{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1982 }} The '''1982 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 37th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
The 1982 World Final was held in [[Los Angeles]] in the United States. This was the only time the Individual World Final was held outside of England or Europe before the advent of the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] series in [[1995 Speedway Grand Prix|1995]].
The {{convert|400|m|yd|abbr=off}} [[Motorcycle speedway#Track|speedway track]] for the final was laid out over the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]'s existing [[All-weather running track|athletics track]]. The event was held in front of a crowd of approximately 40,000 people, the largest ever motorcycle speedway attendance in the United States.
== Controversy == Heat 14 of the championship proved to be the most controversial race of the night, and one of the most controversial heats in the whole of speedway history. After a slow start which saw defending champion [[Bruce Penhall]], and England's [[Kenny Carter]] in 3rd and 4th places behind [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship|1976 World Champion]] [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] and Australian [[Phil Crump]], both riders fought their way past Crump and into 2nd and 3rd behind Collins. Carter moved under Penhall into 2nd place at the end of the 2nd lap, and both riders proceeded to bump each other down the front straight with Carter emerging in front. Carter then went wide through turn 1 which allowed Penhall to come back underneath him. Carter then fell coming onto the back straight and went through the fence causing the race to be stopped. Norwegian referee Torrie Kittlesen then excluded Carter from the race for causing the stoppage. Carter protested claiming that Penhall had hit him in the corner causing him to come off his bike and walked back to the start line in an effort to stop the re-run going ahead without him. Officials and his manager [[Ivan Mauger]] were then forced to remove Carter from the track.
Although not shown in the television broadcast of the event, amateur video footage shot from the stands in turns 1 & 2 vindicated Kittlesen's decision. The footage showed that Penhall and Carter did not touch in the turn and that the Englishman had gone down on his own, though years later the debate still rages on about who was at fault.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1xAX8iC2kE 1982 World Final Heat 14]</ref> In a television interview with American broadcaster [[Ken Squier]] soon after the heat, Kittlesen told that he excluded Carter as he believed the Englishman had fallen without help from Penhall. He also said that the rough riding such as seen from Penhall and Carter on the front straight was to be expected in a World Final. Phil Crump, who had the best view of the incident as he was directly behind the pair, allegedly agreed with the decision to exclude Carter.
Penhall went on to win the re-run from Collins and Crump. In a twist, the result in the re-run ultimately cost Collins' younger brother [[Les Collins|Les]] the World Championship in what was his first and only World Final appearance. Had Penhall finished second in Heat 14 behind Peter Collins, and with later results, he and Les Collins could have finished with 13 points each which would have seen the pair in a runoff for the championship. Les Collins had inflicted Penhall's only loss of the meeting when he out-rode the American in Heat 4 in what many believe was a major upset. Additionally, if Penhall had been excluded from Heat 14 and not Carter, Les Collins would have a small chance of winning the title as he had finished with a 2-point lead over third placed American [[Dennis Sigalos]], however Carter would have had a good chance of winning a re-run Heat 14 which would give him a two-point advantage over Les Collins before they met, so Carter would have been favourite. Had Penhall only finished on 11 points he would have had a runoff with fellow American [[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] for third place.
In another controversial decision, two races later Kittlesen excluded Czechoslovakia's [[Václav Verner]] after a clash with West Germany's [[Georg Hack]], the incident being similar to the Penhall / Carter incident. However, on this occasion it was the rider who stayed on his bike, Verner, who was excluded (though video evidence available to Kittlesen at the time clearly showed Verner's back wheel taking out Hack's front wheel).
