{{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 = 1986 }} The '''1986 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 41st 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://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>

[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19860901/038/0038 |title=Nielsen conquers the world at last |website=Manchester Evening News |date=1 September 1986|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref> He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion [[Erik Gundersen]] but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane [[Jan O. Pedersen]] took silver and England's [[Kelvin Tatum]] took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Great Dane |work=Sunday Mirror |date=31 August 1986 |access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19750907/374/0038| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

It was the fourth final to be held at the [[Silesian Stadium]] in Poland.<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>

== 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| 8 April||[[Milton Keynes Greyhound Stadium|Milton Keynes Stadium]], [[Milton Keynes]] ||[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]] ||[[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] ||[[Andy Campbell (speedway rider)|Andy Campbell]] |- |align=center| 9 April|| [[Wimbledon Stadium]], London || [[Dave Jessup]] ||[[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]] || [[Roger Johns]] |- !colspan=6| Quarter-Finals |- |align=center| 13 April|| [[Berrington Lough Stadium]], [[Berwick-upon-Tweed|Berwick]] ||[[Paul Thorp]] || [[Rob Grant (speedway rider)|Rob Grant]] || [[Paul Stead (speedway rider)|Paul Stead]] |- |align=center| 13 April|| [[Boston Sports Stadium]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] ||[[Doug Wyer]] || [[Les Collins]] || Andy Hines |- |align=center| 15 April|| [[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] ||[[Steve Schofield (speedway rider)|Steve Schofield]] || [[Neil Middleditch]] || [[Eric Monaghan]] |- |align=center| 27 April|| [[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Andy Campbell (speedway rider)|Andy Campbell]] || [[Steve Schofield (speedway rider)|Steve Schofield]] || [[Les Collins]] |}

== Second round == === British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *11 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] *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]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Richard Knight (speedway rider)|Richard Knight]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Kelvin Tatum]]|| 10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Marvyn Cox]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]|| |- |10 ||align=left| [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]|| |- |11 ||align=left| [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]|| |- |12 ||align=left| [[Peter Carr (speedway rider)|Peter Carr]]|| |- |13 ||align=left| [[Sean Willmott]]|| |- |14 ||align=left| [[Steve Schofield (speedway rider)|Steve Schofield]]|| |- |15 ||align=left| [[Martin Hagon]]|| |} |width=50% valign=top| *18 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] *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| [[Simon Wigg]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jeremy Doncaster]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Neil Evitts]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]|| 11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Simon Cross]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Paul Thorp]]|| 9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Kenny Carter]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Carl Blackbird]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Louis Carr]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Andy Grahame]]||6 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Kenny McKinna]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Andy Campbell (speedway rider)|Andy Campbell]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Alan Mogridge]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Andy Hines (speedway rider)|Andy Hines]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||0 |} |}

=== Swedish qualification === *Top 8 in heat 1, top 7 in heat 2 to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Gislaved Motorbana]], [[Gislaved]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Per Jonsson]] ||`3 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Patrik Karlsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Ivarsson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Dennis Löfqvist ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Roland Dannö]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Kling]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Lindgren ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Patrik Åhlund ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Löfqvist ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Christer Jonsson ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Ericsson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hammarberg ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Johan Zackrisson ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Ek ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Claes Ivarsson]] ||2 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(9 May, [[Kalvholmen Motorstadion]], [[Karlstad]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tony Olsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jimmy Nilsen]] ||13+3 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Blixt]] ||13+2 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Kenneth Nyström]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Rohlén]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Teurnberg]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Uno Johansson ||8+3 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Lillebror Johansson ||8+2 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Pierre Brannefors]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Wahlström ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Lars Andersson ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Johan Staaf ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ring ||5 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Messing ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Rickardsson ||1 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | Hans Hallén ||0 |} {{col-end}}

=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| Queensland Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985||[[Pioneer Park Speedway|Pioneer Park]], [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]] ||[[John Titman]] || [[Troy Butler]] ||[[Steve Regeling]] |- !colspan=6| New South Wales Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985|| [[Newcastle Motordrome]], [[Tomago]]|| [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] || [[Chris Watson (speedway rider)|Chris Watson]] || ? |- !colspan=6| Northern Territory Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985||[[Arunga Park Speedway]] || [[Brent Nott]] || [[David Jackson (speedway rider)|David Jackson]] || ? |- !colspan=6| Victorian Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985|| [[Olympic Park Speedway (Mildura)|Olympic Park]], [[Mildura]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[John McNeill (speedway rider)|John McNeil]] || ? |- !colspan=6| South Australian Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985|| [[North Arm Speedway]], [[Adelaide]] || [[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] || [[Mark Fiora]] || ? |- !colspan=6| Western Australian Championship |- |align=center| Dec 1985||[[Claremont Speedway]], [[Perth]] ||[[Mick McKeon (speedway rider)|Mick McKeon]] || [[Glyn Taylor]] || [[David Cheshire]] |}

