Who's won the various World Championships?

From: Marcin Babnis, Kevin Meynell, Vesa Niemela & Markku Jurmu
World Individual Speedway Championship
World Team Speedway Championship
World Pairs Speedway Championship
World Junior Speedway Championship
World Longtrack Championship
World Individual Ice Racing Championship
World Team Ice Racing Championship
FIM Speedway Champions' Cup

World Individual Speedway Championship

Year Venue(s) Winner Nationality
1936 Wembley GB Lionel Van Praag Australia
1937 Wembley GB Jack Milne USA
1938 Wembley GB Bluey Wilkinson Australia
Competition suspended due to World War II.
1949 Wembley GB Tommy Price Great Britain
1950 Wembley GB Freddie Williams Great Britain
1951 Wembley GB Jack Young Australia
1952 Wembley GB Jack Young Australia
1953 Wembley GB Freddie Williams Great Britain
1954 Wembley GB Ronnie Moore New Zealand
1955 Wembley GB Peter Craven Great Britain
1956 Wembley GB Ove Fundin Sweden
1957 Wembley GB Barry Briggs New Zealand
1958 Wembley GB Barry Briggs New Zealand
1959 Wembley GB Ronnie Moore New Zealand
1960 Wembley GB Ove Fundin Sweden
1961 Malmö S Ove Fundin Sweden
1962 Wembley GB Peter Craven Great Britain
1963 Wembley GB Ove Fundin Sweden
1964 Gothenburg S Barry Briggs New Zealand
1965 Wembley GB Björn Knutsson Sweden
1966 Gothenburg S Barry Briggs New Zealand
1967 Wembley GB Ove Fundin Sweden
1968 Gothenburg S Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1969 Wembley GB Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1970 Wroclaw PL Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1971 Gothenburg S Ole Olsen Denmark
1972 Wembley GB Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1973 Chorzow PL Jerzy Szczakiel Poland
1974 Gothenburg S Anders Michanek Sweden
1975 Wembley GB Ole Olsen Denmark
1976 Chorzow PL Peter Collins Great Britain
1977 Gothenburg S Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1978 Wembley GB Ole Olsen Denmark
1979 Chorzow PL Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1980 Gothenburg S Michael Lee Great Britain
1981 Wembley GB Bruce Penhall USA
1982 Los Angeles USA Bruce Penhall USA
1983 Norden D Egon Müller West Germany
1984 Gothenburg S Erik Gundersen Denmark
1985 Bradford GB Erik Gundersen Denmark
1986 Chorzow PL Hans Nielsen Denmark
1987 Amsterdam NL Hans Nielsen Denmark
1988 Vojens DK Erik Gundersen Denmark
1989 Munich D Hans Nielsen Denmark
1990 Bradford GB Per Jonsson Sweden
1991 Gothenburg S Jan O. Pedersen Denmark
1992 Wroclaw PL Gary Havelock Great Britain
1993 Pocking D Sam Ermolenko USA
1994 Vojens DK Tony Rickardsson Sweden
Since 1995, the title has been decided by a Grand Prix Series.
1995 Wr,WN,Ab,Li,Vo,Ha Hans Nielsen Denmark
1996 Wr,Lo,Pk,Li,Vo,Br Billy Hamill USA
1997 Pr,Li,La,Br,Wr,Vo Greg Hancock USA
1998 Pr,Pk,Vo,Co,Li,By Tony Rickardsson Sweden
1999 Pr,Li,Wr,Co,By,Vo Tony Rickardsson Sweden
2000 Pr,Li,Wr,Co,Vo,By Mark Loram Great Britain
2001 Be,Cf,Vo,Pr,By,St Tony Rickardsson Sweden
2002 Hr,By,Cf,Kr,St,Pr,Gb,Ch,Vo,Sy Tony Rickardsson Sweden
2003 Ch,St,Cf,Cp,Kr,Gb,Pr,By,Hr Nicki Pedersen Denmark
2004 St,Pr,Wr,Cf,Cp,Gb,Kr,By,Hr Jason Crump Australia