The controversy did not end there because Penhall then quit speedway immediately to pursue an acting career (specifically for a role in [[CHiPs]]). The decision angered many in speedway circles with calls for the American to be stripped of his title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19820904/035/0035 |title=Penhall must keep world crown |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=4 September 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2025 }}</ref>
== First round == === British qualification === *Top 16 Riders 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 |- !colspan=6| Preliminary Round |- |align=center| 13 April||[[Wessex Stadium]], [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] ||[[Simon Wigg]] ||[[Ian Clark (speedway rider)|Ian Clark]] || [[Dave Perks]] |- |align=center| 25 April||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] || [[Bob Garrad]] ||[[Nigel Flatman]] || [[Steve Naylor]] |- |align=center| 25 April||[[Boston Sports Stadium]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] ||[[Colin Cook (speedway)|Colin Cook]] || [[Mark Courtney]] || [[Rob Hollingworth]] |- |align=center| 27 April||[[Crayford & Bexleyheath Stadium]], [[Crayford]] || [[Steve Wilcock]] ||[[Mike Ferreira]] ||[[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] |- |align=center| 29 April||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Derek Harrison (speedway rider)|Derek Harrison]] || [[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]] || [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]] |- !colspan=6| Quarter-Final |- |align=center| 7 May||[[East of England Arena]], [[Peterborough]] ||[[Simon Wigg]] || [[Mark Courtney]] || [[Mike Ferreira]] |}
=== Swedish qualification === *Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| 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;" | Lillebror Johansson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Lennart Bengtsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Michanek]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ring ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Pierre Brannefors]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Ericsson ||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||8 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Johansson ||8 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |Åke Axelsson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Sören Brolin ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Hydling ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Danielsson ||2 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Gislaved Motorbana]], [[Gislaved]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hans Danielsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Björn Andersson (speedway rider)|Björn Andersson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Uno Johansson]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Eriksson (speedway rider)|Anders Eriksson]] ||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Roger Gustavsson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hammarberg ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Gert Carlsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Lars Rosberg ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars Ericsson]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Kling]] ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Ulf Blomqvist ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Olov Karlsson ||1 |} {{col-end}}
=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=80|Date !width=200|Event !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 28 Nov 81||Queensland Final||[[Pioneer Park Speedway]], [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]] || [[Steve Koppe]] || [[Merv Janke]] ||[[John Titman]] |- |align=center| 2 Jan ||Southern Zone Final|| [[Western International Raceway]], [[Melbourne]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || [[Terry Tulloch]] |- |align=center| 3 Jan ||Northern Zone Final||[[Rockhampton Showgrounds]], [[Rockhampton]] || [[Gary Guglielmi]] ||[[Billy Sanders]] ||[[John Titman]] |}
=== New Zealand qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=80|Date !width=200|Event !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 16 Jan ||South Island Final||[[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Christchurch]] || [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||[[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] || [[Alan Mason (speedway rider)|Alan Mason]] |- |align=center| 24 Jan ||North Island Final||[[Kihikihi Speedway]], [[Kihikihi]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] || [[David Bargh]] || [[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]] |}
==Second round== === Continental preliminary round === {| 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|NED}} [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Amsterdam]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Alfred Siekierka]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Kucera]] |- |align=center| 25 April||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Svítkov Stadium]], [[Pardubice]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Milan Špinka]] |- |align=center| 25 April||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Targovishte#Sport|Speedway Stadium]], [[Targovishte]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Verner]] |- |align=center| 26 April||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Osijek#Sport and recreation|Gradski stadion]], [[Osijek]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Aigner]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikolaj Manev]] |}
=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *14 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hackney Wick Stadium]], 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| [[Les Collins]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Paul Woods (speedway rider)|Paul Woods]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Mike Ferreira]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Sean Willmott]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Colin Cook (speedway rider)|Colin Cook]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Kevin Smith (speedway rider)|Kevin Smith]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Robert Henry (speedway rider)|Robert Henry]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Roger Johns]]||3 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Derek Harrison (speedway rider)|Derek Harrison]]||2 |} |width=50% valign=top| *14 May *{{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| [[Alan Grahame]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Kenny Carter]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Andy Grahame]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Holloway]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Simon Wigg]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Melvyn Taylor]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Mark Courtney]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Steve Bastable]]||6 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Dave Morton]]||2 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Rob Hollingworth]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]||1 |} |}
