1978 Individual Speedway World Championship

British Qualification

British Final

• August 16, 1978
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 4 to World Final

  Swedish Qualification

Swedish Final

• May 30, 1978
• Kumla
• First 7 to Scandinavian Final + 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Anders Michanek	14
2	Jan Andersson	14
3	Bernt Persson	11
4	Tommy Nilsson	11
5	Lars Ericsson	10
6	Soren Karlsson	10
7	Christer Sjosten	10
8	Bo Wirebrand	8
9	Bengt Jansson	6
10	Stefan Salomonsson	6
11	Hasse Holmqvist	5
12	Conny Samuelsson	5
13	Borje Klingberg	4
14	Gert Carlsson	3
15	Tommy Pettersson	1
16	Soren Sjosten	1
17	Lars-Åke Andersson	1

New Zealand Final

• February 11, 1978
• Wellington
• Marked in green, to Austral-Asian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Larry Ross	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Barry Briggs	2,3,3,2,2	12
3	Mike Fullerton	1,3,2,3,3	12
4	Mitch Shirra	3,2,E,3,3	11
5	Roger Wright	2,3,3,1,2	11
6	Colin Tucker	3,2,2,2,2	11
7	Colin Farquharson	1,1,3,2,3	10
8	James Moore	3,1,0,0,2	6
9	Allan Brown	0,0,2,3,1	6
10	Greg Joynt	1,2,2,0,0	5
11	Paul Fewinks	2,2,0,1,F	5
12	Max Brown	F,0,1,2,1	4
13	Gavin Miller	2,1,1,0,0	4
14	Cliff Anderson	0,0,1,1,1	3
15	Patrick Pawson	1,E,1,1,0	3
16	Kris Berrigan	0,1,0,0,1	2
R1	Robin Adlington

Intercontinental Round

Australasian Final

• February 12, 1978
• Auckland
• First 4 to Intercontinental Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Mitch Shirra	2,2,3,3,3	13
2	Mick McKeon	3,3,2.5,2,1	11.5
3	John Titman	2,3,T,3,3	11
4	Mike Farrell	3,1,1,3,3	11
5	Mike Fullerton	1,3,3,1,2	10
6	Phil Herne	1,2,2,3,2	10
7	John Boulger	3,3,2,T,1	9
8	Billy Sanders	3,T,3,F,3	9
9	Colin Farquharson	0,2,2,2,2	8
10	Roger Wright	1,1,2.5,1,1	6.5
11	Robert Maxfield	1,1,1,2,1	6
12	Larry Ross	2,E,E,2,2	6
13	James Moore	2,1,1,1,0	5
14	Colin Tucker	0,2,1,0,0	3
15	Allan Brown	0,0,0,0,0	0
16	Lloyd Cross	F,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Greg Joynt	0,0,1,T	1
R2	Cliff Anderson	0,0,0	0

Danish Final

• May 15, 1978
• Fjelsted
• First 2 to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Bent Rasmussen		13+3
2	Kristian Praestbro		13+2
3	Hans Nielsen		12+3
4	Michael Lohmann		12+2
5	Alf Busk		12+1
6	Bo Petersen		10
7	Finn Rune Jensen		9
8	Knud Ellegaard		8
9	Klaus Lohmann		6
10	Kurt Bogh		4
11	Steen Mastrup		4
12	Arne Kruse		4
13	Erling Rasmussen		3
14	Gunnar Svensen		3
15	Bent Horregaard		3
16	Jens Kjaer		2

Scandinavian Final

• June 8, 1978
• Norrköping
• First 9 to Intercontnental Final

  Intercontinental Final

• July 2, 1978
• Fredericia
• First 7 to World Final + 1 reserve

  Continental Round

Continental Final

• July 2, 1978
• Prague
• First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  World Final

• 2 September 1978
• London, Wembley Stadium