1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was contested for the one and only time over two days. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.

1987 Individual Speedway World Championship
Previous:	1986	Next:	1988

The 1987 Final was the first time the World Final was held in the Netherlands.

The 1987 Speedway World Final programme.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
5 April	Eastbourne	Andy Galvin	Malcolm Holloway	Martin Dugard
5 April	Mildenhall	Alan Mogridge	Melvyn Taylor	Martin Goodwin
11 April	Stoke	Nigel Crabtree	Martin Yeates	Doug Wyer
16 April	Middlesbrough	Gary Havelock	Martin Dixon	Les Collins
24 April	Peterborough	Andrew Silver	Trevor Banks	Ian Barney
4 May	Newcastle	Andrew Silver	Ian Barney	David Blackburn
Semi-Finals
17 May	Swindon	Jeremy Doncaster	Marvyn Cox	Andy Grahame
17 May	Sheffield	Simon Wigg	Neil Evitts	Neil Collins
Final
31 May	Coventry	Kelvin Tatum	Neil Evitts	Simon Wigg

British Final

• May 31, 1987
•  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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	21	22
	(11) Kelvin Tatum	13			3				3		2					3						2	13	1
	(2) Neil Evitts	11	3					1				2				2				3			11	2
	(14) Simon Wigg	10				3		2					3		1							1	10	3		3
4	(13) Marvyn Cox	10				2	2							2		1					3		10	4		2
5	(12) Jeremy Doncaster	9			0					3		3			3						0		9	5
6	(5) Paul Thorp	9		F			3					X					3					3	9	6
7	(15) Andrew Silver	9				1			2			1						2	3				9	7
8	(6) Simon Cross	8		3				3			1							F			1		8	8
9	(3) Chris Morton	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(4) John Davis	7	0							1				3				3				0	7	10
11	(1) Andy Grahame	6	2				0				3				0				1				6	11
12	(10) Gary Havelock	6			2			0						1			1		2				6	12
13	(8) Andy Smith	5		2						2			0			1			F				5	13
14	(7) Peter Carr	4		1					0					0	2					1			4	14
15	(9) Alun Rossiter	4			1		1						1					1		0			4	15
16	(16) Neil Collins	2				0				0	0						0			2			2	16
R1	(R1) Steve Collins	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Les Collins	0																					0	R2
TR	(TR) David Clarke	0										0											0	TR
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	21	22

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

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
3 May	Nassjo	Jan Andersson	Per Jonsson	Mikael Blixt
3 May	Lindesberg	Tommy Nillson	Erik Stenlund	Niklas Karlsson

Swedish Final

• May 19, 20 & 21
•  SWE Mariestad, Eskilstuna & Vetlanda
• First 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Jan Andersson	15+14+14	43
2	Per Jonsson	14+15+13	42
3	Roland Danno	9+11+11	31
4	Tommy Nilsson	8+12+10	30
5	Patrik Karlsson	10+8+11	29
6	Conny Ivarsson	9+9+9	27
7	Christer Rohlen	7+10+8	25
8	Niklas Karlsson	8+3+10	21
9	Tony Olsson	6+9+5	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7+6+3	16
11	Jan Staan	3+5+5	13
12	Bo Arhhen	2+8+2	12
13	Claes Ivarsson	3+1+7	11
14	Kenneth Nystrom	3+6+0	9
15	Erik Stenlund	6+2+ns	8
16	Lillebror Johansson	3+1+3	7
17	Mikael Blixt	6+1+ns	7
18	Pierre Brannefors	ns+0+7	7
19	Mikael Rittewall	ns+ns+1	1
16	Jorgen Johansson	ns+ns+0	0

