{{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 = 1976 }} The '''1976 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 31st 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=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>
England's [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] became the first British World Speedway Champion since [[Peter Craven]] had won in [[1962 Individual Speedway World Championship|1962]]. Fellow Englishman [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] finished second with [[Australia]]'s [[Phil Crump]] finishing third. 1976 was the first time since [[1952 Individual Speedway World Championship|1952]] that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.<ref>[http://www.speedway.org/history/76.htm#1976 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship]</ref>
Qualifying results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1976.htm |title=1976 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/76.htm#1976 |title=1976 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
==First round== === British Preliminary round === *Riders progress to British 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| 3 April||[[Shielfield Park]], [[Berwick-upon-Tweed|Berwick]] ||[[Taffy Owen]] || [[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]] || [[Graham Jones (speedway rider born in 1947)|Graham Jones]] |- |align=center| 10 April||[[Kingsmead Stadium]], [[Canterbury]] ||[[Reg Luckhurst]] || [[Ted Hubbard]] ||[[Graham Banks]] |- |align=center| 11 April||[[Mildenhall Stadium]], [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]] || [[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]] || [[Andy Cusworth]] || [[Laurie Etheridge]] |- |align=center| 13 April||[[Wessex Stadium]], [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] ||[[Tony Featherstone (speedway rider)|Tony Featherstone]] || [[Bob Coles]] || [[Barney Kennett]] |}
=== British qualifying round === *Riders progress to British 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| 22 April||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] || [[Trevor Geer]] || [[Alan Grahame]] ||[[Paul Tyrer]] |- |align=center| 23 April||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] || [[Alan Molyneux]] ||[[Brian Havelock]] ||[[Bob Coles]] |- |align=center| 24 April|| [[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] ||[[Dave Perks]] || [[Steve Bastable]] ||[[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]] |- |align=center| 24 April|| [[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Bobby McNeil (speedway rider)|Bobby McNeil]] || [[Mick Hines]] ||[[Mick Bell]] |}
== Second round == === Swedish qualification === *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(6 May, [[Kumla Motorstadion]]<br> [[Kumla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Jansson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Simensen]] ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Leif Enecrona]] ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Bernt Johansson ||4 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Andersson ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Smith ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Inge Svensson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Therje Henriksson ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |Kjell Bergström ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Benny Ekberg ||2 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Eskil Jonsson ||1 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Harald Sandberg ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Målilla#Speedway|Målilla (Motorbana)]]<br>[[Målilla]] ) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Jansson ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Åke Gerhardsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven Nilsson ||10 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Eddie Davidsson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Larsson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Josefsson]] ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Willy Karlsson ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Tomas Pettersson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |Stefan Salmonsson ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Sigvard Johansson ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Inge Hultberg ||3 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | Peter Carlsson||2 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Sune Stark ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Lindesberg#Sport|Motorbanen Hagalund]]<br>[[Lindesberg]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Jansson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Sören Karlsson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||10+3 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Olof Dovhjort ||10+2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Claes-Ingvar Svensson ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Selmosson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |Lars-Olof Karlsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Bertil Andersson ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Johansson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Ragnar Holm ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Mellberg ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Stephan Johansson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Dovhed ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |Kari Vuoristo ||1 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Curt Nyqvist ||0 |} {{col-end}}
=== New Zealand qualification === *Top 16 to New Zealand final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=120|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| South Island Final |- |align=center| 6 December, '75 |[[Oreti Park Speedway]], [[Invercargill]] ||[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] || [[Graeme Stapleton]] ||[[Denis Sincock]] |- !colspan=6| North Island Final |- |align=center| 10 January |[[Palmerston North Showgrounds|Showgrounds]], [[Palmerston North]] ||[[Colin Farquharson]] ||[[Colin Tucker]] ||[[Roy Trigg]] |}
=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=120|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| New South Wales Round |- |align=center| 22 November '75 |[[Liverpool Speedway]], [[Green Valley, New South Wales|Green Valley]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] |- |align=center| 28 November '75 |[[Jerilderie Park Speedway]], [[Tomago]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Terry Southerland]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] |- |align=center| 29 November '75 |[[Sydney Showground Speedway|Sydney Showground]], [[Sydney]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Billy Sanders]] |- !colspan=6| Queensland Qualification |- |align=center| 6 December '75 |[[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] ||[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] ||[[Ron Henderson (speedway rider)|Ron Henderson]] || [[Darryl McLean]] |- !colspan=6| Southern Territory Qualification |- |align=center| 9 January |[[Rowley Park Speedway]], [[Adelaide]] ||[[John Boulger]] ||[[Ray Snider]] || [[Robin Amundson]] |- !colspan=6| Victoria Qualification |- |align=center| 17 January |[[Northern Park Raceway]], [[Melbourne]] || [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || [[Rob Jones (speedway rider)|Rob Jones]] || [[John Dewhurst (speedway rider)|John Dewhurst]] |- !colspan=6| Northern District |- |align=center| 23 January |[[Rowley Park Speedway]], [[Adelaide]] || [[Phil Crump]] ||[[John Boulger]] || [[Kym Amundson]] |- |align=center| 31 January |[[Sydney Showground Speedway|Sydney Showground]], [[Sydney]] ||[[Billy Sanders]] || [[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] ||[[John Langfield]] |- |align=center| 7 February |[[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] ||[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] || [[John Titman]] || [[Garry Middleton]] |}
