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1980 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 35th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

With the defending Ivan Mauger failing to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1966, and Ole Olsen only qualifying as a reserve, the 1980 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden was seen as an open final with a number of potential winners. Michael Lee, Bruce Penhall, Dave Jessup and Billy Sanders considered the favourites with Jan Andersson (the only Swedish rider in the World Final), John Davis, Hans Nielsen, Zenon Plech, Chris Morton and Peter Collins all expected to challenge.

Twenty-one-year-old English ace Lee who had only finished 7th in the Intercontinental Final at White City, won his only World Championship with 14 points from his 5 rides. Dave Jessup finished second after defeating Billy Sanders in a runoff when both riders finished on 12 points to give England a 1-2 finish in a World Final.

Michael Lee became only the fifth rider from Great Britain to win speedway's ultimate individual prize, joining Welshman Freddie Williams (1950), and fellow Englishmen Tommy Price (1949), Peter Craven (1955 & 1962) and Peter Collins (1976) as a speedway world champion.

First round

British Qualification

DateVenueWinner2nd3rdPreliminary RoundQuarter-Final
8 AprilMilton Keynes Stadium, Milton KeynesMike LanhamRob HollingworthDavid Kennett
9 AprilLong Eaton Stadium, Long EatonDave PerksDave MortonPaul Woods
11 AprilEast of England Arena, PeterboroughAndy HinesNicky AllottNigel Flatman
11 AprilEllesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere PortPeter PrinslooDerek RichardsonDavid Gagen
13 AprilRye House Stadium, HoddesdonMelvyn TaylorBob GarradIan Clark
27 AprilThe Shay, HalifaxMike LanhamKevin HawkinsDave Morton

Second round

Swedish qualification

  • Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final
(4 May, Målilla (Motorbana)
Målilla)PosRiderPoints
1Tommy Johansson15
2Tommy Nilsson14
3Conny Samuelsson11
4Bengt Jansson11
5Gert Carlsson11
6Per-Ove Gudmundsson10+3
7Stefan Salmonsson10+2
8Tommy Steen8
9Kalle Lindgren8
10Torgil Roth4
11Peter Carlsson4
12Willy Karlsson3
13Leif Bergqvist (res)3
14Bertil Andersson (res)3
15Glenn Andersson2
16Lars-Ove Lundgren1
17Alf Trofast0
18Sven-Erik Andersson0
(4 May, Gislaved Motorbana
Gislaved)PosRiderPoints
1Anders Michanek15
2Bo Wirebrand13
3Hans Danielsson12
4Lillebror Johansson12
5Bengt Gustavsson12
6Karl-Erik Claesson10
7Thomas Hydling9
8Benny Ekberg8
9Lennart Bengtsson6
10Åke Axelsson6
11Börje Ring5
12Åke Fridell4
13Weine Ström4
14Anders Eriksson2
15Thomas Engman2
16Kent Bäär0
(8 May, Linköping Motorstadion
Linköping)PosRiderPoints
1Bernt Persson15
2Richard Hellsén14
3Börje Klingberg12
4Jan Ericsson11
5Rolf Sundberg11
6Uno Johansson10
7Jan Davidsson10
8Ingemar Andersson8
9Christer Nilsson6
10Sören Karlsson5
11Kent Eriksson5
12Peter Johansson4
13Anders Törnström4
14Ragnar Holm3
15Göran Waltersson2
16Bo Åstrand1
17Leif Andersson0

Continental Preliminary round

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
19 AprilFRG Ellermühle Stadium, LandshutFRG Egon MullerFRG Waldemar BacikPOL Edward Jancarz
20 AprilPOL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, BydgoszczCSK Zdeněk KudrnaPOL Jerzy RembasPOL Marek Ziarnik
20 AprilITA Giavera del Montello, TrevisoCSK Milan ŠpinkaCSK Václav VernerAUT Herbert Szerecz
20 AprilCZE Speedway Žarnovica, ŽarnovicaCSK Petr OndrašíkCSK Jan HadekCSK Petr Kučera
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New Zealand Final

  • 2 February 1980
  • NZL Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
  • First 7 to Australasian Final
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British semi-finals

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  • 22 May
  • ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
  • Top 8 to British final
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Third round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
3 MayCSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, SlanýUSSR Mikhail StarostinCSK Jiří ŠtanclCSK Jan Verner
4 MayYUG Mladost Stadium, PrelogNED Henny KroezeCSK Václav VernerCSK Milan Špinka
4 MayAUT Stadion Wiener NeustadtCSK Zdeněk KudrnaPOL Jerzy RembasPOL Piotr Pyszny

Swedish Final

  • 20 May 1980
  • SWE Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
  • Winner to World Final, riders 2–5 to Nordic Final

Finland Final

  • FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
  • 27 August 1979, top 3 to 1980 Nordic final
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Danish Final

  • 4 May 1980
  • DEN Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia
  • First 3 to Nordic final (Olsen, Nielsen & Thomsen seeded through)
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Norwegian Final

  • 18 May 1980
  • NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
  • First 3 to Nordic final
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Australasian Final

  • 2 February 1980
  • NZL Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
  • First 5 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
  • Ivan Mauger seeded to Commonwealth final

British Final

  • 4 June 1980
  • ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
  • First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
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Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

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  • 25 May
  • BUL Targovishte Speedway Stadium, Targovishte
  • Top 8 to Continental final
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Commonwealth Final

  • 29 June 1980
  • ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London
  • First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

  • 16 November 1979
  • USA Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim
  • First 2 to Intercontinental Final
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Nordic Final

  • 15 June 1980
  • NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
  • First 5 to Intercontinental Final
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Fifth round

Continental Final

  • 27 July 1980
  • ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
  • First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Intercontinental Final

  • 3 August 1980
  • ENG White City Stadium, London
  • First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

  • 5 September 1980
  • SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg
  • Referee: (NOR) Torrie Kittlesen
  • Attendance: 35,000 (approx)

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. "World Championship".
  8. "World Championship".
  9. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5
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