1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

1994 was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.

The 1994 Speedway World Final programme.
1994 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.

Qualification

Australian Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Queensland Championship
December 1993 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Troy Butler Jason Crump Tony Rose
New South Wales Championship
27 December 1993 Gosford Speedway Craig Boyce Stephen Davies Tony Primmer
Victorian Championship
December 1993 Olympic Park Speedway Leigh Adams Mark Lemon Jason Lyons
South Australian Championship
December 1993 North Arm Speedway Shane Parker Brett Woodfield Steve Graetz
Western Australian Championship
December 1993 Claremont Speedway Steve Johnston ? ?
Final
22 January 1994 Olympic Park Speedway Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Jason Crump

Australian Final
  • January 22, 1994
  •  AUS Mildura, Olympic Park Speedway
  • First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Leigh Adams15
2 Jason Lyons13
3 Jason Crump11+3
4 Craig Boyce11+2
5 Shane Parker10
6 Mick Poole9
7 Tony Langdon9
8 Cory Alderton9
9 Mark Lemon8
10 Troy Butler7
11 Stephen Davies5
12 Brett Woodfield4
13 Tony Rose4
14 Steve Johnston2
15 Wayne Lorimer1
16 Greg Barlett1


New Zealand Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
South Island Championship
? Ruapunda Speedway Mark Thorpe Mark Jamiesson Trevor Chapman
North Island Championship
? Stratford Speedway Nathan Murray Mike Wilson Tony Nagel
New Zealand Final
5 February Stratford Speedway Mark Thorpe Tony Nagel Mark Jamiesson

New Zealand Final
  • February 5, 1994
  •  NZL Stratford, Stratford Speedway
  • First 2 to Commonwealth Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Mark Thorpe15
2 Tony Nagel14
3 Mark Jamiesson13
4 Steve Mudgway11
5 Nathan Murray9
6 Mike Wilson8
7 Galvin Stone8
8 Craig Barker8
9 Trevor Chapman6
10 Justin Monk6
11 Dean Cooper5
12 Rhys Hamburger4
13 Jackyi Mauger (wom.)4
14 Chris Penny4
15 Scott Mitchell2
16 Daniel Burberry1


British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
28 March Exeter???
2 April Swindon David Blackbird Paul Hurry Alun Rossiter
Semi-Finals
18 April Reading Dave Mullett Chris Louis Jeremy Doncaster
18 April Wolverhampton Joe Screen Mark Loram Simon Cross
Final
1 May Coventry Andy Smith Joe Screen Steve Schoefeld 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
(12) Andy Smith 12 2 1 3 3 3 12 1
(4) Joe Screen 11 0 3 3 2 3 11 2 3
(6) Steve Schofield 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 3 2
4 (10) Gary Havelock 11 3 1 2 3 2 11 4 1
5 (5) Dean Barker 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 5
6 (2) Jeremy Doncaster 9 3 0 1 2 3 9 6
7 (3) Mark Loram 9 1 3 3 0 2 9 7
8 (11) Martin Dugard 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 8
9 (14) Simon Cross 9 3 2 2 2 0 9 9
10 (16) Chris Louis 7 2 0 1 2 2 7 10
11 (8) Kelvin Tatum 6 0 2 1 0 3 6 11
12 (9) Ben Howe 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 12
13 (1) Richard Knight 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 13
14 (7) David Mullett 3 2 1 0 E 0 3 14
15 (13) Kenny McKinna 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 (15) Paul Hurry 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Scott Lamb 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) David Norris 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


Swedish Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
8 May Målilla Per Jonsson Henrik Gustafsson Mikael Karlsson
8 May Nyköping Erik Stenlund Niklas Klingberg Conny Ivarsson
Final
24 May Kumla Henrik Gustafsson Per Jonsson Tony Rickardsson

Swedish Final
  • May 24, 1994
  •  SWE Kumla, Kumula Speedway
  • First 5 to Nordic 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
(2) Henrik Gustafsson 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1
(5) Per Jonsson 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
(13) Tony Rickardsson 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 3
4 (15) Stefan Danno 10 2 3 0 3 2 10 4
5 (3) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 5
6 (11) Niklas Klingberg 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 6 3
7 (1) Mikael Karlsson 9 3 1 0 2 3 9 7 2
8 (7) Erik Stenlund 9 1 0 3 3 2 9 8 1
9 (12) Tony Olsson 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 9
10 (10) Peter Nahlin 6 3 1 1 1 0 6 10
11 (14) Jorgen Johansson 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 (16) Christer Rohlen 5 0 1 3 0 1 5 12
13 (4) Claes Ivarsson 4 0 2 0 2 E 4 13
14 (8) Conny Ivarsson 4 2 F 1 0 1 4 14
15 (6) Niklas Karlsson 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 15
16 (9) Patrick Olsson 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Robert Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Anders Kling 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