==Third 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 |- !colspan=6| Preliminary Round |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Roman Matoušek]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Heinz Huber]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Erich Shafferer]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Targovishte#Sport|Speedway Stadium]], [[Targovishte]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Ladislav Hradecky]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Ilirija Sports Park]], [[Ljubljana]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rinat Mardanshin]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbignew Blazejczak]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Famari]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] |}

=== Australian Final === {{main|1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship}} * Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

=== New Zealand Final === * 25 January 1986 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Gisborne Speedway]], [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]] * Top 3 to Commonwealth Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[David Bargh]] ||14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Mitch Shirra]] ||12+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Mike Fullerton]] ||12+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Kym Mauger]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Chris Martin (speedway rider)|Chris Martin]]||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Trevor Chapman]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Craig Monk (speedway rider)|Craig Monk]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Peter Nightingale (speedway rider)|Peter Nightingale]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Spencer Timmo]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Mike Hollows]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Craig Blackett]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Craig Wilkkie]]||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Lee Chappell]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Steve Brown (speedway rider)|Steve Brown]] ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Jamie Martin (speedway rider)|Jamie Martin]] ||1 |}

=== British Final === * 1 June 1986 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|13|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|2|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |2|3|3|2|3| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|15|ENG|[[Jeremy Doncaster]]| |0|3|2|2|3| |x| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|ENG|[[Marvyn Cox]]| |1|1|3|3|2| |x| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|2|2|3|1| |x| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |1|2|3|3|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|10|ENG|[[Richard Knight (speedway rider)|Richard Knight]]| |1|2|1|2|2| |x|3 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|ENG|[[Paul Thorp]]| |3|1|3||1| |x|2 |x| |13i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|3|1|1|0| |x|1 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|ENG|[[Louis Carr]]| |1|2|2|1|2| |x|F |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|14|ENG|[[Simon Wigg]]| |2||0|2|3| |x| |x| |6i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|ENG|[[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]| |3|0|0||2| |x| |x| |14i=F}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|5|ENG|[[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]]| |2|0|0|0|1| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|ENG|[[Carl Blackbird]]| |0|1|1|0|1| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Simon Cross]]| |0|1||1|0| |x| |x| |12i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| ||0|1|1|| |x| |x| |3i=E |19i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Dave Clark (speedway rider)|Dave Clark]]| |13h=y |13p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|TR|TR|ENG|[[Mike Bacon]]| |19h=b |19p=0}} }}

=== Danish Final === * 8 May 1986 * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hele Fyns Speedway Center]], [[Fjelsted]] * Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve * [[Tommy Knudsen]] seeded 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]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Erik Gundersen]] ||13+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Bo Petersen]] ||13+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Jan O. Pedersen]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[John Jørgensen]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |6 ||align=left| [[Sam Nikolajsen]]||7 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Per Sørensen]] ||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[John Eskildsen]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Jens Rasmussen (speedway rider)|Jens Rasmussen]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Peter Glanz (motorcyclist)|Peter Glanz]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Tommy Knudsen]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Fleming Pedersen]]||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Kurt Hansen (speedway rider)|Kurt Hansen]] ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Preben Eriksen]] ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Aksel Jepsen]] ||0 |}

{| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| === Norwegian Final === *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane Speedway]], [[Varhaug]] *Top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Ingvar Skogland ||14 |-align=center |2 ||align=left|Robert Langeland ||13 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Arnt Førland]] ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Per Magne Levang ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd ||9 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Gjermund Aas ||9 |} |width=50% valign=top| === Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Varkaus Speedway Stadion]], [[Varkaus]] *18 August 1985, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1986 Nordic final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Juha Moksunen ||13+3 |- |3 ||align=left|Roy Malminheimo || 13+2 |- |4 ||align=left|[[Olli Tyrvainen]] || 13+1 |- |5 ||align=left| [[Pekka Hautamaki]] || 12 |- |6 ||align=left| Aki Ala Riihimaki || 9 |- |7 ||align=left|Janne Moksunen || 8 |- |8 ||align=left| [[Veijo Tuoriniemi]] || 8 |- |9 ||align=left| Ossi Henriksson || 8 |- |10 ||align=left|Heimo Kaikko || 7 |- |11 ||align=left| Esa Reijo || 4 |- |12 ||align=left| Aarre Soivuori || 3 |- |13 ||align=left|Marko Hyyrylainen || 3 |- |14 ||align=left| Mikael Back || 2 |- |15 ||align=left| Markku Haapala || 2 |- |16 ||align=left| Hannu Lehtonen || 0 |} |}

