Speedway World Championship Classification

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The table below is a classified table of every speedway rider to have finished in the top three of a Speedway World Championship competition.[1]

Classification[edit]

Riders[edit]

No. Rider Nationality Total
1. Tony Rickardsson  Sweden 11 6 3 2
2. Ivan Mauger  New Zealand 10 6 3 1
3. Ove Fundin  Sweden 11 5 3 3
4. Hans Nielsen  Denmark 12 4 6 2
5. Barry Briggs  New Zealand 10 4 3 3
6. Greg Hancock  United States 9 4 2 3
7. Bartosz Zmarzlik  Poland 7 4 2 1
8. Jason Crump  Australia 10 3 5 2
9. Tai Woffinden  England 6 3 2 1
10. Nicki Pedersen  Denmark 7 3 1 3
11. Ole Olsen  Denmark 6 3 1 2
12. Erik Gundersen  Denmark 4 3 1
13. Ronnie Moore  New Zealand 5 2 3
14. Freddie Williams  Wales 3 2 1
15. Peter Craven  England 4 2 2
16. Jack Young  Australia 2 2
Bruce Penhall  United States 2 2
18. Tomasz Gollob  Poland 7 1 2 4
19. Björn Knutson  Sweden 3 1 2
Billy Hamill  United States 3 1 2
21. Jan O. Pedersen  Denmark 3 1 1 1
22. Jack Milne  United States 2 1 1
Anders Michanek  Sweden 2 1 1
Peter Collins  England 2 1 1
Per Jonsson  Sweden 2 1 1
26. Sam Ermolenko  United States 4 1 3
27. Michael Lee  England 3 1 2
28. Bluey Wilkinson  Australia 2 1 1
29. Lionel Van Praag  Australia 1 1
Tommy Price  England 1 1
Jerzy Szczakiel  Poland 1 1
Egon Müller  Germany 1 1
Gary Havelock  England 1 1
Mark Loram  England 1 1
Chris Holder  Australia 1 1
Jason Doyle  Australia 1 1
Artem Laguta  Russia 1 1
38. Jarosław Hampel  Poland 3 2 1
39. Split Waterman  England 2 2
Igor Plekhanov  Soviet Union 2 2
Leon Madsen  Denmark 2 2
42. Fredrik Lindgren  Sweden 3 1 2
43. Wilbur Lamoreaux  United States 2 1 1
Bengt Jansson  Sweden 2 1 1
Zenon Plech  Poland 2 1 1
Billy Sanders  Australia 2 1 1
Leigh Adams  Australia 2 1 1
48. Eric Langton  England 1 1
Jack Parker  England 1 1
Wally Green  England 1 1
Sverre Harrfeldt  Norway 1 1
Brian Crutcher  England 1 1
Paweł Waloszek  Poland 1 1
Bernt Persson  Sweden 1 1
Malcolm Simmons  England 1 1
Gordon Kennett  England 1 1
Dave Jessup  England 1 1
Les Collins  England 1 1
Simon Wigg  England 1 1
Jimmy Nilsen  Sweden 1 1
Andreas Jonsson  Sweden 1 1
Krzysztof Kasprzak  Poland 1 1
Patryk Dudek  Poland 1 1
64. Emil Sayfutdinov  Russia 3 3
65. Antoni Woryna  Poland 2 2
Sören Sjösten  Sweden 2 2
67. Cordy Milne  United States 1 1
Louis Lawson  England 1 1
Graham Warren  Australia 1 1
Jack Biggs  Australia 1 1
Bob Oakley  England 1 1
Geoff Mardon  New Zealand 1 1
Olle Nygren  Sweden 1 1
Arthur Forrest  England 1 1
Aub Lawson  Australia 1 1
Gote Nordin  Sweden 1 1
Edward Jancarz  Poland 1 1
John Louis  England 1 1
Phil Crump  Australia 1 1
Scott Autrey  United States 1 1
Tommy Knudsen  Denmark 1 1
Dennis Sigalos  United States 1 1
Lance King  United States 1 1
Kelvin Tatum  England 1 1
Jeremy Doncaster  England 1 1
Todd Wiltshire  Australia 1 1
Gert Handberg  Denmark 1 1
Chris Louis  England 1 1
Craig Boyce  Australia 1 1
Ryan Sullivan  Australia 1 1
Niels-Kristian Iversen  Denmark 1 1
Maciej Janowski  Poland 1 1
Martin Vaculík  Slovakia 1 1
No. Rider Nationality Total

Countries[edit]

No. Country Total
1.  Sweden 41 14 15 12
2.  Denmark 37 14 12 11
3.  New Zealand 26 12 9 5
4.  England 36 10 14 12
5.  Australia 28 9 7 12
6.  United States 26 9 6 11
7.  Poland 27 6 10 11
8.  Wales 3 2 1
9.  Russia 4 1 3
10.  Germany 1 1
11.  Soviet Union 2 2
12.  Norway 1 1
13.  Slovakia 1 - 1
No. Country Total

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5