== 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| 9 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Aigner]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Motodrom Halbemond]], [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Muller]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rhein-Main Arena]], [[Diedenbergen]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Leonard Raba]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hajdú Volán Stadion]], [[Debrecen]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] |}
===American Final=== *12 June 1982 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] *First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Dennis Sigalos]] ||3,3,3,3,3|| 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Shawn Moran]] ||2,2,3,3,3|| 13+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] ||3,2,2,3,3|| 13+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |4 ||align=left| [[Scott Autrey]] ||3,3,3,2,2|| 13+1 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]] ||1,3,1,3,2|| 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Mike Faria]] ||2,1,2,2,3|| 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Bobby Schwartz]] ||3,3,1,X,1|| 8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Mike Curosco]] ||0,2,3,1,1|| 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Brad Oxley]] ||2,1,0,1,2|| 6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Alan Christian]] ||2,F,2,1,0|| 5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Gene Woods]] ||1,0,2,E,1|| 4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Mike Bast]] ||X,2,1,0,0|| 3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Steve Lucero]] ||1,0,0,2,0|| 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Dave Sims (speedway rider)|Dave Sims]] ||0,E,1,0,1|| 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Gresham]] ||1,1,0,-,-|| 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Paul Orlandi]] ||0,1,F,-,-|| 1 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| [[Keith Christo]] ||2,2|| 4 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left| [[John Sandona]] ||0,1,0|| 1 |}
===British Final=== *2 June 1982 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 8 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|9|ENG|[[Alan Grahame]]| |3|2|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |2|3|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|16|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |3|1|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|3|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |0|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| ||2|0|3|3| |x| |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|1|1|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|1|ENG|[[Paul Woods (speedway rider)|Paul Woods]]| |2|1|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|ZIM|[[Mike Ferreira]]| |1|0|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |0|0|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|ENG|[[Simon Wigg]]| |1|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|ENG|[[Malcolm Holloway]]| |1|1|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|ENG|[[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]]| |1|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |0|0|0||| |x| |14i=E |17i=E }} }}
===Australian Final=== * 13 March 1982 * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground|Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] * Top 2 to Overseas final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Billy Sanders]] ||3,3,3,3,3 ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Phil Crump]] ||3,3,3,3,2 ||14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Gary Guglielmi]] ||1,3,3,3,1 ||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Steve Regeling]] ||2,2,1,3,3 ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[John Titman]] ||3,2,2,2,2 ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Ron Schleib]] ||1,3,2,1,3 ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Phil Herne]] ||2,2,3,2,1 ||10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Neil Coddington]] ||3,1,2,0,2 ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Glyn Taylor]] ||2,1,1,2,X ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Peter Byrne (speedway rider)|Peter Byrne]] ||1,0,0,0,3 ||4 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Les Sawyers]] ||2,X,0,2,0 ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Mark Johns]] ||0,1,0,1,2 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Graeme Robertson (speedway rider)|Graeme Robertson]] ||0,2,0,1,1 ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[David Foot (speedway rider)|David Foot]] ||1,1,1,0,1 ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] ||0,0,2,0,0 ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Peter Carswell]] ||0,0,1,1,0 ||2 |}
===New Zealand Final=== * 27 February 1982 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Christchurch]] *Top 2 to Overseas final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Ivan Mauger]] ||14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Mitch Shirra]] ||13 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[David Bargh]] ||12 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Alan Mason (speedway rider)|Alan Mason]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Max Brown (speedway rider)|Max Brown]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Greame Stapleton]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Kevin Browne]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Trevor Chapman]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Graham Taylor (speedway rider)|Graham Taylor]] ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Greg Joynt]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Gavin Rhodes]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Lance Begbie]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Hann]] ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Vayne Brown]] ||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|[[Philip McClintock]] ||2 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left| [[Craig Blacket]] ||0 |}
===Danish Final=== *11 May 1982 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fredericia Speedway Stadium]], [[Fredericia]] *First 6 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Erik Gundersen]] || 13+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Bo Petersen]] || 13+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 13+1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Preben Eriksen]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Tommy Knudsen]] || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Finn Thomsen]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Bent Rasmussen]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Jens Rasmussen (speedway rider)|Jens Rasmussen]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Alf Busk]] || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Finn Rune Jensen]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Helge R. Hansen]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Jens Henry Nielsen]] || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[John Eskildsen]] || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Hans Albert Klinge]] || 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Rene Christiansen]] || 0 |}
