1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982.[4] Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.[5][6]

Qualification

Australian Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Victorian Championship
?	Olympic Park Speedway	Mark Lemon	Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons
Queensland Championship
?	Townsville Speedway	Troy Butler	Tony Langdon	Mark Carlson
Northern Territory Championship
?	Tennant Creek Speedway	Wayne Bridgeford	Glen Baxter	Wayne Lorymer
South Australian Championship
?	North Arm Speedway	Scott Norman	Shane Bowes	Shane Parker
New South Wales Championship
January 12	Newcastle Motordrome	Craig Boyce	Mick Poole	Stephen Davies
West Australian Championship
?	Claremont Speedway	Glenn Doyle	Craig Hodgson	David Cheshire
Australian Championship
January 30	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Leigh Adams	Jason Lyons	Shane Bowes

Australian Final

January 30, 1993
AUS Brisbane, Brisbane Exhibition Ground
First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Leigh Adams	14
2	Jason Lyons	12
3	Shane Bowes	11
4	Craig Hodgson	10+3
5	Troy Butler	10+2
6	Craig Boyce	9
7	Mick Poole	9
8	Stephen Davies	6
9	Tony Langdon	6
10	Mark Carlson	6
11	Scott Norman	5
12	Glenn Doyle	5
13	Mark Lemon	5
14	Glen Baxter	5
15	Shane Parker	4
16	Wayne Bridgeford	3

New Zealand Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
New Zealand Final
31 Mart	Christchurch	Mark Thorpe	Mark Lyndon	Andy Waker

New Zealand Final

Mart 31, 1993
NZL Christchurch, Ruapuna Speedway
First 2 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mark Thorpe	15
2	Mark Lyndon	14
3	Andy Waker	13
4	Craig Wilkie	11
5	Daniel Ornsby	10
6	Paul Atkins	9
7	Justin Monk	9
8	Mike Wilson	9
9	Jacqui Mauger	6
10	Rhys Hamburger	6
11	Daniel Burbery	5
12	Steve Mudgway	4
13	Scott Boyce	4
14	Graham Hartshome	0
15	Mark Jamiesson	0
16	Darrin Wilson	0

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 April	Sheffield	Carl Stonehewer	David Blackburn	Eric Monaghan
2 April	Edinburgh	Kenny McKinna	Scott Lamb	Les Collins
10 April	Swindon	Martin Goodwin	Andy Galvin	Ben Howe
Semi-Finals
22 April	Ipswich	David Norris	Chris Louis	Martin Dugard
25 April	Cradley Heath	Gary Havelock	Andy Smith	Andy Grahame
Final
9 May	Coventry	Andy Smith	Joe Screen	Gary Havelock	result

British Final

May 9, 1993
GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Andy Smith	14
2	Joe Screen	13+3
3	Gary Havelock	13+2
4	Richard Knight	12
5	Martin Dugard	11
6	Martin Goodwin	8
7	David Norris	8
8	Chris Louis	8
9	Dave Mullett	7
10	Les Collins	6
11	Troy Pratt	5+3
12	Carl Stonehewer	5+2
13	Jeremy Doncaster	4
14	Sean Wilson	4
15	Andy Grahame	2
16	Peter Carr	0
Res	Graham Jones	ns
Res	David Blackburn	ns

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
2 May	Västervik	Claes Ivarsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Kenneth Nystrom
2 May	Stockholm	Tony Rickardsson	Per Jonsson	Mikael Karlsson
Final
11 May	Mariestad	Per Jonsson	Jimmy Nilsen	Tony Rickardsson
12 May	Norrköping	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Per Jonsson
13 May	Hallstavik	Henrik Gustafsson	Per Jonsson	Jimmy Nilsen

