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Motorcycle speedway world championship season

1973 [Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/Individual_Speedway_World_Championship)

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The **1973 Individual Speedway World Championship** was the 28th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The 1973 World Final was won by Polish rider [Jerzy Szczakiel](/source/Jerzy_Szczakiel) following a run-off in with defending champion [Ivan Mauger](/source/Ivan_Mauger) after both riders had finished on 13 points. On the second lap of the run-off, Mauger fell in turn 3 after trying a risky passing move leaving Szczakiel to win easily. Another Polish rider, [Zenon Plech](/source/Zenon_Plech) finished third. Rank outsider Szczakiel, who had finished last with no points scored in his only other World Final appearance in Sweden in [1971](/source/1971_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship), rode the meeting of his life and was only beaten in his final two rides before defeating Mauger in the run-off.[7]

The final, held at the [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium) in [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w), Poland, is believed to have been held in front of the largest crowd in world speedway history, estimated to be around 130,000, though some reports put the size of the crowd as anywhere from 90,000 to 120,000.[8] The previous record for a final was 95,000 during the [1938 Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/1938_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) at Wembley.

## Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1973 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed five places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 11 riders for the World Final.[9][10]

## First round

### British/Commonwealth preliminaries

- Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifiers

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 29 April Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Gordon Kennett Paul Gachet Bobby McNeil 29 April Boston Sports Stadium, Boston Graeme Stapleton John Dews Russ Osborne 2 May Odsal Stadium, Bradford Neil Street Billy Sanders Rick France 7 May Earle Street, Crewe Mitch Graham Arthur Price Les Owen 7 May Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham Jim Ryman Bob Paulson Ted Howgego

## Second round

Norwegian qualifying 10 September 1972 Gamle Stadion, Sandefjord Top 12 to Nordic qualification 1973 Pos. Rider Points 1 Ulf Lövaas 14 2 Dag Lövaas 12 3 Odd Fossengen 11 4 Helge Langli 11 5 Svein Kaasa 9 6 Oyvind S. Berg 9 7 Edgar Stangeland 9 8 Reidar Eide 9 9 Tormod Langli 8 10 Hans Erik Fuglerud 7 11 Johnny Larsen 7 12 Per Hetland 5 13 Svein Lökken 3 14 Kjell Gimre 3 15 Jan Jacobsen 2 16 Öyvind Rökeberg 0 Finnish qualifying (top 10) (3 rounds) First (+1 seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1973 R1 (? '72, Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti) R2 (26 Aug '72, Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti) R3 (? '72, Eteläpuisto, Tampere) Pos. Rider Points Total (best 2) 1 Matti Olin 8+8+0 16 2 Hannu Känkänen 4+6+8 14 3 Kalevi Lahtinen 6+0+6 12 4 Heikki Ahonen 1+3+4 7 5 Kari Vuoristo 3+2+0 5 6 Pekka Paljakka 0+4+0 4 7 Matti Touru 0+0+3 3 8 Tapio Leppasalko 2+1+0 3 9 Jouko Naskali 0+0+2 2 10 Timo Naskali 0+0+1 1

