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1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 31st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.

Qualifying results.

First round

British Preliminary round

Riders progress to British qualifying round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 April	Shielfield Park, Berwick	Taffy Owen	Tom Owen	Graham Jones
10 April	Kingsmead Stadium, Canterbury	Reg Luckhurst	Ted Hubbard	Graham Banks
11 April	Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall	Kevin Jolly	Andy Cusworth	Laurie Etheridge
13 April	Wessex Stadium, Weymouth	Tony Featherstone	Bob Coles	Barney Kennett

British qualifying round

Riders progress to British quarter finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 April	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Trevor Geer	Alan Grahame	Paul Tyrer
23 April	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Alan Molyneux	Brian Havelock	Bob Coles
24 April	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Dave Perks	Steve Bastable	Tom Owen
24 April	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Bobby McNeil	Mick Hines	Mick Bell

Second round

Swedish qualification

Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

(6 May, Kumla Motorstadion
Kumla)	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Bernt Persson	15
2	Tommy Nilsson	13
3	Sören Sjösten	12
4	Bo Jansson	12
5	Bengt Jansson	11
6	Jan Simensen	10
7	Gunnar Malmqvist	8
8	Leif Enecrona	8
9	Börje Klingberg	6
10	Bernt Johansson	4
11	Bo Andersson	4
12	Peter Smith	4
13	Sven-Inge Svensson	4
14	Therje Henriksson	3
15	Kjell Bergström	2
16	Benny Ekberg	2
17	Eskil Jonsson	1
18	Harald Sandberg	0

(9 May, Målilla (Motorbana)
Målilla )	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Lars Jansson	15
2	Bo Wirebrand	13
3	Per-Åke Gerhardsson	12
4	Tommy Johansson	11
5	Sven Nilsson	10
6	Richard Hellsén	9
7	Karl-Erik Claesson	8
8	Eddie Davidsson	7
9	Lars Larsson	7
10	Bo Josefsson	6
11	Willy Karlsson	4
12	Tomas Pettersson	4
13	Jan Andersson	3
14	Stefan Salmonsson	3
15	Sigvard Johansson	3
16	Lars-Inge Hultberg	3
17	Peter Carlsson	2
18	Sune Stark	0

(9 May, Motorbanen Hagalund
Lindesberg)	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tommy Jansson	15
2	Hasse Holmqvist	13
3	Christer Sjösten	12
4	Sören Karlsson	11
5	Lars-Åke Andersson	10+3
6	Per-Olof Dovhjort	10+2
7	Claes-Ingvar Svensson	8
8	Kenneth Selmosson	8
9	Bengt Larsson	7
10	Lars-Olof Karlsson	6
11	Bertil Andersson	5
12	Leif Johansson	5
13	Ragnar Holm	5
14	Leif Mellberg	2
15	Stephan Johansson	1
16	Åke Dovhed	1
17	Kari Vuoristo	1
18	Curt Nyqvist	0

New Zealand qualification

Top 16 to New Zealand final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd	South Island Final	North Island Final
6 December, '75	Oreti Park Speedway, Invercargill	Larry Ross	Graeme Stapleton	Denis Sincock
10 January	Showgrounds, Palmerston North	Colin Farquharson	Colin Tucker	Roy Trigg

Australian qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 November '75	Liverpool Speedway, Green Valley	Billy Sanders	Phil Herne	Mitch Shirra
28 November '75	Jerilderie Park Speedway, Tomago	Phil Herne	Terry Southerland	Mitch Shirra
29 November '75	Sydney Showground, Sydney	Mitch Shirra	Phil Herne	Billy Sanders
6 December '75	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	Mike Farrell	Ron Henderson	Darryl McLean
9 January	Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide	John Boulger	Ray Snider	Robin Amundson
17 January	Northern Park Raceway, Melbourne	Danny Kennedy	Rob Jones	John Dewhurst
23 January	Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide	Phil Crump	John Boulger	Kym Amundson
31 January	Sydney Showground, Sydney	Billy Sanders	Mike Farrell	John Langfield
7 February	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	Mike Farrell	John Titman	Garry Middleton

British quarter-finals

Top 32 to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 May	Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham	Peter Collins	Chris Pusey	Alan Molyneux
5 May	Wimborne Road, Poole	Dave Jessup	Dave Morton	Arthur Price
8 May	Hyde Road, Manchester	Alan Grahame	John Davis	Michael Lee
8 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Malcolm Simmons	Chris Morton	Doug Wyer

Continental Preliminary round

Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
25 April	ITA La Favorita, Sarego	FRG Hans Wassermann	CSK Evzen Erban	CSK Karel Vobornik
25 April	AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt	FRG Georg Gilgenreiner	FRG Alois Wiesböck	AUT Hubert Fischbaher

Third round

American qualifying

3 June
USA Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
Top 16 to American Final

New Zealand Final

14 February, Ruapuna Speedway, Templeton
Top 8 to Australasian final

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Australian Final

13 February 1976, Rowley Park Speedway, Adelaide
Top 8 to Australasian Final

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Swedish Final

The final was initially started on 20 May at Gubbängens IP but had to be abandoned following the fatal crash of Tommy Jansson.
25 May 1976
Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping
Top 8 to Nordic final

Danish Final

25 April 1976
DEN Speedway Center, Vojens
Top 2 to Nordic final

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Finland Final

Top 1 to Nordic final
17 Sep '75,
FIN Kärpänen speedway, Lahti

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Norwegian Final

25 April 1976
NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
First 3 to Nordic Final

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British semi-finals

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19 May
ENG White City, London
Top 8 to British final

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Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
15 May	CSK Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava	USSR Mikhail Starostin	USSR Vladimir Gordeev	USSR Viktor Trofimov
15 May	YUG Mladost Stadium, Prelog	ITA Giuseppe Marzotto	USSR Viktor Kuznetsov	BUL Angel Eftimov
16 May	FRG Rottalstadion, Pocking	FRG Egon Müller	FRG Christoph Betzl	USSR Valery Gordeev
16 May	HUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen	CSK Vaclav Hejl	ITA Paolo Noro	CSK Václav Verner

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

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30 May
POL Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk
Top 8 to Continental final

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Australasian Final

21 February 1976
NZL Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Top 4 to Intercontinental final

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American Final

4 June
USA Cal-Expo Rodeo Arena, Sacramento
Winner to Intercontinental Final, Autrey won a three rider race-off

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=50px	Total
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British Final

2 June 1976
ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 5 to Intercontinental Final

Nordic Final

2 June 1976
SWE Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
Top 6 to Intercontinental final

Fifth round

Intercontinental Final

26 June 1976
ENG Wembley Stadium, London
First 8 to World Final

Continental Final

20 June 1976
USSR Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

World Final

5 September 1976
POL Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Top 8 to World final & 1 reserve

References

Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"World Championship 1936-1994".
"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX".
[http://www.speedway.org/history/76.htm#1976 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship]
"1976 World Championship".
"1976 World Championship".

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