Ab = Abensberg D, Be = Berlin D, Br = Bradford GB, By = Bydgoszcz PL, Cf = Cardiff GB, Ch = Chorzķw PL, Co = Coventry GB, Cp = Copenhagen DK, Gb = Gothenburg S, Ha = Hackney GB, Hr = Hamar N, Kr = Krško SLO, La = Landshut D, Li = Linköping S, Lo = Lonigo I, Pk = Pocking D, Pr = Prague CZ, St = Stockholm S, Sy = Sydney AUS, Vo = Vojens DK, WN = Wiener-Neustadt A, Wr = Wroclaw PL.


World Team Speedway Championship

Year Venue(s) Winner
1960 Gothenburg S Sweden (Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Olle Nygren, Rune Sörmander)
1961 Wroclaw PL Poland (Marian Kaiser, Henryk Zyto, Florian Kapala, Stanislaw Tkocz, Mieczyslaw Polukard)
1962 Slany CS Sweden (Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Rune Sörmander, Göte Nordin, Sören Sjösten)
1963 Vienna A Sweden (Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin, Rune Sörmander, Per Sörmander)
1964 Abensberg D Sweden (Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin, Rune Sörmander, Sören Sjösten)
1965 Kempten D Poland (Andrzej Pogorzelski, Andrzej Wygleda, Zbigniew Podlecki, Antoni Woryna)
1966 Wroclaw PL Poland (Andrzej Wygleda, Antoni Woryna, Andrzej Pogorzelski, Marian Rose, Edmund Migos)
1967 Malmö S Sweden (Ove Fundin, Bengt Jansson, Göte Nordin, Torbjörn Harrysson)
1968 London GB Great Britain (Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Nigel Boocock, Martin Ashby, Norman Hunter)
1969 Rybnik PL Poland (Andrzej Wygleda, Edward Jancarz, Stanislaw Tkocz, Henryk Gluecklich, Andrzej Pogorzelski)
1970 London GB Sweden (Ove Fundin, Anders Michanek, Bengt Jansson, Sören Sjösten)
1971 Wroclaw PL Great Britain (Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Ray Wilson, Jimmy Airey)
1972 Olching D Great Britain (Ivan Mauger, Ray Wilson, Terry Betts, John Louis)
1973 London GB Great Britain (Ray Wilson, Terry Betts, Peter Collins, Malcolm Simmons)
1974 Chorzow PL Great Britain (Peter Collins, John Louis, Dave Jessup, Malcolm Simmons)
1975 Norden D Great Britain (Martin Ashby, Peter Collins, Malcolm Simmons, John Louis)
1976 London GB Australia (Billy Sanders, Phil Herne, John Boulger, Phil Crump)
1977 Wroclaw PL Great Britain (Michael Lee, Dave Jessup, John Davis, Peter Collins, Malcolm Simmons)
1978 Landshut D Denmark (Finn Thomsen, Hans Nielsen, Ole Olsen, Mike Lohmann)
1979 London GB New Zealand (Larry Ross, Mitch Shirra, Ivan Mauger, Bruce Cribb)
1980 Wroclaw PL Great Britain (Peter Collins, Dave Jessup, Michael Lee, Chris Morton)
1981 Olching D Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Tommy Knudsen, Hans Nielsen, Ole Olsen, Finn Thomsen)
1982 London GB United States (Bruce Penhall, Kelly Moran, Bobby Schwartz, Shawn Moran)
1983 Vojens DK Denmark (Finn Thomsen, Peter Ravn, Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Ole Olsen)
1984 Leszno PL Denmark (Lars Eriksen, Hans Nielsen, Bo Petersen, Erik Gundersen)
1985 Long Beach USA Denmark (Tommy Knudsen, Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Preben Eriksen, Bo Petersen)
1986 Ve,Vo,Br Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Jan O. Pedersen, Tommy Knudsen)
1987 Fr,Co,Pr Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Jan O. Pedersen, Tommy Knudsen)
1988 Long Beach USA Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Jan O. Pedersen, Erik Gundersen, Tommy Knudsen, John Jørgensen)
1989 Bradford GB Great Britain (Jeremy Doncaster, Paul Thorp, Kelvin Tatum, Simon Wigg, Simon Cross)
1990 Pardubice CS USA (Sam Ermolenko, Rick Miller, Shawn Moran, Kelly Moran, Billy Hamill)
1991 Vojens DK Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Jan O. Pedersen, Tommy Knudsen, Gert Handberg, John Jørgensen)
1992 Kumla S USA (Sam Ermolenko, Ronnie Correy, Billy Hamill, Greg Hancock, Bobby Ott)
1993 Coventry GB USA (Sam Ermolenko, Bobby Ott, Billy Hamill, Greg Hancock, Josh Larsen)
In 1994, this competition was amalgamated with the World Pairs Championship.
1994 Broksted D Sweden (Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson, Mikael Karlsson)
1995 Bydgoszcz PL Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Tommy Knudsen, Brian Karger)
1996 Diedenbergen D Poland (Tomasz Gollob, Slawomir Drabik, Piotr Protasiewicz)
1997 Pila PL Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Tommy Knudsen, Jesper B. Jensen)
1998 Vojens DK USA (Billy Hamill, Greg Hancock, Sam Ermolenko)
1999 Pardubice CZ Australia (Jason Crump, Jason Lyons, Leigh Adams, Ryan Sullivan, Todd Wiltshire)
2000 Coventry GB Sweden (Tony Rickardsson, Mikael Karlsson, Henrik Gustafsson, Peter Karlsson, Niklas Klingberg)
2001 Wroclaw PL Australia (Jason Crump, Todd Wiltshire, Craig Boyce, Ryan Sullivan, Leigh Adams)
2002 Peterborough GB Australia (Todd Wiltshire, Jason Lyons, Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Ryan Sullivan
2003 Vojens DK Sweden (Andreas Jonsson, Mikael Max, Peter Ljung, Peter Karlsson, David Ruud)
2004 Poole GB Sweden (Mikael Max, Tony Rickardsson, Antonio Lindback, Andreas Jonsson, Peter Karlsson)

