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

Australian qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd ?VictorianOlympic Park, Mildura Mark Lemon Leigh Adams Jason Lyons ?Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler Tony Langdon Mark Carlson ? Northern TerritoryTennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Wayne Lorymer ? South AustralianNorth Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Bowes Shane Parker 12 JanNew South WalesNewcastle Motordrome, Tomago Craig Boyce Mick Poole Stephen Davies ?West Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Craig Hodgson David Cheshire

Third round Continental Preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 25 April Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Gregor Pintar Paolo Salvatelli Anatoly Khlynov 25 April Tarnów Municipal Stadium, Tarnów Jacek Rempala Rif Saitgareev Dariusz Stenka 25 April Marmande Speedway, Marmande Marvyn Cox Marek Hucko Tomáš Topinka 25 April Ludwigslust Speedway, Ludwigslust Csaba Hell Armando Castagna Toni Pilotto

British Final

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(2 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm)PosRider Points 1 Tony Rickardsson 152 Per Jonsson 143 Mikael Karlsson 124 Dennis Löfqvist 115 Niklas Klingberg 116 Robert Johansson 97 Conny Ivarsson 8+38 Stefan Dannö 8+29 Christer Rohlén 8+110 Jimmy Engman 711 Mikael Teurnberg 512 Joakim Karlsson 413 Raymond Smedh 414 Robert Eriksson 215 Göran Flood 216 Jörgen Hultgren 017 Frank Richt (res)0

(2 May, Ljungheden, Västervik)PosRider Points 1 Claes Ivarsson 142 Henrik Gustafsson 133 Kenneth Nyström 114 Jimmy Nilsen 115 Peter Karlsson 106 Peter Nahlin 107 Stefan Andersson 88 Kenneth Lindby 89 Marcus Andersson 710 Tony Olsson 711 Niklas Karlsson 512 Stefan Ekberg 313 Anders Kling 314 Patrik Olsson 315 Jonathan Forsgren 316 Magnus Zetterström 217 Tony Zetterström (res) 218 Mikael Olsson (res) 0

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 Total1 Mark Thorpe 152 Mark Lyndon 143 Andy Waker 134 Craig Wilkie 115 Daniel Ornsby 106 Paul Atkins 97 Justin Monk 98 Mike Wilson 99 Jacqui Mauger 610 Rhys Hamburger 611 Daniel Burbery 512 Steve Mudgway 413 Scott Boyce 414 Graham Hartshome 015 Mark Jamiesson 016 Darrin Wilson 0

Fourth round Continental Quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 22 May Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut Jacek Krzyzaniak Antal Kocso Robert Nagy 22 May Stadion Wiener Neustadt Armando Castagna Dariusz Stenka Zoltán Adorján 23 May Speedway Stadium, Gorzów Tomasz Gollob Piotr Świst Antonín Kasper, Jr. 23 May Cserénfa Speedway, Cserénfa Zoltán Hajdú László Bódi Paolo Salvatelli

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 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers) R2 (31 May, Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup) Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Hans Nielsen 282 Tommy Knudsen 273 John Jørgensen 224 Brian Karger 215 Jan Staechmann 216 Hans Clausen 177 Jacob Olsen 158 Kenneth Arnfred 149 Peter Ravn 1310 Tom P. Knudsen 1311 Ole Hansen 1112 Ronni Pedersen 1013 Morten Andersen 1014 Kurt Hansen 815 Allan Johansen 416 Lars - Henrik Jorgensen 2

Norwegian Final Elgane Speedway, Elgane 6 Sep '92, top 1 (+1 nomination) to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Lars Gunnestad 14+32 Arnt Forland 14+23 Rune Holta 12+34 Odd Pettersen 12+25 Einar Kyllingstad 12+16 Robert Langeland 97 Atle Knutse 88 Ronny Erga 79 Ingvar Hvamstad 710 Ingvar Skoglund 611 John A. Pollestad 512 Eivind Reppen 513 Jorn Arve Ardal314 Gjermund Aas 315 Björn Arild Tonnesen 216 Jan Arild Slatta 1

