{{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 = 1977 }} The '''1977 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 32nd 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>
History was made in the 1977 final when [[Ivan Mauger]] of New Zealand equalled [[Ove Fundin]]'s title record of five World Championship wins. Mauger had gone close to equalling the record before and finally achieved it in Sweden, the home of Fundin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mauger wins World title |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=3 September 1977 |access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19770903/473/0014| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In a decisive 18th heat re-run Mauger won from his nearest challenger [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] (the latter riding on his spare bike saw his title hopes end). In the original start Olsen was leading Mauger when he was forced to lay his bike down to avoid hitting [[John Boulger]] and damaged his jawa bike. Defending champion [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] won his last ride to claim the silver medal despite riding with a broken left leg, but Olsen won the bronze medal run-off against young English rider [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sad Olsen faces cost of failure |work=Telegraph |date=3 September 1977 |access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19770903/065/0005| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Qualifying results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1977.htm |title=1977 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/77.htm#1977 |title=1977 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
== First round == === British Preliminary 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| 21 April||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Paul Tyrer]] || [[Geoff Bouchard]] || [[Martin Yeates]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Loomer Road Stadium|Loomer Road]], [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]] || [[Robbie Gardner (speedway rider)|Robbie Gardner]] || [[John Jackson (speedway rider)|John Jackson]] || [[Carl Glover]] |- |align=center| 1 May||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] || [[Karl Fiala]] || [[Les Collins]] || [[Mike Lanham]] |- |align=center| 5 May||[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] || [[Steve Weatherley]] || [[Barney Kennett]] || [[Steve Lomas (speedway rider)|Steve Lomas]] |}
=== New Zealand qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| North Island Final |- |align=center| 12 January||[[Western Springs Stadium]], [[Auckland]] || [[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]] || [[Mike Fullerton]] || [[Jack Millen (speedway rider)|Jack Millen]] |- !colspan=6| South Island Final |- |align=center| 3 January||[[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]] || [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] || [[Paul Fewings (speedway rider)|Paul Fewings]] |}
== Second round == === New Zealand semi-final === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 20 January||[[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] || [[Barry Briggs]] |}
=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| New South Wales Round |- |align=center| 27 November ||[[Sydney Showground Speedway|Sydney Showground]], [[Sydney]] ||[[Ricky Day]] || [[Billy Sanders]] ||[[Mitch Shirra]] |- !colspan=6| Queensland qualification |- |align=center| 28 November||[[Carina Speedway]], [[Bundaberg]] ||[[John Titman]] ||[[Neil Coddington]] ||[[Owen Hall (speedway rider)|Owen Hall]] |- !colspan=6| Victorian qualification |- |align=center| 8 January||[[Northern Park Raceway]], [[Melbourne]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] ||[[Rob Jones (speedway rider)|Rob Jones]] |- !colspan=6| Southern qualification |- |align=center| 17 January||[[Rowley Park Speedway|Rowley Park]], [[Adelaide]] || [[John Boulger]] ||[[Tony Boyle (speedway rider)|Tony Boyle]] || [[Bob Maxfield]] |- |align=center| 28 January||[[Rowley Park Speedway|Rowley Park]], [[Adelaide]] || [[Phil Crump]] ||[[John Boulger]] || [[Tony Boyle (speedway rider)|Tony Boyle]] |- !colspan=6| New South Wales qualification |- |align=center| 11 February||[[Jerilderie Park Speedway|Jerilderie Park]], [[Tomago]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Phil Herne]] ||[[Billy Sanders]] |- !colspan=6| West Australian qualification |- |align=center| 21 February||[[Claremont Speedway]], [[Perth]] ||[[Glyn Taylor]] || [[Neil Webb (speedway rider)|Neil Webb]] ||[[Les Leisk]] |- !colspan=6| Northern Zone Final |- |align=center| 23 February||[[Brisbane Exhibition Ground|Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] || [[Neil Coddington]] || [[Steve Koppe]] || [[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] |}
=== Continental Preliminary round === *Riders progress to Continental semi-finals.
