1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[6]

Qualifying results.[7][8]

First round

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British Preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to British qualifying round
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 April Shielfield Park, Berwick Taffy Owen Tom Owen Graham Jones
10 April Kingsmead Stadium, Canterbury Reg Luckhurst Ted Hubbard Graham Banks
11 April Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall Kevin Jolly Andy Cusworth Laurie Etheridge
13 April Wessex Stadium, Weymouth Tony Featherstone Bob Coles Barney Kennett

British qualifying round

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  • Riders progress to British quarter finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 April Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Trevor Geer Alan Grahame Paul Tyrer
23 April Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Alan Molyneux Brian Havelock Bob Coles
24 April Abbey Stadium, Swindon Dave Perks Steve Bastable Tom Owen
24 April Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Bobby McNeil Mick Hines Mick Bell

Second round

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Swedish qualification

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  • Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

New Zealand qualification

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  • Top 16 to New Zealand final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
South Island Final
6 December, '75 Oreti Park Speedway, Invercargill Larry Ross Graeme Stapleton Denis Sincock
North Island Final
10 January Showgrounds, Palmerston North Colin Farquharson Colin Tucker Roy Trigg

Australian qualification

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Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
New South Wales Round
22 November '75 Liverpool Speedway, Green Valley Billy Sanders Phil Herne Mitch Shirra
28 November '75 Jerilderie Park Speedway, Tomago Phil Herne Terry Southerland Mitch Shirra
29 November '75 Sydney Showground, Sydney Mitch Shirra Phil Herne Billy Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Mike Farrell Ron Henderson Darryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 January Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide John Boulger Ray Snider Robin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 January Northern Park Raceway, Melbourne Danny Kennedy Rob Jones John Dewhurst
Northern District
23 January Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide Phil Crump John Boulger Kym Amundson
31 January Sydney Showground, Sydney Billy Sanders Mike Farrell John Langfield
7 February Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Mike Farrell John Titman Garry Middleton

British quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 May Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham Peter Collins Chris Pusey Alan Molyneux
5 May Wimborne Road, Poole Dave Jessup Dave Morton Arthur Price
8 May Hyde Road, Manchester Alan Grahame John Davis Michael Lee
8 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Chris Morton Doug Wyer

Continental Preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 April Italy La Favorita, Sarego West Germany Hans Wassermann Czechoslovakia Evzen Erban Czechoslovakia Karel Vobornik
25 April Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt West Germany Georg Gilgenreiner West Germany Alois Wiesböck Austria Hubert Fischbaher

Third round

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American qualifying

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New Zealand Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Ivan Mauger 14+3
2 Barry Briggs 14+2
3 Larry Ross 11+3
4 Roy Trigg 11+2
5 Graeme Stapleton 10
6 Paul Fewings 10
7 Colin Tucker 10
8 Colin Farquharson 7
9 Dennis Sincock 6
10 Robin Adlington 6
11 Merv Salt 5
12 Paul Church 4
13 Kevin Burt 3
14 Paul Wells 3
15 Graeme Stewart 3
16 Bruce Mitchell 2
17 Mike Fullerton 1

Australian Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Phil Crump 15
2 John Langfield 13
3 Phil Herne 12
4 John Boulger 12
5 Mitch Shirra 10
6 John Titman 9
7 Ticky Day 9
8 Billy Sanders 8
9 Mick McKeon 8
10 Mike Farrell 6
11 Robin Amundson 5
12 Robert Maxfield 4
13 Ron Henderson 3
14 Rod Chessell 3
15 Ray Snider 2
16 Dene Davies 1
17 Paul Scanlon 0

Swedish Final

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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 Sweden (9) Bernt Persson 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (14) Anders Michanek 11 X 3 3 3 2 11 2
3 Sweden (2) Sören Karlsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 Sweden (3) Bengt Jansson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 Sweden (10) Jan Simensen 10 2 0 3 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (16) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 1 3 1 2 10 6
7 Sweden (13) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 7
8 Sweden (4) Christer Sjösten 8 F 3 2 0 3 8 8
9 Sweden (5) Cal-Erik Claesson 8 3 2 2 0 1 8 9
10 Sweden (6) Lars-Like Andersson 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 10
11 Sweden (1) Eddie Davidsson 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 11
12 Sweden (15) Richard Hellsen 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 Sweden (8) Sven Nilsson 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 Sweden (7) Per-Olof Dovhjort 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 14
15 Sweden (11) Bo Wirebrand 1 1 - 0 - - 1 15
16 Sweden (12) Kenneth Selmolsson 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
Sweden (17) Bengt Larsson 1 0 1 1
Sweden (18) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 2 1 0 3
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

Danish Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Finn Thomsen 15
2 Kurt Bøgh 12+3
3 Jan Henningsen 12+2
4 Leif Rasmusen 12+1
5 Finn Rune Jensen 11
6 Gunnar Svendsen 10
7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 10
8 Mike Lohmann 8
9 Kristian Præstbro 8
10 Jens Erik Krause Kjaer 4
11 Knud Ellegaard 4
12 Ernst Bøgh 4
13 Erling Rasmussen 3
14 Godtfred Andreasen 3
15 Jorgen Walther Johansen 2
16 Kaj Kristensen 2

