The 1958 Motocross World Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles. In a sign of the sport's growing popularity, the first Motocross World Championship race behind the Iron Curtain is hosted by Czechoslovakia on 8 June.

Summary After five editions of the European Championship, from 1952 to 1956, the championship from 1957 took the name of the World Championship, at least for the 500cc class. The 250cc class, introduced this season, will also dispute five running-in seasons, from 1957 to 1961, a period in which it will take on the name of the European Cup, to become World Championship as well starting from the 1962 season.

From April to August the 500cc class held 9 grands prix which awarded points to the first six classified competitors, respectively: 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. The score in the final classification of each competitor was calculated on the best four results.

Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 April 20 Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Hubert Scaillet FN Report 2 May 4 Danish Grand Prix Næstved Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 3 May 11 Swiss Grand Prix Geneva René Baeten FN Report 4 May 18 French Grand Prix Cassel John Draper BSA Report 5 June 22 Italian Grand Prix Imola Sten Lundin Monark Report 6 July 6 British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Lars Gustavsson Monark Report 7 July 27 Dutch Grand Prix Sint Anthonis John Draper BSA Report 8 August 3 Belgian Grand Prix Namur René Baeten FN Report 9 August 10 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck René Baeten FN Report 10 August 17 Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla Sten Lundin Monark ReportSources:

250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 April 20 Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Rolf Müller Maico Report 2 May 11 Swiss Grand Prix Geneva Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 3 May 18 French Grand Prix Cassel Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 4 June 8 Czechoslovak Grand Prix Divoká Šárka Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 5 June 14 British Grand Prix Beenhan Park Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 6 July 13 German Grand Prix Bielstein Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 7 July 20 Italian Grand Prix Avigliana Fritz Betzelbacher Maico Report 8 July 27 Dutch Grand Prix Sint Anthonis Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 9 August 8 Belgian Grand Prix Namur Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 10 August 11 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Fritz Betzelbacher Maico Report 11 August 17 Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla Lennart Dahlen Husqvarna Report 12 August 31 Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze Roman Zurawiecki Maico ReportSources:

Final standings

500cc

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Machine AUT DEN CH FRA ITA UK NED BEL LUX SWE Pts 1 René Baeten FN 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 42 2 Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS 2 1 2 5 3 3 2 34 3 Sten Lundin Monark 3 2 5 1 4 2 3 1 33 4 John Draper BSA 4 1 6 1 4 6 24 5 Hubert Scaillet FN 1 6 3 2 19 6 Jeff Smith BSA 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 18 7 Lars Gustavsson Monark 1 5 10 8 Albert Dirkx BSA 6 6 2 8 9 Gunnar Johansson BSA 5 5 3 8 10 Raymond Sigvardsson AJS 2 6 11 Brian Martin BSA 5 4 5 12 Don Rickman BSA 3 4 Peter Taft BSA 3 4 14 Les Archer Jr. Norton 4 3 Paul Godey BSA 4 3 16 Mogens Rasmussen Matchless 5 2 René Klym BSA 5 2 Herman De Soete Matchless 5 2 19 David Curtis Matchless 6 6 2 20 Rolf Loof Matchless 6 1 Raymond Van Obergen AJS 6 1 Joep Jansen BSA 6 1Source:

250cc

Pos Rider Machine AUT CH FRA CZE UK GER ITA NED BEL LUX SWE POL Pts 1 Jaromír Čížek Jawa 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 56 2 Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 1 3 2 2 4 27 3 Rolf Müller Maico 1 2 3 5 2 26 4 Klaus Kaemper Maico 2 2 3 3 20 5 Frantisek Ron Jawa 3 3 4 5 6 4 4 20 6 Lennart Dahlen Husqvarna 5 1 2 16 7 Stieg Rickardsson Husqvarna 3 2 3 14 8 Fritz Betzelbacher Maico 3 1 6 13 9 Roman Zurawiecki Maico 1 8 10 Antonio Moretti Mi-Val 6 2 7 11 Oldrich Hamrsmid Jawa 4 3 7 12 Emilio Ostorero Mi-Val 2 6 Brian Stonebridge Greeves 2 6 14 Simon Schram Maico 6 6 6 4 6 15 Triss Sharp Francis-Barnett 3 4 Ove Lundell Monark 3 4 Carlo Caroli Bianchi 4 6 4 Joseph Van Pee Jawa 5 5 4 19 Josef Chara Jawa 4 3 18 Bryan Leask Greeves 4 3 Herbert Ott DKW 4 3 Vincenzo Soletti Bianchi 4 3 Ted Lindskog Husqvarna 4 3 Aloys Roucka Jawa 5 2 25 Bohumil Roucka ČZ 5 2 Otto Walz Maico 5 2 Cesare Bricarelli Mi-Val 5 2 Jan Van der Mel Adler 5 2 Rolf Jonsson Husqvarna 5 2 30 Roy King Greeves 6 1 Willi Oesterle Maico 6 1 Fernand Houssonloge Maico 6 1 Herbert Hubert Maico 6 1 Sivert Eriksson Crescent 6 1Source:

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