{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1985 }}
The '''1985 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<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://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Odsal Stadium]], the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] and [[White City Stadium]] tracks, was chosen by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] to host the 1985 Final on 31 August 1985; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.<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>
A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion [[Erik Gundersen]] from fellow Dane [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] and surprise third placing [[Sam Ermolenko]] of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old [[Kelvin Tatum]], finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/933/1985-world-final-odsal-stadium|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
== First round == === British qualification === *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| 11 April||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] ||[[Mike Ferreira]] || [[Jamie Luckhurst]] || [[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]] |- |align=center| 17 April||[[Long Eaton Stadium]], [[Long Eaton]] || [[Trevor Banks]] || [[Dave Perks]] || [[Louis Carr]] |- |align=center| 18 April||[[Cleveland Park Stadium]], [[Middlesbrough]] || [[Steve Wilcock]] || [[Geoff Pusey]] || [[Mike Spink (speedway rider)|Mike Spink]] |- |align=center| 19 April||[[East of England Arena]], [[Peterborough]] || [[Carl Blackbird]] || [[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]] ||[[Kevin Hawkins (speedway rider)|Kevin Hawkins]] |- |align=center| 19 April||[[Powderhall Stadium]], [[Edinburgh]] ||[[David Blackburn (speedway rider)|David Blackburn]] || [[Bruce Cribb]] || [[Paul Thorp]] |- !colspan=6| Quarter-Final |- |align=center| 27 April||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Carl Blackbird]] || [[Melvyn Taylor]] || [[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]] |}
=== Swedish qualification === *Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(4 May, [[Gubbängens IP]]<br> [[Stockholm]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Patrik Karlsson ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Erik Stenlund]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Andersson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Jimmie Magnusson ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Ivarsson]] ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Uno Johansson ||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Teurnberg]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Rickardsson ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Nyström ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Roger Sundberg ||3 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Peder Messing ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Nilsson ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Magnus Jonsson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Löfqvist ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(4 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;" | [[Per Jonsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Kling]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Blixt]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Lundgren ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Wahlström ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Dennis Löfqvist ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hammarberg ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |Kjell Nielsen ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Alf Trofast ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Tony Gudbrand ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Roland Dannö]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Reinholdsson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |Roger Gustavsson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(5 May, [[Grevby Motorstadion]]<br> [[Mariestad]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jimmy Nilsen]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Rohlén]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ring ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Pierre Brannefors]] ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tony Olsson]] ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Lindgren ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Lillebror Johansson ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Johan Zackrisson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Björk ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Johan Staaf ||6 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Mats Olsson ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Messing ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Kari Virta ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Arrhén ||1 |} {{col-end}}
=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=50|Date !width=150|Event !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 3 Nov 84||Northern Territory Final|||[[Tennant Creek Speedway]] ||[[David Jackson (speedway rider)|David Jackson]] ||[[Brent Knott]] ||[[Glen Baxter (speedway rider)|Glen Baxter]] |- |align=center| 24 November 84||Queensland Final||[[Pioneer Park Speedway|Pioneer Park]], [[Ayr]] || [[Steve Regeling]] || [[Stan Bear]] ||[[Steve Koppe]] |- |align=center| 1 Dec 84||South Australian Final|| [[Riverview Speedway]], [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]] ||[[Mark Fiora]] ||[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] || [[Darryl Branford]] |- |align=center| 7 Dec 84||Western Australian Final||[[Claremont Speedway]], [[Perth]] || [[Mick McKenna]] || || |- |align=center| 16 Dec 84||New South Wales Final||[[Meeanee Speedway]], [[Napier, New South Wales|Napier]] || [[Billy Sanders]] ||[[Gary Guglielmi]] || [[Rudy Muts]] |- |align=center| 23 Dec 84|| Victorian Final||[[Olympic Park Speedway (Mildura)|Olympic Park]], [[Mildura]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Rod Hunter (speedway rider)|Rod Hunter]] ||[[Bill Barret]] |}
== Second round == === 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| 21 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rhein-Main Arena]], [[Diedenbergen]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Lausch]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hubert Diener]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Stanislav Urban]] |- |align=center| 21 April||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Targovishte#Sport|Speedway Stadium]], [[Targovishte]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Angel Jeftimov]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Stolyarov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]] |- |align=center| 21 April||{{flagicon|POL}} [[KS Apator Stadium]], [[Toruń]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Leonard Raba]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Żabiałowicz]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] |- |align=center| 21 April||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Załuski (speedway rider)|Wojciech Załuski]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] |}