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=== Norway Final === *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] *9 May 1982, top 2 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Dag Haaland ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Roy Otto ||13 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[Trond Helge Skretting]] ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Sigvart Pedersen ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|Asgeir Berga ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Geir Aasland ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Kjell Gimre]] ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Lars Otto Holt ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Terje Tollefsen ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Roar Rockvaldsen ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Jörn Haugvaldstad || |} |width=50% valign=top|
=== Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] *10 September 1981, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1982 Nordic final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Kai Niemi]] || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Pekka Hautamaki]] || 14 |- |3 ||align=left| [[Veijo Tuoriniemi]] || 12 |- |4 ||align=left|Olli Turkia || 11 |- |5 ||align=left|Seppo Palomaki || 10 |- |6 ||align=left|Ossi Henriksson || 10 |- |7 ||align=left|Hannu Lehtonen || 9 |- |8 ||align=left| Isto Maja || 7 |- |9 ||align=left|Hannu Larronmaa (res) || 7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || 5 |- |11 ||align=left| Seppo Keskinen || 5 |- |12 ||align=left| Ismo Kivela || 4 |- |13 ||align=left| Heikki Makinen || 4 |- |14 ||align=left|Markku Parkkari || 1 |- |15 ||align=left| Esa Jamsalainen || 1 |- |16 ||align=left| Risto Jokinen (res) || 1 |- |17 ||align=left|Esa Mattila || 0 |- |18 ||align=left| Pentti Kallio || 0 |- |19 ||align=left|Kari Yrjanainen (res) || 0 |} |}
=== Swedish finals === *{{flagicon|SWE}} Top 4 over three meetings + Jan Andersson (seeded) to Nordic final *R1 (25 May, [[Målilla#Sport and leisure|Gamla Målilla Motorstadion]], [[Målilla]]) *R2 (26 May, [[Gubbängens IP]], [[Stockholm]]) *R3 (27 May, [[Grevby Motorstadion]], [[Mariestad]]) {| 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|[[Richard Hellsén]] ||13||13||11|| 37 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||10||13||13|| 36 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Björn Andersson (speedway rider)|Björn Andersson]] ||9||12||11|| 32 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Lillebror Johansson ||10||8||12|| 31+3 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|Lennart Bengsson ||13||8||10|| 31+2 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Uno Johansson ||11||7||12|| 30 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Anders Michanek]] ||7||8||12|| 27 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Jan Ericsson||9||9||8|| 26 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Hans Danielsson]] ||6||6||7|| 19 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Conny Samuelsson]] ||7||5||4|| 16 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Åke Fridell ||4||10||1|| 15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Roger Gustavsson ||6||1||7|| 14 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Anders Eriksson (speedway rider)|Anders Eriksson]] ||9||2||2|| 13 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Börje Ring ||2||5||5|| 12 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||0||5||4|| 9 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Pierre Brannefors]] ||8||0||0|| 8 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Gert Carlsson ||0||4||-|| 4 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| Sören Brolin ||0||0||-|| 0 |-align=center |19 ||align=left| [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||0||-||-|| 0 |}
== Fourth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *13 July *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] *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}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||12+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Kepa]] ||12+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Leonard Raba]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jindrich Dominik]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christian Brandt]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Zabialowicz]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatolij Maxsimov]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Alois Wiesböck]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Alfred Siekierka]] ||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Müller]] ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *13 July *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Biginato]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Famari]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Aigner]] ||8+3 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Emil Sova]] ||8+2 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] ||8+1 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Istvan Sziracky]] ||4 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[George Gilgenreiner]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Ferenc Farkas ||2 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Piotr Belajev]] (res)||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] ||1 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||1 |- |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christoph Betzl]] (res)||1 |} |}
===Overseas Final=== *4 July 1982 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London *First 10 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|16|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |1|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|USA|[[Bruce Penhall]]| |3|3|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |2|1|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|8|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |1|1|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |2|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |0|3|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |0|2|3|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |3|2|1|0|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|1|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|0|0|2|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |2|0|1|3|1| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|9|ENG|[[Alan Grahame]]| |1|3|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|11|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |0|2|2|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|1|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |1|0|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USA|[[Scott Autrey]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|AUS|[[Gary Guglielmi]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R4|R4|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| }} }}