### Swedish qualifying

- Top 8 in each heat to Nordic qualification

(1 May, Gamla Galgberget, Visby) Pos Rider Points 1 Lars Jansson 14 2 Bernt Persson 12 3 Christer Löfqvist 10 4 Jan Simensen 9 5 Sven Nilsson 9 6 Kenneth Selmosson 9 7 Bo Wirebrand 9 8 Karl-Erik Claesson 9 9 Conny Samuelsson 8 10 Håkan Karlsson 7 11 Sören Karlsson 6 12 Bengt Olsson 6 13 Anders Lövgren 4 14 Peter Smith 3 15 Lars Larsson 3 16 Leif Mellberg 2 (1 May, Målilla (Motorbana), Målilla) Pos Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 14 2 Bengt Jansson 13 3 Anders Michanek 11 4 Stefan Johansson 11 5 Tommy Johansson 10 6 Leif Johansson 10 7 Bengt Larsson 7 8 Stefan Salmonsson 7 9 Anders Jansson 6 10 Sigvard Johansson 6 11 Roy Dantanus 5 12 Lars-Inge Hultberg 5 13 Tomas Johansson 5 14 Therje Henriksson 4 15 Steve Johansson 4 16 Åke Andersson 2 17 Bertil Andersson 0 (5 May, Motorbanen Hagalund, Lindesberg) Pos Rider Points 1 Hasse Holmqvist 14 2 Tommy Jansson 12 3 Tomas Pettersson 10 4 Stephan Johansson 10 5 Leif Enecrona 9 6 Tommy Nilsson 9 7 Göte Nordin 9 8 Christer Sjösten 8 9 Rolf Johansson 7 10 Åke Dovhed 6 11 Käll Haage 6 12 Lennart Johansson 5 13 Willy Karlsson 4 14 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 4 15 Börje Klingberg 3 16 Hans Johansson 3

### Continental qualifying

- Rider progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 29 April Mladost Stadum, Prelog Zdenek Majstr Evzen Erban Jozef Haider 6 May Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Jan Hadek Jiri Dominik Henny Kroeze

### British/Commonwealth qualifiers

- Top riders progress to British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 12 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn John Louis Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons 14 May Reading Stadium, Reading Martin Ashby Mick Bell Geoff Curtis 16 May Wimborne Road, Poole Pete Smith Ray Wilson Terry Betts 17 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Jim McMillan Arnie Haley Doug Wyer 18 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton George Hunter Ray Wilson Gary Peterson 18 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Terry Betts Bob Valentine Barry Thomas 19 May The Shay, Halifax John Boulger Eric Boocock Bill Andrew 19 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley John Louis Bruce Cribb Colin Gooddy 19 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon Jim McMillan Doug Wyer Tony Davey 19 May Hyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Chris Pusey Eric Broadbelt 21 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Martin Ashby Bob Coles 22 May Leicester Stadium, Leicester John Boulger Ray Wilson Bob Kilby 23 May Somerton Park, Newport Eric Boocock Roy Trigg Gary Peterson 24 May Wimbledon Stadium, London Peter Collins Norman Hunter Ian Turner 24 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Bob Kilby Malcolm Ballard Eric Boocock 25 May Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Mick Bell John Boulger Chris Julian 26 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Ray Wilson Bob Kilby 29 May Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich Ivan Mauger Tony Davey Mick Bell

## Third round

### Continental quarter-finals

- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 10 May Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Vladimir Zapleshny Jiří Štancl Miloslav Verner 20 May Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Grigory Khlinovsky Viktor Trofimov Aleksandr Pavlov 20 May Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach Milan Špinka Vladimir Paznikov Jan Holub I 20 May Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Anatoly Kuzmin Vladimir Gordeev Petr Ondrašík

### British/Commonwealth semi-finals

5 June Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ivan Mauger 14 2 John Louis 13 3 Chris Pusey 12 4 Jim Mcmillan 10 5 Rick France 9 6 Peter Collins 9 7 Bob Valentine 8 8 Tony Davey 8 9 Garry Middleton 8 10 Alan Wilkinson 7 11 Doug Wyer 7 12 Arnie Haley 6 13 Bob Humphreys 6 14 Eric Broadbelt 2 15 Bob Kilby 1 16 Nigel Boocock 0 7 June Wimbledon Stadium, London Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 John Boulger 14 2 Martin Ashby 13 3 Eric Boocock 10 4 Malcolm Simmons 10 5 Ray Wilson 10 6 Terry Betts 10 7 Mick Bell 9 8 Pete Smith 9 9 Roy Trigg 7 10 Gary Peterson 5 11 Barry Thomas 5 12 Malcolm Ballard 5 13 Geoff Maloney 4 14 George Hunter 3 15 Bruce Cribb 3 16 Bill Andrew 1