Br = Bradford GB, Co = Coventry GB, Fr = Fredericia DK, Pr = Prague CZ, Ve = Vetlanda S, Vo = Vojens DK


World Pairs Speedway Championship

Year Venue Winner
1970 Malmö S New Zealand (Ivan Mauger, Ronnie Moore)
1971 Rybnik PL Poland (Andrzej Wygleda, Jerzy Szczakiel)
1972 Boras S Great Britain (Ray Wilson, Terry Betts)
1973 Boras S Sweden (Anders Michanek, Tommy Jansson)
1974 Manchester GB Sweden (Anders Michanek, Sören Sjösten)
1975 Wroclaw PL Sweden (Anders Michanek, Tommy Jansson)
1976 Eskilstuna S Great Britain (John Louis, Malcolm Simmons)
1977 Manchester GB Great Britain (Peter Collins, Malcolm Simmons)
1978 Chorzow PL Great Britain (Gordon Kennett, Malcolm Simmons)
1979 Vojens DK Denmark (Ole Olsen, Hans Nielsen)
1980 Krsko YU Great Britain (Dave Jessup, Peter Collins)
1981 Chorzow PL USA (Bruce Penhall, Bobby Schwartz)
1982 Liverpool AUS USA (Denis Sigalos, Bobby Schwartz)
1983 Gothenburg S Great Britain (Kenny Carter, Peter Collins)
1984 Lonigo I Great Britain (Chris Morton, Peter Collins)
1985 Rybnik PL Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Tommy Knudsen)
1986 Pocking D Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen)
1987 Pardubice CS Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen)
1988 Bradford GB Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen)
1989 Leszno PL Denmark (Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen)
1990 Landshut D Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Jan O. Pedersen)
1991 Poznan PL Denmark (Hans Nielsen, Jan O. Pedersen)
1992 Lonigo I USA (Sam Ermolenko, Ronnie Correy, Greg Hancock)
1993 Vojens DK Sweden (Per Jonsson, Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson)

In 1994, this competition was amalgamated with the World Team Championship.