Intercontinental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Australian Final
24 January	Mildura	Steve Regeling	Steve Baker	Glyn Taylor
New Zealand Final
21 February	Auckland	David Bargh	Mitch Shirra	Larry Ross
Danish Final
17 May	Slangerup	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	John Jørgensen
American Final
13 June	Long Beach	Sam Ermolenko	Kelly Moran	John Cook
Commonwealth Final
14 June	Belle Vue	Kelvin Tatum	Simon Cross	Marvyn Cox
Finnish Final
28 June	Lahti	Ari Koponen	Vesa Ylinen	Roy Malminhelmo
Overseas Final
5 July	Bradford	Mitch Shirra	Jeremy Doncaster	Kelly Moran
Scandinavian Final
14 July	Norrköping	Erik Gundersen	Hans Nielsen	Peter Ravn
Intercontinental Final
27 July	Vojens	Erik Gundersen	Jimmy Nilsen	Hans Nielsen

Australian Final

• January 24, 1987
• Mildura
• First 3 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Steve Regeling		14
2	Steve Baker		12
3	Glyn Taylor		10
4	Ashley Norrton		10
5	Craig Hodgston		10
6	Mick Poole		9
7	David Jackson		9
8	Tony Butler		8
9	Tony Rose		8
10	Stephen Davies		7
11	Dave Cheshire		6
12	Mark Fiora		4
13	Andy Barret		4
14	Nigel Adlerton		3
15	Chris Watson		2
16	Nigel Tramelling		2

New Zealand Final

• February 21, 1987
•  NZL Auckland
• Marked in green to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	14
2	Mitch Shirra	13
3	Larry Ross	12
4	Alan Mason	10
5	Mike Fullerton	10
6	Richard Price	9
7	Mark Long	8
8	Chris Marin	8
9	Steve Rose	8
10	John Roberts	6
11	Mark Lyndon	6
12	Chris Monk	5
13	Les Chappell	4
14	Don Hopewell	3
15	Dave Cotton	2

Danish Final

• May 17, 1987
•  DEN Slangerup
• First 6 to the Scandinavian Final

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	21
	(7) Hans Nielsen	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(15) Erik Gundersen	13				3			1			3						3	3				13	2
	(13) John Jørgensen	11				1	3							2		2					3		11	3
4	(5) Jan Jacobsen	11		2			2					2					3					2	11	4
5	(14) Tommy Knudsen	10				2		3					3		2							-	10	5
6	(4) Peter Ravn	10	2							3				1				1				3	10	6
7	(11) Jens Rasmussen	9			3				2		2					1						1	9	7
8	(2) Per Sorensen	7	1					1				0				3				2			7	8
9	(9) Peter Glanz	7			2		1						2					2		0			7	9
10	(10) Fleming Rasmussen	6			1			2						0			1		2				6	10
11	(12) John Eskilden	5			0					2		1			1						1		5	11
12	(1) Kurt Hansen	4	3				0				0				0				1				4	12
13	(16) Aksel Jepsen	4				0				0	1						2			1			4	13
14	(6) Frank Andersen	3		0				0			3							0			-		3	14
15	(8) Ole Hansen	3		1						1			1			0			0				3	15
16	(3) Sam Nikolajsen	2	0						0				0				0				2		2	16
R1	(R1) Lars Munkedal	0																				0	0	R1
R2	(R2) Finn Rune Jensen	0																			0		0	R2
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	21

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

American Final

• June 13, 1987
•  USA Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 4 to Overseas Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	3,4,4,4,4	19
2	Kelly Moran	4,4,3,4,3	18
3	John Cook	4,2,4,3,2	15+4
4	Robert Pfetzing	4,4,4,2,2	15+3
5	Mike Faria	2,4,3,4,2	15+2
6	Lance King	4,2,3,2,4	15+1
7	Rick Miller	3,3,2,4,3	15+0
8	Shawn Moran	3,0,4,3,4	14
9	Bobby Schwartz	0,4,2,3,3	12
10	Gary Hicks	2,1,1,3,4	11
11	Steve Lucero	1,3,3,2,1	10
12	John Sandona	1,3,2,0,3	8
13	Jim Sisemore	2,0,1,2,3	8
14	Brad Oxley	3,1,1,1,1	7
15	Eddie Ingels	2,1,2,0,0	5
16	Mark Dwyer	1,2,0,1,1	5
17	Tuff McBridge	1,2,1,1,F	5
18	John Kehoe	0,1,0,0,1	2
19	Gary Ford	0,0,0,1,0	1
20	Bart Bast	0,0,0,0,0	0

