{{Short description|12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1957 }}
The '''1957 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 12th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=20–21|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570609/194/0011 |title=Wembley have new track for final |website=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=9 June 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref> and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander [[Barry Briggs]] won the title after a ride off against defending champion [[Ove Fundin]] after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. [[Peter Craven]] won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Speedway ace crashes in Final battle |work=Weekly Dispatch London |date=22 September 1957 |access-date=6 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570922/010/0001| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Qualifying== Qualification started in 1956<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/57_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1957.htm |title=1957 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/57.htm#1957 |title=1957 World Championship |website=Speedway.org |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> and featured an extra round.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570428/204/0013 |title=Speedway world title has an extra round |website=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=28 April 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 February 2025 }}</ref>
===Stage 1=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
==== Norwegian qualification ==== *21 October 1956 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] *Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Aage Hansen]]||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Rolf Westerberg]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Reidar Kristoffersen]]||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Nils Paulsen]]||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Erling Simonsen||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Odd Johansen||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Arne Kristiansen||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Roger Steen ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Gunnar Dyrseth||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Oddbjorn Blaasmo ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Thorbjorn Nygaard ||4 |} |width=50% valign=top|
==== Finnish qualification ==== *7 October 1956 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku Hippodrome]], [[Turku]] * Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{ {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Antti Pajari]] || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Simo Ylanen || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Kauko Jousanen]] || 12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Reino Niemi || 10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Pekka Tenko || 9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Raimo Kivinen || 8 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Erkki Ala Sippola || 8 |- {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] || 8 |- |9 ||align=left| Paavo Mikkola || 7 |- |10 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen || 7 |- |11 ||align=left|Rauno Aaltonen || 6 |- |12 ||align=left|Heikki Sorii || 4 |- |13 ||align=left|Aulis Tuominen || 3 |- |14 ||align=left|Valle Seliverstov || 3 |- |15 ||align=left| Jorma Rihkajarvi || 2 |- |16 ||align=left|Nils Staaf || 2 |- |17 ||align=left| Orvo Ahlqvist || 1 |} |}
====Swedish qualification==== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *10 May 1957 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hammarby IP]], [[Stockholm]] *Top 6 to Nordic qualification {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Olle Segerström]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Sven Fahlén (speedway rider)|Sven Fahlén]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|Lars Pettersson ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Sune Karlsson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| Kjell Wårenius ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Bernt Nilsson ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Roger Forsberg ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Evert Andersson||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Alf Jonsson]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Thorsten Carlsson ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Roland Krantz ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Bo Sandin ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Nils Johansson ||0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Per-Åke Lundgren ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *12 May 1957 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] *Top 6 to Nordic qualification {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Dan Forsberg]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Bengt Eriksson ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Bertil Carlsson II||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Olle Andersson IV ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||8+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Bert Lindarw]] ||8+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Stig Pramberg]] ||8+1 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Allan Nilsson ||8+0 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Thorvald Karlsson ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Rune Claesson ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Kaj Forsberg ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Gunnar Johansson ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Göran Norlén]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||2 |} |}
===Stage 2=== ====Nordic qualification==== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *24 May 1957 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dælenenga idrettspark]], [[Oslo]] * Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Reidar Kristoffersen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Sune Karlsson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Bertil Carlsson II ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Olle Segerström]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Rolf Westerberg]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Aage Hansen]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| Bengt Eriksson ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Olle Andersson IV ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Arne Pander]] ||8 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Erik Kastebo||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Erling Simonsen ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Arne Kristiansen ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Erik Wincentz ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Fred Carlsen ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Svend Nissen ||1 |}