Swedish Final

May 11, 12 & 13, 1993
SWE - 3 Rounds (Mariestad, Norrköping and Hallstavik)
First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henrik Gustafsson	11+14+15	40
2	Per Jonsson	14+12+13	39
3	Tony Rickardsson	12+14+11	37
4	Jimmy Nilsen	13+9+13	35
5	Peter Karlsson	10+10+12	32
6	Stefan Andersson	7+10+10	27
7	Peter Nahlin	9+10+6	25
8	Claes Ivarsson	9+6+7	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+8+9	22
10	Niklas Klingberg	5+5+6	16
11	Conny Ivarsson	3+6+6	15
12	Stefan Dannö	6+7+2	15
13	Kenneth Lindby	5+4+5	14
14	Mikael Karlsson	7+1+ns	8
15	Marcus Andersson (Res)	ns+1+4	5
16	Robert Johansson	2+1+1	4
17	Kenneth Nyström	2+0+ns	2
18	Christer Rohlén (Res)	ns+0+ns	0

Danish qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
9 May	Copenhagen	Kenneth Arnfred	Jacob Olsen	Ronni Pedersen
Finals
29 May	Randers	Tommy Knudsen	Hans Nielsen	Brian Karger
31 May	Fjelsted	Hans Nielsen	Tommy Knudsen	John Jørgensen

Danish Final

May 29, 1993, and May 31, 1993
DEN - 2 Rounds (Randers & Fjelsted)
First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Gert Handberg seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	28
2	Tommy Knudsen	27
3	John Jørgensen	22
4	Brian Karger	21
5	Jan Staechmann	21
6	Hans Clausen	17
7	Jacob Olsen	15
8	Kenneth Arnfred	14
9	Peter Ravn	13
10	Tom P. Knudsen	13
11	Ole Hansen	11
12	Ronni Pedersen	10
13	Morten Andersen	10
14	Kurt Hansen	8
15	Allan Johansen	4
16	Lars - Henrik Jorgensen	2

Intercontinental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Commonwealth Final
23 May	King's Lynn	Leigh Adams	Andy Smith	Martin Dugard
Overseas Final
13 June	Coventry	Martin Dugard	Ronnie Correy	Joe Screen
Nordic Final
13 June	Seinäjoki	Tommy Knudsen	Per Jonsson	Tony Rickardsson

Commonwealth Final

May 23, 1993
GBR King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Leigh Adams	14
2	Andy Smith	13
3	Martin Dugard	13
4	Joe Screen	10
5	Jason Lyons	10
6	Chris Louis	9
7	Dave Mullett	9
8	Gary Havelock	8
9	David Norris	8
10	Mitch Shirra*	6+3
11	Richard Knight	6+2
12	Mark Thorpe	6+1
13	Craig Hodgson	5
14	Martin Goodwin	4
15	Shane Bowes	1
16	Les Collins	0

* Mitch Shirra replaced Mark Lyndon

Overseas Final

June 13, 1993
GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Martin Dugard	13
2	Ronnie Correy	10+3
3	Joe Screen	10+2
4	Sam Ermolenko	9
5	Billy Hamill	9
6	Greg Hancock	9
7	Chris Louis	8
8	Gary Havelock	7
9	Leigh Adams	7
10	Andy Smith	6+3
11	Mitch Shirra	6+2
12	Dave Mullett	6+1
13	Jason Lyons	6+0
14	Bobby Ott	5
15	David Norris	5
16	Richard Knight	2
Res	Josh Larsen	1
Res	Mark Thorpe	-

Nordic Final

June 13, 1993
FIN Seinäjoki
First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tommy Knudsen	14
2	Per Jonsson	13
3	Tony Rickardsson	12
4	Brian Karger	11
5	Peter Karlsson	10
6	Hans Nielsen	9
7	Henrik Gustafsson	9
8	John Jørgensen	9
9	Gert Handberg	7
10	Jimmy Nilsen	6
11	Hans Clausen	5
12	Einar Kyllingstad	4
13	Roy Malminheimo	2
14	Jan Staechmann	2
15	Lars Gunnestad	2
16	Vesa Ylinen	1
Res	Peter Nahlin	ns
Res	Rune Holta	ns

