1957 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 12th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander Barry Briggs won the title after a ride off against defending champion Ove Fundin after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. Peter Craven won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.[7]

Nordic Final

7 June 1957
Oslo
First 8 to European final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Aage Hansen	14
2	Per Olof Söderman	13
3	Rune Sörmander	12
4	Dan Forsberg	11
5	Nils Paulsen	11
6	Olle Nygren	10
7	Reidar Kristoffersen	10
8	Rolf Westerberg	7
9	Bert Lindarw	7
10	Arne Pander	7
11	Lars Pettersson	6
12	Bengt Eriksson	5
13	Ole Andersson	3
14	Sune Karlsson	2
15	Kauko Jousanen	2
16	Aulis Tuominen	0
17	Bertil Carlsson	dnr
18	Olle Segerström	dnr

Continental Final

23 June 1957
Vienna
First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Josef Hofmeister	15
2	Josef Seidl	12
3	Stanisław Tkocz	11
4	Birger Forsberg	10
5	Joel Jansson	10
6	Josef Kamper	10
7	Florian Kapała	10
8	Marian Kaiser	9
9	Janusz Suchecki	8
10	Jaroslav Volf	7
11	Joachim Maj	5
12	Josef Kysilka	5
13	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	4
14	Erich Sidlo	2
15	Rudolf Havelka	1
16	Otto Holoubek	0
17	Marian Philipp	0
18	Andrzej Krzesiński	dnr
19	Simo Ylänen	dnr

British/Commonwealth Round

First qualifying final

24 August 1958
Hyde Road (Manchester)
First 5 to World final

Pos.	Rider	Total	Notes
1	Peter Craven	13	Qualified for World final
2	Ron Johnston	13	Qualified for World final
3	Ian Williams	12	Qualified for World final
4	Aub Lawson	12	Qualified for World final
5	Ron How	11	Qualified for World final
6	Brian Crutcher	10
7	Ken Middleditch	10
8	Billy Bales	9
9	Les McGillivray	7
10	Gerald Jackson	6
11	Brian Hanham	5
12	Charlie New	5
13	Maurice McDermott	3
14	Arthur Forrest	3
15	Cyril Maidment	1
16	Ronnie Genz	1
17	Eric French	0

Second qualifying final

24 August 1958
Brandon Stadium (Coventry)
First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total	Notes
1	Bob Roger	14	Qualified for World final
2	Ken McKinlay	14	Qualified for World final
3	Barry Briggs	13	Qualified for World final
4	George White	12	Qualified for World final
5	Jack Geran	11	Qualified for World final
6	Jack Biggs	10	Reserve for World final
7	Alf Hagon	9
8	Neil Street	7
9	Ron Mountford	7
10	Eric Boothroyd	6
11	Dick Bradley	5
12	Phil Clarke	5
13	Jim Lightfoot	4
14	Peter Moore	3
15	Jack Unstead	2
16	Mike Broadbanks	0

European Final

7 July 1957
Växjö
Ove Fundin seeded to World final
First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve[8]

Pos.	Rider	Total	Notes
1	Rune Sörmander	14	Qualified for World final
2	Per Olof Söderman	13	Qualified for World final
3	Josef Hofmeister	12	Qualified for World final
4	Olle Nygren	11	Qualified for World final
5	Aage Hansen	11	Qualified for World final
6	Dan Forsberg	9	Reserve for World final
7	Rolf Westerberg	9
8	Stanisław Tkocz	7
9	Josef Kamper	6
10	Florian Kapała	6
11	Joseph Seidl	5
12	Marian Kaiser	4
13	Joel Jansson	3
14	Nils Paulsen	3
15	Reidar Kristoffersen	2
16	Birger Forsberg	2
17	Bert Lindarw	2

Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final

World final

21 September 1957
London, Wembley Stadium[9]

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Barry Briggs	(3,2,3,3,3)	14+3
2	Ove Fundin	(3,3,2,3,3)	14+2
3	Peter Craven	(2,1,3,2,3)	11+3
4	Aub Lawson	(3,3,1,2,2)	11+2
5	Rune Sörmander	(1,3,3,1,3)	11+1
6	Ron Johnston	(3,2,1,1,2)	9
7	Ken McKinlay	(0,0,3,3,2)	8
8	Bob Roger	(2,1,2,2,1)	8
9	Per Olof Söderman	(1,2,0,3,1)	7
10	Jack Geran	(1,3,1,1,1)	7
11	Ron How	(1,2,2,0,2)	7
12	Aage Hansen	(0,0,2,2,0)	4
13	George White	(2,1,0,1,0)	4
14	Ian Williams	(2,0,1,0,0)	3
15	Dan Forsberg	(0,1,0,0,1)	2
16	Josef Hofmeister	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Jack Biggs	did not ride	-
R2	Rolf Westerberg	did not ride	-

Classification

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
1	(10) Barry Briggs	14+3			3			2						3			3		3				14	1
2	(4) Ove Fundin	14+2	3							3				2				3				3	14	2
3	(2) Peter Craven	11+3	2					1				3				2				3			11	3
4	(5) Aub Lawson	11+2		3			3					1					2					2	11	4
5	(3) Rune Sörmander	11+1	1						3				3				1				3		11	5
6	(13) Ron Johnston	9				3	2							1		1					2		9	6
7	(1) Ken McKinlay	8	0				0				3				3				2				8	7
8	(15) Bob Roger	8				2			1			2						2	1				8	8
9	(11) Per Olof Söderman	7			1				2		0					3						1	7	9
10	(6) Jack Geran	7		1				3			1							1			1		7	10
11	(16) Ron How	7				1				2	2						0			2			7	11
12	(14) Aage Hansen	4				0		0					2		2							0	4	12
13	(12) George White	4			2					1		0			1						0		4	13
14	(8) Ian Williams	3		2						0			1			0			0				3	14
15	(9) Dan Forsberg	2			0		1						0					0		1			2	15
16	(7) Josef Hofmeister	0		0					0					0	0					0			0	16
	(17) Rolf Westerberg	0																					0
	(18) Jack Biggs	0																					0
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
"World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
"Speedway ace crashes in Final battle". Weekly Dispatch London. 22 September 1957. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"1957". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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[1] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[2] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[7] "Speedway ace crashes in Final battle". Weekly Dispatch London. 22 September 1957. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "1957". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[9] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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