Danish Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Finals
28 May Holstebro Gert Handberg Tommy Knudsen Claus Jacobsen
29 May Randers Hans Nielsen Claus Jacobsen John Jørgensen

Danish Final
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1 Hans Nielsen24
2 Claus Jacobsen22
3 Gert Handberg21
4 Jan Staechmann20
5 Tommy Knudsen20
6 Martin Vinther18
7 John Jørgensen17
8 Jacob Olsen16
9 Brian Karger16
10 Brian Andersen13
11 Frede Schott13
12 Ole Hansen11
13 Jan Andersen8
Res Ronni Pedersen7
14 Morten Andersen6
Res Soren Damgärd6
15 Bo Skov Eriksen1
16 Kjed Mikkelsen0


Intercontinental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
American Final
22 May Ventura Raceway Greg Hancock Billy Hamill Josh Larsen
Commonwealth Final
22 May King's Lynn Mark Loram Martin Dugard Joe Screen
Overseas Final
12 June Coventry Sam Ermolenko Greg Hancock Craig Boyce
Scandinavian Final
12 June Eskilstuna Hans Nielsen Tommy Knudsen Tony Rickardsson

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 2122
(15) Greg Hancock 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(13) Billy Hamill 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2 3
(9) Josh Larsen 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3 2
4 (11) Mike Faria 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 4 3
5 (2) Charlie Ermolenko 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 5 2
6 (6) Chris Manchester 10 3 3 3 1 F 10 6
7 (7) Charlie Venegas 8 2 1 2 3 F 8 7
8 (1) Bobby Schwartz 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 8
9 (5) Jim Sisemore 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 9
10 (14) Ed Castro 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 10
11 (16) Brent Werner 5 0 3 0 1 1 5 11
12 (3) John Aden 5 1 0 1 3 E 5 12
13 (4) Bobby Hadden 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 13
14 (12) Andy Horthrup 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 (8) Josh Kehoe 2 T 1 T 0 1 2 15
16 (10) Brad Oxley 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Jeam Eastes 0 0 F 0 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 2122

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

Commonwealth 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
(4) Mark Loram 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
(15) Martin Dugard 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2
(5) Joe Screen 12 3 2 3 3 1 12 3
4 (14) Leigh Adams 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4
5 (1) Chris Louis 10 1 1 3 3 2 10 5
6 (13) Jeremy Doncaster 9 3 0 1 2 3 9 6
7 (8) Jason Lyons 8 1 2 2 3 F 8 7
8 (6) Craig Boyce 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 8
9 (10) Gary Havelock 7 3 1 0 2 1 7 9
10 (3) Jason Crump 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 (9) Mitch Shirra 6 0 3 0 0 3 6 11
12 (7) Andy Smith 4 F 0 2 0 2 4 12
13 (11) Steve Schofield 4 2 2 0 F 0 4 13
14 (12) Mark Thorpe 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 14
15 (16) Dean Barker 2 0 1 1 0 E 2 15
16 (2) Simon Cross 0 0 0 F - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Kelvin Tatum 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Shane Parker 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

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
(3) Sam Ermolenko 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(6) Greg Hancock 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 2 3
(7) Craig Boyce 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 2
4 (8) Leigh Adams 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 (1) Jason Crump 9 2 3 1 0 3 9 5
6 (12) Josh Larsen 9 0 2 3 1 3 9 6
7 (2) Mark Loram 8 1 2 2 2 1 8 7
8 (5) Chris Louis 8 0 2 1 2 3 8 8
9 (9) Billy Hamill 8 1 1 0 3 3 8 9
10 (14) Joe Screen 7 2 1 1 2 1 7 10
11 (16) Charles Ermolenko 6 3 0 2 1 0 6 11
12 (10) Gary Havelock 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 12
13 (4) Jeremy Doncaster 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 13
14 (11) Martin Dugard 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 14
15 (13) Mike Faria 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 (15) Jason Lyons 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 16
R1 (R1) Mitch Shirra 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Chris Manchester 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

