1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

New Zealand Qualification

New Zealand Final

• Christchurch
• Marked in green to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Larry Ross	15
2	David Bargh	14
3	Garry Allan	13
4	Mark Lyndon	11
5	Alan Mason	11
6	Mitch Shirra	9
7	Craig Wilkie	7
8	Nathan Murray	7
9	Justin Monk	7
10	John Roberts	7
11	Chris Martin	4
12	Mark Thorpe	4
13	Sam Morice	3
14	Mark Jamieyson	3
15	David Claydon	2
16	Spencer Timmo	2
17	Lens Chappell	0
18	Daren Hopewell	0

Australian Qualification

Australian Final

• January 23, 1988
• Murray Bridge
• Marked in green to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Phil Crump		15
2	Steve Regeling		11
3	Craig Hodgson		11
4	Mark Fiora		10
5	Troy Butler		10
6	David Jackson		9
7	Glen Baxter		8
8	Leigh Adams		8
9	Stephen Davies		7
10	Chris Watson		7
11	Steve Baker		6
12	Scott Fisher		6
13	Darrel Bradford		5
14	Glenn Doyle		4
15	Dave Hammett		1
16	Nigel Tramelling		1

British Qualification

British Final

• May 22, 1988
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 8 to Commonwealth Final

  Swedish Qualification

Swedish Final

• May 17, 18 & 19, 1988
• - 3 Rounds
• First 3 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Conny Ivarsson	12+13+14	39
2	Peter Nahlin	11+14+13	38
3	Mikael Blixt	12+13+13	38
4	Christer Rohlén	14+10+9	33
5	Tony Olsson	9+12+10	31
6	Mikael Ritterwall	8+3+12	23
7	Peter Karlsson	8+8+7	23
8	Kenneth Nyström	10+9+4	23
9	Mikael Teurnberg	4+8+8	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7+8+4	19
11	Claes Ivarsson	6+8+4	18
12	Bo Arréhn	4+6+7	17
13	Tommy Nilsson	3+5+2	10
14	Tony Gudbrand	ns+ns+8	8
15	Roland Dannö	4+2+ns	6
16	Tony Zetterström	3+ns+3	6
17	Patrik Karlsson	5+0+ns	5
18	Krister Gardell	ns+0+1	1

Intercontinental Round

Finnish Final

• April 28, 1988
• Karhula
• First to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Kai Niemi	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Ari Koponen	3,3,3,2,3	14
3	Vesa Ylinen	3,3,1,3,2	12+3
4	Petri Kokko	2,2,3,3,2	12+2
5	Aki Ala Riihimaki	2,3,3,2,1	11
6	Janne Moksunen	2,2,2,E,3	9
7	Jonko Jarvi	0,1,2,2,3	8
8	Roy Malminhelmo	3,2,2,X,1	8
9	Janne Koivula	1,1,1,1,2	6
10	Jari Moisio	2,0,0,3,F	5
11	Ossi Henriksson	1,1,2,1,0	5
12	Tomi Havu	0,F,0,2,2	4
13	Olli Turkia	1,2,0,1,-	4
14	Esa Reijo	1,1,1,E,1	4
15	Petri Hurmisniemi	0,0,1,0,-	1
16	Esa Einola	0,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Jarno Kosonen	1	1
R2	Jouni Ala Koskela	0	0
R3	Kaj Kujala	0,0,0	0
R4	Markku Haapala	X	0

Danish Final

• May 8
• Outrup, Outrup Speedway
• First 7 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14
3	Erik Gundersen	13
4	Peter Ravn	10
5	Peter Glanz	9
6	Per Sörensen	9
7	John Jørgensen	8+3
8	Tommy Knudsen	8+2
9	Jan Stæchmann	7
10	Frank Andersen	6
11	John Eskildsen	6
12	Flemming Pedersen	6
13	Sam Nikolajsen	5
14	Aksel Jepsen	4
15	Jan Petersen	0
16	Finn-Rune Jensen	0