### Nordic qualification

- Top 5 from each meeting to Nordic final

(17 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm) Pos Rider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 15 2 Anders Michanek 14 3 Göte Nordin 13 4 Dag Lövaas 12 5 Lars Jansson 11 6 Karl-Erik Claesson 9 7 Kenneth Selmosson 8 8 Sören Sjösten 8 9 Arne Andreasen 7 10 Erik Tillgaard 6 11 Sven Nilsson 4 12 Hans Fuglerud 4 13 Svein Lökken 4 14 Jörn Mogensen 3 15 Rolf Johansson (res) 1 16 Heikki Ahonen 1 17 Öystein Mellerud 0 (27 May, Grenland Arena, Skien) Pos Rider Points 1 Bernt Persson 15 2 Tommy Jansson 13 3 Odd Fossengen 12 4 Öyvind Berg 12 5 Tommy Johansson 11 6 Leif Enecrona 11 7 Tomas Pettersson 8 8 Krause Kjaer 8 9 Bengt Larsson 7 10 Ulf Lövaas 7 11 Helge Langli 5 12 Preben Bollerup 4 13 Stefan Johansson 3 14 Stefan Salmonsson 3 (27 May, Selskov Stadium, Hillerod) Pos Rider Points 1 Ole Olsen 15 2 Christer Löfqvist 14 3 Jan Simensen 13 4 Hasse Holmqvist 11 5 Christer Sjösten 11 6 Edgar Stangeland 11 7 Bo Wirebrand 7 8 Jan Terje Gravningen 7 9 Stephan Johansson 7 10 Kurt Bögh 6 11 Tommy Nilsson 6 12 Bent Nörregaard-Jensen 4 13 Leif Johansson 3 14 Tormod Langli 2 15 Per Herland 1 16 Matti Olin 1

## Fourth round

### Continental semi-finals

2 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Grigory Khlinovsky 13 2 Valerij Gordeev 13 3 Václav Verner 12 4 Milan Špinka 12 5 Vladimir Paznikov 12 6 Viktor Trofimov 7 7 Alexander Pavlov 7 8 Josef Angermüller 7 9 Oleg Dziadyk 7 10 Jan Klokocka 7 11 Manfred Poschenreider 6 12 Jan Holub I 6 13 Georgij Ivanov 4 14 Miroslav Rosulek 3 15 Vladimir Tchistiakov (res) 1 16 Yury Dubinin 0 17 Petr Safarik 0 18 Otto Barth (res) 0 2 June Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Vladimir Gordeev 15 2 Jiří Štancl 13 3 Anatolij Kuzmin 12 4 Vladimir Zaplechny 11 5 Zdeněk Majstr 11 6 Karel Vobornik 10 7 Miroslav Verner 10 8 Petr Ondrašík 8 9 Petr Kucera 6 10 Nikolai Aksjonov 5 11 Gregorij Markatanov 4 12 Henny Kroeze 4 13 Nikolaj Kornev 4 14 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 3 15 Josef Bössner 2 16 Pal Pereny 1

### British/Commonwealth Final

- 21 June 1973

- [Owlerton Stadium](/source/Owlerton_Stadium), [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield)

- First 8 to British-Nordic Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (15) Ray Wilson 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (10) Bob Valentine 12 3 3 2 2 2 12 2 3 (13) Peter Collins 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3 2 4 (3) John Boulger 12 2 1 3 3 3 12 4 1 5 (2) Ivan Mauger 10 3 1 3 3 T 10 5 6 (7) Eric Boocock 9 2 2 0 3 2 9 6 7 (8) Tony Davey 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7 8 (16) Rick France 9 1 2 2 1 3 9 8 9 (6) John Louis 7 F 0 3 3 1 7 9 10 (4) Martin Ashby 6 1 3 1 1 0 6 10 11 (5) Garry Middleton 5 1 0 1 0 3 5 11 12 (14) Peter Smith 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 12 13 (9) Terry Betts 4 1 2 F F 1 4 13 14 (11) Mick Bell 4 2 0 0 0 2 4 14 15 (1) Malcolm Simmons 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15 16 (12) Jim McMillan 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 16 R1 (R1) Chris Pusey 0 0 R1 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