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*26 May 1957 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti#Sports|Kärpänen speedway track]], [[Lahti]] *Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Dan Forsberg]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Lars Pettersson ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Bert Lindarw]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Nils Paulsen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Aulis Tuominen]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Kauko Jousanen]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Roger Steen ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Raimo Kivinen ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Sven Fahlén (speedway rider)|Sven Fahlén]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Erkki Ala-Sippola ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Pertti Mikkola ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Esko Koponen ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen ||0 |} |}
====Continental round==== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*26 May 1958 *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Altes Stadion Abensberg|Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Josef Hofmeister]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Josef Seidl (speedway rider)|Josef Seidl]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Andrzej Krzesinski ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Birger Forsberg]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Josef Kamper]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Josef Kysilka]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Joel Jansson]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Simo Ylänen]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Tony Kroeze]]||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Alfred Aberl]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Jarosłav Wolf]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Mieczysław Połukard]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Antti Pajari]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Leopold Killmeyer]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Albin Siegl]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Thei Bishops ||1 |}
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*26 May 1958 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Army Stadium Warsaw|Army Stadium]], [[Warsaw]] *Top 7 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Florian Kapała]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Rudolf Havelka]] ||13.5 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Joachim Maj]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Marian Kaiser]] ||10.5 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Marian Philipp]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Janusz Suchecki]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Stanislaw Tkocz]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Milan Spinka]]||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Richard Janicek ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Edward Kupczyński]] ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Valentin Unterköfler ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Jaroslav Machac ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Erich Sidlo ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Hans Sidlo ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Franz Schenk ||0 |} |}
===Stage 3=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
====Nordic Final==== *7 June 1957 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dælenenga idrettspark]], [[Oslo]] * First 8 to European final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dan Forsberg]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Nils Paulsen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Reidar Kristoffersen]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rolf Westerberg]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bert Lindarw]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Arne Pander]] ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lars Pettersson (speedway rider)|Lars Pettersson]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Eriksson (speedway rider)|Bengt Eriksson]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ole Andersson (speedway rider)|Ole Andersson]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sune Karlsson]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kauko Jousanen]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Aulis Tuominen]] ||0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bertil Carlsson (speedway rider)|Bertil Carlsson]] ||dnr |-align=center |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Segerström]] ||dnr |} |width=50% valign=top|
====Continental Final==== *23 June 1957 *{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wien]], [[Vienna]] * First 8 to European Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Hofmeister]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Seidl (speedway rider)|Josef Seidl]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Tkocz]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Birger Forsberg]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Joel Jansson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Josef Kamper]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Florian Kapała]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Kaiser]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Janusz Suchecki]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jaroslav Volf ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Joachim Maj]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Kysilka]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Erich Sidlo]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Rudolf Havelka]] ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Otto Holoubek]] ||0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Philipp]] ||0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Krzesiński (speedway rider)|Andrzej Krzesiński]] ||dnr |-align=center |19 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Simo Ylänen]] ||dnr |} |}
====British & Commonwealth qualifying==== *Top 32 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hunters beaten |work=Leicester Evening Mail |date=1 July 1957 |access-date=13 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19570701/160/0015 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=200|Venue !width=250|Winner |- |13 July || [[Brandon Stadium]] || Ron Johnston |- |13 July || [[The Firs Stadium]] || Brian Crutcher |- |13 July || [[Rayleigh Weir Stadium]] || Ken McKinlay |- |13 July || [[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]]|| Ian Williams |- |15 July || [[Wimbledon Stadium]] || Peter Craven |- |16 July || [[Banister Court Stadium]] || Brian Crutcher |- |18 July || [[Foxhall Stadium]] || Cyril Roger |- |18 July || [[Oxford Stadium]] || Jack Geran |- |19 July || [[Leicester Stadium]] || Ken McKinlay |}
===Stage 4=== ====British/Commonwealth semi-final==== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *24 August 1958 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hyde Road (stadium)|Hyde Road]], Manchester * First 5 to World final {| class=wikitable |- !width=25px|Pos. || style="width:200px;"|Rider ||width=70px|Total |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Craven]]|| 13 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ron Johnston]] || 13 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Williams (speedway rider)|Ian Williams]]|| 12 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aub Lawson]]|| 12 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron How]]|| 11 |- align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Crutcher]] || 10 |- align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ken Middleditch]] || 10 |- align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Bales]] ||9 |- align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les McGillivray]] || 7 |- align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerald Jackson (speedway rider)|Gerald Jackson]] || 6 |- align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Hanham]] || 5 |- align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Charlie New]] || 5 |- align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Maurice McDermott (speedway rider)|Maurice McDermott]]|| 3 |- align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Forrest (speedway rider)|Arthur Forrest]]|| 3 |- align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cyril Maidment]] || 1 |- align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Genz]] || 1 |- align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric French]] || 0 |} |width=50% valign=top|