[[Josef Angermüller]] was killed during the first preliminary round at the [[San Savino Speedway Park]] after falling and colliding with a concrete post.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=5422 |title = Josef Angermüller| website=Motorsport Memorial |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 24 April||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Civitanova Marche#Sport|San Savino]], [[Civitanova Marche]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Noro]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] |- |align=center| 25 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bopfingen#Sport|Breitwangbahn]], [[Bopfingen]] ||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Georg Hack]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiri Jirout]] ||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Hans Ziegl]] |}
=== British quarter-finals === *Top 32 progress 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| 14 May||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] ||[[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]] || [[Doug Wyer]] || [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] |- |align=center| 16 May||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Gordon Kennett]] || [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] || [[Bob Kilby]] |- |align=center| 18 May||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] || [[Paul Tyrer]] || [[Chris Morton]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London ||[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]] || [[Martin Yeates]] || [[Dave Jessup]] |}
== Third round == === British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *27 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium]], [[Birmingham]] *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| [[Terry Betts]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Alan Wilkinson (speedway rider)|Alan Wilkinson]]||10+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Martin Ashby]]||10+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Neil Middleditch]]||10+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[David Gagen]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Trevor Geer]]||8 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]]||8 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]||7 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Bobby McNeil (speedway rider)|Bobby McNeil]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Graham Drury]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Finch]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Paul Tyrer ]]||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *29 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] *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| [[Dave Jessup]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Doug Wyer]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Bob Kilby]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Keith White (speedway rider)|Keith White]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Martin Yeates]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Ian Turner (speedway rider)|Ian Turner]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Reg Wilson]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Dave Gooderham]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Bernie Leigh]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|[[John Jackson (speedway rider)|John Jackson]]||0 |} |}
===New Zealand Final=== *12 February 1977 *{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Western Springs Stadium]], [[Auckland]] *First 8 to Australasian final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||3,2,3,3,3||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Ivan Mauger]] ||X,3,3,3,3||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Robin Adlington]] ||2,3,2,2,3||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Barry Briggs]] ||1,1,3,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]] ||3,3,1,3,1||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||1,3,2,2,2||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Colin Farquharson]] ||2,2,3,2,1||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Mike Fullerton]] ||3,1,2,1,2||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Colin Tucker]] ||3,0,1,2,2||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Paul Fewings (speedway rider)|Paul Fewings]] ||2,1,0,1,1 ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Max Brown (speedway rider)|Max Brown]] ||1,0,2,0,1 ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Allan Brown (speedway rider)|Allan Brown]] ||0,2,1,1,F ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[James Moore (speedway riders)|James Moore]] ||0,F,X,1,2 ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Chambers]] ||2,F,0,-,- ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Bruce Spargo]] ||0,1,0,0,0 ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[John Bargh (speedway rider)|John Bargh]] ||0,-,0,0,0||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| [[Merv Hodgson]] ||1,1,0 ||2 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|[[Bruce Mitchell (speedway rider)|Bruce Mitchell]] ||2,0 ||2 |}
===Australian Final=== *25 February 1977 * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jerilderie Park Speedway]], [[Tomago]] *First 8 to Australasian final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Phil Crump]] || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Phil Herne]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Billy Sanders]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[John Boulger]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[John Titman]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Ricky Day]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Mitch Shirra]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Stuart Mountford]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Tony Boyle (speedway rider)|Tony Boyle]] || 7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Paul O'Neil (speedway rider)|Paul O'Neil]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Robin Amundson]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[John Williams (speedway rider)|John Williams]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Robert Maxfield]] || 0 |}
=== Finland Final === * 29 August '76 * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kupittaa#Sport|Turku Hippodrome]], [[Turku]] * 4 selected for Nordic Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Ilkka Teromaa]] ||13 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| Veli Pekka Teromaa ||12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Markku Helminen]] ||12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Kai Niemi]] ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Rauli Mäkinen ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Seppo Palomäki || 11 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Esko Mylläri|| 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Esa Mattila || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Pekka Hautamäki || 5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Ismo Kivelä || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Pentti Mattila || 5 |-align=center |13||align=left|Olli Turkia || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Keijo Mylläri || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Veli Pekka Kunelius || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Veikko Haapamäki || 0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Veijo Tuoriniemi (res) ||0 |}
