The 1986 Danish speedway season was the 1986 season of motorcycle speedway in Denmark. The season was hugely significant because a new professional league was introduced called the Danish Superliga. Previously the league consisted of multiple amateur teams and Danish speedway suffered from the fact that many of their top professional riders chose not to race in Denmark.
Individual Danish Final (world championship round) Five riders from the Danish final would progress to the Nordic Final as part of the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship. The final was held on 8 May at the Hele Fyns Speedway Center in Fjelsted and was won by Hans Nielsen.
Final Pos. Rider Scores Total 1 Hans Nielsen3,2,3,3,3142 Erik Gundersen 3,3,3,2,213+33 Bo Petersen 2,3,2,3,3 13+24 Jan O. Pedersen 1,2,3,3,3 125 John Jørgensen3,1,3,3,2126 Sam Nikolajsenf,3,1,0,377 Per Sørensen1,1,2,0,278 John Eskildsen2,0,1,2,279 Jens Rasmussen 1,2,2,2,1 7 10 Peter Glanzf,2,2,1,ef 511 Tommy Knudsen3,1,f,1,ef512 Peter Ravn2,1,f,1,1513 Flemming Pedersen1,3,1,ef,0 414 Kurt Hansen2,0,1,1,0415 Preben Eriksen0,ef,0,2,1 316 Aksel Jepsen0,0,ef,0.00
Individual Championship The 1986 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 1986 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was held at Randers on ? August. The title was won by Erik Gundersen for the fourth consecutive year.
Final Pos. Rider Total 1 Erik Gundersen142 Hans Nielsen123 Tommy Knudsen124 John Jørgensen125 Jan O. Pedersen 86 Peter Glanz87 Allan Johansen68 Aksel Jepsen39 John Eskildsen310 Ole Hansen3 Flemming Rasmussen Bent Thomassen Jens Rasmussen
Key - Each heat has four riders, 3 points for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third and 0 for last
Junior Championship Gert Handberg won the Junior Championship.
Team Danish Superliga The 1986 Superliga was the first edition of the new league format. It was won by Fjelsted (the Leopards), who became Danish champions for the second time in their history. The team included Lars Henrik Jørgensen, Ole Hansen, Flemming Rasmussen, Jan Jakobsen and Allan Johansen. The eight clubs competing were chosen from the top eight from the 1985 division 1 season, with the exception of Ulvene Midtsjaellands who were replaced by Kulsvierne Frederiksborg (Slangerup).
League table PosTeamPPts1 Fjelsted2 Fredericia3 Slangerupu Vojensu Esbjergu Outrupu Holstedu Brovst
Key - u (did not finish in the top three)
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