Commonwealth Final

• June 14, 1987
•  GBR Belle Vue
• First 10 to the Overseas Final

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	21
	(4) Kelvin Tatum	14	3							2				3				3				3	14	1
	(12) Simon Cross	13			3					3		3			3						1		13	2
	(14) Marvyn Cox	10				3		3					3		1							0	10	3
4	(10) Neil Evitts	10			2			1						1			3		3				10	4
5	(3) Chris Morton	10	1						3				2				2				2		10	5
6	(11) David Bargh	10			1				2		2					3						2	10	6
7	(13) Mitch Shirra	10				1	2							2		2					3		10	7
8	(16) Steve Regeling	8				2				1	1						1			3			8	8
9	(2) Andrew Silver	8	2					2				2				E				2			8	9
10	(5) Paul Thorp	7		3			3					F					0					1	7	10
11	(7) Jeremy Doncaster	6		2					1					0	2					1			6	11	3
12	(6) Simon Wigg	6		1				0			3							2			0		6	12	2
13	(9) Steve Baker	3			0		1						1					1		0			3	13
14	(15) Glyn Taylor	3				X			0			1						0	2				3	14
15	(1) Alan Mason	1	0				0				0				0				1				1	15
16	(8) Ashley Norton	1		E						0			1			0			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Larry Ross	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Glenn Hornby	0				0																	0	R2
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	21

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

Finnish Final

• August 26, 1987
• Lahti
• First to Scandinavian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ari Koponen		15
2	Vesa Ylinen		14
3	Roy Malminhelmo		13
4	Ari Ala Riihimaki		11
5	Olli Turkia		11
6	Aare Soivuori		7
7	Juha Moksunen		6
8	Jorma frantila		6
9	Janne Moksunen		5
10	Maarku Haapala		5
11	Mikael Back		5
12	Esa Einola		5
13	Petri Kokko		3
14	Jari Kortelainen		3
15	Jari Moisio		3
16	Janne Koivula		0

Overseas Final

• July 5, 1987
•  GBR Bradford
• First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(7) Mitch Shirra	12		3					0					3	3					3			12	1
	(11) Jeremy Doncaster	11			3				2		2					3						1	11	2
	(14) Kelly Moran	10				3		2					2		1							2	10	3	3
4	(12) Sam Ermolenko	10			0					2		3			2						3		10	4	2
5	(6) Steve Regeling	9		2				0			3							3			1		9	5
6	(10) Simon Cross	9			2			3						2			2		0				9	6
7	(1) Neil Evitts	8	3				1				1				0				3				8	7
8	(8) Marvyn Cox	8		0						3			3			1			1				8	8
9	(13) John Cook	8				1	2							1		2					2		8	9
10	(3) Chris Morton	7	2						1				1				3				X		7	10	3
11	(15) Kelvin Tatum	7				0			3			0						2	2				7	11	2
12	(4) David Bargh	6	1							1				X				1				3	6	12
13	(5) Robert Pfetzing	5		1			3					1					0					0	5	13
14	(16) Mike Faria	5				2				0	0						1			2			5	14
15	(2) Paul Thorp	3	0					1				2				0				E			3	15
16	(9) Andrew Silver	2			1		0						0					0		1			2	16
R1	(R1) Simon Wigg	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Rick Miller	0																					0	R2
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	21

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

Scandinavian Final

• June 14, 1987
•  SWE Norrköping
• First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(2) Erik Gundersen	14	3					2				3				3				3			14	1
	(14) Hans Nielsen	12				3		3					3		1							2	12	2	3
	(12) Peter Ravn	12			3					2		2			2						3		12	3	2
4	(4) Per Jonsson	11	1							3				3				1				3	11	4
5	(9) Jan O. Pedersen	11			2		3						2					2		2			11	5
6	(6) Jimmy Nilsen	10		2				1			3							3			1		10	6
7	(1) Kai Niemi	9	2				1				0				3				3				9	7	3
8	(8) John Jørgensen	9		3						1			1			2			2				9	8	2
9	(16) Jan Andersson	8				2				0	2						3			1			8	9
10	(11) Tommy Knudsen	7			1				3		1					1						1	7	10
11	(5) Roland Danno	6		1			2					1					2					0	6	11
12	(3) Jan Jacobsen	4	E						1				0				1				2		4	12
13	(7) Tommy Nilsson	3		F					2					1	0					0			3	13
14	(15) Olli Tyrvainen	2				1			0			0						0	1				2	14
15	(13) Arne Svendsen	0				0	0							0		0					0		0	15
16	(10) Einar Kylingstaad	0			F			0						X			F		0				0	16
R1	(R1) Vesa Ylinen	2												2									2	R1
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	21

