1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

British Qualification

Scandinavian Qualifications

Scandinavian Final

• May 31, 1959
• Turku
• First 9 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Rune Sormander	14+3
2	Aage Hansen	14+2
3	Arne Carlsson	12
4	Olle Andersson	11
5	Olle Nygren	9
6	Alf Jonsson	9
7	Kalevi Lahtinen	9
8	Ulf Ericsson	8
9	Thorvald Karlsson	7
10	Timo Laine	6
11	Goran Norlen	6
12	Birger Forsberg	4
13	Bernt Nilsson	4
14	Aulis Lehtonen	3
15	Antti Pajari	2
16	Turka Sivari	1
17	Kjell Lutteman	0
18	Aulis Tuominen	dnr
19	Allan Nillson	dnr

Continental Round

Continental Final

• June 21, 1959
• Munich
• First 6 to European Final

  European Final

• July 17, 1959
• Göteborg
• First 6 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	14
2	Josef Hofmeister	13
3	Mieczyslaw Polukard	12
4	Rune Sormander	11
5	Olle Nygren	10
6	Arne Carlsson	9
7	Florian Kapala	9
8	Bjorn Knutsson	7
9	Aage Hansen	7
10	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	6
11	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	6
12	Alf Jonsson	5
13	Kalevi Lahtinen	4
14	Milan Špinka	3
15	Åke Andersson	2
16	Bohumil Bartonek	1

World Final

• 19 September 1959
• London, Wembley Stadium