1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

Overseas Qualification

Australian Qualification

Australian Final

• 27 January 1991
• Alice Springs, Arunga Park Speedway
• First 3 to Commonwealth final
• Leigh Adams seeded to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Craig Boyce	15
2	Glenn Doyle	14
3	Glyn Taylor	12
4	David Cheshire	10+3
5	Todd Wiltshire	10+2
6	Shane Bowes	10+1
7	Phil Crump*	9
8	Troy Butler	8
9	Shane Parker	8
10	Scott Norman	5
11	Damon Richardson	5
12	Mark Lemon	5
13	Wayne Bridgeford	3
14	Darren Winkler	2
15	Glen Baxter	2
16	Jason Lyons	2

New Zealand Qualification

American Final

• March 2, 1991
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Rick Miller	15
2	Sam Ermolenko	14
3	Ronnie Correy	13
4	Kelly Moran	11
5	Billy Hamill	10+3
6	Bobby Ott	10+2
7	Gary Hicks	9
8	Bobby Schwartz	7
9	Mike Faria	7
10	Greg Hancock	6
11	Lance King	5
12	Louis Kossuth	4
13	Steve Lucero	3
14	Brad Oxley	3
15	Andy Northrup	2
16	Josh Larsen	1
17	John Kehoe	0

Swedish Final

• May 14–15, June 2, 1991
• - 3 Rounds
• First 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henrik Gustafsson	15+14+11	40
2	Per Jonsson	11+11+14	37
3	Tony Rickardsson	12+12+9	33
4	Jimmy Nilsen	13+12+8	33
5	Mikael Blixt	8+9+12	29
6	Erik Stenlund	11+6+10	27
7	Conny Ivarsson	3+11+12	26
8	Peter Karlsson	8+8+7	23
9	Stefan Dannö	10+5+4	19
10	Claes Ivarsson	4+3+11	18
11	Tony Olsson	2+7+6	15
12	Mikael Karlsson	5+5+5	15
13	Mikael Teurnberg	7+1+5	13
14	Peter Nahlin	3+9+1	13
15	Mikael Löfqvist	5+4+1	10
16	Mikael Ritterwall	3+3+2	8

British Final

• May 19, 1991
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Havelock	15
2	Kelvin Tatum	13
3	Chris Louis	11
4	Paul Thorp	10
5	Jeremy Doncaster	10
6	Neil Collins	9
7	Andy Smith	8
8	Martin Dugard	8
9	Sean Wilson	7
10	Joe Screen	7
11	Mark Loram	5+3
12	John Davis	5+2
13	Alan Grahame	4
14	Richard Knight	3
15	David Mullett	3
16	Steve Schofield	0

Danish Final

• May 19, 1991
• - Fladbro, Fldbro Morotbane
• First 6 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	15
2	Tommy Knudsen	14
3	Hans Nielsen	12+3
4	John Jörgensen	12+2
5	Gert Handberg	10
6	Bo Petersen	9
7	Jan Jacobsen	8
8	Brian Karger	6
9	Jan Staechmann	6
10	Jens-Henry Nielsen	6
11	Allan Johansen	6
12	Tom Knudsen	5
13	Per Sörensen	4
14	Jan Petersen	3
15	Lars Munkedal	3
16	Lars-Henrik Jörgensen	1

Commonwealth Final

• June 2, 1991
• - King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• First 11 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jeremy Doncaster	14
2	Leigh Adams	10+3
3	Joe Screen	10+2
4	Paul Thorp	10+1
5	Kelvin Tatum	9
6	Glenn Doyle	9
7	Neil Collins	8
8	Gary Havelock	8
9	Todd Wiltshire*	7
10	Andy Smith	7
11	Mitch Shirra	7
12	Chris Louis	6
13	Sean Wilson	5
14	Gary Allan	4
15	Martin Dugard	4
16	Craig Boyce	1

Overseas Final

• June 23, 1991
• - Bradford, Odsal Stadium
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	13
2	Sam Ermolenko	12+3
3	Billy Hamill	12+2
4	Andy Smith	11
5	Paul Thorp	10
6	Ronnie Correy	9
7	Jeremy Doncaster	7
8	Mitch Shirra	7
9	Kelly Moran	7
10	Todd Wiltshire	6+3
11	Glenn Doyle	6+2
12	Joe Screen	5
13	Rick Miller	4
14	Gary Havelock	4
15	Leigh Adams	4
16	Neil Collins	3

Nordic Final

• June 23, 1991
• - Brovst, Nordjylland Speedway Center
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	13
2	Jan O. Pedersen	12
3	Jimmy Nilsen	11
4	Henrik Gustafsson	10
5	Per Jonsson	9
6	Lars Gunnestad	9
7	Gert Handberg	8
8	Tommy Knudsen	8
9	Mikael Blixt	8
10	Tony Rickardsson	7+3
11	Einar Kyllingstad	7+2
12	Vesa Ylinen	7+1
13	Bo Petersen	4
14	John Jörgensen	4
15	Juha Moksunen	1
16	Tor Einar Hielm	1

Continental Qualification

World Semi-Final #1

• August 11, 1991
• - Rovno, Rivne Speedway
• First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Billy Hamill	12
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11
3	Per Jonsson	10+3
4	Paul Thorp	10+2
5	Roman Matousek	9
6	Armando Castagna	9
7	Jeremy Doncaster	9
8	Mitch Shirra	9
9	Mikael Blixt	8+3
10	Henrik Gustafsson	8+2
11	Vladimir Kalina	7
12	Lars Gunnestad	6
13	Zoltán Adorján	4
14	Petr Vandirek	4
15	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	2
16	Róbert Nagy	1
17	Rif Saitgareev	1

World Semi-Final #2

• August 18, 1991
• - Abensberg, Motorstadion
• First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14
3	Tommy Knudsen	12
4	Sam Ermolenko	11
5	Tony Rickardsson*	10
6	Ronnie Correy	8
7	Kelvin Tatum	8
8	Gerd Riss	8
9	Gert Handberg	7+3
10	Jozsef Petrikovics	7+2
11	Kelly Moran	6
12	Wojciech Zaluski	5
13	Václav Milík, Sr.	3
14	Zdenek Schneiderwind	3
15	Klaus Lausch	2
16	Michail Starostin	1

World final

• August 31, 1991
• Göteborg, Ullevi

  Classification

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen		15
2	Tony Rickardsson		12
3	Hans Nielsen		11+3
4	Tommy Knudsen		11+2
5	Jimmy Nilsen		10
6	Paul Thorp		10
7	Sam Ermolenko		9
8	Kelvin Tatum		8
9	Per Jonsson		7
10	Ronnie Correy		6
11	Armando Castagna		6
12	Billy Hamill		6
13	Mitch Shirra		4
14	Roman Matousek		2
15	Jeremy Doncaster		2
16	Gerd Riss		1
R1	Mikael Blixt		0
R2	Gert Handberg		-