1992 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.
Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.

Overseas Qualification

Australian Final

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
Leigh Adams 14
Shane Parker 13
Mark Carlson 11
4Jason Lyons 10+3
5Glenn Doyle 10+2
6Tony Langdon 10+1
7Craig Hodgson 8
8Craig Boyce 8
9Mick Poole 8
10David Cheshire 7
11Rod Colquhoun 6
12Troy Butler 6
13Michael Carter 5
14Glen Baxter 2
15Steve Greatz 1
16Paul Schevienen 1
17Kelvin Willis 0
18Todd Wiltshire 0

New Zealand Qualification

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Gert Handberg27
2 Brian Karger23+3
3 John Jörgensen23+2
4 Tommy Knudsen21
5 Claus Jacobsen19+3
6 Peter Ravn19+2
7 Allan Johansen18
8 Brian Andersen18
9 Bo Eriksen11
10 Jan Staechmann10
11 Jan Andersen10
12 Tom Knudsen9
13 Jan Petersen8
14 Lars-Henrik Jörgensen7
15 Hans Clausen7
16 Rene Madsen4
17 Jacob Olsen 4
18 Jens-Peter Nielsen 2

British Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Gary Havelock13+3
2 Martin Dugard13+2
3 Andy Smith11
4 Paul Thorp10
5 Kelvin Tatum10
6 Chris Louis9
7 Marvyn Cox8
8 Simon Wigg7
9 Mark Loram7
10 David Mullett6+3
11 Dean Barker6+2
12 Sean Wilson5
13 Graham Jones4
14 Jeremy Doncaster4
15 Joe Screen4
16 Alun Rossiter1

Swedish Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1 Per Jonsson14+14+1038
2 Jimmy Nilsen11+13+1236
3 Tony Rickardsson13+10+1235
4 Peter Nahlin10+12+1335
5 Jörgen Johansson9+9+927
6 Conny Ivarsson9+5+1125
7 Christer Rohlén6+10+723
8 Niklas Karlsson5+11+622
9 Dennis Löfqvist5+7+921
10 Tony Olsson8+3+920
11 Erik Stenlund9+6+520
12 Kenneth Lindby8+5+215
13 Mikael Ritterwall6+1+512
14 Stefan Dannö3+8+011
15 Joakim Karlsson0+4+59
16 Patrik Olsson4+2+28

Commonwealth Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Kelvin Tatum11+3
2 Mark Thorpe11+2
3 Gary Havelock11+1
4 Marvyn Cox10
5 Martin Dugard9
6 Mitch Shirra9
7 Simon Wigg8
8 Paul Thorp8
9 Jason Lyons8
10 Andy Smith7
11 Shane Parker6+3
12 Mark Loram6+2
13 Chris Louis5
14 Leigh Adams5
15 Dave Mullett5
16 Mark Carlson1

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Tony Rickardsson12
2 Per Jonsson10+3
3 Brian Karger10+2
4 John Jörgensen10+1
5 Jimmy Nilsen10+0
6 Gert Handberg9+
7 Henrik Gustafsson9+
8 Tommy Knudsen9+
9 Einar Kyllingstad9+
10 Peter Nahlin9+
11 Lars Gunnestad8
12 Hans Nielsen6
13 Claus Jacobsen4
14 Vesa Ylinen3
15 Jörgen Johansson 1
16 Peter Ravn0
17 Juha Moksunen0
18 Arnt Førland 0

Overseas Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Gary Havelock13
2 Mitch Shirra12
3 Kelvin Tatum11
4 Sam Ermolenko10
5 Andy Smith10
6 Martin Dugard9
7 Jason Lyons9
8 Rick Miller8
9 Ronnie Correy8
10 Marvyn Cox7+3
11 Shane Parker7+2
12 Mike Faria5
13 Billy Hamill4
14 Paul Thorp3
15 Mark Thorpe3
16 Simon Wigg1
17 Bobby Ott 0

Continental Qualification

World Semi-Final #1

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Per Jonsson14+3
2 Gary Havelock14+2
3 Kelvin Tatum11
4 Jimmy Nilsen9
5 Ronnie Correy8+
6 Zdenek Tesar8+
7 John Jörgensen8+
8 Henrik Gustafsson8+
9 Antal Kosco8+
10 Bohumil Brhel8+
11 Andy Smith7
12 Mirosław Kowalik5
13 Jason Lyons5
14 Roman Matousek4
15 Piotr Świst2
16 Piotr Paluch1

World Semi-Final #2

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Gert Handberg15
2 Sam Ermolenko14
3 Tommy Knudsen11
4 Rick Miller10
5 Tony Rickardsson10
6 Brian Karger9
7 Mitch Shirra9
8 Martin Dugard7+3
9 Róbert Nagy7+2
10 Gerd Riss7+1
11 Sławomir Drabik7+0
12 Antonín Kasper, Jr.5
13 Jozsef Petricovics3
14 Einar Kyllingstad3
15 Petr Vandirek2
16 Zdenek Schneiderwind1
17 Peter Nahlin 0

World final