1984 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.
Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.

British Qualification

British Final

Intercontinental Round

Australian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Phil Crump15
2 Billy Sanders13
3 Gary Guglielmi11
4 John Titman10
5 Rod Hunter10
6 Steve Regeling9
7 Steve Baker8
8 Stan Bear7
9 Glyn Taylor6
10 Mark Fiora5
11 David Jackson5
12 Ray Palmer5
13 Brent Nott5
14 David Cheshire4
15 Ashley Norton0
16 JOhn McNeil0
R1 Greg Barrett3
18 Chris Schmidt2

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Mitch Shirra15
2 Larry Ross14
3 David Bargh13
4 Barry Briggs11
5 Alan Mason11
6 Peter Nightingale9
7 Chris Martin9
8 Mike Fullerton8
9 Robin Hampton7
10 Alan Fisher6
11 Greg de Kok5
12 Steve Duckworth5
13 Alan Crosbie4
14 Wayne Brown2
15 Greg Holloway1
16 Mark Richards0

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
2 Dag Lovaas14
3 Edgar Stangeland13
4 Ove Audun Olsen11

American Final

Continental Final