{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1975 }}
The '''1975 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 30th 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=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] won his second World title in front of 81,000 at Wembley Stadium in London with a 15-point maximum from his five rides. Defending champion [[Anders Michanek]] finished second and England's [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] won the run-off for the bronze medal, defeating four time world champion [[Ivan Mauger]]. Some criticism was aimed at the track surface which was described as dusty and dry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olsen-king of the track |work=The People |date=7 September 1975 |access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19750907/374/0038| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Format changes== The format of the Championship changed for the 1975 event. This time the British riders (not including Commonwealth riders for the first time) were allowed four places in the World Final to be held in England. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 12 riders for the World Final. The European Final qualification route included a new Intercontinental Final which feature riders from the United States for the first time for many years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1975.htm |title=1975 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/75.htm#1975 |title=1975 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
==First round== ===Swedish qualifying=== *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Lindesberg#Sport|Motorbanen Hagalund]]<br> [[Lindesberg]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Jansson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Eddie Davidsson||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Josefsson]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]]||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Kjell Bergström ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Dovhed ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven Nilsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Berndt Johansson ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Olof Lindh ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Sune Stark ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Ragnar Holm ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Gunnar Ärlevik ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Målilla#Speedway|Målilla (Motorbana)]]<br>[[Målilla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Simensen]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]]||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Smith ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Johansson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Sigvard Johansson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Inge Hultberg ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Karl-Erik Claesson||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Johansson ||3 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Billy Syrén ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Mellberg ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Erik Andersson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Åstrand ||1 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | Bertil Andersson (res) ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Galgberget]]<br> [[Visby]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Karlsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Leif Enecrona]] ||9 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Salmonsson ||8 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |Stephan Johansson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Dirk van der Voet ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Löfqvist]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Curt Nyqvist ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Käll Haage ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Wedén ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Eskil Jonsson ||0 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Rolf Jacobsson (res) ||0 |} {{col-end}}
===Continental qualifying=== *Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center|4 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]], [[Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Alois Wiesböck]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Adi Funk]] ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Minarik]] |- |align=center|4 May||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sarego#Sport|La Favorita]], [[Sarego]] ||{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Otto Barth (speedway rider)|Otto Barth]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marzotto]] || {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angeł Eftimov]] |}
==Second round== ===British/Commonwealth preliminary round=== *Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifying round {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 19 April||[[Kingsmead Stadium]], [[Canterbury]] || [[Bob Humphreys (speedway rider)|Bob Humphreys]] || [[Les Rumsey]] || [[Nigel Wasley]] |- |align=center| 22 April||[[Wessex Stadium]], [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] || [[Paul Gachet (speedway rider)|Paul Gachet]] || [[Trevor Geer]] || [[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]] |- |align=center| 27 April||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Joe Owen]] || [[Alan Sage]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] || [[Terry Kelly (speedway rider)|Terry Kelly]] || [[Sid Sheldrick]] || [[Geoff Bouchard]] |}
===Continental quarter-finals=== *Top 32 to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 18 May|| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Breitenthal Speedway Stadium|Breitenthal Stadium]], [[Krumbach, Bavaria|Krumbach]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Cieślak]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] |- |align=center| 18 May|| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], [[Krško]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glücklich]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Josef Minarik]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Nesterov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Nesterov]] |- |align=center| 18 May|| {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Trade Union Stadium]], [[Ostrava]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Gordeev]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Waloszek]] |- |align=center| 18 May|| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Isztvan Sziracki]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] |}
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=== Norwegian Final === *14 September 1974 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Nærbø Idrettslunden|Nærbø]], [[Nærbø]] *Top 2 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1975 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Dag Lövaas]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Edgar Stangeland]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Ulf Lövaas]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Oyvind S. Berg]] ||11 |} |width=50% valign=top|
=== Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] *25 August 1974, first (+1 seeded riders) to 1975 Nordic final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Kari Vuoristo || 15 |- |2 ||align=left|Matti Olin || 14 |- |3 ||align=left| Veli Pekka Teromaa || 13 |- |4 ||align=left|[[Kai Niemi]] || 12 |- |5 ||align=left|Markku Helminen || 10 |- |6 ||align=left| Ari Hiljanen || 9 |- |7 ||align=left|Pekka Paljakka || 9 |- |8 ||align=left|Seppo Palomäki || 7 |- |9 ||align=left|Seppo Santala || 6 |- |10 ||align=left| Juhani Eronen || 5 |- |11 ||align=left| Esa Mattila || 5 |- |12 ||align=left| Reino Santala || 5 |- |13 ||align=left|Pekka Kortelainen || 2 |- |14 ||align=left| Harry Skofeldt || 2 |- |15 ||align=left|Erkki Etelatahti || 1 |- |16 ||align=left|Pentti Mattila || 1 |} |}
===Danish Final=== *Top 3 to Nordic final {{main|1975 Danish speedway season}}