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April	Ljubljana	Gregor Pintar	Paolo Salvatelli	Anatoly Khlynov
25 April	Tarnów	Jacek Rempala	Rif Saitgareyev	Dariusz Stenka
25 April	Marmande	Marvyn Cox	Marek Hucko	Tomas Topinka
25 April	Ludwigslust	Csaba Hell	Armando Castagna	Toni Pilotto
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Landshut	Jacek Krzyzaniak	Antal Kocso	Robert Nagy
22 May	Wiener Neustadt	Armando Castagna	Dariusz Stenka	Zoltan Adorjan
23 May	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Tomasz Gollob	Piotr Swist	Antonin Kasper, Jr.
23 May	Kaposvár	Zoltan Hajdu	Laszlo Bodi	Paolo Salvatelli
Semi-Finals
12 June	Prague	Armando Castagna	Zoltan Adorjan	Antal Kocso
14 June	Zielona Góra	Tomasz Gollob	Piotr Swist	Marvyn Cox

World Semifinals

Semifinal 1

July 24, 1993
ITA Lonigo, Pista Speedway
First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	13+3
2	Billy Hamill	13+2
3	Greg Hancock	12
4	Leigh Adams	11
5	Armando Castagna	9
6	Gary Havelock	9
7	Gerd Riss	9
8	Andy Smith	8+3
9	Brian Karger	8+2
10	Martin Dugard	7
11	Antonin Kasper, Jr.	6
12	John Jørgensen	6
13	Zoltan Hajdu	6
14	Slawomir Drabik	2
15	Vaclav Milik	1
16	Piotr Paluch	0
Res	Robert Nagy	0
Res	Jimmy Nilsen	0

Semifinal 2

August 6, 1993
SWE Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Joe Screen	12
2	Tomasz Gollob	11+3
3	Henrik Gustafsson	11+2
4	Tony Rickardsson	10
5	Sam Ermolenko	10
6	Per Jonsson	10
7	Chris Louis	9+3
8	Peter Karlsson	9+2
9	Ronnie Correy	9+1
10	Tommy Knudsen	7
11	Marvyn Cox	6
12	Bohumil Brhel	5
13	Jacek Krzyzaniak	4
14	Zoltan Adorjan	3
15	Antal Kocso	2
16	Piotr Swist	1
Res	Hans Clausen	1
Res	Laszlo Bodi	0

World Final

August 29, 1993 [7]
Pocking, Rottalstadion

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(5) Sam Ermolenko	12		3			3					3					3					0	12	1
	(10) Hans Nielsen	11			3			3						2			0		3				11	2	3
	(13) Chris Louis	11				3	2							1		2					3		11	3	2
4	(4) Henrik Gustafsson	10	3							1				0				3				3	10	4
5	(16) Andy Smith	10				0				2	3						2			3			10	5
6	(14) Gary Havelock	10				2		2					3		1							2	10	6
7	(15) Tomasz Gollob	8				1			3			2						2	0				8	7
8	(7) Peter Karlsson	8		2					0					3	2					1			8	8
9	(8) Per Jonsson	7		0						3			2			1			1				7	9
10	(3) Billy Hamill	7	2						1				1				1				2		7	10
11	(1) Gerd Riss	6	0				0				1				3				2				6	11
12	(2) Armando Castagna	5	1					0				1				3				0			5	12
13	(6) Joe Screen	5		1				1			2							0			1		5	13
14	(11) Tony Rickardsson	4			1				2		0					0						1	4	14
15	(9) Leigh Adams	4			0		1						0					1		2			4	15
16	(12) Greg Hancock	2			2					0		0			0						0		2	16
R1	(R1) Ronnie Correy	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Brian Karger	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

"World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
"'Ermolenko takes title'". The Times. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
"1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.

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[1] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "'Ermolenko takes title'". The Times. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[7] "1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.

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