{{Short description|World motorcycle speedway competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use British English|date=November 2023}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1983 }}
The '''1983 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 38th 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=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> It was the first time the World Final had been held in [[West Germany]].<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>
==Final summary== A near-capacity crowd of around 50,000 at the {{convert|400|m|yd|abbr=off}} long [[Motodrom Halbemond]] circuit, saw local favourite [[Egon Müller]] became the first German rider to win the World Championship. [[1983 Australian Individual Speedway Championship|Australian]] champion [[Billy Sanders]], scored his best ever World Championship placing by finishing second, with England's 1980 World Champion [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] finishing third.<ref>{{cite news |title=Egon tops the bill with his champion act |work=Daily Mirror |date=5 September 1983 |access-date=4 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19830905/151/0029 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
With both Sanders and former champion Lee in good form, and with the winner of the previous two world finals [[Bruce Penhall]] having retired from speedway while on the podium at the [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship|1982]] world final, the 1983 final was expected to be one of the most open in years. Others including [[Kenny Carter]], [[Dennis Sigalos]], and Danes [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]], [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] and [[Erik Gundersen]], were all expected to challenge. Like surprise winner [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] who won at home in Poland in [[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship|1973]], Egon Müller was expected to do well in front of his home crowd, but wasn't among the pre-meeting favourites.
In his last world final appearance Ole Olsen, the [[1971 Individual Speedway World Championship|1971]], [[1975 Individual Speedway World Championship|1975]] and [[1978 Individual Speedway World Championship|1978]] World Champion, finished 6th with 10 points. Olsen won his last ride, defeating Gundersen, Czechoslovakia's [[Jiří Štancl]], and American [[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]] in heat 18.
== First round == === New Zealand qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=80|Date !width=150|Event !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| ??||South Island final||[[Oreti Park Speedway]], [[Invercargill]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||[[Alan Mason (speedway rider)|Alan Mason]] |- |align=center| ??||North Island final|||[[Meeanee Speedway]], [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] || [[David Bargh]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] || [[Craig Pendlebury]] |}
=== British qualification === {| 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| 12 April||[[Wessex Stadium]], [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] || [[Kevin Smith (speedway rider)|Kevin Smith]] || [[Mike Ferreira]] || [[Melvyn Taylor]] |- |align=center| 15 April||[[Powderhall Stadium]], [[Edinburgh]] ||[[Alan Emerson]] || [[Martin Dixon (speedway rider)|Martin Dixon]] || [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] |- |align=center| 19 April||[[Milton Keynes Greyhound Stadium|Milton Keynes Stadium]], [[Milton Keynes]] ||[[Charlie McKinna]] || [[Neil Middleditch]] || [[Peter Carr (speedway rider)|Peter Carr]] |- |align=center| 21 April||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Simon Wigg]] ||[[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] || [[Sean Willmott]] |- |align=center| 27 April||[[Long Eaton Stadium]], [[Long Eaton]] || [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]] ||[[David Gagen]] || [[Joe Owen]] |- !colspan=6| Quarter-Final |- |align=center| 30 April||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Simon Wigg]] || [[Sean Willmott]] || [[Melvyn Taylor]] |}
===Swedish qualification=== *Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(7 May, [[Nässjö Motorstadion]]<br> [[Nässjö]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hans Danielsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Lennart Bengtsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Björn Andersson (speedway rider)|Björn Andersson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Kent Bäär ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||9+3 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Dick Jegård ||9+2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||9+1 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hammarberg ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Gustafsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Kent Björk ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Eriksson (speedway rider)|Anders Eriksson]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Jon Hovind ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Håkan Andersson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Peder Messing ||2 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Motala Arena]]<br> [[Motala]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Lillebror Johansson ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Ulf Blomqvist ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Hallén ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Erik Stenlund]] ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Ericsson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Magnus Jonsson ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ring ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Per Blom ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |Alf Trofast ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Sören Brolin ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Eddie Davidsson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Sören Karlsson ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Målilla#Sport and leisure|Gamla Målilla Motorstadion]]<br> [[Målilla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Uno Johansson ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Pierre Brannefors]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Blixt]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Anders Kling]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Gert Carlsson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |Göran Waltersson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Mikael Messing ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Mats Olsson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Rosberg ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Carlsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars Ericsson]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Henry Boo ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |Steinar Rydén ||4 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Conny Gustafsson ||4 |} {{col-end}}