World Junior Speedway Championship

This competition replaced the European Under-21 Championship.

Year Venue Winner Nationality
1988 Slany CS Peter Nahlin Sweden
1989 Lonigo I Gert Handberg Denmark
1990 Lvov SU Chris Louis Great Britain
1991 Coventry GB Brian Andersen Denmark
1992 Pfaffenhofen D Leigh Adams Australia
1993 Pardubice CZ Joe Screen Great Britain
1994 Elgane N Mikael Karlsson Sweden
1995 Tampere SF Jason Crump Australia
1996 Olching D Piotr Protasiewicz Poland
1997 Mseno CZ Jesper B. Jensen Denmark
1998 Pila PL Robert Dados Poland
1999 Vojens DK Lee Richardson Great Britain
2000 Gorzow PL Andreas Jonsson Sweden
2001 Peterborough GB Dawid Kujawa Poland
2002 Slany CZ Lukas Dryml Czech Republic
2003 Kumla S Jaroslaw Hampel Poland
2004 Wroclaw PL Robert Miskowiak Poland


World Longtrack Championship

This competition replaced the European Sandtrack Championship.

Year Venue Winner Nationality
1971 Oslo N Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1972 Mühldorf D Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1973 Oslo N Ole Olsen Denmark
1974 Scheeßel D Egon Müller West Germany
1975 Radgona YU Egon Müller West Germany
1976 Marianske Lazne CS Ivan Mauger New Zealand
1977 Aalborg DK Egon Müller West Germany
1978 Mühldorf D Egon Müller West Germany
1979 Marianske Lazne CS Alois Wiesboeck West Germany
1980 Scheeßel D Karl Maier West Germany
1981 Radgona YU Michael Lee Great Britain
1982 Korsko DK Karl Maier West Germany
1983 Marianske Lazne CS Shawn Moran USA
1984 Herxheim D Erik Gundersen Denmark
1985 Korsko DK Simon Wigg Great Britain
1986 Pfarrkirchen D Erik Gundersen Denmark
1987 Mühldorf D Karl Maier West Germany
1988 Scheeßel D Karl Maier West Germany
1989 Marianske Lazne CS Simon Wigg Great Britain
1990 Herxheim D Simon Wigg Great Britain
1991 Marianske Lazne CS Gerd Riss Germany
1992 Pfarrkirchen D Marcel Gerhard Switzerland
1993 Mühldorf D Simon Wigg Great Britain
1994 Marianske Lazne CZ Simon Wigg Great Britain
1995 Scheeßel D Kelvin Tatum Great Britain
1996 Herxheim D Gerd Riss Germany

In 1997, this competition was amalgamated with the European Grasstrack Championship. The title is decided by a Final Series.

Year Venue Winner Nationality
1997 Ad,Cl,Pf,Ma,ML Tommy Dunker Germany
1998 Ad,Ma,Ab,Sc,Mü Kelvin Tatum Great Britain
1999 Jü,Ma,Ee,Be,Mü Gerd Riss Germany
2000 Jü,Ab,Ee,Mo,Ha Kelvin Tatum Great Britain
2001 Pa,Tb,Hx,Mo Gerd Riss Germany
2002 Bi,Co,Sc,Mo,Pa Robert Barth Germany
2003 Bi,Mü,Ma,Tb,Mo,NP Robert Barth Germany
2004 Bi,Ma,Pf,Mo,NP Gerd Riss Germany

