{{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 = 1978 }} The '''1978 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 33rd 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>
[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] won his third world crown. The final was sponsored by the [[Sunday Mirror]] and was attended by 86,500. [[Gordon Kennett]] took silver on the day of his 25th birthday and American [[Scott Autrey]] won the bronze medal run-off defeating [[Dave Jessup]] and [[Jerzy Rembas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ole - He's champ |work=Sunday Mirror |date=3 September 1978|access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19780903/328/0044| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Dave Jessup was effectively denied a World title when after leading in heat 3 he suffered a bike malfunction and finished last in the heat. He then scored 11 points from his remaining rides which would have been enough to take the crown if he had won heat 3.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Timelines take a moment |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |pages=47 |location= |publisher= |date=6 August 2022 |access-date=}}</ref>
Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1978.htm |title=1978 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/78.htm#1978 |title=1978 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
==Second round== === Australian qualifying === *Top 16 to Australian final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center|? '77|| ? || [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || Rod Hunter ||John McNeill |- |align=center| 26 Nov '77|| [[Carina Speedway]], [[Bundaberg]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[Phil Herne]] || Paul O'Neil |- |align=center| 10 Dec '77|| [[Sydney Showground Speedway|Showground Speedway]], [[Sydney]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[Phil Herne]] || Paul O'Neil |- |align=center| 6 Jan||[[Claremont Speedway]], [[Perth]] || Lloyd Cross ||Les Leisk || Neil Webb |- |align=center| 13 Jan||[[Rowley Park Speedway|Rowley Park]], [[Adelaide]] ||[[John Boulger]] ||Tony Boyle || [[Rob Maxfield]] |- |align=center| 27 Jan||[[Rowley Park Speedway|Rowley Park]], [[Adelaide]] || [[John Boulger]] || [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || Tony Boyle |- |align=center| 30 Jan||[[Sydney Showground Speedway|Showground Speedway]], [[Sydney]] || [[John Titman]] || [[Phil Herne]] || [[Billy Sanders]] |}
=== New Zealand qualifying === *Top 16 to New Zealand final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 5 Feb|| [[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Christchurch]] || [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] || [[Barry Briggs]] ||James Moore |}
=== British preliminary round === *Rider 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| 16 April||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] || [[Ted Hubbard]] || [[Kelvin Mullarkey]] || [[Vic Harding]] |- |align=center| 16 April||[[Boston Sports Stadium]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] || [[Steve Weatherley]] ||[[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]] || [[Chris Turner (speedway rider)|Chris Turner]] |- |align=center| 20 April||[[Cleveland Park Stadium|Cleveland Park]], [[Middlesbrough]] ||[[Mike Sampson]] ||[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]] || [[Paul Tyrer]] |- |align=center| 23 April||[[Mildenhall Stadium]], [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]] || [[Martin Yeates]] || [[Richard Greer]] || [[Bob Coles]] |- |align=center| 27 April||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Dave Perks]] || [[Geoff Bouchard]] || [[Steve Finch]] |}
=== 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| 22 April||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boleslaw Proch]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Kochman]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rudi Muts]] |- |align=center| 23 April||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[NK Kovinar Maribor#Stadium|Kovinar Stadium]], [[Maribor]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Hádek]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sandro Pastoreli]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Jeftimov]] |}
===Swedish qualification=== *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(5 May, [[Masarna#History|Avestavallen]], [[Avesta (locality)|Avesta]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Michanek]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Gert Carlsson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |Tomas Pettersson ||10 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Roger Björkman ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Olof Karlsson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Axelsson ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Johansson ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Johansson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Therje Henriksson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |Bertil Andersson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ohlsson (res)||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Frisk ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Willy Karlsson ||0 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Holmqvist ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(7 May, [[Målilla#Speedway|Målilla Motorbana]], [[Målilla|Malilla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Karlsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Salmonsson ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Lillebror Johansson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]]||9+3 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars Ericsson]] ||9+2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Olle Nygren]] ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |Sven Nilsson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Thord Löwdin ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Selmosson ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Weine Ström ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Björn Persson (res) ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |Karl-Fredrik Lindgren ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Gagner ||3 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | [[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] (res)||2 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Dovhed ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(7 May, [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Galgberget]], [[Visby]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]]||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||12 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||9+3 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Rolf Sundberg ||9+2 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Kjell Bergström ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hans Danielsson]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Torgil Roth ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Håkan Karlsson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||2 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Eddie Davidsson||1 |} {{col-end}}