*24 August 1958 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], Coventry * First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable |- !width=25px|Pos. || style="width:200px;"|Rider ||width=70px|Total |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Roger]]|| 14 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]] || 14 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]]|| 13 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George White (speedway rider)|George White]] || 12 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Geran]]|| 11 |- align=center {{speedway color|r}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Biggs]] || 10 |- align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alf Hagon]] || 9 |- align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Street]] || 7 |- align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Mountford]] || 7 |- align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boothroyd]] || 6 |- align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dick Bradley]] || 5 |- align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Clarke (speedway rider)|Phil Clarke]] || 5 |- align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]]|| 4 |- align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Moore (speedway rider)|Peter Moore]]|| 3 |- align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Unstead]] || 2 |- align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbank]] || 0 |} |}
====European Final==== *7 July 1957 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö#Speedway|Växjö Motorstadion]], [[Växjö]] *[[Ove Fundin]] seeded to World final * First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
{| class=wikitable |- !width=25px|Pos. || style="width:200px;"|Rider ||width=70px|Total |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]]|| 14 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] || 13 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Hofmeister]]|| 12 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]]|| 11 |- align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]]|| 11 |- align=center {{speedway color|r}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dan Forsberg]] || 9 |- align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rolf Westerberg]] || 9 |- align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Tkocz]] || 7 |- align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Josef Kamper]] || 6 |- align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Florian Kapała]] || 6 |- align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Josef Seidl (speedway rider)|Josef Seidl]] || 5 |- align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Kaiser]] || 4 |- align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Joel Jansson]]|| 3 |- align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Nils Paulsen]]|| 3 |- align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Reidar Kristoffersen]] || 2 |- align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Birger Forsberg]] || 2 |- align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bert Lindarw]] || 2 |} *Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final
==World final== *21 September 1957 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |{{Speedway color|P1}}|1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] ||(3,2,3,3,3)||14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |{{Speedway color|P2}}|2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] ||(3,3,2,3,3)||14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |{{Speedway color|P3}}|3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Craven]] ||(2,1,3,2,3)||11+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aub Lawson]]||(3,3,1,2,2)||11+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] || (1,3,3,1,3) ||11+1 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ron Johnston]] || (3,2,1,1,2) ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]] || (0,0,3,3,2) ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Roger]] || (2,1,2,2,1) ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] || (1,2,0,3,1) ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Geran]] ||(1,3,1,1,1) ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron How]] ||(1,2,2,0,2) ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] ||(0,0,2,2,0) ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George White (speedway rider)|George White]] ||(2,1,0,1,0) ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Williams (speedway rider)|Ian Williams]] ||(2,0,1,0,0) ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dan Forsberg]]||(0,1,0,0,1) ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Hofmeister]]||(0,0,0,0,0) ||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Biggs]] ||did not ride||- |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rolf Westerberg]] ||did not ride||- |-align=center |}
===Classification=== {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|10|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|2|3|3|3| pts=14+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|4|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |3|3|2|3|3| pts=14+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|2|ENG|[[Peter Craven]]| |2|1|3|2|3| pts=11+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|AUS|[[Aub Lawson]]| |3|3|1|2|2| pts=11+2 | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|SWE|[[Rune Sörmander]]| |1|3|3|1|3| pts=11+1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|NZL|[[Ron Johnston]]| |3|2|1|1|2| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |0|0|3|3|2| pts=8 | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|ENG|[[Bob Roger]]| |2|1|2|2|1| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|SWE|[[Per Olof Söderman]]| |1|2|0|3|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|AUS|[[Jack Geran]]| |1|3|1|1|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|ENG|[[Ron How]]| |1|2|2|0|2| pts=7 | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|NOR|[[Aage Hansen]]| |0|0|2|2|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|ENG|[[George White (speedway rider)|George White]]| |2|1|0|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|WAL|[[Ian Williams (speedway rider)|Ian Williams]]| |2|0|1|0|0| pts=3 | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|SWE|[[Dan Forsberg]]| |0|1|0|0|1| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|GER|[[Josef Hofmeister]]| |0|0|0|0|0| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|NOR| [[Rolf Westerberg]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|AUS|[[Jack Biggs]] | pts=0 }} }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
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