=== Norwegian Final === * 17 April 1977 * {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sandnes Stadion]], [[Sandnes]] * First 5 to Nordic Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Tormod Langli]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Rolf Gramstad]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Stein R.Pedersen]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Jan Gravningen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Edgar Stangeland]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Tom Godal]] || |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Ingve Madland]] || |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Trond Helge Skretting]] || |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Geir Aasland]] || |}
=== Danish Final === * 19 May 1977 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fredericia Speedway Center|Speedway Center]], [[Fredericia]] * First 5 to Nordic Final (Ole Olsen seeded to Nordic final) {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Finn Thomsen]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Erling Rasmussen]] ||12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Bo Petersen]] ||12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Svendsen (speedway rider)|Gunnar Svendsen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Finn Rune Jensen]] ||9+3 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]] ||9+2 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Bent Rasmussen]] ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Frank Mastrup]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Kaj Kristiansen]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Knud Ellegaard]] ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Jens Erik Krause Kjaer]] ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Kurt Bøgh]] ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Frank Hansen (speedway rider)|Frank Hansen]] ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Jorgen Walther Johansen]] ||5 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Otto Larsen (speedway rider)|Otto Larsen]] ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Preben Rosenkilde]] ||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| 1 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hansa Stadium]], [[Bremen]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Cieślak]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Muller]] |- |align=center| 8 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Siegfried Eder]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Sergey Dyuzhev]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Rembas]] |- |align=center| 8 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hajdú Volán Stadion]], [[Debrecen]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Walter Grubmuller (speedway rider)|Walter Grubmuller]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Sergey Uchov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] |}
== Fourth Round == === Swedish qualification === *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(6 May, [[Masarna#History|Avestavallen]], [[Avesta (locality)|Avesta]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Karlsson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Simensen]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Karl-Erik Claesson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Eddie Davidsson ||10 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hedlund ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Roger Björkman ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars Ericsson]] ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Holmqvist ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Dovhed] || |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Johansson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Björn Persson ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Harald Sandberg (res)||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]] ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bernt Johansson ||0 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Karlsson 0 ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(7 May, [[Motala Arena]], [[Motala]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]]||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Bengt Jansson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Olle Nygren]] ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Stephan Johansson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Therje Henriksson ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Selmosson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Fredrik Lindqvist ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Dirk van der Voet ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Jansson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Göran Waltersson ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Olov Dovhjort ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(8 May, [[Ljungheden]], [[Västervik]]) |- !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;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||9+3 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Salmonsson ||9+2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Willy Karlsson ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven Nilsson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Tomas Pettersson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Karl-Fredrik Lindgren ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ohlsson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Kjell Bergström ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Nils Eriksson (res) ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Roy Dantanus ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Hjort ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res)||0 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" |Göran Hedberg ||0 |} {{col-end}}