== Third round == === 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| 7 May||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Castiglione Olona#Sport|Castiglione Olona Speedway]], [[Varese]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Muller]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigory Khlinovsky]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Rembas]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Breitenthal Speedway Stadium|Breitenthal Stadium]], [[Krumbach, Bavaria|Krumbach]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Ales Dryml, Sr]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolay Kornev]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Częstochowa Municipal Speedway Stadium|Municipal Stadium]], [[Częstochowa]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Cieślak]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Zdeněk Kudrna]] |}
=== British qualifying round === The British qualifying rounds for the '''World Championship''' doubled up as qualifying rounds for the [[Volkswagen]]/[[Daily Mirror]] Grand Prix. Therefore, many non-British riders rode in these meetings scoring points towards the Volkswagen/Daily Mirror Grand Prix qualification - but their scores didn't count towards '''World Championship''' qualification. The top 32 British riders qualified for the 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| 11 May||[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London || [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] || [[Bob Kilby]] || [[Dave Jessup]] |- |align=center| 11 May||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Doug Wyer]] || [[Steve Bastable]] |- |align=center| 12 May||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Dave Jessup]] || [[Terry Betts]] || [[Finn Thomsen]] |- |align=center| 13 May||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] || [[Chris Morton]] || [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] |- |align=center| 13 May||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] ||[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] ||[[John Titman]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] |- |align=center| 13 May||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Alan Molyneux]] ||[[Keith White (speedway rider)|Keith White]] ||[[Billy Sanders]] |- |align=center| 15 May||[[Reading Stadium|Smallmead Stadium]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] ||[[Gordon Kennett]] || [[Billy Sanders]] || [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] |- |align=center| 15 May||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] ||[[Phil Crump]] || [[Václav Verner]] || [[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] |- |align=center| 15 May||[[Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium]], [[Birmingham]] ||[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] ||[[John Titman]] || [[Mike Lanham]] |- |align=center| 16 May||[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] || [[Scott Autrey]] ||[[John Titman]] || [[Les Collins]] |- |align=center| 17 May||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[Tony Davey]] || [[Václav Verner]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]] |- |align=center| 17 May||[[White City Stadium]], London ||[[Kai Niemi]] || [[Gordon Kennett]] ||[[Ila Teromaa]] |- |align=center| 17 May||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|The Boulevard]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] || [[Graham Drury]] |- |align=center| 18 May||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] || [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] || [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||[[Dave Perks]] |- |align=center| 18 May||[[Foxhall Stadium]], [[Ipswich]] || [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] || [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] || [[Tony Davey]] |- |align=center| 19 May|| [[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] ||[[Gordon Kennett]] ||[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] |- |align=center| 19 May||[[Knowle Stadium]], [[Bristol]] || [[Joe Owen]] || [[Tormod Langli]] ||[[Reg Wilson]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] ||[[Alan Grahame]] ||[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] ||[[Bruce Cribb]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] ||[[Eric Broadbelt]] || [[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]] || [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]] |}
=== Finland Final === *First 2 to Nordic Final 1978 *{{flagicon|FIN}} 14 August 1977, [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Kai Niemi]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Ilkka Teromaa]] ||13 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| Rauli Mäkinen ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Seppo Palomäki ||12 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Markku Helminen ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Pekka Paljakka || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Pekka Hautamäki ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Timo Kiansten || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Olli Turkia || 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Veijo Tuoriniemi||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Veli Pekka Kunelius ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]]|| 3 |-align=center |13||align=left| Keijo Mylläri || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Esa Mattila || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Raimo Posti || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Jorma Karjalainen || 0 |}
=== Norwegian Final === *{{flagicon|NOR}} 3 riders to Nordic Final
=== Swedish Final === *30 May 1978 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla Motorstadion]], [[Kumla]] *First 7 to Nordic Final + 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Bernt Persson]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Lars Ericsson]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Sören Karlsson]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Christer Sjösten]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |8 ||align=left| [[Bo Wirebrand]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] || 6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Stefan Salomonsson]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Conny Samuelsson]] || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Borje Klingberg]] || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Gert Carlsson]] || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Tommy Pettersson]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] || 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Lars-Åke Andersson]] || 1 |}
===Danish Final=== * 15 May 1978 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fjelsted Speedway Stadium]], [[Harndrup]] * First 2 to Nordic Final (Ole Olsen and Finn Thomsen seeded through) {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Bent Rasmussen]] ||13+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Kristian Præstbro]] ||13+2 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] ||12+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|[[Mike Lohmann]] ||12+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Alf Busk]] ||12+1 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Bo Petersen]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Finn Rune Jensen]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Knud Ellegaard]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Klaus Lohmann]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Kurt Bøgh]] ||4 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Steen Mastrup]] ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Arne Kruse]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Erling Rasmussen]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Svendsen (speedway rider)|Gunnar Svendsen]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]] ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Jens Kjaer]] ||2 |}
