1992 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.
Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.

First round

British qualifiers

  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

Continental preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
26 Apr

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

British Final

  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Gary Allan15
2Mark Thorpe14
3Paul Atkins11
4Chris Martin10
5John Roberts9
6Mark Jamieson9
7Trevor Chapman9
8Mike Wilson9
9Steve Mundgeway6
10Barry Free6
11Dean Sullivan6
12Glen Sole5
13Robbie Price4
14Rhys Hamburger3
15Ricky Meehan 2
16Dean Ornsby0
17Justin Monk0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
24 May

Swedish Final

  • 3 Rounds, first 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
  • Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final
  • R1
  • R2
  • R3
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Per Jonsson14+14+1038
2Jimmy Nilsen11+13+1236
3Tony Rickardsson13+10+1235
4Peter Nahlin10+12+1335
5Jörgen Johansson9+9+927
6Conny Ivarsson9+5+1125
7Christer Rohlén6+10+723
8Niklas Karlsson5+11+622
9Dennis Löfqvist5+7+921
10Tony Olsson8+3+920
11Erik Stenlund9+6+520
12Kenneth Lindby8+5+215
13Mikael Ritterwall6+1+512
14Stefan Dannö3+8+011
15Joakim Karlsson0+4+59
16Patrik Olsson4+2+28

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Vesa Ylinen14+3
2Juha Moksunen14+2
3Mika Pellinen13
4Aki Ala Riihimäki10
5Petri Nurmesniemi9
6Tomi Havu8
7Janne Koivula8
8Arto Orjo7
9Janne Moksunen7
10Marko Hyyryläinen7
11Petri Vaatsio6
12Aarre Soivuori5
13Niklas Finne4
14Petri Kokko3
15Jari Kortelainen3
16Roy Malminheimo1
17Jounko Jarvi 1

Norwegian qualifying

Danish Final

  • - 2 rounds, first 6 to Nordic final
  • R1
  • R2
  • Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1Gert Handberg27
2Brian Karger23+3
3John Jörgensen23+2
4Tommy Knudsen21
5Claus Jacobsen19+3
6Peter Ravn19+2
7Allan Johansen18
8Brian Andersen18
9Bo Eriksen11
10Jan Stæchmann10
11Jan Andersen10
12Tom P. Knudsen9
13Jan Pedersen8
14Lars-Henrik Jørgensen7
15Hans Clausen7
16René Madsen4
17Jacob Olsen 4
18Jens-Peter Nielsen 2

Commonwealth Final

American Final

  • First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1

Overseas Final

  • First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

World final