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

Intercontinental Final

• July 27, 1987
•  DEN Vojens
• First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(1) Erik Gundersen	13	3				3				3				1				3				13	1
	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	12			3				2		2					2						3	12	2
	(4) Hans Nielsen	11	0							3				3				3				2	11	3
4	(3) Jan O. Pedersen	10	2						1				3				2				2		10	4
5	(2) Mitch Shirra	9	1					2				0				3				3			9	5
6	(7) Sam Ermolenko	9		1					3					0	3					2			9	6
7	(10) John Cook	9			1			3						1			3		1				9	7
8	(5) Per Jonsson	8		3			1					3					0					1	8	8
9	(12) Simon Cross	8			2					1		2			0						3		8	9
10	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	8				3			0			1						2	2				8	10
11	(13) Chris Morton	7				2	2							2		0					1		7	11
12	(8) Peter Ravn	5		X						2			2			1			0				5	12	3
13	(6) Neil Evitts	5		2				1			1							1			0		5	13	2
14	(14) Kai Niemi	4				1		0					1		2							0	4	14
15	(16) Marvyn Cox	1				0				0	0						1			0			1	15
16	(9) Steve Regeling	0			0		0						X					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Kelvin Tatum	1																		1			1	R1
R2	(R2) John Jørgensen	0																E					0	R2
R3	(R3) Kelly Moran	0																					0	R3
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	21

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

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
1 May	Pfaffenhofen	Bohumil Brhel	Ryszard Francsyszyn	Vladimir Voronkov
17 May	Krsko	Valentino Furlanetto	Lubomir Jedek	Gianni Famari
17 May	Neustadt Donau	Antal Kosco	Andrzej Huszcza	Laszlo Bodi
17 May	Targovishte	Grzegorz Dzikowski	Josef Sereš	Dariusz Baliński
Quarter-Finals
24 May	Wiener Neustadt	Josef Petrikovics	Armando Castagna	Toni Pilotto
31 May	Debrecen	Mikhail Starostin	Viktor Kuznetsov	Zoltan Adorjan
31 May	Rovno	Roman Matoušek	Jiří Svoboda	Valery Gordeev
31 May	Slany	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Gerd Riss	Karl Maier
Semi-Finals
13 June	Leszno	Roman Jankowski	Wojciech Zabialowicz	Zoltan Adorjan
14 June	Krumbach	Gerd Riss	Armando Castagna	Antonín Kasper, Jr.
Final
26 July	Lonigo	Gerd Riss	Roman Jankowski	Antonín Kasper, Jr.

Nederlands Final

• April 20,24, July 4,12
•  NED Feyenoord, Heusden Zolder, Amsterdam & Blijham
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Henk Steman	13+15+1+13,5+13	54,5
2	Rene Elzinga	3,5+8+15+15+15	53
3	Peter Seur	12+11,5+9+11,5+9,5	44,5
4	Geert Cools	ns+9+9+13,5+12	43,5
5	Wil Stoes	11+10+ns+7,5+14	42,5
6	Rob Steman	0,5+11,5+14+6+6,5	38,5
7	Robert Jam Munnecom	10+14+13+ns+ns	37
8	Rikus Gorter	8,5+3+11,5+9+5	34
9	Frans Cools	0,5+5,5+5,5+10+11	31
10	Ron Koppe	3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,5	30,5
11	Frits Koppe	14+13+ns+ns+ns	27
12	Vital Cardeynaels	7+4+11,5+1+ns	23,5
13	Henny Kroeze	15+5,5+ns+ns+ns	20,5
14	Ron Van Dam	2+ns+7+7,5+3,5	20
15	Patrick Pino	5+ns+3,5+3,5+8	20
16	Aage Lucardie	ns+1+9+5+2	17
17	Fokke Van Der Walle	8,5+2+2+3,5+3,5	16,5
18	Hylke Dijkema	ns++ns+ns+ns+9,5	9,5
19	Willy Heremans	6+ns+3,5+ns+ns	9,5
20	Herman Heremans	ns+ns+ns+2+ns	2

