1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial. New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title with a 15-point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.

First Round

Qualification results.

Norwegian round

25 June 1958
Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
Top 6 to Nordic qualification 1959

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Aage Hansen	15
2	Nils Paulsen	14
3	Reidar Kristoffersen	13
4	Rolf Westerberg	12
5	Roger Steen	11
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	11
7	Tore Svaleng	9
8	Arne Kristiansen	7
9	Kjell Bergh	5
10	Haavard Gulbjornsrud	5
11	Oddvar Kristiansen	5
12	Oystein Mellerud	4
13	Thorbjorn Nygaard	3
14	Per Aulie	3
15	Tore Melbye	2
16	Egil H. Kruke	1

Finnish round

5 October 1958
Turku Hippodrome, Turku
Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1959

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Antti Pajari	15
2	Timo Laine	14
3	Kauko Jousanen	13
4	Aulis Tuominen	12
5	Olavi Turunen	11
6	Kalevi Lahtinen	10
7	Antero Salasto	9
8	Pertti Mikkola	6
9	Esko Koponen	6
10	Raimo Kivinen	4
11	Turkka Silvan	3
12	Veikko Kirjonen	3
13	Heikki Sorri	3
14	Valle Seliverstov	3
15	Lasse Mylari	3
16	Reino Niemi	1
17	Martti Assinen	1
18	Pertti Petersohn	0

Third round

Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 June	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	George White	Ronnie Moore
2 July	Oxford Stadium	Jack Geran	Neil Street	Brian Hanham
4 July	Hyde Road	Ron Johnston	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven
4 July	The Firs Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Geoff Mardon	Bob Duckworth
7 July	Banister Court Stadium	Brian Crutcher	Peter Moore	Ron Mountford
10 July	Leicester Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Peter Craven	Ron Johnston
11 July	Brandon Stadium	Brian Crutcher	Ron Mountford	Geoff Mardon
11 July	Abbey Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Les McGillivray	Nigel Boocock
23 July	Wimborne Road	Ronnie Moore	Ron How	Jack Unstead

Nordic Final

31 May 1959
Turku Speedway track, Turku
First 9 to European Final

Pos.

Rider

Total

Continental Final

21 June 1959
BBM Stadium, Munich
First 6 to European Final

Fourth round

Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth Semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to World final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
10 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Brian Crutcher	Ken McKinlay	Geoff Mardon
11 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ronnie Moore	Cyril Roger	Neil Street
15 August	Hyde Road	Ron How	Peter Moore	Nigel Boocock
15 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven	Brian Crutcher	George White

European Final

17 July 1959
Ullevi, Gothenburg
First 6 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.

Rider

Total

World Final

19 September 1959
Wembley Stadium, London