=== British quarter-finals === *Top 32 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| 3 May||[[Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium]], [[Birmingham]] ||[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] || [[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]] || [[Alan Molyneux]] |- |align=center| 5 May||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[Dave Jessup]] || [[Dave Morton]] ||[[Arthur Price (speedway rider)|Arthur Price]] |- |align=center| 8 May||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Alan Grahame]] || [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] || [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] |- |align=center| 8 May||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] || [[Chris Morton]] || [[Doug Wyer]] |}
=== Continental Preliminary round === *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| 25 April||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sarego#Sport|La Favorita]], [[Sarego]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hans Wassermann]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Evzen Erban]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Karel Vobornik]] |- |align=center| 25 April||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Gilgenreiner]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Alois Wiesböck]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hubert Fischbaher]] |}
== Third round == ===American qualifying=== * 3 June *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Santa Clara County Fairgrounds]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] * Top 16 to American Final
=== New Zealand Final === * 14 February, [[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]] *Top 8 to Australasian final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Ivan Mauger]] ||14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Barry Briggs]] ||14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||11+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Roy Trigg]] ||11+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Graeme Stapleton]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Paul Fewings (speedway rider)|Paul Fewings]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Colin Tucker]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Colin Farquharson]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Dennis Sincock ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Robin Adlington ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Merv Salt ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Paul Church ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Kevin Burt ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Paul Wells ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Graeme Stewart||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Bruce Mitchell||2 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Mike Fullerton||1 |}
=== Australian Final === * 13 February 1976, [[Rowley Park Speedway]], [[Adelaide]] * Top 8 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Phil Crump]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[John Langfield]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Phil Herne]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[John Boulger]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Mitch Shirra]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[John Titman]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Ticky Day]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Billy Sanders]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Robin Amundson]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Robert Maxfield]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Ron Henderson (speedway rider)|Ron Henderson]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Rod Chessell]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Ray Snider]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Dene Davies]] ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Paul Scanlon (speedway rider)|Paul Scanlon]] || 0 |}
=== Swedish Final === *The final was initially started on 20 May at [[Gubbängens IP]] but had to be abandoned following the fatal crash of [[Tommy Jansson]].
* 25 May 1976 * [[Linköping Motorstadion]], [[Linköping]] * Top 8 to Nordic final {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|9|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|3|2|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|14|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| ||3|3|3|2| |4i=X| pts=11}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|2|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]]| |3|2|3|2|1| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |2|3|1|3|2| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|SWE|[[Jan Simensen]]| |2|0|3|2|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |3|1|3|1|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |2|1|1|3|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|SWE|[[Christer Sjösten]]| ||3|2|0|3| |1i=F| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|SWE|[[Cal-Erik Claesson]]| |3|2|2|0|1| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|SWE|[[Lars-Like Andersson]]| |2|1|2|1|0| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|SWE|[[Eddie Davidsson]]| |1|0|1|2|2| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|SWE|[[Richard Hellsen]]| |0|1|1|2|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|SWE|[[Sven Nilsson (speedway rider)|Sven Nilsson]]| |0|2|0|0|0| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|7|SWE|[[Per-Olof Dovhjort]]| |1||0||0| |7i=-|13i=-| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|SWE|[[Bo Wirebrand]]| |1||0||| |7i=-|14i=-|20i=-| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|SWE|[[Kenneth Selmolsson]]| |0|0|0|0|1| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|SWE|[[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] |7h=w |7p=0| |14h=y| 14p=1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|SWE|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]] |7h=r |7p=2| |13h=r |13p=1 |20h=w| 20p=0| }} }}
=== Danish Final === * 25 April 1976 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]], [[Vojens]] *Top 2 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Finn Thomsen]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Kurt Bøgh]] ||12+3 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Jan Henningsen]] ||12+2 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|[[Leif Rasmusen]] ||12+1 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Finn Rune Jensen]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Gunnar Svendsen (speedway rider)|Gunnar Svendsen]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]] ||10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Mike Lohmann]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Kristian Præstbro]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Jens Erik Krause Kjaer]] ||4 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Knud Ellegaard]] ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Ernst Bøgh]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Erling Rasmussen]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Godtfred Andreasen]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Jorgen Walther Johansen]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Kaj Kristensen]] ||2 |}
=== Finland Final === *Top 1 to Nordic final * 17 Sep '75, * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti#Sports|Kärpänen speedway]], [[Lahti]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Ilkka Teromaa]] ||15 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Kai Niemi]] ||13 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| Olli Turkia ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Kari Vuoristo ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Rauli Mäkinen ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Teuvo Sirenius ||8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Pekka Paljakka ||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Esko Mylläri ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Esa Mattila ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Ismo Kivelä (res) ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Pentti Mattila ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Veli Pekka Teromaa ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Matti Vayrynen ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Seppo Palomäki ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Kari Lindevall ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Heikki Ahonen||0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Esa Jamsalainen (res)||0 |}
