1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 42nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
It was contested for the one and only time over two days in the Netherlands. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.
With the chances of a surprise winner reduced due to two races being held it was the favourite Hans Nielsen that duly obliged with his second World crown. Nielsen had trailed after day one by 1 point to great rival Erik Gundersen and the American Sam Ermolenko. However, in trademark style Nielsen produced a 15-point maximum on day two to wrap up the World Title, with Gundersen claiming silver and Ermolenko bronze.

First round

British preliminary round

Top 32 riders to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
5 April	Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne	Andy Galvin	Malcolm Holloway	Martin Dugard
5 April	Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall	Alan Mogridge	Melvyn Taylor	Martin Goodwin
11 April	Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton	Nigel Crabtree	Martin Yeates	Doug Wyer
16 April	Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough	Gary Havelock	Martin Dixon	Les Collins
24 April	East of England Arena, Peterborough	Andrew Silver	Trevor Banks	Ian Barney
4 May	Brough Park, Newcastle	Andrew Silver	Ian Barney	David Blackburn

Second round

British semi-finals

Top 16 riders to British semi-finals

Third round

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

British Final

31 May 1987
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

24 January 1987
Olympic Park, Mildura
First 4 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Steve Regeling	14
2	Steve Baker	12
3	Glyn Taylor	10
4	Ashley Norton	10
5	Craig Hodgson	10
6	Mick Poole	9
7	David Jackson	9
8	Tony Butler	8
9	Tony Rose	8
10	Stephen Davies	7
11	David Cheshire	6
12	Mark Fiora	4
13	Andy Barret	4
14	Nigel Adlerton	3
15	Chris Watson	2
16	Nigel Tramelling	2

New Zealand Final

21 February 1987
Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Top 3 riders + 1 reserve to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	14
2	Mitch Shirra	13
3	Larry Ross	12
4	Alan Mason	10
5	Mike Fullerton	10
6	Richard Price	9
7	Mark Long	8
8	Chris Martin	8
9	Steve Rose	8
10	John Roberts	6
11	Mark Lyndon	6
12	Chris Monk	5
13	Les Chappell	4
14	Don Hopewell	3
15	Dave Cotton	2

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date

Venue

Winner

2nd

3rd

24 May

Commonwealth Final

14 June 1987
Hyde Road, Manchester
First 11 to the Overseas Final

American Final

13 June 1987
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
Top 5 to Overseas Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	3,4,4,4,4	19
2	Kelly Moran	4,4,3,4,3	18
3	John Cook	4,2,4,3,2	15+4
4	Robert Pfetzing	4,4,4,2,2	15+3
5	Mike Faria	2,4,3,4,2	15+2
6	Lance King	4,2,3,2,4	15+1
7	Rick Miller	3,3,2,4,3	15+0
8	Shawn Moran	3,0,4,3,4	14
9	Bobby Schwartz	0,4,2,3,3	12
10	Gary Hicks	2,1,1,3,4	11
11	Steve Lucero	1,3,3,2,1	10
12	John Sandona	1,3,2,0,3	8
13	Jim Sisemore	2,0,1,2,3	8
14	Brad Oxley	3,1,1,1,1	7
15	Eddie Ingels	2,1,2,0,0	5
16	Mark Dwyer	1,2,0,1,1	5
17	Tuff McBridge	1,2,1,1,F	5
18	John Kehoe	0,1,0,0,1	2
19	Gary Ford	0,0,0,1,0	1
20	Bart Bast	0,0,0,0,0	0

Swedish Finals

Top 4 + 1 reserve to Nordic Final
R1
R2
R3

Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Jan Andersson	15	14	14	43
2	Per Jonsson	14	15	13	42
3	Roland Danno	9	11	11	31
4	Tommy Nilsson	8	12	10	30
5	Patrik Karlsson	10	8	11	29
6	Conny Ivarsson	9	9	9	27
7	Christer Rohlen	7	10	8	25
8	Niklas Karlsson	8	3	10	21
9	Tony Olsson	6	9	5	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7	6	3	16
11	Jan Staan	3	5	5	13
12	Bo Arhhen	2	8	2	12
13	Claes Ivarsson	3	1	7	11
14	Kenneth Nystrom	3	6	0	9
15	Erik Stenlund	6	2	-	8
16	Lillebror Johansson	3	1	3	7
17	Mikael Blixt	6	1	-	7
18	Pierre Brannefors	-	0	7	7
19	Mikael Rittewall	-	-	1	1
16	Jorgen Johansson	-	-	0	0

Finnish Final

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Norway Final

2 riders selected for Nordic Final

Danish Final

17 May 1987
Slangerup Speedway Center, Slangerup
First 6 + Jan O Pedersen to the Nordic Final

Fifth round

Overseas Final

5 July 1987
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Nordic Final

14 June 1987
Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round

Сontinental Final

26 July 1987
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
First 4 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

Intercontinental Final

27 July 1987
Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens
First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

Scores accumulated from 2 days

Day 1

5 September 1987
Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium
Referee: Roman Cheladze

Day 2

6 September 1987
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Referee: Roman Cheladze