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1985 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Stadium and White City Stadium tracks, was chosen by the FIM to host the 1985 Final on 31 August 1985; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.

A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion Erik Gundersen from fellow Dane Hans Nielsen and surprise third placing Sam Ermolenko of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old Kelvin Tatum, finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.

First round

British qualification

Riders progress to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
11 April	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Mike Ferreira	Jamie Luckhurst	Andrew Silver
17 April	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Trevor Banks	Dave Perks	Louis Carr
18 April	Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough	Steve Wilcock	Geoff Pusey	Mike Spink
19 April	East of England Arena, Peterborough	Carl Blackbird	Tim Hunt	Kevin Hawkins
19 April	Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh	David Blackburn	Bruce Cribb	Paul Thorp
27 April	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Carl Blackbird	Melvyn Taylor	Tim Hunt

Swedish qualification

Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

(4 May, Gubbängens IP
Stockholm)	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tommy Nilsson	14
2	Patrik Karlsson	14
3	Erik Stenlund	12
4	Lars Andersson	12
5	Jimmie Magnusson	10
6	Åke Fridell	9
7	Conny Ivarsson	9
8	Uno Johansson	9
9	Mikael Teurnberg	6
10	Kent Rickardsson	5
11	Kenneth Nyström	5
12	Roger Sundberg	3
13	Peder Messing	3
14	Anders Nilsson	3
15	Magnus Jonsson	2
16	Mikael Löfqvist	1

(4 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion
Målilla)	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Per Jonsson	14
2	Anders Kling	14
3	Mikael Blixt	12
4	Bengt Jansson	10
5	Jan Lundgren	9
6	Hans Wahlström	9
7	Dennis Löfqvist	8
8	Lars Hammarberg	8
9	Kjell Nielsen	7
10	Alf Trofast	6
11	Tony Gudbrand	6
12	Roland Dannö	4
13	Jan Davidsson	4
14	Mikael Reinholdsson	2
15	Roger Gustavsson	1
16	Stefan Andersson	0

(5 May, Grevby Motorstadion
Mariestad)	Pos	Rider	Points
1	Jimmy Nilsen	15
2	Per-Ove Gudmundsson	12
3	Richard Hellsén	12
4	Christer Rohlén	11
5	Börje Ring	10
6	Pierre Brannefors	9
7	Tony Olsson	9
8	Tommy Lindgren	8
9	Lillebror Johansson	8
10	Johan Zackrisson	6
11	Kent Björk	6
12	Johan Staaf	6
13	Mats Olsson	3
14	Mikael Messing	3
15	Kari Virta	1
16	Bo Arrhén	1

Australian qualification

Date	Event	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 Nov 84	Northern Territory Final		Tennant Creek Speedway	David Jackson	Brent Knott	Glen Baxter
24 November 84	Queensland Final	Pioneer Park, Ayr	Steve Regeling	Stan Bear	Steve Koppe
1 Dec 84	South Australian Final	Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge	Mark Fiora	Steve Baker	Darryl Branford
7 Dec 84	Western Australian Final	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Mick McKenna
16 Dec 84	New South Wales Final	Meeanee Speedway, Napier	Billy Sanders	Gary Guglielmi	Rudy Muts
23 Dec 84	Victorian Final	Olympic Park, Mildura	Phil Crump	Rod Hunter	Bill Barret

Second round

Continental preliminary round

Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
21 April	FRG Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen	FRG Klaus Lausch	FRG Hubert Diener	CSK Stanislav Urban
21 April	BUL Speedway Stadium, Targovishte	BUL Angel Jeftimov	USSR Igor Stolyarov	POL Grzegorz Dzikowski
21 April	POL KS Apator Stadium, Toruń	POL Leonard Raba	POL Wojciech Żabiałowicz	CSK Antonín Kasper Jr.
21 April	HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	USSR Viktor Kuznetsov	POL Wojciech Załuski	HUN József Petrikovics

British semi-finals

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=40px	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

22 May
ENG Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley
Top 8 to British final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=40px	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo	ITA Armando Castagna	POL Grzegorz Dzikowski	ITA Valentino Furlanetto
1 May	YUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	CSK Antonín Kasper Jr.	ITA Armando Dal Chiele	HUN Laszlo Bodi
1 May	FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen	FRG Klaus Lausch	CSK Václav Verner	CSK Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May	AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt	HUN Zoltan Adorjan	HUN Sandor Tihanyi	POL Andrzej Huszcza

American Final

8 June 1985
USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
First 5 to Overseas final

New Zealand Final

NZL - No final, David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas final

Australian Final

5 January 1985
AUS Pioneer Park, Ayr
First 2 to Overseas final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=70px	Heat Scores		width=50px	Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
R1
18

British Final

6 June 1985
ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 7 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Norwegian Final

1 May 1985
NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
Top 1 to Nordic final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=70px	Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Finland Final

FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
12 August 1984, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1985 Nordic final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=40px	Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Swedish Finals

SWE Top 5 to Nordic final
R1 (20 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro)
R2 (21 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)
R3 (22 May, Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping)

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=20px	R1		width=20px	R2		width=20px	R3		width=70px	Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Danish Final

5 May 1985
DEN Brovst Speedway Center, Brovst
First 7 to Nordic final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=70px	Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
R1

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=40px	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

9 June
HUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.		width=200px	Rider		width=40px	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Overseas Final

14 July 1985
ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union

Nordic Final

9 June 1985
DEN Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup
First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental Final

21 July 1985
FRG Rottalstadion, Pocking
First 5 plus one reserve to the World Final

Intercontinental Final

3 August 1985
SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
First 11 plus one reserve to the World Final

World Final

31 August 1985
ENG Bradford, Odsal Stadium
Referee: (NOR) Torrie Kittlesen

References

"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
"World Championship 1936-1994".
"Speedway riders, history and results".
Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5

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