World Championship Finals Riders Qualification History


This list contains the complete history of every rider to have qualified for a World Final the list also contains records of the Star, British and Speedway riders finals which were were World Championships in all but name.

World Finals
Star Riders
British Riders






Australia:

















Frank Arthur 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934












Stan Catlett 1929
















Alf Chick 1929
















Billy Galloway 1929
















Max Grosskreutz 1929 1935















Vic Huxley 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1935 1936










Ron Johnson 1929 1931 1932 1933 1934 1937r 1939 1946 1947 1948







Billy Lamont 1929
















Harold Hastings 1931
















Charlie Spinks 1931
















Col Stewart 1931
















Bluey Wilkinson 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936 1938











Dicky Case 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936












Bert Spencer 1932 1946















Jack Chapman 1933 1934















Jack Sharp 1933 1934 1935














Mick Murphy 1934
















Lionel Van Praag 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1947











Eric Collins 1939
















Vic Duggan 1939 1947 1948 1950













Aub Lawson 1939 1947r 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1957 1958 1959 1960 






Bill Longley 1946 1947 1948 1949













Frank Dolan 1947 
















Jack Biggs 1948r 1950 1953 1954 1956r 1957r











Ken Le Breton 1949 
















Graham Warren 1949 1950 1952 1953













Cliff Watson 1949
















Arthur Payne 1950 1952 1953r














Jack Young 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1960 1961r









Bob Leverenz 1951
















Peter Moore 1956 1958 1959 1960 1963












Jack Geran 1957 1958















Chum Taylor 1960
















Ray Cresp 1961
















Jim Airey 1971
















John Boulger 1973 1977 















Phil Crump 1975 1976 1982 














Billy Sanders 1977 1979 1980 1983 1984 












John Titman 1978 1979















Troy Butler 1989
















Todd Wiltshire 1990
















Leigh Adams 1993
















Craig Boyce 1994
















Jason Crump 1994
















Canada:

















Eric Chitty 1937 1939 1946 1947 1948












Jimmy Gibb 1938r
















Czechoslovakia:

















Jaroslav Wolf 1964
















Lubos Tomicek 1965
















Jiri Stancl 1971 1976 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984








Jan Verner 1977 1978















Zdenek Kudrna 1978r 1979















Petr Ondrasik 1978 1979r 1980 1984













Ales Dryml 1980 1981















Vaclav Verner 1980r 1982 1984














Emil Sova 1982r
















Antonin Kasper 1983 1986 1987 1990













Petr Vandirek 1986r
















Roman Matousek 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991












Bohumil Brhel 1989
















Zdenek Tesar 1990 1992















Denmark:

















Baltazar Hansen 1936r
















Morian Hansen 1936 1937















Ole Olsen 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980r 1981 1983





Finn Thomsen 1977 1979 1980














Hans Nielsen 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994



Preben Eriksen 1981r
















Erik Gundersen 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989









Tommy Knudsen 1981 1985 1986 1991 1992 1994











Peter Ravn 1983r 1987r 1989r 














Bo Petersen 1984
















Jan Osvald Pedersen 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 












John Jörgensen 1988 1992















Gert Handberg 1991 1992















Brian Karger 1992 1993r 















Jan Staechmann 1994
















East Germany:

















Jochen Dinse 1967
















Hans-Jürgen Fritz 1970
















England:

















Ivor Creek 1929
















Tommy Croombs 1929 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938









Buster Frogley 1929
















Roger Frogley 1929 1930















Jimmy Hayes 1929
















Jim Kempster 1929 1930















Gus Kuhn 1929
















Jack Parker 1929 1931 1932 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951



Eric Spencer 1929
















Colin Watson 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934












Squib Burton 1930
















Tom Farndon 1930 1932 1933














Syd Jackson 1930 1932 1933 1934













Jack Ormston 1930 1935 1936 1938r













Tiger Stevenson 1930 1935















Harry Taft 1930
















George Taylor 1930
















Phil Bishop 1931 1933















Syd Edmonds 1931
















Norman Kendrick 1931
















Les Patrick 1931
















Ernie Rickman 1931
















Harry Sheperd 1931
















Fred Strecker 1931
















Arthur Tims 1931
















Arthur Warwick 1931
















Gordon Byers 1932
















Bill Clibbett 1932
















Roy Dook 1932
















Eric Langton 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947







Ginger Lees 1932 1934 1936 1937













Norman Parker 1932 1933 1935 1936r 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951








