1976 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship.
England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.

British Qualification

British Final

Swedish Final

Australian Qualification

Australian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Phil Crump15
2 John Langfield13
3 Phil Herne12
4 John Boulger12
5 Mitch Shirra10
6 John Titman9
7 Ticky Day9
8 Billy Sanders8
9 Mick McKeon8
10 Mike Farrell6
11 Robin Amundson5
12 Robert Maxfield4
13 Ron Henderson3
14 Rod Chessell3
15 Ray Snider2
16 Dene Davies1
17 Paul Scanlon0

Intercontinental Round

Australasian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 John Boulger3,3,2,3,314
2 Billy Sanders2,3,3,3,213
3 Phil Crump3,3,3,X,312
4 Ivan Mauger3,2,X,3,311+3
5 Phil Herne3,2,1,2,311+2
6 Mitch Shirra2,3,2,3,111+1
7 Barry BriggsX,1,3,2,28
8 John TitmanX,2,2,2,28
9 Ricky Day1,1,3,0,16
10 Colin Tucker2,2,1,0,05
11 Colin Farqhuarson1,E,1,2,15
12 John LangfieldX,1,2,1,04
13 Larry Ross2,1,0,1,E4
14 Graeme Stapleton0,0,E,1,23
15 Roy Trigg1,0,0,0,12
16 Paul Fewlings0,0,1,0,01
R1 Dennis Sincock1
R2 Robin Adlington1

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
2 Dag Lovaas14
3 Edgard Stangeland13
4 Audun Olsen11
5 Oyvind Berg11
6 Jan Gravningen10
7 Kjell Gimre9
8 Helge Langli9
9 Tormod Langli6
10 Tom Godal5
11 Ingve Madland4
12 Stein Pedersen4
13 Askild Malmin3
14 Jorn Flatha2
15 Sigvard Pedersen2
16 Per Hetland1

Danish Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Finn Thomsen15
2 Kurt Bogh12+3
3 Jan Henningsen12+2
4 Leif Rasmusen12+1
5 Finn Rune Jensen11
6 Gunnar Svensen10
7 Bent Noregaard10
8 Michael Lohmann8
9 Kristian Praestbro8
10 Jens Erik Krause4
11 Knud Ellegaard4
12 Ernst Boegh4
13 Erling Rasmussen3
14 Gotfried Andreasen3
15 Jorgen Johansen2
16 Kaj Kristensen2

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Scott Autrey
2 Mike Curosco
3 Steve Gresham

Intercontinental Final

Continental Final