American Final

• June 11
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	4,4,4,4,4	20
2	Robert Pfetzing	4,2,4,3,4	17+3
3	Rick Miller	4,4,3,4,2	17+2
4	Mike Faria	3,3,2,3,4	15
5	Bobby Schwartz	1,4,4,2,3	14
6	Shawn Moran	3,4,3,F,3	13
7	Ronnie Correy	3,3,3,3,0	12
8	Kelly Moran	2,3,4,0,2	11
9	Randy Green	0,3,2,2,4	11
10	Steve Lucero	2,2,3,2,1	10
11	Ed Castro	2,2,2,1,3	10
12	Lance King	4,2,E,0,3	9
13	Brad Oxley	1,1,1,4,2	9
14	Shawn Venables	1,0,2,4,1	8
15	Dub Ferrell	3,0,E,2,2	7
16	Bart Bast	1,1,1,3,0	6
17	Billy Hamill	0,1,0,1,1	3
18	Gary Hicks	2,0,0,-,-	2
19	Scotty Brown	0,1,-,-,-	1
20	Alan Christian	0,0,0,1,0	1
21	Len Dillon	1	-

Commonwealth Final

• June 12
• King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	3,2,3,3,3	14
2	Mitch Shirra	2,3,3,2,3	13
3	Simon Wigg	3,3,3,3,0	12
4	John Davis	3,1,2,2,3	11
5	Simon Cross	3,0,3,X,3	9
6	Chris Morton	1,3,2,2,1	9
7	Neil Evitts	2,1,0,3,2	8
8	Andy Smith	1,3,1,1,2	8
9	Richard Knight	F,X,2,3,2	7
10	Craig Hodgson	2,2,1,1,1	7
11	Marvyn Cox	2,1,1,1,2	7
12	Mark Fiora	0,2,0,2,1	5
13	David Bargh	0,2,1,0,0	3
14	Steve Baker	0,0,2,1,0	3
15	Steve Regeling	1,1,0,0,1	3
16	Mark Lyndon	1,0,0,E,0	1

Overseas Final

• July 12
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

  Scandinavian Final

• July 25
• Sandnes, Sandnes Stadion
• First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

  Intercontinental Final

• August 6
• Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
• First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

  Continental Qualifications 1989

Austrian Final

• 18 June - St. Johann im Pongau, 31 July - Wiener Neustadt, 3 September - Natschbach-Loipersbach
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Heinrich Schatzer		40
2	Walter Nebel		36
3	Robert Funk		35
4	Andreas Bossner		33
5	Thomas Stadler		33
6	Toni Pilotto		32
7	Siegfried Eder		31
8	Christian Hochtl		21
9	Anton Wannasek		7
10	Manfred Trisko		6
11	Paul Ager		4
12	Josef Faching		2
13	Thaddaus Walach		2
14	Hans Kogler		2
15	Erich Hackl		1
16	Rainer Selb		1
17	Franz Penz		0

German Final

• October 2, 1988
• Brokstedt
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Klaus Lausch	3,3,3,3,2	14+3
2	Tommy Dunker	3,3,2,3,3	14+2
3	Karl Maier	2,2,3,3,2	12
4	Gerd Riss	E,3,3,2,3	11
5	Carsten Pelzmann	3,2,2,2,1	10
6	Andre Pollehn	2,1,2,2,1	8
7	Klaus Freundorfer	1,3,3,F,-	7
8	Peter Schrock	0,2,0,2,3	7
9	Peter Hehlert	3,0,1,1,2	7
10	Andreas Rahn	1,0,1,1,3	6
11	Andreas Marynowski	1,2,2,F,-	5
12	Andreas Schapfl	2,1,1,E,0	4
13	Hans Faltermeier	2,0,0,F,1	3
14	Michael Domes	1,F,0,0,2	3
15	Alois Bachhuber	0,1,1,1,0	3
16	Egon Muller	F,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Bernhard Osterlocher	1,0,3,1,1	6

Hungarian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Zoltan Adorjan		56
2	Antal Kosco		49
3	Robert Nagy		47
4	Zoltan Hajdu		47
5	Joszef Petrikovics		46
6	Sandor Tihanyi		45
7	Robert Csilik		38
8	Sandor Ujhelyi		30
9	Janoš Sereš		30
10	Janoš Bologh		28
11	Andraš Kovacs		26
12	Sandor Kabai		19
13	Atilla Kovacs		15
14	Laszlo Bodi		12