=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *19 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] *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| [[Kenny Carter]]||14+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||14+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Neil Evitts]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Andy Campbell (speedway rider)|Andy Campbell]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Mark Courtney]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Sean Willmott]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Peter Carr (speedway rider)|Peter Carr]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Richard Knight (speedway rider)|Richard Knight]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Louis Carr]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Carl Blackbird]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Kenny McKinna]]||2 |- |17 ||align=left|Ian Sutcliffe (res)||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *22 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] *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| [[Andy Grahame]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Kelvin Tatum]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Simon Cross]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||7 |- |9||align=left| [[Steve Bastable]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Jamie Luckhurst]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Melvyn Taylor]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Mike Spink (speedway rider)|Mike Spink]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Jeremy Doncaster]]||5 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Bruce Cribb]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left| [[David Blackburn (speedway rider)|David Backburn]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Paul Woods (speedway rider)|Paul Woods]]||2 |- |17 ||align=left| [[John Bostin]]||0 |- |18 ||align=left|[[Nigel Leaver]]||0 |} |}
== 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| 1 May||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentino Furlanetto]] |- |align=center| 1 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], [[Krško]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Laszlo Bodi]] |- |align=center| 1 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hansa Stadium]], [[Bremen]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Lausch]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Zdenek Schneiderwind]] |- |align=center| 5 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Adorjan]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sandor Tihanyi]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] |}
=== American Final === *8 June 1985 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] *First 5 to Overseas final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|12|USA|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |3|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|8|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |2|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |3|3|1|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|USA|[[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]]| |2|3|3|2|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|USA|[[Bobby Schwartz]]| |3|2|1|2|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|15|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |1|2|2|3|3| |x|F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|USA|[[Alan Christian]]| |1|2|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|USA|[[Brad Oxley]]| |2|0|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|USA|[[Keith Larsen (speedway rider)|Keith Larsen]]| |1|1|3|0|| |x| |19i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|USA|[[Mike Carusco]]| |1|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|1|USA|[[Mike Faria]]| |2|1|||0| |x| |9i=F |13i=X}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|USA|[[Keith Christo]]| |0|1|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|USA|[[Jim Lawson (speedway rider)|Jim Lawson]]| ||0|2|1|0| |x| |3i=X}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|2|USA|[[Mike Dwyer (speedway rider)|Mike Dwyer]]| |0|0|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|USA|[[Gene Woods]]| |0||1|0|0| |x| |8i=X }} }}
=== New Zealand Final === *{{flagicon|NZL}} - No final, [[David Bargh]] seeded direct to Overseas final
=== Australian Final === *5 January 1985 *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pioneer Park Speedway|Pioneer Park]], [[Ayr]] *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}} |1 ||align=left| [[Billy Sanders]] || (3,3,3,3,3) ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Phil Crump]] || (X,3,2,2,3) ||11 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Stan Bear]] || (2,2,2,2,3) ||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Mark Fiora]] || (2,2,3,2,2) ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Steve Regeling]] || (1,3,0,3,3) ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Alan Rivett]] || (3,1,3,1,2) ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Gary Guglielmi]] || (3,3,X,2,X) ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[rod Hunter (speedway rider)|Rod Hunter]] || (1,1,3,1,2) ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Steve Koppe]] || (3,2,1,X,1) ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Ray Palmer (speedway rider)|Ray Palmer]] || (0,0,2,2,2) ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[David Jackson (speedway rider)|David Jackson]] || (1,2,2,0,1) ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] || (2,0,1,1,0) ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Rudy Muts]] || (2,1,0,0,F) ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Brent Nott]] || (1,1,F,X,X) ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Darryl Branfort]] || (0,0,1,1,0) ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Bill Barett]] || (0,X,X,0,0) ||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| [[Craig Drennan]] || (3,1) ||4 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| [[Mal Bedkoper]] || (1) ||1 |-align=center |}
=== British Final === *6 June 1985 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 7 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|2|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|12|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|8|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|1|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|9|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |1|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |1|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|ENG|[[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]| |1|2|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|ENG|[[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]| |2|1|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|5|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |2|0|0|1|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|ENG|[[Simon Cross]]| |0|2|3|1|0| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |3|0|1|0|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|1|1||1| |x| |15i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|ENG|[[Tim Hunt (speedway rider)|Tim Hunt]]| |2||1|0|2| |x| |7i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|11|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]]| |0|3|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |1|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|ENG|[[Andy Campbell (speedway rider)|Andy Campbell]]| |0|2|0|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|4|ENG|[[Alan Grahame]]| |0||2|1|| |x| |8i=F |20i=E }} }}
