1984 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.
Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.British Qualification
British Final
Intercontinental Round
Australian Final
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Phil Crump | | 15 |
2 | Billy Sanders | | 13 |
3 | Gary Guglielmi | | 11 |
4 | John Titman | | 10 |
5 | Rod Hunter | | 10 |
6 | Steve Regeling | | 9 |
7 | Steve Baker | | 8 |
8 | Stan Bear | | 7 |
9 | Glyn Taylor | | 6 |
10 | Mark Fiora | | 5 |
11 | David Jackson | | 5 |
12 | Ray Palmer | | 5 |
13 | Brent Nott | | 5 |
14 | David Cheshire | | 4 |
15 | Ashley Norton | | 0 |
16 | JOhn McNeil | | 0 |
R1 | Greg Barrett | | 3 |
18 | Chris Schmidt | | 2 |
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Mitch Shirra | | 15 |
2 | Larry Ross | | 14 |
3 | David Bargh | | 13 |
4 | Barry Briggs | | 11 |
5 | Alan Mason | | 11 |
6 | Peter Nightingale | | 9 |
7 | Chris Martin | | 9 |
8 | Mike Fullerton | | 8 |
9 | Robin Hampton | | 7 |
10 | Alan Fisher | | 6 |
11 | Greg de Kok | | 5 |
12 | Steve Duckworth | | 5 |
13 | Alan Crosbie | | 4 |
14 | Wayne Brown | | 2 |
15 | Greg Holloway | | 1 |
16 | Mark Richards | | 0 |
Norwegian Final
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Reidar Eide | | 15 |
2 | Dag Lovaas | | 14 |
3 | Edgar Stangeland | | 13 |
4 | Ove Audun Olsen | | 11 |
American Final
Continental Final