The 1957 Polish Speedway season was the 1957 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.
Individual Polish Individual Speedway Championship The 1957 Individual Speedway Polish Championship format changed from multiple legs to one-off final, held on 18 August at Rybnik.
Pos. RiderClub TotalPoints1 Marian Kaiser Warszawa 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 Joachim Maj Rybnik 14 (3,2,3,3,3)3 Edward Kupczyński Wrocław 11 (1,3,2,2,3)4 Stanisław Tkocz Rybnik 11 (2,1,3,3,2)5 Paweł Waloszek Katowice 10 (3,1,3,2,1)6 Tadeusz Teodorowicz Wrocław 10 (1,3,1,2,3)7 Marian Philipp Rybnik 9 (3,2,0,2,2)8 Mieczysław Połukard Bydgoszcz 9 (2,2,3,1,1)9 Konstanty Pociejkowicz Wrocław 8 (1,3,2,d,2)10 Józef Wieczorek Rybnik 7 (2,2,1,2,0)11 Jan Malinowski Bydgoszcz 3 (0,0,2,1,0)12 Paweł Mirowski Łódź 3 (0,1,w,0,2)13 Norbert Świtała Bydgoszcz 3 (2,0,1)14 Janusz Kościelak Rzeszów 2 (0,0,1,0,1)15 Henryk Żyto Leszno 2 (1,1,0,0,d)16 Rajmund Świtała Bydgoszcz 1 (0,0,0,1,0)17 Stanisław Rurarz (res) Świętochłowice (ns)18 Kazimierz Bentke (res) Ostrów Wlkp. (1,1)
Criterium of Aces The Criterium of Aces was won by Marian Kaiser.
Team Team Speedway Polish Championship The 1957 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the tenth edition of the Team Polish Championship.
In First and Second League, matches were played with part two teams, with it playing it matches return. It made up the team six riders plus two reserve. The score of heat: 3-2-1-0. Mecz consisted with 13 heats. For winning game team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, lost - 0 points. The riders from main squad started in match four times. The quantity of small points was added up.
In Third League, matches were played with part two teams, with it playing it matches return. It made up the team six riders plus two reserve. The score of heat: 3-2-1-0. Mecz consisted with 9 heats. For winning game team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, lost - 0 points. The riders from main squad started in match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.
First League Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/-1 Górnik Rybnik 14 28 14 0 0 +3332 Sparta Wrocław 14 18 9 0 5 +1193 Polonia Bydgoszcz 14 16 8 0 6 +624 Włókniarz Częstochowa 14 14 7 0 7 +675 Legia Warszawa 14 14 7 0 7 -106 Stal Świętochłowice 14 10 5 0 9 -1617 Tramwajarz Łódź 14 6 3 0 11 -2008 Kolejarz Rawicz 14 6 3 0 11 -210
Medalists Górnik Rybnik Joachim Maj, Marian Philip, Józef Wieczorek, Stanisław Tkocz, Zygmunt Kuchta, Bogdan Berliński, Stefan Lip, Erwin MajSparta Wrocław Edward Kupczyński, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Konstanty PociejkowiczPolonia Bydgoszcz Norbert Świtała, Andrzej Mielcarski, Zbigniew Sander, Jan Malinowski
Second League
Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/-1 Stal Rzeszów 12 22 11 0 1 +1802 Unia Leszno 12 22 11 0 1 +1733 Skra Warszawa 12 14 7 0 5 +414 Gwardia Katowice 12 8 4 0 8 -385 Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 12 8 4 0 8 -1026 Ostrovia Ostrów Wlkp. 12 6 3 0 9 -1147 LPŻ Lublin 12 4 2 0 10 -142
Third League North Group Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/- Start Gniezno 8 12 6 0 2 +80 Polonia Piła 8 10 5 0 3 +30 Sparta Śrem 8 8 4 0 4 +35 LPŻ Gdańsk 8 8 4 0 4 -63 LPŻ Zielona Góra 8 2 1 0 7 -82 Olimpia Poznań DNQSouth Group Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/-1 AMK Kraków 8 12 6 0 2 +542 CWK Czeladź 8 12 6 0 2 +273 Unia Tarnów 8 8 4 0 4 -264 Legia Krosno 8 6 3 0 5 -395 Sparta Wrocław II 8 2 1 0 7 -56 After season, AMK Kraków was dissolved but two clubs were created: Cracovia Kraków and Wanda Nowa Huta.
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