### Nordic Final

- 6 June 1973

- [Norrköping Motorstadion](/source/Norrk%C3%B6ping_Motorstadion), [Norrköping](/source/Norrk%C3%B6ping)

- First 8 to British-Nordic Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (6) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (5) Bengt Jansson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 (7) Anders Michanek 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 3 4 (8) Bernt Persson 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 4 5 (3) Tommy Jansson 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 5 6 (4) Jan Simensen 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 6 7 (13) Reidar Eide 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7 8 (11) Göte Nordin 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 8 3 9 (1) Christer Löfqvist 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 9 F 10 (9) Lars Jansson 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 10 11 (12) Christer Sjösten 4 F E 2 2 0 4 11 12 (10) Øyvind S. Berg 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 12 13 (2) Dag Lovaas 3 F 2 1 0 0 3 13 14 (15) Hasse Holmqvist 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14 15 (16) Tommy Johansson 1 1 E E - - 1 15 16 (14) Odd Fossengen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 R1 (R1) Leif Enecrona 1 0 1 1 R1 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

## Fifth round

### British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final

- 1 August 1973

- [Brandon Stadium](/source/Brandon_Stadium), [Coventry](/source/Coventry)

- First 8 to European Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (13) Anders Michanek 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 (8) Ole Olsen 11 T 3 3 2 3 11 2 (4) Ivan Mauger 11 1 2 3 3 2 11 3 4 (2) Tommy Jansson 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 4 5 (7) John Boulger 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 5 6 (11) Peter Collins 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6 7 (16) Ray Wilson 9 E 1 2 3 3 9 7 8 (15) Bernt Persson 9 2 E 3 2 2 9 8 9 (1) Bob Valentine 8 3 2 0 2 1 8 9 10 (6) Reidar Eide 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 10 11 (14) Göte Nordin 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 11 12 (10) Bengt Jansson 3 2 F F 1 E 3 12 13 (9) Jan Simensen 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 13 14 (12) Tony Davey 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 15 (3) Eric Boocock 0 0 T - - - 0 15 DQ (5) John Louis 10 3 1 1 2 3 10 DQ R1 (R1) Garry Middleton 2 T 0 2 2 R1 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

### Continental Final

- 23 June 1973

- [Leningrad Speedway Stadium](/source/Leningrad_Speedway_Stadium), [Leningrad](/source/Leningrad)

- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (15) Valery Gordeev 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 1 (4) Grigory Khlinovsky 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2 (16) Vladimir Zapleshny 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3 4 (6) Vladimir Gordeev 11.5 3 3 1/2 3 2 11.5 4 5 (1) Viktor Trofimov 11.5 3 3 1/2 3 2 11.5 5 6 (12) Aleksandr Pavlov 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 6 7 (8) Anatoly Kuzmin 10 2 1 3 3 1 10 7 8 (11) Vladimir Paznikov 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 8 9 (9) Jiri Stancl 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9 10 (3) Petr Ondrašík 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 10 11 (14) Milan Špinka 5 1 2 1 X 1 5 11 12 (13) Václav Verner 4 0 1 2 1 0 4 12 13 (5) Miloslav Verner 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 13 14 (7) Josef Angermüller 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 14 15 (10) Karol Vobornik 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15 16 (2) Petr Kučera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

## Sixth round

### Polish qualifiers

- The top five finishers in the [Golden Helmet](/source/Golden_Helmet_(Poland)), during the [1973 Polish speedway season](/source/1973_Polish_speedway_season) gained nominations for the World final.