===American Final=== *29 July 1977 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Costa Mesa Speedway]], [[Los Angeles]] *First 2 to Intercontinental final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Mike Bast]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Bruce Penhall]] || 13+3 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Scott Autrey]] || 13+2 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Steve Bast]] || 11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Rick Woods (speedway rider)|Rick Woods]] || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Alan Christian]] || 9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Mike Curoso]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Dennis Sigalos]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Steve Gresham]] || 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Duane Yarrow || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Larry Shaw || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Rich McMurray || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Dennis Robinson || 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Ron McGill || 1 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Dave Faria || 1 |}
===Nordic Final=== *29 May 1977 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] *First 4 to Intercontinental final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ila Teromaa]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Niemi]] || 12 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bo Petersen]] || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tom Godal]] || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Jensen (speedway rider)|Finn Jensen]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tormod Langli]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Gunnar Svendsen (speedway rider)|Gunnar Svendsen]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Markku Helminen]] || 5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erling Rasmussen]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Trond Helge Skretting]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Esa Mattila]] (Res) || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Rauli Mäkinen]] (Res) || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geir Aasland]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Pentti Mattila]] (Res) || 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ingve Madland]] || 0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || 0 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Stein R Pedersen]] || 0 |}
===Australasian Final=== * 19 February 1977 * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney Showground Speedway]], [[Sydney]] * First 4 to Intercontinental final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|5|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|9|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|1|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|AUS|[[Phil Herne]]| |2|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|4|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1|1|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|AUS|[[Ricky Day]]| |2|3|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|AUS|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |1|0|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|6|AUS|[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]]| |2|3|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |2|2|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|NZL|[[Colin Farquharson]]| |1|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |1|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|NZL|[[Robin Adlington]]| |0|0|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|NZL|[[Mike Fullerton]]| |0|1|0|2|| |x| |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|NZL|[[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]]| |0|0||1|0| |x| |11i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|2|NZL|[[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|AUS|[[Stuart Mountford]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|AUS|[[Paul O'Neil (speedway rider)|Paul O'Neil]]| }} }}
===British Final=== *13 July 1977 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 5 plus [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] (seeded) to Intercontinental final. {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|6|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|8|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |3|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|0|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|ENG|[[Keith White (speedway rider)|Keith White]]| |2|2|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| ||3|2|2|2| |x| |1i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|ENG|[[Bob Kilby]]| |2|3|0|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|11|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |3|1|0|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|1|ENG|[[Terry Betts]]| |2|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|9|ENG|[[Alan Wilkinson (speedway rider)|Alan Wilkinson]]| |2|1|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |1|2|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |1|1|3|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|ENG|[[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]]| ||0|0|2|0| |x| |2i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|ENG|[[David Gagen]]| |0|1|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Neil Middleditch]]| |1|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |||||| |x| |4i=F |5i=- |12i=- |14i=- |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Mick Bell]]| |2h=b |2p=0 |12h=r |12p=2 |19h=w |19p=1}} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Frank Smith (speedway rider)|Frank Smith]]| |5h=r |5i=F |14h=b |14p=0}} }}
=== Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *29 May *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion żużlowy Gorzów|Stadion żużlowy]], [[Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] *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}} [[Jerzy Rembas]] ||13+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boguslaw Nowak]] ||13+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||11+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||11+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Verner]] ||11+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Juchov]] ||11+0 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Rozhanchuck]] ||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigory Khlinovsky]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Jurczynski]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||6 |-5 |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Istvan Sziraczki ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Mieczyslaw Wozniak ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Fabiszewski]] (res) ||5 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Laszlo Meszaros ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Sergej Djuchev ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jindrich Dominik ||1 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Pavel Khlynovski ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *29 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Motodrom Halbemond]], [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]] *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}} [[Marek Cieslak]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Müller]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gregorij Ivanov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Eftimov]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hubert Fischbacher]] ||6 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zdzislaw Dobrucki]] ||5 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolaj Kornev]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Siegfried Eder]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frits Koning]] ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glücklich]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Rachimov]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Tkocz]] ||2 |} |}