=== Swedish Finals === * {{flag|SWE}} Top 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve *[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] seeded to Nordic Final *R1 (21 May, [[Snälltorpet]], [[Eskilstuna]]) *R2 (22 May, [[Nässjö Motorstadion]], [[Nässjö]]) *R3 (23 May, [[Sannaheds Motorstadion]], [[Kumla]]) {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=20px|R1||width=20px|R2||width=20px|R3||width=70px|Tota |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] || 14||13||12 || 39 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jimmy Nilsen]] || 10||13||11 || 34 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Mikael Blixt]] || 8||14||9 || 31 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Erik Stenlund]] || 9||11||10 || 30 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |5 ||align=left| [[Kenneth Nyström]] || 11||6||11 || 28 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Conny Ivarsson]] || 10||9||8 || 27 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Per Jonsson]] || 5||13||8 || 26 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Tony Olsson]] || 6||10||8 || 24 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Roland Dannö]] || 11||5||8 || 24 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Dennis Löfqvist]] || 10||6||5 || 21 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Christer Rohlén]] || 6||4||9 || 19 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Mikael Teurnberg]] || 6||3||6 || 15 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Uno Johansson]] || 5||6||3 || 14 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Tommy Lindgren (speedway rider)|Tommy Lindgren]] || 7||2||5 || 14 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Patrik Karlsson (speedway rider)|Patrik Karlsson]] || 1||4||6 || 11 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Anders Kling]] || 0||1||0 || 1 |}

== Fourth 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| 24 May||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium]], [[Bydgoszcz]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Żabiałowicz]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] |- |align=center| 25 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Vandirek]] |- |align=center| 26 May||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Amsterdam]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bank Holiday Bonanza |work=Reading Evening Post |date=24 May 1986 |access-date=9 February 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19860524/312/0044 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Roman Matoušek]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] |- |align=center| 29 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Olching Speedwaybahn]], [[Olching]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Heinrich Schatzer]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] |}

===American Final=== * 23 June 1986 * {{flagicon |USA}} [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] * Top 5 + 1 reserve to the Overseas Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|12|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|10|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x|3 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|11|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |2|2|3|3|3| |x|2 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|USA|[[Bobby Schwartz]]| |3|3|2|2|3| |x|1 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|USA|[[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]]| |2|1|2|1|3| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|USA|[[Alan Christian]]| |1|3|1|1|2| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|USA|[[Keith Christo]]| |1|2|3|2|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|USA|[[Mike Faria]]| |2|2|2|0|1| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|USA|[[Steve Lucero]]| |3|1|0|1|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|USA|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]]| |3|0|0|2|1| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|7|USA|[[Bobby Ott]]| |0|1|0|0|2| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|13|USA|[[Robert Pfetzing]]| |0|0|1|2|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|2|USA|[[Brad Oxley]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|USA|[[Shawn McConnell]]| |1|0|1|0|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|USA|[[Ed Castro]]| |0|1|0|0|1| |x| |x| }} }}

===Commonwealth Final=== * 8 June 1986 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], [[Manchester]] * Top 11 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|16|ENG|[[Jeremy Doncaster]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |2|3|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|3|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|4|AUS|[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]]| |1|1|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |1|1|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|8|ENG|[[Richard Knight (speedway rider)|Richard Knight]]| |3|0|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |0|0|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |1|3||2|2| |x| |9i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|ENG|[[Marvyn Cox]]| |3|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|9|ENG|[[Paul Thorp]]| |3|2|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |2|0|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|12|NZL|[[David Bargh]]| |1|3||1|1| |x| |10i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|ENG|[[Phil Collins (speedway rider)|Phil Collins]]| |2|2|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|7|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |0|1|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|AUS|[[Steve Regeling]]| |0|2|1||0| |x| |14i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|AUS|[[Alan Rivett]]| |0|0|0||0| |x| |15i=E }} }}

== Fifth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *8 June *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium|Ellermühle Stadium]], [[Landshut]] *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}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||12+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||12+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] ||12+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Heinrich Schatzer]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Vandírek]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Lausch]] ||8+3 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||8+2 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Karnas]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Trofimov]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sandor Tihanyi]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zenon Plech]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Blazejczak]] ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *8 June *{{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|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Stanislav Urban]] ||10+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Roman Matoušek]] ||10+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||10+1 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Zabialowicz]] ||10+0 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Dolomisiewicz]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Jaworek]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikolaj Manev]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Lubomir Jedek]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Biginato]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Schneiderwind]] ||7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] || |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Franczyszyn]] || |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] || |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Salvatelli]] || |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]] || |} |}