===Nordic Final=== *4 July 1982 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fjelsted Speedway Stadium]], [[Harndrup]] *First 6 to Intercontinental final + 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] || 12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bo Petersen]] || 11+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Niemi]] || 11+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] || 11+1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] || 10+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]] || 10+2 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Hellsen]] || 10+1 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Preben Eriksen]] || 10+0 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Lillebror Johansson || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bjorn Andersson (speedway rider)|Bjorn Andersson]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Pekka Hautamaki]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dag Haaland]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Roy Otto]] || 1 |}
==Fifth round== === Continental Final === *25 July 1982 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]], [[Leszno]] *First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|10|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |2|3|3|1|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| |3|1|3|2|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|FRG|[[Georg Hack]]| |1|2|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |2|0|2|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|CSK|[[Emil Sova]]| |1|2|1|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|15|NED|[[Henny Kroeze]]| |3|0|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|9|CSK|[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]]| |1|2|3|2|| |x| |18i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |2|3|0|2|| |x| |18i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |0|1|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|CSK|[[Jiří Dominik]]| |2|3|1|1|| |x| |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|12|POL|[[Marek Kepa]]| |3|0|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|POL|[[Leonard Raba]]| |1|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|ITA|[[Francesco Biginato]]| |0|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|USSR|[[Rif Saitgareev]]| |0|0|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|6|ITA|[[Gianni Famari]]| |0|1|0||0| |x| |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|FRG|[[Christian Brandt]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|[[Roman Jankowski]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|POL|[[Wojciech Żabiałowicz]]| }} }}
===Intercontinental Final=== *23 July 1982 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] *First 11 to World final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |3|2|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2|3|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|8|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |2|3|3|2|0| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|1|2|2|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |3|3|0|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|USA|[[Bruce Penhall]]| |3|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|0|3|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|9|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |0|2|0|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|12|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|1|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|1|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|11|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|1|0|0|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |0|0|1|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|DEN|[[Bo Petersen]]| |0|2|2|0|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |1|0|0|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |0|2|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |1|0|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| }} }}
==World Final== * 28 August 1982 * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles]].<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 Kittlesen * Attendance: 40,000 (approx) {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|13|USA|[[Bruce Penhall]]| |2|3|3|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|15|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |3|3|1|3|3| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|4|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |3|2|2|2|3| pts=12 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |2|1|3|3|2| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|8|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |3|3|3||14i=Fx|1| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |3|2|0|3|0| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |1|0|2|2|3| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|5|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|2|2|1|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|12|CZE|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |0|1|3|1|2| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|7|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |2|2|1|2|0| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|GER|[[Georg Hack]]| |2|0|2|1|1| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |0|3|1|0|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |1|0|0|2|2| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|1|1|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|6|CZE|[[Václav Verner]]| |0|1|0||16i=x|1| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|SUN|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |0|0|0|0|0| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|CZE|[[Emil Sova]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]] | pts=0 }} }}
==Television== During the meeting, scenes for an episode of the American television drama series ''[[CHiPs]]'' were filmed in the pits. One of the stars of ''CHiPs'' was World Champion Bruce Penhall who portrayed cadet–probationary [[Police officer|officer]] Bruce Nelson. The episode centered on Nelson winning the World Final, with Penhall acting as Nelson in between races. Actual television coverage of the meeting was also used in the episode, with dubbed over commentary. The episode, which was episode 5 of season 6 ("Speedway Fever") aired in the USA on November 7, 1982, was Penhall's debut in the series.
Penhall later admitted that it felt strange having a bodyguard and having to do make up for shoots in between races, stating that he was nervous enough riding in the World Final in front of his home crowd without the pressure of a television acting debut.
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