=== Norwegian Final === * 25 April 1976 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] * First 3 to Nordic Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Reidar Eide]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Dag Lovaas]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Edgard Stangeland]] ||13 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|[[Audun Ove Olsen]] ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Øyvind S. Berg]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Jan Terje Gravningen]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Kjell Gimre]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Helge Langli]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Tormod Langli]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Tom Godal]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Ingve Madland ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Stein Pedersen]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Askild Malmin ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Jorn Flatha ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Sigvard Pedersen ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Per Hetland ||1 |}
=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *18 May *{{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|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Bob Kilby]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Reg Wilson]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left|[[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left|[[Arthur Price (speedway rider)|Arthur Price]]|| 5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Richard Greer]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Tony Davey]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Alan Molyneux]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Paul Tyrer]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Kevin Holden]]|| 0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *19 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium|White City]], London *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|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Doug Wyer]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Mike Lanham]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Dave Morton]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Terry Betts]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left|[[Steve Weatherley]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left|[[Frank Auffret]]|| 5 |- |12 ||align=left|[[Arthur Browning (speedway rider)|Arthur Browning]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Dave Perks]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Carl Glover]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left|[[Geoff Pusey]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left| [[Steve Lomas (speedway rider)|Steve Lomas]]||0 |} |}
=== 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| 15 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Trade Union Stadium]], [[Ostrava]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Gordeev]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] |- |align=center| 15 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Mladost Stadium (Prelog)|Mladost Stadium]], [[Prelog, Croatia|Prelog]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marzotto]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Eftimov]] |- |align=center| 16 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rottalstadion]], [[Pocking]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Müller]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christoph Betzl]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] |- |align=center| 16 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hajdú Volán Stadion]], [[Debrecen]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Vaclav Hejl]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Noro]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] |}
==Fourth round== === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *30 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Breitenthal Speedway Stadium]], [[Krumbach, Bavaria|Krumbach]] *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|FRG}} [[Egon Müller]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christoph Betzl]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hans Wassermann]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Klokocka]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigory Khlinovsky]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Minarik ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Viktor Selivanov ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vaclav Hejl ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||5 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Evzen Erban ||1 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Lang ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paulo Noro ||1 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Peter Lempenauer (res)||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *30 May *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Wybrzeże]], [[Gdańsk]] *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}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marzotto]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Gordeev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolaj Kornev]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Georgij Ivanov]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Sergej Djuchev]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hubert Fischbacher]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Angermüller]] ||4 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Emil Sova]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Paznikov]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Verner]] ||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Eftimov]] ||1 |} |}
=== Australasian Final === * 21 February 1976 *{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Western Springs Stadium]], [[Auckland]] * Top 4 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|AUS}} [[John Boulger]] ||3,3,2,3,3||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Billy Sanders]] ||2,3,3,3,2||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Crump]] ||3,3,3,X,3 ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] ||3,2,X,3,3 ||11+3 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Herne]] ||3,2,1,2,3 ||11+2 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mitch Shirra]] ||2,3,2,3,1 ||11+1 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] ||X,1,3,2,2 ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Titman]] ||X,2,2,2,2 ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ricky Day]] ||1,1,3,0,1 ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Tucker]] ||2,2,1,0,0 ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Farqhuarson]] ||1,E,1,2,1 ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Langfield]] ||X,1,2,1,0 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||2,1,0,1,E ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Graeme Stapleton]] ||0,0,E,1,2 ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Roy Trigg]] ||1,0,0,0,1 ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Paul Fewlings]] ||0,0,1,0,0||1 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dennis Sincock]] || || 1 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Robin Adlington]] || || 1 |}
===American Final=== * 4 June *{{flagicon|USA}} [[California Exposition#California State Fair|Cal-Expo Rodeo Arena]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] * Winner to Intercontinental Final, Autrey won a three rider race-off {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Scott Autrey]] ||?+3 |-align=center |2 ||align=left|[[William Mike Curoco]] ||?+2 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[Steve Gresham]] ||?+1 |}
