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1956 Individual Speedway World Championship

11th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

11th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

The 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The World final was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and was televised live. Despite being televised a crowd of 65,000 saw the first Scandinavian winner in 23 year old Ove Fundin from Sweden.

Qualification

Qualification started in 1955.

Stage 1

Norwegian qualification

The October 1955 Norwegian final was cancelled due to bad weather, resulting in riders being seeded to Nordic round

Finnish round

  • 23 October 1955
  • FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
  • First 7 (+seeded riders) to 1956 Nordic round
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Swedish round

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  • 29 April 1956
  • SWE Målilla Motorbana, Målilla
  • Top 6 to Nordic round
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Stage 2

Nordic round

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  • 27 May 1956
  • FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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Continental round

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  • 1 May 1956
  • FRG Altes Stadion Abensberg, Abensberg
  • Top 8 to Continental final
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Stage 3

British & Commonwealth round

  • Top 21 qualify for Championship round.
DateVenueWinner
10 JulyBanister Court StadiumIan Williams
12 JulyFoxhall StadiumKen McKinlay
12 JulyOxford StadiumHowdy Byford
13 JulyLeicester StadiumDick Bradley
14 JulyRayleigh Weir StadiumGerald Jackson
25 JulyBrandon StadiumBert Edwards
25 JulyAbbey StadiumBob Roger

Nordic Final

  • 8 June 1956
  • SWE Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping
  • First 7 to European final
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Continental Final

Fritz Dirtl was tragically killed competing in the Continental final. He was involved in a crash with fellow Austrian rider Josef Kamper and the fell into the path of Mieczysław Połukard.

  • 10 June 1956
  • FRG Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
  • First 7 to European Final
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Stage 4

Championship Round

  • Top 11 qualify, 1 reserve for World final
DateVenueWinner
20 AugustWimbledon StadiumRonnie Moore
22 AugustWimborne RoadJack Biggs
23 AugustWembley StadiumBrian Crutcher
25 AugustHyde Road StadiumBrian Crutcher
29 AugustOdsal StadiumBarry Briggs
31 AugustPerry Barr StadiumAlan Hunt / Doug Davies
1 SeptemberThe Firs StadiumGerry Hussey
  • (Peter Craven seeded to World final)

Scores

First 11 to World final + 1 reserve

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European Final

  • 8 July 1956
  • NOR Bislett Stadium, Oslo
  • First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve
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World final

  • 22 September 1956
  • ENG Wembley Stadium, London
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Classification

References

References

  1. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  2. "World Championship 1936–1994".
  3. "WORLD FINALS 1936–1994".
  4. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  6. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
  7. (20 September 1956). "Craven defends title".
  8. (23 September 1956). "Fundin is champ".
  9. (23 September 1956). "TV millions dee a great night of sport". Weekly Dispatch London.
  10. "1956 World Championship".
  11. "1956 World Championship".
  12. (1 July 1956). "Speedway Stars' Test". Weekly Dispatch (London).
  13. "Description".
  14. "1956".
  15. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5
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