Nordic Final
  • June 12, 1994
  •  SWE Eskilstuna, Smedstadion
  • First 9 to World Semi-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
(3) Hans Nielsen 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 1
(9) Tommy Knudsen 12 3 0 3 3 3 12 2 3
(5) Tony Rickardsson 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 3 2
4 (1) Henrik Gustafsson 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4
5 (2) Per Jonsson 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 5
6 (4) Lars Gunnestad 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 6
7 (7) Stefan Danno 8 0 2 3 3 0 8 7
8 (6) Gert Handberg 8 3 1 2 2 8 8
9 (16) Jan Staechmann 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 9
10 (8) Claus Jacobsen 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 (15) Jimmy Nilsen 5 3 X 2 0 X 5 11
12 (14) Vesa Ylinen 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 12
13 (11) Rune Holta 4 T 1 1 2 F 4 13
14 (13) Mika Pellinen 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 14
15 (12) Marko Huyyrylainen 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 (10) Martin Vinther 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 (R1) Magnus Zetterstrom 0 0 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

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


Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
24 April Krsko Sandor Tihanyi Andrea Maida Gabor Roth
24 April Lonigo Rinat Mardanshin Zdenek Schneiderwind Robert Barth
24 April Pfaffenhofen Simon Wigg Vladimir Voronkow Jiri Stancl II
24 April Pila Grigory Kharchenko Adam Pawliczek Andrey Korolev
Quarter-Finals
8 May Marmande Grzegorz Rempala Roman Matousek Massimo Mora
8 May Diedenbergen Roman Jankowski Armando Castagna Antonin Kasper, Jr.
8 May Neustadt-Donau Marvyn Cox Marian Jirout Robert Nagy
8 May Pila Piotr Swist Jacek Rempala Simon Wigg
Semi-Finals
12 June Bydgoszcz Tomasz Gollob Marvyn Cox Jacek Gollob
12 June Miskolc Antonin Kasper, Jr. Armando Castagna Roman Jankowski

World Semi-finals

Semi-final 1
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 2122
(9) Mark Loram 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(2) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
(11) Henrik Gustafsson 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 (6) Josh Larsen 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 4
5 (4) Marvyn Cox 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 5
6 (5) Chris Louis 9 2 2 2 2 1 9 6
7 (16) Piotr Swist 8 1 2 0 3 2 8 7
8 (1) Craig Boyce 8 1 1 2 2 2 8 8
9 (15) Roman Jankowski 7 3 3 1 0 0 7 9
10 (10) Claus Jacobsen 6 1 1 1 0 3 6 10
11 (3) Bohumil Brhel 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 11
12 (8) Lars Gunnestad 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 12
13 (12) Jacek Gollob 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 13
14 (14) Armando Castagna 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 (13) Leigh Adams 2 0 0 2 0 - 2 15
16 (7) Robert Nagy 0 0 0 0 - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Joe Screen 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Roman Matousek 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 2122

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

Semi-final 2
  • July 10, 1994
  •  CZE Prague, Marketa Stadion
  • First 8 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 2122
(5) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(8) Tony Rickardsson 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 2
(16) Jan Staechmann 11 2 2 3 2 2 11 3 3
4 (7) Sam Ermolenko 11 2 1 2 3 3 11 4 2
5 (11) Stefan Danno 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 5 1
6 (15) Tommy Knudsen 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 6 0
7 (1) Jason Crump 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8 (12) Greg Hancock 8 2 0 1 2 3 8 8 3
9 (13) Billy Hamill 8 1 T 3 2 2 8 9 2
10 (4) Tomas Topinka 8 2 1 1 3 1 8 10
11 (14) Zoltan Adorjan 5 0 3 2 0 X 5 11
12 (9) Ryszard Franczyszyn 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 (2) Dariusz Sledz 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 (6) Simon Wigg 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 14
15 (3) Gert Handberg 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 (10) Antonin Kasper, Jr. 1 1 E E - - 1 16
R1 (R1) Grigory Kharchenko 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Petr Vandirek 0 F 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 2122

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
(6) Tony Rickardsson 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 1 3
(11) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 3 X 3 12 2 2
(13) Craig Boyce 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 1
4 (12) Greg Hancock 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 4
5 (1) Tommy Knudsen 10 3 3 1 0 3 10 5
6 (14) Marvyn Cox 9 3 0 3 2 1 9 6
7 (10) Henrik Gustafsson 9 2 3 2 1 1 9 7
8 (8) Mark Loram 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 8
9 (2) Josh Larsen 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 9
10 (15) Jan Stæchmann 7 1 2 2 2 0 7 10
11 (7) Jason Crump 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 11
12 (3) Chris Louis 6 1 1 1 3 0 6 12
13 (5) Sam Ermolenko 6 0 1 1 2 2 6 13
14 (4) Stefan Dannö 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 14
15 (16) Piotr Świst 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 (9) Tomasz Gollob 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Billy Hamill 0 1 0 R1
R2 (R2) Roman Jankowski 0 0 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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