=== British Final === * 2 June 1976 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * First 5 to Intercontinental Final {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |3|3|3|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|3|2|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|6|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |3|3|3|2|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|3|3|3|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |2|2|2|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |1|2|3|2|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |3|1|1|3|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|ENG|[[Terry Betts]]| |3|1|0|0|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |2|1|0|2|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|ENG|[[Bob Kilby]]| |1|0|2|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |0|2|1|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|ENG|[[Dave Morton]]| |0|2|2|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|SCO|[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]| |1|0|0|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|ENG|[[Mike Lanham]]| |1|0|0|0|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Reg Wilson]]| |0|1|1|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|ENG|[[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]]| |0|0|1|0|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[John Harrhy]]| }} }}
=== Nordic Final === * 2 June 1976 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]] *Top 6 to Intercontinental final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|4|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |3|3|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|10|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |3|2|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|NOR|[[Dag Lovaas]]| |2|2|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|7|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|0|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |2|1|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]]| |1|0|3|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|NOR|[[Edgar Stangeland]]| |2|3|0|2|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |2|1|0|3|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |0|3|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |1|2|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |0|2|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|11|FIN|[[Markku Helminen]]| |1|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|SWE|[[Karl Erik Claesson]]| |0|0|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|SWE|[[Jan Simensen]]| |0|1||0|0| |x| |11i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|SWE|[[Christer Sjösten]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Lars-Åke Andersson]]| |11h=r |11p=1}} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Tommy Pettersson|Thomas Pettersson]]| }} }}
==Fifth round== === Intercontinental Final === * 26 June 1976 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London * First 8 to World Final {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|11|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |0|3|3|3|3| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|9|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |1|3|2|3|3| pts=12+2}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|1|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |3|1|2|2|3| pts=11+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|7|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |3|0|3|3|2| pts=11+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|8|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|2|3|1|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |1|2|3|2|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|10|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |2|2|1|3|1| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |0|3|0|2|3| pts=8+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |3|3|1|0|1| pts=8+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |3|1|2|1|| |19i=T| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |2|2|1|1|1| pts=7}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |||2|2|2| |4i=X|5i=E| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |2|1|1||0| |16i=X| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|4|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |1|0|0|1|1| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|2|NOR|[[Dag Lovaas]]| |0|1|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |1|0|||| |11i=E|13i=-|20i=-| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|[[Trevor Geer]] |13h=w |13p=0| |20h=b| 20p=0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|ENG|[[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] |19h=b |19p=0| }} }}
=== Continental Final === * 20 June 1976 * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Leningrad Speedway Stadium]], [[Leningrad]] {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|6|FRG|[[Egon Müller]]| |3|3|3||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|4|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |3|3|2||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |1|3|3||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|7|USSR|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |1|3|3||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|USSR|[[Grigory Khlinovsky]]| |2|2|2|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|14|USSR|[[Georgy Ivanov (speedway rider)|Georgy Ivanov]]| |3|1|2|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|CSK|[[Jan Hadek]]| |3|1|2|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |0|1|3|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|USSR|[[Nikolay Kornev]]| |2|2|0|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|5|USSR|[[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]]| |2|1|1|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|USSR|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| |1|2|1|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|ITA|[[Giuseppe Marzotto]]| |0|2|1|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|FRG|[[Hans Wassermann]]| |2|0|0||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|FRG|[[Christoph Betzl]]| |0|0|1|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|CSK|[[Jan Klokocka]]| |1|0|0|| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|1|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |0|0|0||| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|USSR|[[Sergey Dyuzhev]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[Josef Minarik]]| }} }}
==World Final== *5 September 1976 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]] *Top 8 to World final & 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|11|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|3|3|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |2|2|3|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|13|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |3|3|2|1|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3||2|3|3| 5i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |1|2|3|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |2|1|1|3|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|10|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |0|3|3|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|FRG|[[Egon Müller]]| |3|1|2|2| 17i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |2|2|1|2|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |2|2|0|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |1|1|1|2|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|1|0|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |0|3|0||1| 16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|POL|[[Jerzy Rembas]]| |1|0|2|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |0|0|1|0| |17i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|USSR|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |0|0|0|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |17h=b |17p=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USSR|[[Grigory Khlinovsky]]| }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
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