1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

Australian Qualification

Australian Final

• February 25, 1977
• Newcastle
• First 8 to Australasian final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Phil Crump	15
2	Phil Herne	13
3	Billy Sanders	13
4	John Boulger	11
5	Mike Farrell	10
6	John Titman	9
7	Ricky Day	9
8	Mitch Shirra	8
9	Stuart Mountford	7
10	Danny Kennedy	7
11	Tony Boyle	7
12	Paul O'Neil	4
13	Robin Amundson	3
14	Mick McKeon	2
15	John Williams	2
16	Robert Maxfield	0

New Zealand Qualification

New Zealand Final

• February 12, 1977
• Auckland
• First 8 to Australasian final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Larry Ross	3,2,3,3,3	14
2	Ivan Mauger	X,3,3,3,3	12
3	Robin Adlington	2,3,2,2,3	12
4	Barry Briggs	1,1,3,3,3	11
5	John Goodall	3,3,1,3,1	11
6	Roger Wright	1,3,2,2,2	10
7	Colin Farquharson	2,2,3,2,1	10
8	Mike Fullerton	3,1,2,1,2	9
9	Colin Tucker	3,0,1,2,2	8
10	Paul Fewings	2,1,0,1,1	5
11	Max Brown	1,0,2,0,1	4
12	Allan Brown	0,2,1,1,F	4
13	James Moore	0,F,X,1,2	3
14	Malcolm Chambers	2,F,0,-,-	2
15	Bruce Spargo	0,1,0,0,0	1
16	John Bargh	0,-,0,0,0	0
R1	Merv Hodgson	1,1,0	2
R2	Bruce Mitchell	2,0	2

Swedish Qualification

Swedish Final

• June 24–26, 1977
• - 3 Rounds
• First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Anders Michanek	44
2	Bengt Jansson	38
3	Bernt Persson	32
4	Tommy Nilsson	30
5	Sören Karlsson	29
6	Jan Andersson	27
7	Rickard Hellsén	27
8	Christer Sjösten	24
9	Sören Sjösten	21
10	Tommy Johansson	19
11	Hans Holmqvist	15
12	Jan Simensen	15
13	Åke Fridell	14
14	Karl-Erik Claesson	13
15	Börje Klingberg	7
16	Eddie Davidsson	5
17	Lars-Åke Andersson	0
18	Conny Samuelsson	0

British Qualification

British Final

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

  Intercontinental Round

Australasian Final

• February 19, 1977
• Sydney
• First 4 to Intercontinental final

  Norwegian Final

• April 17, 1977
• Sandnes
• First 5 to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Tormod Langli		15
2	Rolf Gramstad		12
3	Stein R.Pedersen		12
4	Jan Gravningen		11
5	Edgard Stangeland		11
6	Jan Gravningen		10
7	Tom Godal
8	Ingve Madland
9	Trond Skretting
10	Geir Aasland
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Danish Final

• May 19, 1977
• Fredericia
• First 6 to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Finn Thomsen		13
2	Erling Rasmussen		12+3
3	Bo Petersen		12+2
4	Gunnar Svensen		11
5	Finn Rune Jensen		9+3
6	Bent Noregaard		9+2
7	Bent Rasmussen		8
8	Frank Mastrup		8
9	Kaj Kristiansen		7
10	Knud Ellegaard		7
11	Jens Krause Kjaer		7
12	Kurt Bogh		6
13	Frank Hansen		5
14	Jorgen Walther		5
15	Otto Larsen		1
16	Preben Rosenkilde		0

Scandinavian Final

• May 29, 1977
• Tampere
• First 4 to Intercontinental final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ole Olsen	15
2	Ila Teromaa	14
3	Finn Thomsen	12
4	Kai Niemi	12
5	Bo Petersen	10
6	Tom Godal	10
7	Finn Jensen	9
8	Tormod Langli	8
9	Gunnar Svendsen	7
10	Markku Helminen	5
11	Erling Rasmussen	5
12	Trond Skretting	4
13	Esa Mattila	3
14	Rauli Mäkinen	2
15	Geir Aasland	1
16	Pentti Mattila	1
17	Ingve Madland	0
18	Ari Koponen	0
19	Stein R Pedersen	0

American Final

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

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mike Bast	14
2	Bruce Penhall	13+3
3	Scott Autrey	13+2
4	Steve Bast	11
5	Rick Woods	10
6	Alan Christian	9
7	Mike Curoso	9
8	Dennis Sigalos	8
9	Steve Gresham	8
10	Ron Yarrow	7
11	Larry Shaw	6
12	Rich MacMurray	5
13	Dave Robinson	5
14	R. McGill	1
15	Dave Faria	1

Intercontinental Final

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

  Continental Round

Continental Final

• July 25, 1977
• Togliatti
• First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  World Final

• September 2, 1977
• Göteborg, Ullevi
• Referee: Torrie Kittelsen