Ab = Abingdon GB, Ad = Aduard NL, Be = Berghaupten D, Bi = Bielefeld D, Cl = Cloppenburg D, Co = Saint Colomb de Lauzun F, Ee = Eenrum NL, Ha = Harsewinkel D, Hx = Herxheim D, Jü = Jübeck D, Ma = Marmande F, ML = Marianske Lazne CZ, Mo = Morizes F, Mü = Mühldorf D, NP = New Plymouth NZ, Pa = Parchim D, Pf = Pfarrkirchen D, Sc = Scheeßel D, Tb = Tonbridge GB.


World Individual Ice Racing Championship

Year Venue Winner Nationality
1966 Soviet Union 1 Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
1967 Soviet Union 2 Boris Samorodov Soviet Union
1968 Soviet Union 3 Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
From 1969-1993, the title was decided by a two-day Final unless stated otherwise.
1969 Inzell D (1 day) Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
1970 Nassjö S (1 day) Antonin Svab Czechoslovakia
1971 Inzell D Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
1972 Nassjö S (1 day) Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
1973 Inzell D Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union
1974 Nassjö S (1 day) Milan Spinka Czechoslovakia
1975 Moscow SU Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union
1976 Assen NL Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union
1977 Inzell D Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union
1978 Assen NL Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union
1979 Inzell D Anatolii Bondarenko Soviet Union
1980 Kalinin SU Anatolii Bondarenko Soviet Union
1981 Assen NL Vladimir Lioubitch Soviet Union
1982 Inzell D Sergei Kasakov Soviet Union
1983 Eindhoven NL Sergei Kasakov Soviet Union
1984 Moscow SU Erik Stenlund Sweden
1985 Assen NL Vladimir Suchov Soviet Union
1986 Stockholm S Yuri Ivanov Soviet Union
1987 Berlin D Yuri Ivanov Soviet Union
1988 Eindhoven NL Erik Stenlund Sweden
1989 Alma Ata SU Nikolai Nischenko Soviet Union
1990 Gothenburg S Jarmo Hirvasoja Finland
1991 Assen NL Sergei Ivanov Russia
1992 Frankfurt D Yuri Ivanov Russia
1993 Saransk RUS Vladimir Fadeev Russia
From 1994-1996, the title was decided by a Grand Prix Series (2 rounds per venue).
1994 Sk,In,AA,As,Ha Alexander Balashov Russia
1995 Kr,Be,Wa,As,As Per-Olov Serenius Sweden
1996 Kr,Fr,Wa,As,Ha Alexander Balashov Russia
In 1997, the competition reverted to a two-day Final.
1997 Assen NL Kyril Drogalin Russia
In 1998 and 1999, the title was again decided by a Grand Prix Series.
1998 Kr,Sk,In,Be,As Alexander Balashov Russia
1999 As,Sk,Kr,In,As,Ka Vladimir Fadeev Russia
In 2000, the competition again reverted to a two-day Final.
2000 Assen NL Kyril Drogalin Russia
Since 2001, the title has been decided by a Final Series (2 rounds per venue).
2001 Kr,Sk,As,Be Kyril Drogalin Russia
2002 Ek,Sk,As,In Per-Olof Serenius Sweden
2003 Sk,As,Be Vitali Khomitsevich Russia
2004 Kr,Uf,As,Be Dmitri Bulankin Russia

1 = 2 x Ufa, 2 x Moscow.
2 = 2 x Ufa, Moscow, Leningrad.
3 = 2 x Salavat, 2 x Ufa.

AA = Alma Ata KAZ, As = Assen NL, Be = Berlin D, Ek = Ekaterinburg RUS, Fr = Frankfurt D, Ha = Hamar N, In = Inzell D, Ka = Karlstad S, Kr = Krasnogorsk RUS, Sk = Saransk RUS, Uf = Ufa RUS, Wa = Warsaw PL.


