoe0

Swedish Final
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1 Henrik Gustafsson15+14+1140
2 Per Jonsson11+11+1437
3 Tony Rickardsson12+12+933
4 Jimmy Nilsen13+12+833
5 Mikael Blixt8+9+1229
6 Erik Stenlund11+6+1027
7 Conny Ivarsson3+11+1226
8 Peter Karlsson8+8+723
9 Stefan Dannö10+5+419
10 Claes Ivarsson4+3+1118
11 Tony Olsson2+7+615
12 Mikael Karlsson5+5+515
13 Mikael Teurnberg7+1+513
14 Peter Nahlin3+9+113
15 Mikael Löfqvist5+4+110
16 Mikael Ritterwall3+3+28

British Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Gary Havelock15
2 Kelvin Tatum13
3 Chris Louis11
4 Paul Thorp10
5 Jeremy Doncaster10
6 Neil Collins9
7 Andy Smith8
8 Martin Dugard8
9 Sean Wilson7
10 Joe Screen7
11 Mark Loram5+3
12 John Davis5+2
13 Alan Grahame4
14 Richard Knight3
15 David Mullett3
16 Steve Schofield0

Danish Final
  • May 19, 1991
  • - Fladbro, Fldbro Morotbane
  • First 6 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen15
2 Tommy Knudsen14
3 Hans Nielsen12+3
4 John Jörgensen12+2
5 Gert Handberg10
6 Bo Petersen9
7 Jan Jacobsen8
8 Brian Karger6
9 Jan Staechmann6
10 Jens-Henry Nielsen6
11 Allan Johansen6
12 Tom Knudsen5
13 Per Sörensen4
14 Jan Petersen3
15 Lars Munkedal3
16 Lars-Henrik Jörgensen1

Commonwealth Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jeremy Doncaster14
2 Leigh Adams10+3
3 Joe Screen10+2
4 Paul Thorp10+1
5 Kelvin Tatum9
6 Glenn Doyle9
7 Neil Collins8
8 Gary Havelock8
9 Todd Wiltshire*7
10 Andy Smith7
11 Mitch Shirra7
12 Chris Louis6
13 Sean Wilson5
14 Gary Allan4
15 Martin Dugard4
16 Craig Boyce1

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor

Overseas Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Kelvin Tatum13
2 Sam Ermolenko12+3
3 Billy Hamill12+2
4 Andy Smith11
5 Paul Thorp10
6 Ronnie Correy9
7 Jeremy Doncaster7
8 Mitch Shirra7
9 Kelly Moran7
10 Todd Wiltshire6+3
11 Glenn Doyle6+2
12 Joe Screen5
13 Rick Miller4
14 Gary Havelock4
15 Leigh Adams4
16 Neil Collins3

Nordic Final
  • June 23, 1991
  • - Brovst, Nordjylland Speedway Center
  • First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Hans Nielsen13
2 Jan O. Pedersen12
3 Jimmy Nilsen11
4 Henrik Gustafsson10
5 Per Jonsson9
6 Lars Gunnestad9
7 Gert Handberg8
8 Tommy Knudsen8
9 Mikael Blixt8
10 Tony Rickardsson7+3
11 Einar Kyllingstad7+2
12 Vesa Ylinen7+1
13 Bo Petersen4
14 John Jörgensen4
15 Juha Moksunen1
16 Tor Einar Hielm1

Continental Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Continental Semi-final
June 23, 1991 Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium Armando Castagna Roman Matousek Gerd Riss
Continental Semi-final
June 23, 1991 Lonigo, Pista Speedway Ryszard Dolomisiewicz Zoltán Adorján Róbert Nagy

World Semi-Final #1
  • August 11, 1991
  • - Rovno, Rivne Speedway
  • First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Billy Hamill12
2 Jimmy Nilsen11
3 Per Jonsson10+3
4 Paul Thorp10+2
5 Roman Matousek9
6 Armando Castagna9
7 Jeremy Doncaster9
8 Mitch Shirra9
9 Mikael Blixt8+3
10 Henrik Gustafsson8+2
11 Vladimir Kalina7
12 Lars Gunnestad6
13 Zoltán Adorján4
14 Petr Vandirek4
15 Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res)2
16 Róbert Nagy1
17 Rif Saitgareev1

World Semi-Final #2
  • August 18, 1991
  • - Abensberg, Motorstadion
  • First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Hans Nielsen15
2 Jan O. Pedersen14
3 Tommy Knudsen12
4 Sam Ermolenko11
5 Tony Rickardsson*10
6 Ronnie Correy8
7 Kelvin Tatum8
8 Gerd Riss8
9 Gert Handberg7+3
10 Jozsef Petrikovics7+2
11 Kelly Moran6
12 Wojciech Zaluski5
13 Václav Milík, Sr.3
14 Zdenek Schneiderwind3
15 Klaus Lausch2
16 Michail Starostin1

* First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith

World final

Classification
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
1 (15) Jan O Pedersen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (6) Tony Rickardsson 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
3 (1) Hans Nielsen 11+3 2 3 1 3 2 11 3
4 (2) Tommy Knudsen 11+2 3 1 1 3 3 11 4
5 (3) Jimmy Nilsen 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 5
6 (10) Paul Thorp 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 6
7 (16) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 7
8 (13) Kelvin Tatum 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 8
9 (4) Per Jonsson 7 1 2 0 1 3 7 9
10 (5) Ronnie Correy 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 10
11 (8) Armando Castagna 6 1 1 3 1 0 6 11
12 (12) Billy Hamill 6 2 - 2 1 1 2 12
13 (7) Mitch Shirra 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 13
14 (11) Jeremy Doncaster 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 14
15 (9) Roman Matousek 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 (14) Gerd Riss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Mikael Blixt 0 0 0
(18) Gert Handberg 0 0
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
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen(3,3,3,3,3)15
2 Tony Rickardsson(2,3,3,2,2)12
3 Hans Nielsen(2,3,1,3,2)11+3
4 Tommy Knudsen(3,1,1,3,3)11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen(0,2,2,3,3)10
6 Paul Thorp(3,2,2,2,1)10
7 Sam Ermolenko(2,3,2,0,2)9
8 Kelvin Tatum(1,2,3,2,0)8
9 Per Jonsson(1,2,0,1,3)7
10 Ronnie Correy(3,0,0,1,2)6
11 Armando Castagna(1,1,3,1,0)6
12 Billy Hamill(2,X,2,1,1)6
13 Mitch Shirra(0,0,1,2,1)4
14 Roman Matousek(0,1,1,0,0)2
15 Jeremy Doncaster(1,1,0,0,0)2
16 Gerd Riss(0,0,0,0,1)1
R1 Mikael Blixt(-,0,-,-,-)0
R2 Gert Handberg(-,-,-,-,-)-
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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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