1991 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final. Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off. Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points.

First round

British qualifiers

  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

Australian qualification

DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd
17 Nov '90Northern TerritoryTennant Creek SpeedwayWayne BridgefordGlen BaxterTrevor O'Brien
1 Dec '90QueenslandMac's Speedway, MackayTroy ButlerDarren WinklerAlan Rivett
23 Dec '90VictorianOlympic Park, MilduraLeigh AdamsJason LyonsPhil Crump
26 Dec '90New South WalesNewcastle Motordrome, TomagoCraig BoyceTodd WiltshireStephen Davies
28 Dec '90Western AustralianClaremont Speedway, PerthGlenn DoyleDavid CheshireMichael Carter
29 Dec '90South AustralianRiverview Speedway, Murray BridgeShane ParkerDamon RichardsonBrett Tomkins
19 Jan 1991Last ChanceArunga Park Speedway, Alice SpringsShane BowesScott NormanMark Lemon

British semi-finals

  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

Continental preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
4 May

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1David Bargh15
2Chris Martin14
3Mark Thorpe12
4John Tuffley11
5Justin Monk10
6Michael Long10
7Greg Fisher8
8John Roberts7
9Nathan Murray5
10Ricky Bennett5
11Jacqui Mauger5
12Dean Sullivan5
13Nick Young4
14Michael Hollow3
15Gary Marsh3
16Steve Etches0

British Final

  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Jan O. Pedersen15
2Tommy Knudsen14
3Hans Nielsen12+3
4John Jörgensen12+2
5Gert Handberg10
6Bo Petersen9
7Jan Jacobsen8
8Brian Karger6
9Jan Staechmann6
10Jens-Henry Nielsen6
11Allan Johansen6
12Tom P. Knudsen5
13Per Sorensen4
14Jan Pedersen3
15Lars Munkedal3
16Lars-Henrik Jörgensen1

Finnish qualifying

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1Lars Gunnestad15
2Kjell Øyvind Sola13
3Willy Tjessem12
4Robert Langeland11
5Atle Knutsen11
6Odd Pettersen11
7Jorn Arve Arda9
8Gjermund Aas9
9Bjorn Ivar Fauske5
10Marten Tunheim5
11Ingvar Hvamstad4
12Rolf Netland4
13Arnt Førland3
14Nils Mellomstrand1
15Anders Bjorkqvist1
16Per Erga0

Swedish Final

  • 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
  • R1
  • R2
  • R3
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Henrik Gustafsson15+14+1140
2Per Jonsson11+11+1437
3Tony Rickardsson12+12+933
4Jimmy Nilsen13+12+833
5Mikael Blixt8+9+1229
6Erik Stenlund11+6+1027
7Conny Ivarsson3+11+1226
8Peter Karlsson8+8+723
9Stefan Dannö10+5+419
10Claes Ivarsson4+3+1118
11Tony Olsson2+7+615
12Mikael Karlsson5+5+515
13Mikael Teurnberg7+1+513
14Peter Nahlin3+9+113
15Mikael Löfqvist5+4+110
16Mikael Ritterwall3+3+28

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
1 June

American Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Rick Miller15
2Sam Ermolenko14
3Ronnie Correy13
4Kelly Moran11
5Billy Hamill10+3
6Bobby Ott10+2
7Gary Hicks9
8Bobby Schwartz7
9Mike Faria7
10Greg Hancock6
11Lance King5
12Louis Kossuth4
13Steve Lucero3
14Brad Oxley3
15Andy Northrup2
16Josh Larsen 1
17John Kehoe0

Commonwealth Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1

Fifth round

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1

Overseas Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1

World final

Classification

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1