== 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| 23 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding#Sport|Ruhpoldinger Stadion]], [[Ruhpolding]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marzotto]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] |- |align=center| 24 April||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Szeged#Sport|Napos út]], [[Szeged]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Milan Špinka]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boleslaw Proch]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Rembas]] |- |align=center| 24 April||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Petišovci Stadium]], [[Lendava]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[János Oreskó]] |- |align=center| 24 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Anton Treffer Stadion]], [[Neustadt an der Donau|Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Klychkov]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Piotr Belyaev]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Peter Wurterle]] |}
=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *8 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arlington Stadium, Hailsham|Arlington Stadium]], [[Eastbourne]] *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| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Paul Woods (speedway rider)|Paul Woods]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||10+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||10+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||10+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Sean Willmott]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]]||8+3 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]]||8+2 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Joe Owen]]||8+1 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Jeremy Doncaster]]||7 |- |12 ||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Louis Carr]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Kevin Smith (speedway rider)|Kevin Smith]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Neil Middleditch]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]]||2 |} |width=50% valign=top| *17 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Simon Wigg]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]||11+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||11+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Kenny Carter]]||11+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||9+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Andy Grahame]]||9+2 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Mark Courtney]]||9+f |- |10 ||align=left| [[Steve Bastable]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Melvyn Taylor]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Reg Wilson]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Holloway]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Mike Ferreira]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Nigel Flatman]]||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| 6 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Kepa]] |- |align=center| 8 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bogusław Nowak]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] |- |align=center| 8 May||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Shumen#Sports|Shumen Motopista]], [[Shumen]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] |- |align=center| 8 May||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Egon Muller]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] |}
=== Sweden Finals === *{{flagicon|SWE}} Top 5 over three meetings + Jan Andersson (seeded) to Nordic final *R1 (24 May, [[Kalvholmen Motorstadion]], [[Karlstad]]) *R2 (25 May, [[Gubbängens IP]], [[Stockholm]]) *R3 (27 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|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||13||13||14|| 40 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Pierre Brannefors]] || 10||15||13||38 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Uno Johansson]] || 12 || 11 || 10||33 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Anders Kling]] || 10||12||8||30 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Bernt Persson]] || 5||10||14||29 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Lillebror Johansson || 13||5||9||27 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Karl Erik Claesson]] || 13||9||2||24 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Hans Danielsson]] || 3||9||11||23 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Conny Samuelsson]] || 7||4||8||19 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Gert Carlsson]] || 6||8||4||18 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Goran Waltersson]] || 8||4||3||15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Per Ove Gudmundsson]] ||-||9||6|| 15 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Ulf Blomqvist]] || 8||3||3||14 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Lennart Bengtsson (speedway rider)|Lennart Bengtsson]] || 1||-||9||10 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Hans Hallén || 2||6||0||8 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Bent Baar || 4||2||0||6 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Dick Jaglard || 2||2||0||4 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Mikael Messing || 4||-||-||4 |}
{| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| === Norwegian qualifying === *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane Speedway]], [[Varhaug]] *24 April, top 2 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Tormod Langli]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Dag Haland ||11+3 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|Dagfinn Jorgensen ||11+2 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Roy Otto ||11+1 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|Asgeir Bjerga ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Jörn Haugvaldstad ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Geir Aasland ||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Kurt Ueland ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Sigvart Pedersen ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Kjell Gimre]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Tom Fjeldberg ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Arne Svendsen ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Ingve Madland ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Roy Martinsen ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Lars Otto Holt||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Nils O. Haraldsen ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| === Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Iinat Motor Sports Center]], [[Oulu]] *8 August 1982, top 3 to 1983 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| [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Olli Tyrvainen]] || 13 |- |4 ||align=left| [[Veijo Tuoriniemi]] || 11 |- |5 ||align=left|Hannu Lehtonen || 11 |- |6 ||align=left| Pekka Hautamaki || 8 |- |7 ||align=left|Jari Kortelainen || 8 |- |8 ||align=left| Markku Haapala || 7 |- |9 ||align=left|Heimo Kaikko || 7 |- |10 ||align=left|Seppo Keskinen || 7 |- |11 ||align=left|Timo Kiansten || 7 |- |12 ||align=left| Kari Valtonen || 4 |- |13 ||align=left| Ismo Kivela || 3 |- |14 ||align=left|Ari Heinonen || 3 |- |15 ||align=left|Pasi Valtonen || 1 |- |16 ||align=left|Pekka Turkia || 1 |- |17 ||align=left| Markku Parkkari (res) || 0 |- |18 ||align=left|Isto Maja (res) || 0 |- |19 ||align=left|Seppo Nykanen (res) || 0 |} |}