===Swedish Final=== * 21 May 1975 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]] * First 8 to Nordic Final {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|1|SWE|[[Tommy Jansson]]| |3|3|3|2|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|5|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |3|2|3|3|2| pts=13}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|14|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|3|3|3|1| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|4|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]]| |1|3|3|3|2| pts=12 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|SWE|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]]| |2|2|2|2|3| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |2|3|2|1|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |1|2|2|3|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |3|1|0|2|0| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|SWE|[[Christer Sjösten]]| |2|1|0|1|1| pts=5+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|SWE|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]]| |0|1|1|0|3| pts=5+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|SWE|[[Bo Josefsson ]]| |2|0|0|2|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|SWE|[[Eddie Davidsson]]| |0|2|1|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|13|SWE|[[Jan Simensen]]| |1|1|1|0|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|SWE|[[Stefan Salomonsson]]| |1|0|0|0|2| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|6|SWE|[[Leif Enecrona]]| |0|0|1|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|SWE|[[Conny Samuelsson]]| |0|0|||| |9i=-|14i=-|20i=-| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|SWE|[[Peter Smith (speedway rider)|Peter Smith]] |9h=y |9p=2| |20h=w| 20p=0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|SWE|[[Richard Hellsen]] |14h=y |14p=1| }} }}
==Third round== ===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *29 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Olching Speedwaybahn]], [[Olching]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Poschenreider]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boguslaw Nowak]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Cieslak]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Jurczynski]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||8 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimir Rozanchuk ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Klokocka]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Georgij Markatanov ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Istvan Sziraczki ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||0 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Janos Szöke (res) ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *31 May *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Bruzda]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Verner]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Gordeev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Waloszek]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glücklich]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kalmykov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolaj Kornev]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||9+3 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Franciszek Stach]] ||9+2 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimir Nesterov ||8 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Georgij Ivanov ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Tkocz]] ||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Minarik ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] ||1 |} |}
===British/Commonwealth qualifying round=== *Top 5 Commonwealth riders to Intercontinental final, top 32 British riders to British semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 16 May||[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] ||[[Bob Kilby]] ||[[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]] || [[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 16 May||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Mmonmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] ||[[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Arthur Price (speedway rider)|Arthur Price]] || [[Chris Morton]] |- |align=center| 17 May||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] ||[[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]] || [[Dave Morton]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] |- |align=center| 19 May||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Steve Reinke (speedway rider)|Steve Reinke]] ||[[Martin Ashby]] |- |align=center| 19 May||[[Reading Stadium|Smallmead Stadium]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] || [[Terry Betts]] || [[Bob Humphreys (speedway rider)|Bob Humphreys]] || [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] ||[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[Bob Valentine (speedway rider)|Bob Valentine]] |- |align=center| 21 May||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] ||[[Paul Tyrer]] || [[Neil Street]] |- |align=center| 21 May||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|The Boulevard]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] ||[[Bruce Cribb]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] ||[[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 24 May||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] ||[[Ray Bales]] ||[[Mick Hines]] || [[Terry Betts]] |- |align=center| 24 May||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] ||[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] ||[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] |- |align=center| 29 May||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] ||[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] ||[[Chris Morton]] || [[Carl Glover]] |- |align=center| 29 May||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Dave Jessup]] || [[Richard Greer]] |- |align=center| 29 May||[[Foxhall Stadium]], [[Ipswich]] || [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] |- |align=center| 30 May||[[Wimbledon Stadium]]. London || [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] || [[Colin Gooddy]] || [[Eric Broadbelt]] |- |align=center| 30 May||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Dave Morton]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Billy Sanders]] |- |align=center| 31 May||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] |- |align=center| 31 May||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Arthur Price (speedway rider)|Arthur Price]] ||[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] ||[[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 31 May||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Alan Wilkinson (speedway rider)|Alan Wilkinson]] || [[Chris Morton]] || [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] |}
===Nordic Final=== * 1 June 1975 * {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] * First 9 to Intercontinental Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] ||3,2,3,3,3||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tommy Jansson]] ||2,3,2,3,3 ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dag Lovaas]] ||3,0,3,3,3 ||12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bernt Persson]] ||2,3,2,3,2 ||12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Reidar Eide]] ||3,3,1,2,1 ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||2,1,3,1,3 ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||1,2,2,1,2 ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] ||F,1,3,2,2 ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] ||0,3,0,2,2 ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Edgar Stangeland]] ||0,2,1,2,1 ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ila Teromaa]] ||2,2,1,0,F ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] ||3,F,0,0,1 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] ||1,1,1,1,E ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Karlsson]] ||1,0,2,0,0 ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kari Vuoristo]] ||0,0,0,1,0 ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]] ||F,-,-,-,-||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tormod Langli]] ||1,0 || 1 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Helge Langli]] ||1,0,1 ||2 |}
==Fourth round== ===British semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *24 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] *Top 8 to British final
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Kilby]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gordon Kennett]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Doug Wyer]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Morton]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]]||6 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Auffret]]||5 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]|| 5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Lanham]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Broadbelt]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Price (speedway rider)|Arthur Price]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roger Johns]]|| 1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *24 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Jessup]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Morton]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Wilkinson (speedway rider)|Alan Wilkinson]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Davey]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Glover]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Betts]]||5 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Holden]]|| 4 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Grahame]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Bales]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]]||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Hedge]]||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Tyrer]]||2 |} |}
