1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.
Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.

First round

Swedish qualification

Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date

Venue

Winner

2nd

3rd

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5 May

British Final

20 June 1984
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 8 to Overseas final

American Final

9 June 1984
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach,
First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

29 January 1984
Olympic Park, Mildura
First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Phil Crump		15
2	Billy Sanders		13
3	Gary Guglielmi		11
4	John Titman		10
5	Rod Hunter		10
6	Steve Regeling		9
7	Steve Baker		8
8	Stan Bear		7
9	Glyn Taylor		6
10	Mark Fiora		5
11	David Jackson		5
12	Ray Palmer		5
13	Brent Nott		5
14	David Cheshire		4
15	Ashley Norton		0
16	John McNeill		0
R1	Greg Barrett		3
18	Chris Schmidt		2

New Zealand Final

4 February 1984
Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mitch Shirra	15
2	Larry Ross	14
3	David Bargh	13
4	Barry Briggs	11
5	Alan Mason	11
6	Peter Nightingale	9
7	Chris Martin	9
8	Mike Fullerton	8
9	Robin Hampton	7
10	Alan Fisher	6
11	Greg de Kok	5
12	Steve Duckworth	5
13	Alan Crosbie	4
14	Wayne Brown	2
15	Greg Holloway	1
16	Mark Richards	0

Danish Final

Fladbro Speedway, Randers
Top 6 to Nordic final

Date	Winner	2nd	3rd
6 May	Bo Petersen	Erik Gundersen	Hans Nielsen

Norwegian Final

Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
11 May 1984, first 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tormod Langli	15
2	Einar Kyllingstad	13+3
3	Roy Otto	13+2
4	Ingvar Skogland	11
5	Dag Haland	11
6	Arne Svendsen	9
7	Kurt Ualand	8
8	Willy Tjessem	8
9	Asgeir Bjerga	7
10	Geir Aasland	7

Finland Final

Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
25 August 1983, top 1 to 1984 Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ari Koponen	15
2	Juha Moksunen	14
3	Olli Tyrvainen	13
4	Kai Niemi	11
5	Pekka Hautamaki	11
6	Heimo Kaikko	11
7	Esa Mattila	9
8	Jorma Reima	8
9	Seppo Keskinen	8
10	Henry Kivela	5
11	Ossi Henriksson	3
12	Hannu Larronmaa	3
13	Harri Lankinen	3
14	Pentti Kallio	3
15	Veli Pekka Kunelius	2
16	Rauli Makinen	1
17	Isto Maja	0

Swedish Finals

Top 5 to Nordic final
R1
R2
R3

Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Jan Andersson	15	15	14	44
2	Pierre Brannefors	12	14	14	40
3	Björn Andersson	13	12	11	36
4	Mikael Blixt	11	12	9	32
5	Tommy Nilsson	12	10	8	30
6	Leif Wahlman	7	10	8	25+3
7	Per Jonsson	8	6	11	25+2
8	Patrik Karlsson	8	9	7	24
9	Hans Danielsson	8	8	8	24
10	Alf Trofast	6	8	8	22
11	Uno Johansson	4	6	8	18
12	Anders Kling	5	3	4	12
13	Göran Waltersson	2	2	4	8
14	Magnus Jonsson	4	2	0	6
15	Lillebror Johansson	5	-	-	5
16	Mikael Aniander	0	3	0	3

Fourth round

Nordic Final

12 June 1984
Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
First 6 +1 reserve to Intercontinental final

Overseas Final

15 July 1984
Hyde Road, Manchester
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental Final

22 July 1984
Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne
First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Intercontinental Final

20 July 1984
Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens
First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

1 September 1984
Ullevi, Gothenburg.