Yugoslavian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Zvonko Pavlič		110
2	Artur Horvat		96
3	Gregor Pintar		83
4	Franc Kalin		79
5	Kreso Omerzel		78
6	Martin Peterca		76
7	Darko Tominač		70
8	Zdravko Tominač		62
9	Andrej Matjašeč		57
10	Lazar Csaba		54
11	Goran Hoblaj		54
12	Igor Hauptman		33
13	Rudi Spitaler		27
14	Zelkjo Feher		23
15	Drago Dolinšek		22
16	Josip Lehki		10
17	Mitja Pungašič		8
18	Niko Klavzar		6
19	Gorazd Vinšek		1

Czechoslovakian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Roman Matousek		76
2	Antonín Kasper, Jr.		72
3	Zdenek Schneiderwind		68
4	Lubomir Jedek		63
5	Petr Vandirek		54
6	Bohumil Brhel		53
7	Stanislav Urban		53
8	Pavel Karnas		39
9	Josef Fejfar		38
10	Jan Schinagl		35
11	Jan Holub II		26
12	Zdenek Tesar		26
13	Borivoj Hadek		25
14	Jiri Svoboda		23
15	Vladimir Kalina		21
16	Jindrich Dominik		16
17	Vaclav Milik, Sr.		10
18	Ladislav Hradecky		10
19	Karel Prusa		10

USSR Final

• October 2, 1988
• Rovno
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification 1989

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Vladimir Trofimov	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Rif Saitgareev	3,3,3,2,3	14
3	Rinat Mardanshin	3,2,2,3,2	12
4	Mikhail Starostin	2,2,2,3,2	11
5	Pavel Chernov	2,1,3,2,2	10
6	Igor Dubinin	E,3,2,3,1	9
7	Flyur Kalimullin	3,0,0,1,3	7
8	Igor Zverev	1,E,3,2,1	7
9	Arkady Kononec	1,0,1,1,3	6
10	Andrej Korzhevoy	1,3,1,0,1	6
11	Oleg Volokhov	1,2,1,0,2	6
12	Valery Sokolov	2,2,F,1,1	6
13	Grigory Kharchenko	0,1,1,2,0	4
14	Aleksandr Pawlov	2,F,0,1,-	3
15	Fjodor Zakharov	0,T,2,0,-	2
16	Ruslan Koval	ns

Continental Round

Nederlands Final

• 3 April - Feyenoord, 26 June, 11 September - Amsterdam, 2 October - Blijham
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henk Steman	24+22+20+24	90
2	Rene Elzinga	21+21+24+23	89
3	Robert Jan Munnecom	19+24+23+22	88
4	Peter Seur	17+19+22+20	78
5	Ron Koppe	20+20+19+19	78
6	Rikus Gorter	18+14+17+21	70
7	Ron Van Dam	15+17+18+17	67
8	Rob Steman	22+18+21+ns	61
9	Fokke Van Der Walle	16+13+14+15	58
10	Henk Bangma	8+15+16+18	57
11	Patrick Pino	14+11+15+16	56
12	John Lispet	13+12+13+9	47
13	Henny Kroeze	23+23+ns+ns	46
14	Rias Kazemeier	9+10+11+10	40
15	Gerard Kok	10+ns+12+12	34
16	Harry Kuipers	6+8+8+11	33
17	Hilbert Tel	ns+7+10+13	30
18	Rene Van Merkenstein	7+9+9+2	27
19	Mans Kok	3+6+ns+7	16
20	Wil Stroes	ns+16+ns+ns	16
21	Jim Groen	ns+ns+7+8	15
22	Rob Dolman	ns+ns+ns+14	14
23	Jan Dijkema	12+ns+ns+ns	12
24	Chris Slager	11+ns+ns+ns	11
25	Roy Wervaard	5+5+ns+ns	10
26	Herman Hulseboch	ns+ns+5+4	9
27	Han Hendriks	4+4+ns+ns	8
28	Jan Tjassing	ns+ns+3+1	4
29	Martinus Bikema	+ns+ns+ns+6	6
30	Jacco Valentejn	+ns+ns+ns+5	5
31	Michel Bolt	ns+ns+ns+3	3

Continental Final

• August 16, 1988
• Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
• First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  World Final

• September 3, 1988
• Vojens, Speedway Center