=== Norwegian Final === *1 May 1985 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane Speedway]], [[Varhaug]] *Top 1 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Einar Kyllingstad]] || 15 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Roy Otto]] || 14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Dag Haaland]] || 11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Ingvar Skogland]] || 11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Erlend Skretting]] || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Kjel Arvid Gimre]] || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Per Leveng]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Arnt Forland]] || 9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Willi Tjessem]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Robert Langaland]] || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Gjermund Aas]] || 4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Aasger Bjerga]] || 3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Jan Slaatter]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Kurt Ueland]] || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Geir Aasland]] || 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Tunaem]] || 1 |}
=== Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] *12 August 1984, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1985 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 |- |3 ||align=left|Juha Moksunen || 11+3 |- |4 ||align=left| [[Pekka Hautamaki]] || 11+2 |- |5 ||align=left|[[Olli Tyrvainen]] || 10 |- |6 ||align=left| Markku Haapala || 9 |- |7 ||align=left|Henry Kivela || 9 |- |8 ||align=left|Hannu Lehtonen || 8 |- |9 ||align=left| Mikael Back || 6 |- |10 ||align=left|Seppo Keskinen || 6 |- |11 ||align=left| Heimo Kaikko || 6 |- |12 ||align=left|Aarre Soivuori || 4 |- |13 ||align=left|Roy Malminheimo || 3 |- |14 ||align=left|Aki Ala Riihimaki || 3 |- |15 ||align=left| Esa Mattila || 2 |- |16 ||align=left| Ismo Kivela || 2 |- |17 ||align=left|Ari Heinonen (res) || 1 |}
=== Swedish Finals === *{{flagicon|SWE}} Top 5 to Nordic final *R1 (20 May, [[Örebro#Sports|Örebro Motorstadion]], [[Örebro]]) *R2 (21 May, [[Gislaved Motorbana]], [[Gislaved]]) *R3 (22 May, [[Linköping Motorstadion]], [[Linköping]]) {| 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]]||12||15||13|| 40 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jimmy Nilsen]] || 11||13||12||36 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Richard Hellsén]] || 12 || 10 || 13||35 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Per Jonsson]] || 8||10||15||33 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Erik Stenlund]] || 14||10||8||32 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Christer Rohlén]] || 7||10||8||25 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Pierre Brannefors]] || 9||12||2||23 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Lars Andersson || 9||5||7||21 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Patrik Karlsson || 4||9||6||19 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Hans Wahlström || 9||3||4||16 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Börje Ring || 3||4||8||15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Bengt Jansson]] ||4||3||7|| 14 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Jimmie Magnusson || 1||4||8||13 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Anders Kling]] || 3||6||4||13 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Ake Fridell || 8||2||-||10 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Tony Olsson]]|| 5||3||0||8 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Conny Ivarsson]] ||0||0||4|| 4 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| Jan Lundgren || 0||1||1||1 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|Alf Trofast || -||1||-||1 |-align=center |20 ||align=left|Lars Mammarberg || 1||-||-||1 |}
===Danish Final=== *5 May 1985 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brovst Speedway Center]], [[Brovst]] *First 7 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+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Preben Eriksen]] || 13+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Tommy Knudsen]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Finn Rune Jensen]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Jan O. Pedersen]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[John Jørgensen]] || 10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Jens Rasmussen (speedway rider)|Jens Rasmussen]] || 9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Fleming Pedersen]] || 6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[John Eskildsen]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Bo Petersen]] || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Sam Nikolajsen]] || 3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Brian Jacobsen]] || 2 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Aksel Jepsen]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Per Sorensen]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Frank Andersen (speedway rider)|Frank Andersen]] || 1 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| [[Helge Hansen (speedway rider)|Helge Hansen]] || 1 |}
== Fourth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *9 June *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Speedway Žarnovica]], [[Žarnovica]] *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]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Lausch]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Lubomir Jedek]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Vandírek]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giorgio Zaramella]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Stanislav Urban]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Pyszny]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentino Furlanetto]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Schneiderwind]] ||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Volokhov]] ||2 |} |width=50% valign=top| *9 June *{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hajdú Volán Stadion]], [[Debrecen]] *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|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sandor Tihanyi]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Heinrich Schatzer]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Laszlo Bodi]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ottaviano Righetto]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||3 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zdislaw Rutecki]] ||2 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Trofimov]] ||1 |} |}
