1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982. Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.

First round

British qualifiers

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

Top 16 to British final

Third round

British Final

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

31 Mar 1993
Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
First 2 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mark Thorpe	15
2	Mark Lyndon	14
3	Andy Waker	13
4	Craig Wilkie	11
5	Daniel Ornsby	10
6	Paul Atkins	9
7	Justin Monk	9
8	Mike Wilson	9
9	Jacqui Mauger	6
10	Rhys Hamburger	6
11	Daniel Burbery	5
12	Steve Mudgway	4
13	Scott Boyce	4
14	Graham Hartshome	0
15	Mark Jamiesson	0
16	Darrin Wilson	0

Fourth round

Continental Quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date

Venue

Winner

2nd

3rd

22 May

Commonwealth Final

First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

top 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Danish Final

2 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
R1
R2
Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen		28
2	Tommy Knudsen		27
3	John Jørgensen		22
4	Brian Karger		21
5	Jan Staechmann		21
6	Hans Clausen		17
7	Jacob Olsen		15
8	Kenneth Arnfred		14
9	Peter Ravn		13
10	Tom P. Knudsen		13
11	Ole Hansen		11
12	Ronni Pedersen		10
13	Morten Andersen		10
14	Kurt Hansen		8
15	Allan Johansen		4
16	Lars - Henrik Jorgensen		2

Norwegian Final

Elgane Speedway, Elgane
6 Sep '92, top 1 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Lars Gunnestad	14+3
2	Arnt Forland	14+2
3	Rune Holta	12+3
4	Odd Pettersen	12+2
5	Einar Kyllingstad	12+1
6	Robert Langeland	9
7	Atle Knutse	8
8	Ronny Erga	7
9	Ingvar Hvamstad	7
10	Ingvar Skoglund	6
11	John A. Pollestad	5
12	Eivind Reppen	5
13	Jorn Arve Ardal	3
14	Gjermund Aas	3
15	Björn Arild Tonnesen	2
16	Jan Arild Slatta	1

Finland Final

Vauhtipuisto, Hyvinkää
23 Aug '92, top 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Vesa Ylinen	15
2	Roy Malminheimo	13
3	Arto Orjo	12
4	Petri Nurmesniemi	11
5	Mika Pellinen	10
6	Kai Laukkanen	10
7	Petri Vaatsio	10
8	Tomi Havu	9
9	Janne Koivula	7
10	Aarre Soivuori	6
11	Petri Kokko	4
12	Jarno Kosonen	3
13	Petri Hyvönen	2
14	Kai Pohjasniemi	1
15	Marko Jumisko	2
16	Marko Laine	2
17	Tomi Kalliomäki	2
18	Mika Laukkanen	1
19	Jyri Viemerö	1

Swedish Final

R1
R2
R3
- 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henrik Gustafsson	11+14+15	40
2	Per Jonsson	14+12+13	39
3	Tony Rickardsson	12+14+11	37
4	Jimmy Nilsen	13+9+13	35
5	Peter Karlsson	10+10+12	32
6	Stefan Andersson	7+10+10	27
7	Peter Nahlin	9+10+6	25
8	Claes Ivarsson	9+6+7	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+8+9	22
10	Niklas Klingberg	5+5+6	16
11	Conny Ivarsson	3+6+6	15
12	Stefan Dannö	6+7+2	15
13	Kenneth Lindby	5+4+5	14
14	Mikael Karlsson	7+1+ns	8
15	Marcus Andersson	ns+1+4	5
16	Robert Johansson	2+1+1	4
17	Kenneth Nyström	2+0+ns	2
18	Christer Rohlén	ns+0+ns	0

Fifth round

Overseas Final

First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic Final

13 June 1993
Seinäjoki Speedway, Seinäjoki
First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Pos.

Rider

Total

World Final

29 August 1993
Rottalstadion, Pocking