German Final

• September 4, 1987
•  FRG Pocking
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Tommy Dunker	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Gerd Riss	3,3,3,2,3	14
3	Karl Maier	2,3,2,3,3	13
4	Carsten Pelzmann	3,2,1,3,1	10
5	Andreas Marynowski	2,2,1,3,2	10
6	Peter Schrock	2,1,3,2,2	10
7	Berndt Traunspurger	1,0,3,2,1	7
8	Tommy Broch	2,E,1,1,3	7
9	Klaus Freundorfer	1,2,2,F,2	7
10	Peter Hehlert	1,3,0,2,0	6
11	Alois Bachuber	0,1,2,1,1	5
12	Andre Pohlenn	0,1,1,0,2	4
13	Hans Faltermeier	1,1,2,F,-	4
14	Heinz Huber	3,F,-,-,-	3
15	Hans Kressirer	0,2,0,1,E	3
16	Mario Trupkovic	0,0,0,0,1	1

Italian Final

• March 29, April 5 and 24, May 10, July 4
•  ITA Treviso, Lonigo, Terenzano, Badia Polesine & Castiglione Olona
• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Valentino Furlanetto	16+14+15+16	61
2	Armando Castagna	14+15+15+14	58
3	Paolo Salvatelli	12+11+13+9	45
4	Armando Dal Chiele	13+8+11+10	42
5	Ottaviano Righetto	11+12+10+9	42
6	Giuseppe Scalzolaro	9+10+9+5	33
7	Giorgio Zaramello	ns+10+8+12	30
8	Gianni Famari	ns+9+10+10	29
9	Giovanni Cragnolini	9+5+0+7	21
10	Fabrizio Vesperini	8+5+5+4	21
11	Gaetano Bressan	ns+7+8+5	20
12	Davide Guarise	4+6+ns+8	18
13	Amerigo Milanese	5+4+1+4	14
14	Mario Andriolo	6+3+3+0	12
15	Daniele Doro	6+0+4+1	11
16	Fabrizio Maggio	ns+2+5+3	10
17	Giuseppe Marzotto	ns+ns+4+ns	4
18	Domenico Solda	3+ns+ns+ns	3

Hungarian Final

• Marked in green to Continental Qualification

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Zoltan Adorjan		30
2	Joszef Petrikovics		28
3	Laszlo Bodi		24
4	Sandor Tihanyi		22
5	Antal Kosco		21
6	Zoltan Hajdu		21
7	Janoš Bologh		21
8	Janoš Sereš		19
9	Robert Nagy		16
10	Joszef Sziracky		14
11	Ferenc Juhaš		14
12	Ištvan Rušz		13
13	Andraš Kovacs		8
14	Robert Csilik		8
15	Sandor Ujhelyi		4
16	Janoš Oreško		3

Сontinental Final

• July 26, 1987
•  ITA Lonigo
• First 4 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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	21
	(1) Gerd Riss	13	3				3				1				3				3				13	1	3
	(11) Roman Jankowski	13			2				3		2					3						3	13	2	2
	(8) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	11		2						3			2			2			2				11	3	3
4	(4) Roman Matoušek	11	1							2				3				3				2	11	4	2
5	(2) Vladimir Trofimov	10	2					3				2				1				2			10	5	3
6	(7) Armando Dal Chiele	10		3					2					1	1					3			10	6	2
7	(13) Armando Castagna	9				2	2							2		0					3		9	7
8	(6) Janusz Stachyra	9		1				2			3							2			1		9	8
9	(9) Zoltan Adorjan	7			3		1						3					F		X			7	9
10	(12) Karl Maier	6			E					1		1			2						2		6	10
11	(5) Antal Kosco	5		F			0					3					2					E	5	11
12	(16) Mikhail Starostin	4				3				0	X						1			E			4	12
13	(14) Petr Vandirek	4				1		1					1		0							1	4	13
14	(3) Wojciech Zabialowicz	3	0						0				0				3				0		3	14
15	(15) Sandor Tihanyi	3				0			1			0						1	1				3	15
16	(10) Jan Krzystyniak	1			1			0						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Toni Pilotto	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Viktor Kuznetsov	0																					0	R2
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	21

