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| Jack Young |
Australian Jack Young became the first rider to win two World titles and the first to win two in a row. Second was Welshman Freddie Williams on 13 points, with Britain's Bob Oakley third on 12 points. For the first time qualifying rounds were held in Europe with meetings held in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The top 8 continental riders joined 24 riders who qualified via the British qualifying rounds which were held on the Southern League tracks. They were joined by the remaining second division riders and 40 first division riders with each rider contesting two events at the second division tracks. In the championship round the 62 riders were joined by the top 18 riders in the first division. Meetings were held at the first division tracks with each rider contesting two meetings. The top 16 riders progressed to the Final at Wembley on the 18th September 1952.
The Final was covered by both BBC TV and BBC Radio. |
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| Championship Round |
11/08/1952 Wimbledon
12/08/1952 West Ham
14/08/1952 Wembley
16/08/1952 Bradford
16/08/1952 Belle Vue
23/08/1952 Norwich
23/08/1952 Birmingham
27/08/1952 New Cross
29/08/1952 Harringay
29/08/1952 Bristol
09/09/1952 West Ham
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| International Round |
07/07/1952 Poole
08/07/1952 Yarmouth
14/07/1952 Liverpool
09/07/1952 White City
10/07/1952 Oxford
11/07/1952 Motherwell
19/07/1952 Coventry
19/07/1952 Ashfield
19/07/1952 Stoke
19/07/1952 Edinburgh
25/07/1952 Leicester
25/07/1952 Cradley Heath
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| Continental Final |
22/06/1952 Falköping, Sweden
8 to International Round |
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| Continental QR |
15/06/1952 Mucich, Denmark
4 Continental Final |
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| Nordic QR |
20/06/1952 Oslo, Norway
8 to Continental Final |
| Swedish QR |
??/??/1952 Linköping, Sweden
8 to Nordic QR |
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