=== Australian Final === * 4 February 1978 * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] * To 8 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[John Titman]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Lloyd Cross (speedway rider)|Lloyd Cross]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]] ||12 |-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]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Phil Herne]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Billy Sanders]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Robert Maxfield]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Glenn McDonald ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Phil Crump]] ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Wayne Forrest ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Tony Boyle ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Ricky Day ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Phil Bass ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Stuart Mountford ||0 |}
=== New Zealand Final === * 11 February 1978 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Te Marua Speedway]], [[Wellington]] * To 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]] ||3,3,3,3,3||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Barry Briggs]] ||2,3,3,2,2||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Mike Fullerton]] ||1,3,2,3,3||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Mitch Shirra]] ||3,2,E,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||2,3,3,1,2||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Colin Tucker]] ||3,2,2,2,2||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Colin Farquharson]] ||1,1,3,2,3||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[James Moore (speedway riders)|James Moore]] ||3,1,0,0,2||6 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Allan Brown (speedway rider)|Allan Brown]] ||0,0,2,3,1||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Greg Joynt]] ||1,2,2,0,0 ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Paul Fewinks]] ||2,2,0,1,F ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Max Brown (speedway rider)|Max Brown]] ||F,0,1,2,1 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Gavin Miller (speedway rider)|Gavin Miller]] ||2,1,1,0,0 ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Cliff Anderson (speedway rider)|Cliff Anderson]] ||0,0,1,1,1 ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Patrick Pawson]] ||1,E,1,1,0 ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Kris Berrigan]] ||0,1,0,0,1||2 |}
== Fourth round == === British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *12 July *{{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| [[Tony Davey]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Steve Bastable]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Terry Betts]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Bob Kilby]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Trevor Geer]]||6 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Neil Middleditch]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Mike Lanham]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]]||4 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Eric Broadbelt]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Geoff Bouchard]]||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *13 July *{{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| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Reg Wilson]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Dave Morton]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Doug Wyer]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||7 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Dave Perks]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Keith White (speedway rider)|Keith White]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Alan Molyneux]]||4 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Richard Greer]]||3 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]||1 |} |}
=== American selection === *No qualifying, the AMA selected two riders to represent the US in the Intercontinental final.
===Australasian Final=== * 12 February 1978 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Western Springs Stadium]], [[Auckland]] * First 4 to Intercontinental Final, Ivan Mauger seeded through
{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] ||2,2,3,3,3||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]] ||3,3,2.5,2,1||11.5 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Titman]] ||2,3,T,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] ||3,1,1,3,3||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mike Fullerton]] ||1,3,3,1,2||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Herne]] ||1,2,2,3,2||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Boulger]] ||3,3,2,T,1||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Billy Sanders]] ||3,T,3,F,3||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Farquharson]] ||0,2,2,2,2||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||1,1,2.5,1,1 ||6.5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Maxfield]] ||1,1,1,2,1 ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||2,E,E,2,2 ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[James Moore (speedway rider)|James Moore]] ||2,1,1,1,0 ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Tucker]] ||0,2,1,0,0 ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Allan Brown (speedway rider)|Allan Brown]] ||0,0,0,0,0 ||0 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lloyd Cross (speedway rider)|Lloyd Cross]] ||F,-,-,-,-||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Greg Joynt]] ||0,0,1,T||1 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Cliff Anderson (speedway rider)|Cliff Anderson]] ||0,0,0||0 |}
=== Nordic Final === * 8 June 1978 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]] * First 9 to Intercontnental Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|7|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |2|2|3|3|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |3|2|2|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |2|3|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|8|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|DEN|[[Kristian Præstbro]]| |1|3|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |2|1|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|3|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|0|1|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|NOR|[[Tom Godal]]| |1|1|3|0|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|11|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]]| |3|1|0|0|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|DEN|[[Bent Rasmussen]]| |0|0|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|SWE|[[Christer Sjösten]]| |0|2|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|SWE|[[Lars Ericsson]]| |0|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|5|NOR|[[Audun Ove Olsen]]| |0|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|NOR|[[Stein Roar Pedersen]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} }}
=== Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *28 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rottalstadion]], [[Pocking]] *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}} [[Hans Wassermann]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Cieslak]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boleslaw Proch]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Emil Sova]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdenek Kudrna]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Pyszny]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolaj Kornev]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Kochman]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimir Paznikov ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Vobornik ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rudy Muts]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frits Koppe]] ||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *28 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|FRG}} [[Alois Wiesböck]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Müller]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Fabiszewski]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Verner]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Biginato]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Istvan Sziraczk]]i || 9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Rembas]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] || 9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boguslav Nowak]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||8 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigory Khlinovsky]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Laszlo Meszaros ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Hadek]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiri Jirout]] ||1 |} |}
== Fifth round == === British Final === *16 August 1978 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * First 4 to World Final
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|3|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |0|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|9|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |2|2|2|3|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|ENG|[[Steve Bastable]]| |3|1|2|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| ||2|3|2|3| |x|1 |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|ENG|[[Tony Davey]]| |3|0|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |2|2|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |3|0|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |1|3|||2| |x| |9i=E |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|8|ENG|[[Reg Wilson]]| |0|0|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |1|2||1|| |x| |10i=X |18i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|ENG|[[Alan Grahame]]| |1|1|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|4|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |2|1|0||0| |x| |16i=T}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |1|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|ENG|[[Dave Morton]]| |0|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|ENG|[[Mick Bell]]| |16h=w |16p=1 }} }}
===Continental Final=== * 2 July 1978 *{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] *First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|5|FRG|[[Hans Wassermann]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|9|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|11|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |1|3|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|CSK|[[Petr Ondrašík]]| |3|2|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|CSK|[[Jan Verner]]| |3|1|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|POL|[[Jerzy Rembas]]| |2|0|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|CSK|[[Zdeněk Kudrna]]| |1|3|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|2|POL|[[Boleslaw Proch]]| |2|2|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|14|FRG|[[Alois Wiesböck]]| |2|3||1|0| |x| |11i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|ITA|[[Francesco Biginato]]| |1|1|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|HUN|[[Janosz Sziracky]]| |0|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|USSR|[[Nikolay Kornev]]| |1|0|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|CSK|[[Emil Sova]]| |0|0|0|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|POL|[[Ryszard Fabiszewski]]| |0|2|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|12|FRG|[[Egon Muller]]| |2|0|||| |x| |10i=E |13i=E |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|POL|[[Piotr Pyszny]]| ||1|1|0|0| |x| |4i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Bogusław Nowak]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|FRG|[[Georg Hack]]| }} }}
===Intercontinental Final=== * 2 July 1978 * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fredericia Speedway Center|Speedway Center]], [[Fredericia]] * First 7 to World Final + 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|3|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|2|2|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|1|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |3||3|2|3| |x|3 |5i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |3|3|1|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |2|2|3|2|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |2|1|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |2|3|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|3|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |1|2|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|USA|[[Steve Gresham]]| ||1|3|3|| |x| |3i=X |19i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |0|2|2||1| |x| |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|AUS|[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]]| |1|1|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|AUS|[[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]]| |1|1|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|DEN|[[Kristian Præstbro]]| |0|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |1||||| |x| |7i=F |12i=- |13i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|[[Bert Rasmussen]]| |5h=b |5p=0 |13h=r |13p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|DEN|[[Tom Jenssen]]| |12h=y |12p=0 |18h=w |18p=0 }} }}
==World Final== *2 September 1978 *{{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>
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|15|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|2|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|13|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |2|3|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|2|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| |3|2|1|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| ||3|3|3|2| |x|2 |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|POL|[[Jerzy Rembas]]| |3|1|3|1|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|1|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|1|3|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| ||3|2|0|3| |x| |4i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |1|2||3|1| |x| |9i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |1|3|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |0|1|3||2| |x| |16i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|CSK|[[Jan Verner]]| |2|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|POL|[[Marek Cieślak]]| |2|0|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |1|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|CSK|[[Petr Ondrašík]]| ||0|0|0|0| |x| |2i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Steve Bastable]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|CSK|[[Zdeněk Kudrna]]| }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
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