Finland Final Vauhtipuisto, Hyvinkää 23 Aug '92, top 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Vesa Ylinen 152 Roy Malminheimo 133 Arto Orjo 124 Petri Nurmesniemi 115 Mika Pellinen 106 Kai Laukkanen 107 Petri Vaatsio 108 Tomi Havu 99 Janne Koivula 710 Aarre Soivuori 611 Petri Kokko 412 Jarno Kosonen 313 Petri Hyvönen 214 Kai Pohjasniemi 115 Marko Jumisko (res) 216 Marko Laine (res) 217 Tomi Kalliomäki (res) 218 Mika Laukkanen 119 Jyri Viemerö 1

Swedish Final R1 (11 May, Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad) R2 (12 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping) R3 (13 May, Orionparken, Hallstavik) - 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Henrik Gustafsson 11+14+15 402 Per Jonsson 14+12+13 393 Tony Rickardsson 12+14+11 374 Jimmy Nilsen 13+9+13 355 Peter Karlsson 10+10+12 326 Stefan Andersson 7+10+10 277 Peter Nahlin 9+10+6 258 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+7 229 Dennis Löfqvist 5+8+9 2210 Niklas Klingberg 5+5+6 1611 Conny Ivarsson 3+6+6 1512 Stefan Dannö 6+7+2 1513 Kenneth Lindby 5+4+5 1414 Mikael Karlsson 7+1+ns 815 Marcus Andersson (Res) ns+1+4 516 Robert Johansson 2+1+1 417 Kenneth Nyström 2+0+ns 218 Christer Rohlén (Res) 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 Total1 Tommy Knudsen 142 Per Jonsson 133 Tony Rickardsson 124 Brian Karger 115 Peter Karlsson 106 Hans Nielsen 97 Henrik Gustafsson 98 John Jørgensen 99 Gert Handberg 710 Jimmy Nilsen 611 Hans Clausen 512 Einar Kyllingstad 413 Roy Malminheimo 214 Jan Staechmann 215 Lars Gunnestad 216 Vesa Ylinen 1Res Peter Nahlin nsRes Rune Holta ns

Continental Semi-finals 12 June Markéta Stadium, Prague Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Armando Castagna 132 Zoltán Adorján 123 Antal Kocso 114 Bohumil Brhel 105 Jacek Krzyzaniak 106 Slawomir Drabik 97 Gerd Riss 98 Róbert Nagy 8+39 Petr Vandírek 8+210 Dariusz Stenka 8+111 Roman Matoušek 612 József Petrikovics 513 Jaroslaw Olszewski 414 Nikolaj Kokins 315 Mirosław Kowalik 316 Jacek Rempala 114 June Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 Tomasz Gollob 12+32 Piotr Swist 12+23 Marvyn Cox* 114 Václav Milík Sr. 105 Antonín Kasper Jr. 106 Zoltan Hajdu 97 Piotr Paluch 98 Laszlo Bodi 8+39 Mikhail Starostin 8+210 Slawomir Dudek 8+111 Krzysztof Kuczwalski 712 Tomáš Topinka 613 Zsolt Böszermenyi 514 Flur Kalimulin 315 Paolo Salvatelli 216 Valentino Furlanetto 017 Marek Hucko (res) 0 Cox rode on a Polish licence

Sixth round World Semi-Finals 24 July 1993 Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 Hans Nielsen 13+32 Billy Hamill 13+23 Greg Hancock 124 Leigh Adams 115 Armando Castagna 96 Gary Havelock 97 Gerd Riss 98 Andy Smith 8+39 Brian Karger 8+210 Martin Dugard 711 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 612 John Jørgensen 613 Zoltán Hajdú 614 Sławomir Drabik 215 Václav Milík, Sr. 116 Piotr Paluch 0Res Robert Nagy 0Res Jimmy Nilsen 06 August 1993 Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 Joe Screen 122 Tomasz Gollob 11+33 Henrik Gustafsson 11+24 Tony Rickardsson 105 Sam Ermolenko 106 Per Jonsson 107 Chris Louis 9+38 Peter Karlsson 9+29 Ronnie Correy 9+110 Tommy Knudsen 711 Marvyn Cox 612 Bohumil Brhel 513 Jacek Krzyzaniak 414 Zoltán Adorján 315 Antal Kocso 216 Piotr Świst 1Res Hans Clausen 1Res László Bódi 0

World Final 29 August 1993 Rottalstadion, Pocking

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