Wal Phillips 1932 1936















Frank Varey 1932 1933 1937 1938 1939












Les Wotton 1932 1933 1934 1947













Eddie Blain 1933
















Frank Goulden 1933 1939r















Stan Greatrex 1933
















Chun Moore 1933
















Harry Whitfield 1933
















Dusty Haigh 1934
















Bob Harrison 1934 1936















George Newton 1934 1936 1937 1938













Claude Rye 1934
















Frank Charles 1935 1936 1937














Bill Kitchen 1935 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1949










Geoff Pymar 1935 1938 1947














Arthur Atkinson 1936 1937 1938 1939













Bill Pitcher 1936 1947















Joe Abbott 1937
















Alec Statham 1937r 1938 1939 1946 1948 1949r











Tommy Price 1938 1946 1947 1949 1950 1954











Malcolm Craven 1939r 1946 1948














Tommy Allott 1946
















Ron Clarke 1946r 1949 1950














Lloyd Goffe 1946r 1948 1949














Frank Hodgson 1946 1948r















Wilf Jay 1946r
















Jeff Lloyd 1946 1948 1951 1952 1953












Wally Lloyd 1946
















Ernie Price 1946 1947 1948














Dent Oliver 1947r 1948 1949 1950 1953r












George Wilks 1947
















Bill Gilbert 1948 1949















Oliver Hart 1948 1949r















Split Waterman 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954











Louis Lawson 1949 1951 1953r














Cyril Roger 1949 1950r 1952 1955 1959












Cyril Brine 1950 1951















Danny Dunton 1950
















Mike Erskine 1950r
















Wally Green 1950 
















Dick Bradley 1951r 1952 1953














Alan Hunt 1951 1952 1954r 1956 













Eddie Rigg 1951 1954















Derek Close 1952
















Brian Crutcher 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957r 1958r 1959









Arthur Forrest 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 












Ron How 1952 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1964 









Bob Oakley 1952
















Fred Brand 1954
















Peter Craven 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963







Billy Bales 1955 
















Phil Clarke 1955
















Gerald Hussey 1955r 1956 1958














Arthur Wright 1955 
















Nigel Boocock 1956r 1962r 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 







Eric Boothroyd 1956 
















Dick Fisher 1956 1963 1964














Bob Roger 1957
















George White 1957 1959 















Mike Broadbank 1958 1961 1962 1964 1965r 1966 1967r










Bob Andrews 1960r 1961 1962 1964 













Bryan Elliott 1960
















Cyril Maidment 1961 1964















Ron Mountford 1962 1963r 















Jim Lightfoot 1963 1964r















Tadeusz Teodorowicz 1963r
















Brian Brett 1965
















Jimmy Gooch 1965
















Reg Luckhurst 1965 
















Eric Boocock 1967 1971 1972














Rick France 1967
















Colin Pratt 1967
















Ray Wilson 1967 1971 1973 1975













Martin Ashby 1968 1974r















Howard Cole 1969
















Arnold Haley 1969r
















Trevor Hedge 1970
















Tony Lomas 1971r
















John Louis 1972 1974 1975 1976 













Peter Collins 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982









Terry Betts 1974
















Dave Jessup 1974 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982











Malcolm Simmons 1975 1976 1978














Chris Morton 1976 1980 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988










Doug Wyer 1976
















John Davis 1977r 1980 1988














Michael Lee 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983











Steve Bastable 1978r 
















Gordon Kennett 1978
















Kenny Carter 1981 1982 1983














Les Collins 1982
















Andy Grahame 1982r 
















Phil Collins 1983 1985r















Alan Grahame 1984r
















Simon Wigg 1984 1988 1989














Kelvin Tatum 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992










Marvyn Cox 1986 
















Neil Evitts 1986
















Simon Cross 1987 1988r















Jeremy Doncaster 1987 1989 1991














Andy Smith 1989 1993 















Martin Dugard 1990 1992r















Richard Knight 1990
















Paul Thorp 1991 
















Gary Havelock 1992 1993















Chris Louis 1993 1994 















Joe Screen 1993
















Mark Loram 1994
















Finland:

















Ila Teromaa 1978 
















Kai Niemi 1980 1982 1984 1985 













Olli Tyrväinen 1989
















Germanyermany

















Josef Hofmeister 1957 1958 1959 1960 













Egon Müller 1976 1977 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985










Christoph Betzl 1979
















Alois Wiesböck 1979 
















Georg Hack 1982 
















Karl Maier 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 












Gerd Riss 1987 1989 1991 1993













Marvyn Cox 1994
















Holland:

















Henny Kroeze 1983r 1987 















Peter Seur 1987r
















Hungary:

















Zoltan Adorjan 1985 1989 1990














Antal Kocso 1988 1992r















Sandor Tihanyi 1988 1990r















Jozsef Petrikovics 1989r
















Italy:

















Armando Castagna 1985 1986 1990 1991 1993












New Zealand:

















Wally Kilmister 1935
















Ronnie Moore 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1969 1971



Geoff Mardon 1951r 1953 1954 1959













Trevor Redmond 1952r 1954















Maury Dunn 1953r
















Barry Briggs 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 
Ron Johnston 1955 1957 1958 1960













Ivan Mauger 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979



Larry Ross 1979r 1981















Mitch Shirra 1983 1984 1986 1987 1989 1991 1992










Norway:

















Basse Hveem 1952r
















Henry Andersen 1955 
















Aage Hansen 1957
















Sverre Harrfeldt 1963 1966















Reidar Eide 1968
















Dag Lovaas 1974
















Poland:

