### European Final

- 19 August 1973

- [Abensberger Stadion](/source/Abensberger_Stadion), [Abensberg](/source/Abensberg)

- First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (7) Anders Michanek 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (5) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 (13) Vladimir Paznikov 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3 4 (4) Bernt Persson 10 0 3 2 3 2 10 4 5 (9) Vladimir Zapleshny 9 3 0 2 2 2 9 5 6 (16) Peter Collins 9 2 2 3 2 E 9 6 7 (14) Valery Gordeev 8 F 3 3 1 1 8 7 8 (11) Ole Olsen 8 2 2 2 2 - 8 8 9 (1) Grigory Khlinovsky 7 1 1 0 2 3 7 9 10 (3) John Boulger 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 10 11 (2) Ray Wilson 6 2 2 F 1 1 6 11 12 (6) Bengt Jansson 6 1 1 1 1 2 6 12 13 (15) Aleksandr Pavlov 4 1 0 2 0 1 4 13 14 (8) Jiri Stancl 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 15 (12) Viktor Trofimov 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15 16 (10) Anatoly Kuzmin 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 R1 (R1) Otto Barth 0 0 0 R1 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

## World Final

### Final Controversy

The Final was surrounded by controversy, with decisions made by Georg Traunspurger, the referee assigned to the meeting by the [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme), seeming to favour the Polish riders. One of his decisions was to have 2nd reserve [Andrzej Wyglenda](/source/Andrzej_Wyglenda) of Poland race in Heat 16 in front of 1st reserve [Tommy Jansson](/source/Tommy_Jansson) of Sweden (after [Bernt Persson](/source/Bernt_Persson) of Sweden was unable to ride), making it four Polish riders in the race. In the race, second placed [Edward Jancarz](/source/Edward_Jancarz), who led for the first three laps, seemed to let Zenon Plech take the lead in the final turn, allowing Plech, who had more points at that stage of the meeting, to collect another three points for the win.

His most controversial decision was to exclude Soviet rider [Grigory Khlinovsky](/source/Grigory_Khlinovsky) from heat 19. Khlinovsky had attempted to pass on the inside of Zenon Plech for the lead going into the back straight of the last lap. As he was passed by the Russian, Plech lost control of his bike and fell. Despite protests from riders and the Soviet officials Khlinovsky was excluded and England's [Peter Collins](/source/Peter_Collins_(speedway_rider)), who was in 3rd place at the time of the crash, was awarded the heat win, Plech, who didn't actually finish the race, was awarded 2nd. The result of the two points he gained for second place allowed Plech to finish a clear third in the championship. Had Khlinovsky been the winner of the heat, he would have ended on 13 points, which would have put him in the run-off for the title with Szczakiel and Mauger.[11]

British television commentator [Dave Lanning](/source/Dave_Lanning) called the ruling *"The craziest piece of speedway regulations in the history of World Championship racing"*, before adding that *"It seems to me that the authorities here in Katowice are making up the rules to suit themselves to get their boys a world title."*

### Final result

- 2 September 1973

- [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium), [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w)[12]

- Referee: Georg Traunspurger

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 (16) Jerzy Szczakiel 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3 (8) Ivan Mauger 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 F (6) Zenon Plech 12 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 4 (7) Ole Olsen 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4 5 (3) Grigory Khlinovsky 10 2 3 2 3 X 10 5 6 (2) Vladimir Paznikov 8 3 1 2 1 1 8 6 7 (4) Paweł Waloszek 8 1 2 1 1 3 8 7 8 (12) Valery Gordeev 7 2 0 1 3 1 7 8 9 (11) Jan Mucha 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9 10 (1) Anders Michanek 6 0 3 X 1 2 6 10 11 (9) Edward Jancarz 6 3 1 0 2 0 6 11 12 (13) Peter Collins 6 1 0 2 0 3 6 12 13 (14) John Boulger 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 13 14 (5) Ray Wilson 5 F 2 3 0 F 5 14 15 (10) Vladimir Zapleshny 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 15 16 (15) Bernt Persson 0 F 0 R - - 0 16 R1 (R1) Andrzej Wyglenda 0 0 0 R1 R2 (R2) Tommy Jansson 0 0 0 R2 Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

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