=== Danish Final === *9 May 1983 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fjelsted Speedway Stadium]], [[Harndrup]] *First 6 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Erik Gundersen]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] || 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Tommy Knudsen]] || 12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Finn Rune Jensen]] || 8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Preben Eriksen]] || 8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Hans Ove Cristinsen]] || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Kent Noer]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Jens Rasmussen (speedway rider)|Jens Rasmussen]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Finn Thomsen]] || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Flemming Pedersen (speedway rider)|Flemming Pedersen]] || 6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Alf Busk]] || 6 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Hans Albert Klinge]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Bent Juul Larsen]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Kjeld Hansen]] || 0 |}
=== British Final === *1 June 1983 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 8 to Overseas final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|4|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|2|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |0|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |2|0|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2|3|0|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |1|1|3|2|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |0|3|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |0|2|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|3|ENG|[[Paul Woods (speedway rider)|Paul Woods]]| |3|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |3|3|||| |x| |9i=F |14i=M |20i=M }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|14|ENG|[[Simon Wigg]]| |3|0|3|0|| |x| |20i=E}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |3|1|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|ENG|[[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]]| |1|1|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |1|2|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|ENG|[[Sean Willmott]]| |1|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|ENG|[[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]| |0|0||1|0| |x| |11i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Kevin Hawkins (speedway rider)|Kevin Hawkins]]| |14h=y |14p=0 |20h=w |20p=1}} }}
===American Final=== *11 June 1983 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] *First 4 to Overseas final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P1}}|1 ||align=left| [[Dennis Sigalos]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P2}}|2 ||align=left|[[Mike Faria]] ||11+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P3}}|3 ||align=left|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]] ||11+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Shawn Moran]] ||10+3 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]] ||10+2 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]] ||10+1 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Dubb Ferrell]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Ron Preston]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Mike Bast]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Bobby Schwartz]] ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Brad Oxley]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Steve Lucero]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Shawn McConnell]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Alan Christian]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Gene Woods]] ||1 |}
=== Australian Final === *21 January 1983 *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide Motorsport Park|Speedway Park]], [[Adelaide]] *First 2 to Overseas final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P1}}|1 ||align=left|[[Billy Sanders]] || (3,3,3,3,3) ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P2}}|2 ||align=left|[[Glyn Taylor]] || (3,2,2,3,3) ||13 |-align=center |{{Speedway color|P3}}|3 ||align=left| [[Phil Crump]] || (3,3,3,X,3) ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|[[Gary Guglielmi]] || (2,1,3,2,3+3) ||11+3 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Rod Hunter (speedway rider)|Rod Hunter]] || (2,2,2,3,2+2) ||11+2 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] || (1,1,3,3,0) ||8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Les Sawyer]] || (1,3,1,2,1) ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] || (3,0,2,0,2) ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Mark Fiora]] || (2,2,0,1,2) ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[John Titman]] || (X,2,1,2,2) ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Steve Regeling]] || (0,3,0,2,1) ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[David Jackson (speedway rider)|David Jackson]] || (1,2,0,1,0) ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Dean Johnson (speedway rider)|Dean Johnson]] || (0,1,1,2,1) ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Rob Ashton]] || (2,0,1,1,0) ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Kevin O'Connell (speedway rider)|Kevin O'Connell]] (Res) || (-,-,2,-,-) ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Wayne Baxter || (0,0,0,0,1) ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Tony Boyle (speedway rider)|Tony Boyle]] (Res) || (1,-,-,-,-) ||1 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|[[Chris Higgs]] || (0,0,0,0,0) ||0 |-align=center |}
=== New Zealand final === * 21 February 1983 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Christchurch]] * First 2 to overseas final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Mitch Shirra]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[David Bargh]] ||13 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Ivan Mauger]] ||13 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Alan Mason (speedway rider)|Alan Mason]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Chris Martin (speedway rider)|Chris Martin]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Robin Hampton]] ||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Barry Free]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Craig Blackett]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Max Brown (speedway rider)|Max Brown]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Peter Nightingale (speedway rider)|Peter Nightingale]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Craig Williamson (speedway rider)|Craig Williamson]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Merv Salt]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Martin Waygang]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Alan Crosbie]] ||0 |}
== Fourth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *12 July *{{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}} [[Egon Müller]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Emil Sova]] ||8+3 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||8+2 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Milan Špinka]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Boguslaw Nowak]] ||7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ottaviano Righetto]] || |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Rembaz]] ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbignew Zabialowicz]] ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *12 July *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] *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}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miroslaw Berlinski]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Karnas]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Kepa]] ||7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikolaj Manev]] ||3 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Eftimov]] ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Stanislav Urban]] ||1 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Orlin Jankiev]] ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christian Brandt]] ||1 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Janos Oresko]] (res) ||1 |} |}