===Intercontinental Final=== * 3 June 1975 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|2|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |2|3|3|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|11|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |2|3|3|1|3| pts=12}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|13|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|3|0|2|3| pts=11+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|1|2|2|3| pts=11+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |3|2|1|2|1| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|SWE|[[Tommy Jansson]]| |3|2|2|1|1| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |2|1|3|0|2| pts=8+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|2|1|2|2| pts=8+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|SWE|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]]| |1|0|2|3|2| pts=8+1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|NOR|[[Dag Lovaas]]| |0|3|1|3|0| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |1|0|2|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |0|2|0|0|2| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |0|1|0|3|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |2|0|1|0|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|10|USA|[[Steven Gresham]]| |0|0|3|0|| |17i=F| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1||||| |7i=-|10i=-|16i=-|17i=-| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|SWE|[[Kenneth Selmonsson]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] |7h=b |7p=1| 10h=w |10p=0| 16h=y| 16p=0| 17h=w |17p=1| }} }}
===Continental Final=== * 22 June 1975 * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Leningrad Speedway Stadium]], [[Leningrad]] * First 8 to European Final {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|6|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |3|1|3|2|3| pts=12 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|4|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |3|0|2|3|3| pts=11}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|15|USSR|[[Viktor Kalmykov]]| |3|3|3|0|2| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|USSR|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |3|3|1|0|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |0|2|3|3|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|8|POL|[[Henryk Glücklich]]| |1|3|1|2|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|USSR|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| |2|2|2|1|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |1|1|1|3|1| pts=7+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|USSR|[[Nikolay Kornev]]| |1|2|2|1|2| pts=7+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|5|POL|[[Piotr Bruzda]]| |2|0|1|2|2| pts=7+1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|CSK|[[Jiri Stancl]]| |0|3|3|1|0| pts=7+0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|12|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |1|2|0|2|1| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|CSK|[[Jan Verner]]| |2|0|2|1|0| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|POL|[[Bogusław Nowak]]| |2|2|0|0|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]| |0|1|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|DDR|[[Manfred Poschenreider]]| |0|0|0|0|1| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|POL|[[Andrzej Jurczyński]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|POL|[[Franciszek Stach]] | pts=0 }} }}
==Fifth round== ===British Final=== * 30 July 1975 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * First 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|6|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |3|3|3|3|3| pts=15 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|8|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|2|3|3|3| pts=13+3}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|9|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |3|3|2|2|3| pts=13+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| ||3|3|3|2| |3i=F| pts=11+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |3|3|1|3|1| pts=11+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|ENG|[[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]]| |1|2|3|2|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|ENG|[[Tony Davey]]| |2|2|1|1|3| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |2|1|2|1|0| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |0|0|2|2|2| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |1|1|2|1|0| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |1|1|0|2|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|ENG|[[Bob Kilby]]| |2|2|1|0|0| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |3|1|0|0|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|ENG|[[Dave Morton]]| |0||1|0|2| |5i=E| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|16|ENG|[[Alan Wilkinson (speedway rider)|Alan Wilkinson]]| |1|0||1|0| |9i=F| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|ENG|[[Carl Glover]]| |0|0|0|0|1| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|SCO|[[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] | pts=0 }} }}
===European Final=== * 24 August 1975 * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium]], [[Bydgoszcz]] * First 12 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|12|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |2|3|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|6|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |3|0|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|POL|[[Henryk Glücklich]]| |3|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|SWE|[[Tommy Jansson]]| |2|1|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |0|3|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|USSR|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| ||2|3|1|2| |x| |3i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|2|0|2|| |x| |18i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|1|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|2|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |2|2|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |1|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|USSR|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |0|1|0|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|4|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |0|0|0|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |1|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|USSR|[[Viktor Kalmykov]]| |1|0||0|0| |x| |10i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USSR|[[Nikolay Kornev]]| }} }}
==World Final== *6 September 1975 *{{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> *Referee: ({{flagicon|NOR}}) Torrie Kittelsen
{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|14|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| pts=15 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|16|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |1|3|3|3|3| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|10|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |2|2|3|2|3| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|6|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|1|2|3|3| pts=12+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|0|3|1| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|1|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |3|3|1|1|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |2|2|3|1|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|SUN|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| |2|1|2|2|1| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|SWE|[[Tommy Jansson]]| |1|2|2|2|0| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |0|2|1|0|2| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |0|0|1|2|2| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |2|0|1|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|SUN|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |1|1|2|0|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |1|1|0|1|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|13|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |0|0|0|0|1| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|POL|[[Henryk Glücklich]]| |0|0|0|0|0| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|SUN|[[Vladimir Gordeev]] | pts=0 }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
[[Category:Individual Speedway World Championship|1975]] [[Category:1975 in speedway|World Individual]] [[Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1975 in British motorsport|Individual Speedway World Championship]] [[Category:1975 in sport in London|Individual Speedway World Championship]]