1983 Individual Speedway World Championship

Final summary

New Zealand Qualification

New Zealand Final

• 27 February 1983
• Christchurch
• First 2 to Overseas final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Mitch Shirra		14
2	Larry Ross		14
3	David Bargh		13
4	Ivan Mauger		13
5	Alan Mason		11
6	Chris Martin		10
7	Robin Hampton		7
8	Roger Wright		7
9	Barry Free		7
10	Craig Blackett		6
11	Max Brown		6
12	Peter Nightingale		5
13	Craig Williamson		3
14	Merv Salt		2
15	Martin Waygang		2
16	Alan Crosbie		0
R1	Graham McEwan		0
R2	Steve Hann		0

British Qualification

British Final

• June 1, 1983
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 8 to Overseas final

  Swedish Qualification

Sweden Final

• First 4 to Scandinavian final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tommy Nilsson	40
2	Pierre Brannefors	38
3	Uno Johansson	33
4	Anders Kling	30
5	Bernt Persson	29
6	Lillebror Johansson	27
7	Karl Erik Claesson	24
8	Hans Danielsson	23
9	Conny Samuelsson	19
10	Gert Carlsson	18
11	Goran Waltersson	15
12	Per Ove Gudmundsson	15
13	Ulf Blomqvist	14
14	Lennart Bengtsson	10
15	Hans Hallen	8
16	Bent Baar	6
17	Dick Jaglard	4
18	Mikael Messing	4

Intercontinental Round

Australian Final

• January 21, 1983
• Adelaide
• Referee: Sam Bass
• First 2 to Overseas final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Billy Sanders		15
2	Glyn Taylor		13
3	Phil Crump		12
4	Gary Guglielmi		11+3
5	Rod Hunter		11+2
6	Danny Kennedy		8
7	Les Sawyer		8
8	Steve Baker		7
9	Mark Fiora		7
10	John Titman		7
11	Steve Regeling		6
12	David Jackson		4
13	Dean Johnson		4
14	Rob Ashton		4
15	Kevin O'Connell		2
16	Wayne Baxter		1
17	Tony Boyle		1
18	Chris Higgs		0

Danish Final

• May 9, 1983
• Fjelsted
• First 6 to Scandinavian final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Erik Gundersen	13
3	Ole Olsen	12+3
4	Tommy Knudsen	12+2
5	Peter Ravn	11
6	Finn Rune Jensen	8
7	Preben Eriksen	8
8	Hans Ove Cristinsen	7
9	Kent Noer	7
10	Jens Rasmussen	6
11	Finn Thomsen	6
12	Flemming Petersen	6
13	Alf Busk	6
14	Hans Albert Klinge	2
15	Bent Juul Larsen	1
16	Kjeld Hansen	0

American Final

• June 11, 1983
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 4 to Overseas final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Dennis Sigalos		15
2	Mike Faria		11+3
3	Lance King		11+2
4	Shawn Moran		10+3
5	Rick Miller		10+2
6	John Cook		10+1
7	Dubb Ferrell		9
8	Ron Preston		8
9	Mike Bast		7
10	Kelly Moran		7
11	Bobby Schwartz		7
12	Brad Oxley		5
13	Steve Lucero		3
14	Shawn McConnell		3
15	Alan Christian		2
16	Gene Woods		1

Scandinavian Final

• June 12, 1983
• Elgane
• First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

  Overseas Final

• July 17, 1983
• Manchester, Belle Vue
• First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

  Intercontinental Final

• 7 August 1983
• London, White City Stadium
• First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  Continental Round

Continental Final

• 6 August 1983
• Rybnik
• First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  World Final

• September 4, 1983
• Norden, Motodrom Halbemond
• Referee: Rolf Randborg