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Ilkka Teromaa 15
2 Kai Niemi 13
3 Olli Turkia 12
4 Kari Vuoristo 11
5 Rauli Mäkinen 11
6 Teuvo Sirenius 8
7 Pekka Paljakka 7
8 Esko Mylläri 7
9 Esa Mattila 7
10 Ismo Kivelä (res) 7
11 Pentti Mattila 6
12 Veli Pekka Teromaa 5
13 Matti Vayrynen 4
14 Seppo Palomäki 3
15 Kari Lindevall 2
16 Heikki Ahonen 0
17 Esa Jamsalainen (res) 0

Norwegian Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Reidar Eide 15
2 Dag Lovaas 14
3 Edgard Stangeland 13
4 Audun Ove Olsen 11
5 Øyvind S. Berg 11
6 Jan Terje Gravningen 10
7 Kjell Gimre 9
8 Helge Langli 9
9 Tormod Langli 6
10 Tom Godal 5
11 Ingve Madland 4
12 Stein Pedersen 4
13 Askild Malmin 3
14 Jorn Flatha 2
15 Sigvard Pedersen 2
16 Per Hetland 1

British semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Malcolm Simmons 14
2 Bob Kilby 13
3 John Louis 13
4 Dave Jessup 12
5 John Davis 11
6 Reg Wilson 9
7 Chris Morton 9
8 George Hunter 8
9 Gordon Kennett 7
10 Tom Owen 6
11 Arthur Price 5
12 Richard Greer 5
13 Tony Davey 4
14 Alan Molyneux 3
15 Paul Tyrer 1
16 Kevin Holden 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Peter Collins 15
2 Jim McMillan 14
3 Doug Wyer 12
4 Mike Lanham 11
5 Dave Morton 10
6 Ray Wilson 10
7 Terry Betts 9
8 Chris Pusey 9
9 Michael Lee 8
10 Steve Weatherley 7
11 Frank Auffret 5
12 Arthur Browning 4
13 Dave Perks 3
14 Carl Glover 2
15 Geoff Pusey 1
16 Steve Lomas 0

Continental quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
15 May Czechoslovakia Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava Soviet Union Mikhail Starostin Soviet Union Vladimir Gordeev Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov
15 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladost Stadium, Prelog Italy Giuseppe Marzotto Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Bulgaria Angel Eftimov
16 May West Germany Rottalstadion, Pocking West Germany Egon Müller West Germany Christoph Betzl Soviet Union Valery Gordeev
16 May Hungary Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen Czechoslovakia Vaclav Hejl Italy Paolo Noro Czechoslovakia Václav Verner

Fourth round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 West Germany Egon Müller 15
2 Soviet Union Valerij Gordeev 11
3 West Germany Christoph Betzl 11
4 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 11
5 West Germany Hans Wassermann 11
6 Czechoslovakia Jan Klokocka 10
7 Soviet Union Grigory Khlinovsky 9
8 Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov 9
9 Czechoslovakia Josef Minarik 8
10 Soviet Union Viktor Selivanov 6
11 Czechoslovakia Václav Verner 6
12 Czechoslovakia Vaclav Hejl 5
13 Czechoslovakia Petr Ondrašík 5
14 Czechoslovakia Evzen Erban 1
15 West Germany Franz Lang 1
16 Italy Paulo Noro 1
17 Italy Peter Lempenauer (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov 13
2 Italy Giuseppe Marzotto 13
3 Soviet Union Vladimir Gordeev 11
4 Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov 11
5 Soviet Union Nikolaj Kornev 10
6 Soviet Union Michail Starostin 10
7 Czechoslovakia Jan Hadek 9
8 Soviet Union Georgij Ivanov 9
9 Soviet Union Sergej Djuchev 8
10 Austria Hubert Fischbacher 6
11 West Germany Josef Angermüller 4
12 Czechoslovakia Emil Sova 4
13 Soviet Union Vladimir Paznikov 4
14 Czechoslovakia Petr Kucera 3
15 Czechoslovakia Jan Verner 3
16 Bulgaria Angel Eftimov 1

Australasian Final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Australia John Boulger 3,3,2,3,3 14
2 Australia Billy Sanders 2,3,3,3,2 13
3 Australia Phil Crump 3,3,3,X,3 12
4 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 3,2,X,3,3 11+3
5 Australia Phil Herne 3,2,1,2,3 11+2
6 Australia Mitch Shirra 2,3,2,3,1 11+1
7 New Zealand Barry Briggs X,1,3,2,2 8
8 Australia John Titman X,2,2,2,2 8
9 Australia Ricky Day 1,1,3,0,1 6
10 New Zealand Colin Tucker 2,2,1,0,0 5
11 New Zealand Colin Farqhuarson 1,E,1,2,1 5
12 Australia John Langfield X,1,2,1,0 4
13 New Zealand Larry Ross 2,1,0,1,E 4
14 New Zealand Graeme Stapleton 0,0,E,1,2 3
15 New Zealand Roy Trigg 1,0,0,0,1 2
16 New Zealand Paul Fewlings 0,0,1,0,0 1
R1 New Zealand Dennis Sincock 1
R2 New Zealand Robin Adlington 1

American Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Scott Autrey ?+3
2 William Mike Curoco ?+2
3 Steve Gresham ?+1

British Final

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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 England (9) Malcolm Simmons 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (3) Chris Morton 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2
3 England (6) Doug Wyer 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 England (12) Peter Collins 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 England (5) John Louis 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 England (7) Dave Jessup 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 Scotland (2) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 1 3 0 8 7
8 England (15) Terry Betts 7 3 1 0 0 3 7 8
9 England (13) Ray Wilson 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 9
10 England (11) Bob Kilby 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 10
11 England (16) John Davis 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 England (10) Dave Morton 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13 Scotland (14) George Hunter 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 13
14 England (1) Mike Lanham 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 England (4) Reg Wilson 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 England (8) Chris Pusey 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 16
R1 England (R1) John Harrhy 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

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

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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 Denmark (4) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Sweden (14) Anders Michanek 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 Sweden (10) Bengt Jansson 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 Norway (12) Dag Lovaas 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4
5 Sweden (7) Bernt Persson 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (5) Sören Sjösten 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 6
7 Sweden (6) Sören Karlsson 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7 3
8 Norway (13) Edgar Stangeland 8 2 3 0 2 1 8 8 2
9 Finland (2) Ila Teromaa 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 9 1
10 Denmark (3) Finn Thomsen 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 10
11 Norway (1) Reidar Eide 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 Sweden (15) Tommy Nilsson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 Finland (11) Markku Helminen 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 Sweden (9) Karl Erik Claesson 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
15 Sweden (8) Jan Simensen 1 0 1 - 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (16) Christer Sjösten 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Lars-Åke Andersson 1 1 1 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Thomas Pettersson 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

Fifth round

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Intercontinental Final

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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 England (11) Peter Collins 12+3 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 New Zealand (9) Ivan Mauger 12+2 1 3 2 3 3 12 2
3 Australia (1) Phil Crump 11+3 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4 England (7) Malcolm Simmons 11+2 3 0 3 3 2 11 4
5 England (8) Chris Morton 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 England (5) Doug Wyer 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 United States (10) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 1 3 1 9 7
8 England (6) John Louis 8+3 0 3 0 2 3 8 8
9 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 8+2 3 3 1 0 1 8 9
10 Australia (12) John Boulger 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 10
11 Australia (3) Billy Sanders 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 Denmark (13) Ole Olsen 6 X E 2 2 2 6 12
13 Sweden (15) Bengt Jansson 4 2 1 1 X 0 4 13
14 Sweden (4) Bernt Persson 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 14
15 Norway (2) Dag Lovaas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (14) Sören Sjösten 1 1 0 E - - 1 16
England (17) Trevor Geer 0 0 0 0
England (18) Barry Thomas 0 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

Continental Final

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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 West Germany (6) Egon Müller 9 3 3 3 9 1
2 Czechoslovakia (4) Jiří Štancl 8 3 3 2 8 2
3 Soviet Union (9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 3
4 Soviet Union (7) Vladimir Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 4
5 Soviet Union (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 2 2 2 6 5
6 Soviet Union (14) Georgy Ivanov 6 3 1 2 6 6
7 Czechoslovakia (12) Jan Hadek 6 3 1 2 6 7
8 Soviet Union (15) Viktor Kuznetsov 4 0 1 3 4 8
9 Soviet Union (13) Nikolay Kornev 4 2 2 0 4 9
10 Soviet Union (5) Vladimir Smirnov 4 2 1 1 4 10
11 Soviet Union (16) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 2 1 4 11
12 Italy (10) Giuseppe Marzotto 3 0 2 1 3 12
13 West Germany (2) Hans Wassermann 2 2 0 0 2 13
14 West Germany (8) Christoph Betzl 1 0 0 1 1 14
15 Czechoslovakia (3) Jan Klokocka 1 1 0 0 1 15
16 Soviet Union (1) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Soviet Union (R1) Sergey Dyuzhev 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Josef Minarik 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

World Final

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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 England (11) Peter Collins 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 England (15) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 Australia (13) Phil Crump 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 New Zealand (5) Ivan Mauger 11 3 E 2 3 3 11 4
5 Poland (9) Zenon Plech 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 5
6 England (7) John Louis 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 6
7 England (10) Doug Wyer 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 7
8 West Germany (1) Egon Müller 8 3 1 2 2 F 8 8
9 United States (2) Scott Autrey 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 Czechoslovakia (12) Jiří Štancl 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 10
11 England (16) Chris Morton 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 12
13 Poland (4) Marek Cieślak 4 0 3 0 E 1 4 13
14 Poland (3) Jerzy Rembas 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 14
15 Soviet Union (8) Valery Gordeev 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 15
16 Soviet Union (14) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Anders Michanek 2 2 2 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Grigory Khlinovsky 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

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
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