World Team Ice Racing Championship

Year Venue(s) Winner
1979 Kalinin SU Soviet Union (Sergei Tarabanko, Anatoli Gladishev, Anatoli Bondarenko)
1980 Eindhoven NL Soviet Union (Anatoli Bondarenko, Sergei Tarabanko, Vladimir Lioubitch)
1981 Inzell D Soviet Union (Anatoli Gladishev, Vladimir Suchov, Sergei Tarabanko)
1982 Kalin SU Soviet Union (Sergei Kasakov, Vladimir Lioubitch, Vladimir Suchov)
1983 Berlin D West Germany (Max Niedermaier, Helmut Weber, Günter Brandt
1984 Deventer NL Soviet Union (Sergei Kasakov, Vladimir Suchov, Vladimir Lioubitch)
1985 Inzell D Sweden (Erik Stenlund, Per-Olof Serenius, Tommy Lindgren)
1986 Leningrad SU Soviet Union (Vasili Afanasiev, Yuri Ivanov, Vladimir Suchov)
1987 Heerenveen NL Soviet Union (Yuri Ivanov, Sergei Ivanov, Vladimir Suchov)
1988 Grenoble F Soviet Union (Yuri Ivanov, Sergei Kasakov, Vitaly Russkich)
1989 Assen NL Soviet Union (Nikolai Nischenko, S.Russkich, Yuri Ivanov)
1990 Alma Ata SU Soviet Union (Nikolai Nischenko, Yuri Ivanov, Sergei Kasakov)
1991 Inzell D Russia (Nikolai Nischenko, Sergei Ivanov, Yuri Ivanov)
1992 Oulu SF Russia (Valeri Martemianov, Alexander Balashov, Yuri Ivanov)
1993 Assen NL Russia (Vladmir Fadeev, Alexander Balashov, Valeri Ivanov)
1994 Karlstad S Russia (Vladmir Fadeev, Alexander Balashov, Valeri Ivanov)
1995 Frankfurt D Sweden (Per-Olov Serenius, Stefan Svensson, Ola Westlund)
1996 Ijevsk RUS Russia (Alexander Balashov, Vladimir Fadeev, Igor Yakovlev)
1997 Berlin D Russia (Alexander Balashov, Kyril Drogalin, Maxim Baraboshkin)
1998 Gothenburg S Russia (Alexander Balashov, Kyril Drogalin, Vladimir Lumpov)
1999 Berlin D Russia (Alexander Balashov, Vladimir Fadeev, Kyril Drogalin)
2000 Berlin D Russia (Yuri Polikarpov, Vladimir Fadeev, Kyril Drogalin)
2001 Helsinki FIN Russia (Vladimir Fadeev, Kyril Drogalin, Alexander Moskovka, Yuri Polikarpov)
2002 Krasnogorsk RUS Sweden (Per-Olof Serenius, Stefan Svensson, Ola Westlund)
2003 Saransk RUS Russia (Vitali Khomitsevich, Maxim Zakharov, Vladimir Lumpov)
2004 Inzell A Russia (Vitali Khomitsevich, Nikolai Krasnikov, Ivan Ivanov)


FIM Speedway Champions Cup

This competition featured the national champions of the top sixteen countries. It was held to give smaller speedway nations their own 'World Final', but was scrapped with the introduction of the Speedway Grand Prix.

Year Venue Winner Nationality
1986 Pardubice CS Erik Stenlund Sweden
1987 Miszkolc H Zoltan Adorjan Hungary
1988 Krsko YU Per Jonsson Sweden
1989 Natschbach-Loipersbach A Jan O. Pedersen Denmark
1990 Lonigo I Hans Nielsen Denmark
1991 Elgane N Lars Gunnestad Norway
1992 Rovno UKR Gert Handberg Denmark
1993 Tampere FIN Tomasz Gollob Poland


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