== Fifth round == === Swedish Final === *{{flagicon|SWE}} First 4 over three meetings to World final plus 1 reserve *R1 (24 May, [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]]) *R2 (25 May, [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]]) *R3 (26 May, [[Snälltorpet]], [[Eskilstuna]]) {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=20px|R1 ||width=20px|R2 ||width=20px|R3 ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] ||15||15||14|| 44 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||13||11||14|| 38 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Bernt Persson]] ||12||14||6|| 32 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||10||8||12|| 30 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |5 ||align=left|[[Sören Karlsson]] ||8||11||10|| 29 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||6||9||12|| 27 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Richard Hellsén]] ||11||9||7|| 27 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Christer Sjösten]] ||9||6||9|| 24 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Sören Sjösten]] ||6||8||7|| 21 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||7||7||5|| 19 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||7||5||3|| 15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Jan Simensen]] ||3||6||6|| 15 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Åke Fridell (speedway rider)|Åke Fridell]] ||4||6||4|| 14 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Karl-Erik Claesson]] ||4||3||6|| 13 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Börje Klingberg]] ||4||0||3|| 7 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Eddie Davidsson]] ||1||2||2|| 5 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||0||-||-|| 0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||-||0||-|| 0 |}
===Continental Final=== *25 July 1977 *{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoly Stepanov Stadium]], [[Tolyatti]] *First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|CSK|[[Jan Verner]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|4|FRG|[[Egon Muller]]| |3|3|3|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|6|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |3|3|3|2|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |3|2|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |2|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|USSR|[[Vladimir Rozhanchuk]]| |2|2|0|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|USSR|[[Grigory Khlinovsky]]| |0|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|POL|[[Bogusław Nowak]]| |3|1|2|1|| |x| |20i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|POL|[[Jerzy Rembas]]| |0|3|1||2| |x| |13i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|CSK|[[Jan Hadek]]| |2|0|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|8|BUL|[[Angel Jeftimov]]| |2|1|||| |x| |11i=F |14i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|NED|[[Henny Kroeze]]| |1|1|||| |x| |10i=F |16i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |0||1||| |x| |8i=F |15i=E |18i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|USSR|[[Georgy Ivanov (speedway rider)|Georgy Ivanov]]| |1||||| |x| |5i=F |10i=- |15i=- |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|POL|[[Andrzej Jurczyński]]| ||0|||| |x| |1i=F |11i=F |15i=F |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|1|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| |||||| |x| |1i=F |5i=- |9i=- |13i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|USSR|[[Nikolay Kornev]]| |9h=w |9i=E |10h=b |10p=3 |13h=y |13p=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USSR|[[Nikolay Dubrovin]]| |5h=b |5p=1 }} }}
===Intercontinental Final=== *21 August 1977 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London *First 7 to World Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |2|3|2|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |1|3|2|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |2|0|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |2|2|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| ||0|3|3|2| |x| |1i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|9|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|2|0||2| |x|3 |16i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |3|1|1|2|| |x|F |20i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |1|1|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |2|1|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |1|0|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|ENG|[[Keith White (speedway rider)|Keith White]]| |0|3|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|13|USA|[[Bruce Penhall]]| |0|0|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|10|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |0|2||0|0| |x| |12i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|2|USA|[[Mike Bast]]| ||1|0|0|0| |x| |1i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Trevor Geer]]| ||1h=b |1p=1 }} }}
==World Final== *2 September 1977 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]<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|P1|7|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|2|3|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|2|2|3| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|3|3|1| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |2|3|3|2|2| pts=12+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |2|3|1|1|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |1|1|2|3|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|FRG|[[Egon Müller]]| |3|2|0||3| pts=8 |13i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|5|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |2||3|3|| pts=8 |5i=E |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|1|2|0|| pts=7 |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |0|2||2|2| pts=6 |12i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |1|1|2|1|1| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |1|2||2|| pts=5 |10i=E |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|1|1|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|CZE|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |0|0|1|0|2| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|CZE|[[Jan Verner]]| |0|0|0|1|| pts=1 |17i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |0|0|1||| pts=0 |15i=E |17i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|[[Bogusław Nowak]] | pts=0 }} }}
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