=== Overseas Final === * 14 July 1985 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] * First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve * [[David Bargh]] seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|3|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|2|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |0|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|ENG|[[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]| |1|2|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|7|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|0|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|USA|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]]| |3|1|2|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|8|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|2|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |3|2|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |1|3|1|1|0| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|0|2|1|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|ENG|[[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]| |2|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|AUS|[[Stan Bear]]| ||1|1|2|1| |x| |4i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|NZL|[[David Bargh]]| |1|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|USA|[[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]]| |0|1|0||0| |x| |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|ENG|[[Les Collins]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} }}
=== Nordic Final === * 9 June 1985 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fjelsted Speedway Stadium]], [[Harndrup]] *First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|3|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |2|2|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|15|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |3|0|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| ||3|3|2|2| |x| |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |2|3|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|DEN|[[Jan O. Pedersen]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|DEN|[[John Jørgensen]]| |3|1|2|0|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |1|3||3|1| |x|2 |12i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|DEN|[[Preben Eriksen]]| |2|2||3|0| |x| |11i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|7|SWE|[[Richard Hellsen]]| |1|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|13|SWE|[[Per Jonsson]]| |1|2|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|NOR|[[Einar Kyllingstad]]| |0|0|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|5|DEN|[[Finn Rune Jensen]]| |3|1|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|FIN|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]]| |0|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|SWE|[[Erik Stenlund]]| ||0|1|0|1| |x| |3i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|FIN|[[Olli Tyrväinen]]| |0|0|0||0| |x| |15i=E }} }}
== Fifth round == === Continental Final === * 21 July 1985 * {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rottalstadion]], [[Pocking]] * First 5 plus one reserve to the World Final
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|15|FRG|[[Egon Muller]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|ITA|[[Armando Castagna]]| |3|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|HUN|[[Zoltan Adorjan]]| |3|2|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |0|3|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|POL|[[Grzegorz Dzikowski]]| |3|1|2|2|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Jr.]]| |3|3|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|CSK|[[Petr Vandirek]]| |2|2|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|HUN|[[Sandor Tihanyi]]| |1|3|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|5|CSK|[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]]| |2|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|FRG|[[Klaus Lausch]]| ||1|1|0|3| |x| |4i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|7|CSK|[[Lubomír Jedek]]| |1||2|0|2| |x| |7i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|13|AUT|[[Heinrich Schatzer]]| |1||1|1|0| |x| |5i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| |0|1|0|1|| |x| |19i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|HUN|[[Zoltan Hajdu]]| |1||0|0|| |x| |8i=X |20i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|2|HUN|[[Laszlo Bodi]]| ||0|0|0|0| |x| |1i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Andrzej Huszcza]]| |19h=y |19p=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ITA|[[Giorgio Zaramella]]| |8h=r |8p=0 }} }}
=== Intercontinental Final === * 3 August 1985 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] * First 11 plus one reserve to the World Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |3|2|2|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |1|2|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |2|3|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |2|3|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|15|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |3||1|2|3| |x| |7i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |3|1|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |0|3|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|USA|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]]| |2|1|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |0|1|3|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|DEN|[[Jan O. Pedersen]]| |1|2|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |1|0|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |0|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|14|ENG|[[Kenny Carter]]| |2||||| |x| |6i=F |11i=- |13i=- |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|0|1|0|| |x| |17i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|6|ENG|[[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]| ||1|0|1|0| |x| |2i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|[[John Jørgensen]]| |11h=y |11p=0 |20h=b |20p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |13h=w |13p=0 }} }}
== World Final == *31 August 1985 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bradford]], [[Odsal Stadium]]<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
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|14|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|3|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|13|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |2|3|3|2|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |2|3|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |3|1|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |2|2|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|USA|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]]| |0|2|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|0|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|DEN|[[Jan O. Pedersen]]| |3|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|1|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|11|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |0|2|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|3|FRG|[[Egon Muller]]| |2|1||2|0| |x| |11i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|ITA|[[Armando Castagna]]| |0|2|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|16|HUN|[[Zoltan Adorjan]]| |0|0|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|2|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |1|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Grzegorz Dzikowski]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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