13th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.[7]
Qualifying
Qualification started in 1957.[8][9]
Stage 1
Norwegian round[edit]
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
1 |
Aage Hansen |
15
|
2 |
Reidar Kristoffersen |
12
|
3 |
Roger Steen |
11
|
4 |
Roger Hansen |
10
|
5 |
Egil Bratvold |
10
|
6 |
Arne Kristiansen |
10
|
7 |
Rolf Westerberg |
7
|
8 |
Gunnar Hemsaeter |
7
|
9 |
Erling Simonsen |
7
|
10 |
Oddvar Wold |
7
|
11 |
Thorbjorn Nygaard |
5
|
12 |
Fred Carlsen |
4
|
13 |
Jan Svaleng |
4
|
14 |
Roald Kjolso |
2
|
15 |
Havard Gulbjornrud |
2
|
16 |
Kjell Berg |
1
|
17 |
Oystein Mellerud |
1
|
|
Finnish round[edit]
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
1 |
Antti Pajari |
14+3
|
2 |
Aulis Tuominen |
14+2
|
3 |
Turkka Silvan |
12
|
4 |
Lasse Mylläri |
9
|
5 |
Heikki Sorri |
9
|
6 |
Valle Selivestov |
8
|
7 |
Kauko Jousanen |
7
|
8 |
Antero Salasto |
7
|
9 |
Petti Mikkola |
7
|
10 |
Kalevi Lahtinen |
7
|
11 |
Pekka Tenko |
6
|
12 |
Timo Laine |
6
|
13 |
Reino Niemi |
5
|
14 |
Olle Helander |
2
|
15 |
Esko Koponen |
2
|
16 |
Timo Pirkkalanniemi |
0
|
|
Swedish round
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
1 |
Rune Sörmander |
15
|
2 |
Per-Olof Söderman |
13
|
3 |
Evert Andersson |
12
|
4 |
Joel Jansson |
12
|
5 |
Bernt Nilsson |
11
|
6 |
Kjell Wårenius |
10
|
7 |
Lars Pettersson |
10
|
8 |
Björn Knutson |
7
|
9 |
Göte Nordin |
6
|
10 |
Olle Andersson IV |
5
|
11 |
Hans Hallberg |
5
|
12 |
Åke Andersson |
4
|
13 |
Olle Andersson II |
3
|
14 |
Per Sjöholm |
3
|
15 |
Thorsten Carlsson |
3
|
16 |
Curt Eldh |
1
|
17 |
Sven-Gunnar Karlstén |
0
|
|
|
Stage 2
Nordic qualification
Continental semi-final
Stage 3
Nordic Final[edit]
|
Continental Final[edit]
|
British & Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals.[10]
Stage 4
British/Commonwealth semi-final
- Barry Briggs seeded to World final
- First 10 to World final + 1 reserve
European Final
World final
Pos. |
Rider |
Heat Scores |
Total
|
1 |
Barry Briggs |
(3,3,3,3,3) |
15
|
2 |
Ove Fundin |
(3,3,2,3,2) |
13
|
3 |
Aub Lawson |
(1,3,3,1,3) |
11+3
|
4 |
Peter Craven |
(2,3,0,3,3) |
11+2
|
5 |
Ken McKinlay |
(2,2,3,2,2) |
11+1
|
6 |
Ronnie Moore |
(3,2,0,1,3) |
9
|
7 |
Olle Nygren |
(3,2,2,2,0) |
9
|
8 |
Ron Johnston |
(1,1,1,3,2) |
8
|
9 |
Gerry Hussey |
(2,0,2,2,1) |
7
|
10 |
Ron How |
(1,1,2,2,1) |
7
|
11 |
Peter Moore |
(0,1,3,1,0) |
5
|
12 |
Mike Broadbank |
(2,0,1,0,2) |
5
|
13 |
Rune Sörmander |
(0,2,1,0,1) |
4
|
14 |
Jack Geran |
(0,1,1,0,1) |
3
|
15 |
Josef Hofmeister |
(1,0,0,1,0) |
2
|
16 |
Joel Jansson |
(0,0,0,0,0) |
0
|
R1 |
Brian Crutcher |
did not ride |
-
|
R2 |
Per Olof Söderman |
did not ride |
-
|
Classification
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
|