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1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 32nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

History was made in the 1977 final when Ivan Mauger of New Zealand equalled Ove Fundin's title record of five World Championship wins. Mauger had gone close to equalling the record before and finally achieved it in Sweden, the home of Fundin. In a decisive 18th heat Mauger won from his nearest challenger Ole Olsen, when Olsen was forced to lay his bike down to avoid hitting John Boulger. The result was just one point for Olsen, a badly damaged Jawa bike and the end of his title hopes. Defending champion Peter Collins won his last ride to claim the silver medal despite riding with a broken left leg, but Olsen won the bronze medal run-off against young English rider Michael Lee.

Qualifying results.

First round

British Preliminary round

Riders progress to British quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
21 April	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Paul Tyrer	Geoff Bouchard	Martin Yeates
30 April	Loomer Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme	Robbie Gardner	John Jackson	Carl Glover
1 May	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Karl Fiala	Les Collins	Mike Lanham
5 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Steve Weatherley	Barney Kennett	Steve Lomas

New Zealand qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd	North Island Final	South Island Final
12 January	Western Springs Stadium, Auckland	John Goodall	Mike Fullerton	Jack Millen
3 January	Ruapuna Speedway, Templeton	Roger Wright	Larry Ross	Paul Fewings

Second round

New Zealand semi-final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
20 January	Ruapuna Speedway, Templeton	Ivan Mauger	Larry Ross	Barry Briggs

Australian qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
27 November	Sydney Showground, Sydney	Ricky Day	Billy Sanders	Mitch Shirra
28 November	Carina Speedway, Bundaberg	John Titman	Neil Coddington	Owen Hall
8 January	Northern Park Raceway, Melbourne	Phil Crump	Danny Kennedy	Rob Jones
17 January	Rowley Park, Adelaide	John Boulger	Tony Boyle	Bob Maxfield
28 January	Rowley Park, Adelaide	Phil Crump	John Boulger	Tony Boyle
11 February	Jerilderie Park, Tomago	Phil Crump	Phil Herne	Billy Sanders
21 February	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Glyn Taylor	Neil Webb	Les Leisk
23 February	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	Neil Coddington	Steve Koppe	Mike Farrell

Continental Preliminary round

Riders progress to Continental semi-finals.

Josef Angermüller was killed during the first preliminary round at the San Savino Speedway Park after falling and colliding with a concrete post.

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 April	ITA San Savino, Civitanova Marche	ITA Paolo Noro	CSK Jan Hadek	CSK Jiří Štancl
25 April	FRG Breitwangbahn, Bopfingen	DDR Georg Hack	CSK Jiri Jirout	DDR Hans Ziegl

British quarter-finals

Top 32 progress to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
14 May	The Shay, Halifax	Chris Pusey	Doug Wyer	John Louis
16 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Gordon Kennett	George Hunter	Bob Kilby
18 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Michael Lee	Paul Tyrer	Chris Morton
20 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Malcolm Simmons	Martin Yeates	Dave Jessup

Third round

British semi-finals

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29 June
ENG Wimborne Road, Poole
Top 8 to British final

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New Zealand Final

12 February 1977
NZL Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
First 8 to Australasian final

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Australian Final

25 February 1977
AUS Jerilderie Park Speedway, Tomago
First 8 to Australasian final

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Finland Final

29 August '76
FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku
4 selected for Nordic Final

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Norwegian Final

17 April 1977
NOR Sandnes Stadion, Sandnes
First 5 to Nordic Final

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Danish Final

19 May 1977
DEN Speedway Center, Fredericia
First 5 to Nordic Final (Ole Olsen seeded to Nordic final)

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Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen	POL Edward Jancarz	POL Marek Cieślak	FRG Egon Muller
8 May	AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt	CSK Jiří Štancl	AUT Siegfried Eder	POL Jerzy Szczakiel
7 May	CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný	USSR Sergey Dyuzhev	POL Zenon Plech	POL Jerzy Rembas
8 May	HUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen	AUT Walter Grubmuller	USSR Sergey Uchov	CSK Václav Verner

Fourth Round

Swedish qualification

Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final

(6 May, Avestavallen, Avesta)	Pos	Rider
1	Sören Karlsson	15
2	Jan Andersson	14
3	Jan Simensen	13
4	Karl-Erik Claesson	11
5	Eddie Davidsson	10
6	Lars-Åke Andersson	9
7	Lars Hedlund	9
8	Roger Björkman	8
9	Lars Ericsson	8
10	Jan Holmqvist	5
11	Åke Dovhed]
12	Leif Johansson	4
13	Björn Persson	3
14	Harald Sandberg (res)	3
15	Bo Wirebrand	2
16	Bernt Johansson	0
17	Tommy Karlsson 0	0

(7 May, Motala Arena, Motala)	Pos	Rider
1	Hasse Holmqvist	14
2	Richard Hellsén	13
3	Christer Sjösten	12
4	Bengt Jansson	12
5	Börje Klingberg	11
6	Conny Samuelsson	9
7	Olle Nygren	8
8	Stephan Johansson	7
9	Therje Henriksson	6
10	Kenneth Selmosson	6
11	Fredrik Lindqvist	5
12	Dirk van der Voet	5
13	Bo Jansson	4
14	Jan Davidsson	4
15	Göran Waltersson	3
16	Per-Olov Dovhjort	1

(8 May, Ljungheden, Västervik)	Pos	Rider
1	Bernt Persson	14
2	Sören Sjösten	14
3	Tommy Johansson	13
4	Tommy Nilsson	13
5	Åke Fridell	9+3
6	Stefan Salmonsson	9+2
7	Willy Karlsson	8
8	Sven Nilsson	8
9	Tomas Pettersson	7
10	Bengt Larsson	7
11	Karl-Fredrik Lindgren	6
12	Börje Ohlsson	4
13	Kjell Bergström	3
14	Nils Eriksson (res)	2
15	Roy Dantanus	2
16	Stefan Hjort	1
17	Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res)	0
18	Göran Hedberg	0

American Final

29 July 1977
USA Costa Mesa Speedway, Los Angeles
First 2 to Intercontinental final

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Nordic Final

29 May 1977
FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
First 4 to Intercontinental final

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Australasian Final

19 February 1977
AUS Sydney Showground Speedway, Sydney
First 4 to Intercontinental final

British Final

13 July 1977
ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 5 plus Peter Collins (seeded) to Intercontinental final.

Continental semi-finals

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29 May
FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
Top 8 to Continental final

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Fifth round

Swedish Final

SWE First 4 over three meetings to World final plus 1 reserve
R1 (24 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)
R2 (25 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping)
R3 (26 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna)

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Continental Final

25 July 1977
USSR Anatoly Stepanov Stadium, Tolyatti
First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Intercontinental Final

21 August 1977
ENG White City Stadium, London
First 7 to World Final

World Final

2 September 1977
SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee: (NOR) Torrie Kittelsen

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(3 September 1977). "Mauger wins World title". Belfast Telegraph.
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Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5

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