Florian Kapala 1959r 1961















Mieczyslaw Polukard 1959 1960r















Marian Kaiser 1960 1966















Stefan Kwoczala 1960
















Henryk Zyto 1960 1962r 1973r














Stanislaw Tkocz 1961 1966 















Pawel Waloszek 1962 1968 1970 1972 1973












Zbigniew Podlecki 1964 1969r















Andrzej Wyglenda 1964 1965 1967 1969 1970 1973r











Andrzej Pogorzelski 1965 1966 1967 1969













Marian Rose 1965r
















Antoni Woryna 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970












Jerzy Trzeskowski 1967 1968















Edward Jancarz 1968 1969 1973 1974r 1975 1976 1977 1979 1981 1982 







Jerzy Padewski 1968r
















Henryk Glucklich 1969 1970 1975














Jan Mucha 1969 1970 1973 1977













Zygfrid Friedek 1970
















Edmund Migos 1970r
















Jerzy Szczakiel 1970r 1971 1973














Zenon Plech 1973 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983









Marek Cieslak 1975 1976 1978














Jerzy Rembas 1976 1978















Boguslaw Nowak 1977r
















Robert Slabon 1979
















Henryk Olszak 1981r
















Grzegorz Dzikowski 1985r
















Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 1986
















Roman Jankowski 1987 1988 1994r














Andrzej Huszcza 1988
















Zenon Kasprzak 1988
















Slawomir Drabik 1992
















Tomasz Gollob 1993 1994 















Piotr Swist 1994
















Scotland:

















Ken McKinlay 1955r 1956 1957 1958 1959r 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966r 1969





Jim McMillan 1972r
















South Africa:

















Henry Long 1952
















Doug Davies 1956
















Soviet Union:

















Igor Plechanov 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968r










Boris Samorodov 1963 1964















Gennadij Kurilenko 1964 1968 1970














Valerij Klementiev 1969 1970















Valerij Gordeev 1970 1972 1973 1975 1976












Vladimir Gordeev 1971 1974 1975r 1976













Viktor Kalmykov 1972
















Gregorij Khlynovski 1972 1973 1974 1976r













Anatolij Kuzmin 1972
















Alexander Pavlov 1972
















Viktor Trofimov 1972 1975















Vladimir Paznikov 1973
















Vladimir Zaplechny 1973
















Michail Krasnov 1974
















Michail Starostin 1979 1982















Viktor Kuznetsov 1985 1986















Vladimir Trofimov 1987r
















Sweden:

















Dan Forsberg 1952 1957















Olle Nygren 1953 1954 1955 1958 1959












Rune Sörmander 1953 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962










Ove Fundin 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969


Kjell Carlsson 1955 
















Olle Andersson II 1956 
















Ulf Ericsson 1956 
















Peo Söderman 1956 1957 1958r 1963 1966 












Joel Jansson 1958
















Arne Carlsson 1959 1962 1963














Björn Knutson 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966











Leif Larsson 1961r 1965 1966














Göte Nordin 1961 1962 1963 1964r 1966












Sören Sjösten 1962 1965 1969 1970 1971 1974











Per Tage Svensson 1963
















Bengt Jansson 1965 1967 1971 1974 1977 












Bengt Brannefors 1966r 
















Leif Enecrona 1966 1967r 1971














Torbjörn Harrysson 1966 1968 1969














Anders Michanek 1967 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976r 1977 1978






Bernt Persson 1967 1968 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978r









Hasse Holmqvist 1968 1969















Gunnar Malmqvist 1968
















Tommy Jansson 1971 1973r 1974r 1975













Christer Löfqvist 1972 1974















Jan Simensen 1972r
















Tommy Johansson 1974 
















Sören Karlsson 1977r
















Tommy Nilsson 1977 1984r 















Jan Andersson 1978 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986r










Hasse Danielsson 1980r
















Jimmy Nilsen 1986 1987 1990 1991 1992 












Per Jonsson 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993











Conny Ivarsson 1988
















Tony Olsson 1989
















Henryk Gustafsson 1990 1992 1993 1994













Dennis Löfqvist 1990r
















Tony Rickardsson 1991 1992 1993 1994 













Mikael Blixt 1991r 
















Peter Karlsson 1993
















Stefan Dannö 1994
















United States of America:

















Sprouts Elder 1929
















Art Pechar 1929
















Ray Tauser 1931
















Cordy Milne 1936 1937 1938 1939













Jack Milne 1936 1937 1938 1939













Wilbur Lamoreaux 1937 1938 1939 1948 1949












Benny Kaufman 1938 1939















Ernie Roccio 1951
















Scott Autrey 1976 1978















Kelly Moran 1979 1982 1984














Bruce Penhall 1980 1981 1982














Dennis Sigalos 1982 1983















Lance King 1983 1984 1985














Shawn Moran 1984 1985 1990 














John Cook 1985 1987















Sam Ermolenko 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1993 1994









Ronnie Correy 1989 1990 1991 1993r 













Rick Miller 1990 1992















Billy Hamill 1991 1993 1994r 














Greg Hancock 1993 1994















Josh Larsen 1994
















Wales:

















Freddie Williams 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954r












Eric Williams 1951 1953 1955














Ian Williams 1957 
















Leo McAuliffe 1963