===Overseas Final=== * 17 July 1983 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], [[Manchester]] * First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|11|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |1|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|16|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |3|3|0|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|1|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |2|2|1|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |3|2|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|3|3|1|| |x| |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |0|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |1|2|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |1|1|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |2|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|15|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |2|1|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|14|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |1|1|3|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |2|0|0|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| ||0|1|0|2| |x| |1i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|AUS|[[Glyn Taylor]]| ||1|0|0|1| |x| |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|USA|[[Mike Faria]]| |0|0|1||| |x| |14i=E |19i=F}} }}
===Nordic Final=== *12 June 1983 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane Speedway]], [[Varhaug]] *First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|4|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|DEN|[[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]]| |3|3|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |2|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|SWE|[[Pierre Brannefors]]| |3|1|2|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |2|1|2|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |1|2|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|DEN|[[Finn Rune Jensen]]| |1|3|0||3| |x| |16i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|FIN|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]]| |2|0|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|11|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |0|2|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|3|NOR|[[Tormod Langli]]| |0|1|0|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|SWE|[[Uno Johansson]]| |0|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|FIN|[[Olli Tyrväinen]]| |1|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|NOR|[[Dag Haaland]]| |1|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|SWE|[[Anders Kling]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} }}
==Fifth round== === Continental Final === * 6 August 1983 * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]], [[Rybnik]] * First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|FRG|[[Egon Muller]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |1|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|CSK|[[Petr Ondrašík]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Jr.]]| |3|3|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |2|2|1|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|NED|[[Henny Kroeze]]| |1|1|3|3|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|POL|[[Andrzej Huszcza]]| |3||2||3| |x| |6i=E |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |2|1|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|7|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |2|0|1|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|5|CSK|[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]]| ||2|2|1|0| |x| |2i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|HUN|[[Zoltan Hajdu]]| |1|1|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|CSK|[[Emil Sova]]| |1|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|USSR|[[Rif Saitgareev]]| |0|0|0|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|12|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|ITA|[[Armando Dal Chiele]]| |0|1|0|1|| |x| |17i=X }} }}
===Intercontinental Final=== * 7 August 1983 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London * First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|8|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|2|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |0|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |3|2|2||3| |x| |13i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |0|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |1|2|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|3|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |2|1|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|6|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|1|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |1|2|1|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |2|0|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|DEN|[[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]]| |3||0|2|1| |x| |6i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|9|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |0|1|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|SWE|[[Pierre Brannefors]]| |1|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|15|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |0|1|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |1||0|0|0| |x| |5i=E }} }}
==World Final== *4 September 1983 *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Motodrom Halbemond]], [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]].<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref> *Referee: ({{flagicon|SWE}}) Rolf Randborg
{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|12|FRG|[[Egon Müller]]| |3|3|3|3|3| pts=15 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|5|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|3|2|2|2| pts=12 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|4|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|2|0|3|3| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |3|0|2|3|2| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2|3|3|1|1| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |1|3|1|2|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |2|2|2|3||19i=e| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|USA|[[Dennis Sigalos]]| |2|1|3|0|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |1|1|1|2|3| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|1|3|1|0| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |1|2|2|0|2| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |0|2|0|2|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |0|1|1|1|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|TCH|[[Antonín Kasper Jr.]]| |0|0|1|1|1| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |1|0|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|TCH|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |0|0|0|0|1| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|DEN|[[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|NED|[[Henny Kroeze]] | pts=0 }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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