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

World Final

Day 1

• September 5, 1987
• Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium[1]
• Referee: Roman Cheladze

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	21
	(6) Sam Ermolenko	13		3				1			3							3			3		13	1
	(13) Erik Gundersen	13				3	3							3		3					1		13	2
	(2) Hans Nielsen	12	1					3				3				2				3			12	3
4	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	12				2			3			2						2	3				12	4
5	(12) Per Jonsson	11			3					2		1			3						2		11	5
6	(10) Jan O. Pedersen	10			2			2						1			3		2				10	6
7	(4) Jimmy Nilsen	9	3							3				2				0				1	9	7
8	(5) Mitch Shirra	7		2			0					0					2					3	7	8
9	(11) John Cook	7			1				2		1					1						2	7	9
10	(1) Simon Cross	7	2				1				2				1				1				7	10
11	(14) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5				1		0					2		2							0	5	11
12	(9) Chris Morton	5			0		2						0					1		2			5	12
13	(3) Gerd Riss	4	F						1				3				T				0		4	13
14	(8) Roman Matoušek	3		1						1			1			0			0				3	14
15	(7) Henny Kroeze	1		F					0					0	0					1			1	15
16	(16) Roman Jankowski	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
R1	(R1) Peter Ravn	1															1						1	R1
R2	(R2) Vladimir Trofimov	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Peter Seur	0																					0	R3
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	21

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

Day 2

• September 6, 1987
• Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium[1]
• Referee: Roman Cheladze

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	21
	(10) Hans Nielsen	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(5) Jimmy Nilsen	13		3			3					2					2					3	13	2
	(12) Erik Gundersen	11			1					1		3			3						3		11	3	3
4	(2) Sam Ermolenko	11	3					2				1				3				2			11	4	2
5	(7) Per Jonsson	11		2					2					2	2					3			11	5
6	(4) Jan O. Pedersen	9	1							3				1				2				2	9	6
7	(16) John Cook	8				3				0	3						1			1			8	7
8	(6) Roman Jankowski	8		1				1			1							3			2		8	8
9	(8) Jeremy Doncaster	8		0						2			2			2			2				8	9
10	(1) Gerd Riss	8	2				2				2				1				1				8	10
11	(15) Mitch Shirra	5				2			3			0						0	0				5	11
12	(9) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	4			0		0						3					1		0			4	12
13	(13) Chris Morton	4				1	1							0		1					1		4	13
14	(11) Simon Cross	3			2				0		0					0						1	3	14
15	(3) Roman Matoušek	2	0						1				1				0				0		2	15
16	(14) Henny Kroeze	0				0		E					0		E							0	0	16
R1	(R1) Peter Ravn	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Vladimir Trofimov	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Peter Seur	0																					0	R3
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	21

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

Final standings

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	12+15	27
2	Erik Gundersen	13+11	24+3
3	Sam Ermolenko	13+11	24+2
4	Jimmy Nilsen	9+13	22
5	Per Jonsson	11+11	22
6	Jeremy Doncaster	12+8	20
7	Jan O. Pedersen	10+9	19
8	John Cook	7+8	15
9	Mitch Shirra	7+5	12
10	Gerd Riss	4+8	12
11	Simon Cross	7+3	10
12	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5+4	9
13	Chris Morton	5+4	9
14	Roman Jankowski	0+8	8
15	Roman Matousek	3+2	5
16	Henny Kroeze	1+0	1
R1	Peter Ravn	1	1
R2	Władimir Trofimow	did not ride	-

See also

References

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