===Nordic Final=== * 4 July 1986 * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla Motorstadion]], [[Kumla]] * Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 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]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]]||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bo Petersen]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Niemi]] ||9 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] ||8 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Stenlund]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Einar Kyllingstad]] ||3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]]||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Blixt]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Juha Moksunen]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ingvar Skogland]] ||0 |-align=center |Res ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kenneth Nyström]] ||1 |}

===Overseas Final=== * 19 June 1986 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * Top 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|4|ENG|[[Jeremy Doncaster]]| |3|3|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |3|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|ENG|[[Marvyn Cox]]| |1|3|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|3|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|8|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |0|2|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |2|1|3||3| |x| |13i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |2|2|1|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|AUS|[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]]| |2|2|0|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|ENG|[[Paul Thorp]]| |1|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |3|1|0||1| |x| |15i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|USA|[[Bobby Schwartz]]| |1|0|2|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|3|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |0|1|2||2| |x| |15i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |1|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|USA|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|USA|[[Shawn Moran]]| |||||| |x| |4i=F |8i=- |9i=- |15i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|USA|[[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]]| |8h=y |8p=0 |15h=r |15p=2 |18h=y |18p=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|AUS|[[Steve Regeling]]| |9h=b |9i=F }} }}

== Sixth round == === Continental Final === * 20 July 1986 * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]], [[Wiener Neustadt]] * Top 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve * [[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]] seeded to World Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |3|2|3|3|2| |x| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]]| |3|3|1|3|3| |x| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|ITA|[[Armando Castagna]]| |3|3|3|1|2| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |1|3|2|2|3| |x|3 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|CSK|[[Petr Vandirek]]| |2|1|2|3|3| |x|2 |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|POL|[[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]]| |2|2|1|0|3| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|CSK|[[Stanislav Urban]] ||1|3|0|3|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|8|CSK|[[Roman Matoušek]]| ||2|3||2| |x| |x| |2i=X |14i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |1|1|2|2|1| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|BUL|[[Nikolai Manev]]| |2||1|2|1| |x| |x| |7i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|13|POL|[[Wojciech Żabiałowicz]]| |2|2|1|1|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|FRG|[[Klaus Lausch]]| |0|1|3|1|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |0||2|1|2| |x| |x| |8i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|14|FRG|[[Georg Hack]]| |1||0|2|1| |x| |x| |6i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|AUT|[[Heinrich Schatzer]]| |3||||| |x| |x| |5i=F |9i=- |13i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|POL|[[Maciej Jaworek]]| |0|1|0|0|0| |x| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|HUN|[[Zoltan Adorjan]]| |9h=w |9p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[Lubomir Jedek]]| |13h=y |13p=0 |17h=r |17p=1 }} }}

===Intercontinental Final=== * 20 July 1986 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] * Top 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |2|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |3|1|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|0|2|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |1|1|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|SWE|[[Jimmy Nilsen]]| |2|2|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |0|3|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |0|2|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|DEN|[[Jan O. Pedersen]]| |0|2|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|ENG|[[Marvyn Cox]]| |1|2|1|0|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|7|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |1|0|2|1|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|ENG|[[Paul Thorp]]| |1|1||2|0| |x| |10i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|16|ENG|[[Jeremy Doncaster]]| |2|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|10|AUS|[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]]| |2||0|0|0| |x| |6i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|SWE|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]]| |0|1|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|DEN|[[John Jørgensen]]| }} }}

== World Final == *30 August 1986 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]]

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|5|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|DEN|[[Jan O. Pedersen]]| |3|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |2|2|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|SWE|[[Jimmy Nilsen]]| |3|1|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|DEN|[[Tommy Knudsen]]| |1|3|3||3| |x| |15i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |3|2|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|USA|[[Sam Ermolenko]]| |1|2|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|ENG|[[Neil Evitts]]| |2|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|16|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |2|1|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |3|0|3|1|| |x| |17i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|POL|[[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]]| |1|2|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|ENG|[[Marvyn Cox]]| |0|1|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |0|0|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|ITA|[[Armando Castagna]]| |1|1|0||| |x| |15i=F |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]]| |0|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[Petr Vandirek]]| |15h=b |15p=1 |19h=r |19p=0 }} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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