1982 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship.

1982 was the only time the Individual World Final was held outside of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 or Europe
Europe
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 before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...

 series in 1995
1995 Speedway Grand Prix
The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season was the first season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Grand Prix series was won by Hans Nielsen; it was his fourth World Champion title.- Event format :...

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World final

  • August 28, 1982 Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles
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    , Memorial Coliseum
    Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...

  • Referee: ( ) Torrie Kittlesen

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1   Bruce Penhall
Bruce Penhall
Bruce Lee Penhall is a retired American motorcycle speedway racer who also starred in television and in film. He was the World Speedway Champion in 1981 and 1982 and rode for the successful Cradley Heath Heathens speedway team in the United Kingdom...

 
(2,3,3,3,3) 14
2   Les Collins
Les Collins
Leslie 'Les' Collins is a former Speedway rider. He finished runner-up in the 1982 Speedway World Championship as well as winning the Intercontinental Final in 1982, the British Under-21 Championship in 1977 and the British League Riders Championship in 1980.-Crewe, Stoke & Belle Vue:Les started...

 
(3,3,1,3,3) 13
3   Dennis Sigalos
Dennis Sigalos
Arthur Dennis Sigalos is a professional speedway rider in the United States. He became World Pairs Champion with Bobby Schwartz in 1982 and appeared in the 1982 and 1983 Speedway World Finals, finishing in third place in 1982 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...

 
(3,2,2,2,3) 12
4   Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran was a professional speedway rider who rode for a number of British clubs and also represented USA....

 
(2,1,3,3,2) 11
5   Kenny Carter
Kenny Carter
Kenneth 'Kenny' Malcolm Carter , was a world class speedway rider. He rode for Newcastle Diamonds , Halifax Dukes and Bradford Dukes ....

 
(3,3,3,x,1) 10
6   Dave Jessup
Dave Jessup
David John Jessup is a former speedway rider who finished runner-up the Speedway World Championship in 1980 to fellow countryman Michael Lee. The same season he won the World Pairs Championship with Peter Collins and became British Speedway Champion after finishing runner-up in 1978 and third in...

 
(3,2,0,3,0) 8
7   Hans Nielsen
Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)
Hans Hollen Nielsen - a prominent speedway rider active from the 1970s to the late 1990s; a former World Champion....

 
(1,0,2,2,3) 8
8   Jan Andersson  (1,2,2,1,2) 8
9   Jiří Štancl
Jirí Štancl
Jiří Štancl is a former international speedway rider who reached the final of theSpeedway World Championship on nine occasions, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 in Los Angeles...

 
(0,1,3,1,2) 7
10   Edward Jancarz
Edward Jancarz
Edward 'Ed' Jancarz was an international speedway rider.-Career:Jancarz rode in the UK for the Wimbledon Dons between 1977–1982 and in Poland for Stal Gorzów...

 
(2,2,1,2,0) 7
11   Georg Hack  (2,0,2,1,1) 6
12   Kai Niemi
Kai Niemi
Kai Juhani Niemi is former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented Finland in the World Team Cup...

 
(0,3,1,0,1) 4
13   Peter Collins
Peter Collins (speedway rider)
Peter Spencer Collins MBE is a former Speedway rider who spent his whole career with the Belle Vue Aces, the team he supported as a child...

 
(1,0,0,2,2) 5
14   Phil Crump
Phil Crump
Philip John "Phil" Crump in Mildura, Victoria is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who attained 3rd place in the 1976 World Championship...

 
(1,1,1,1,0) 4
15   Vaclav Verner  (0,1,0,0,1) 2
16   Michaił Starostin  (0,0,0,x,0) 0
R1   Emil Sova  did not ride
R2   Andy Grahame
Andy Grahame
Andrew George Grahame is a former Speedway rider.He won the British Speedway Championship in 1982...

 
did not ride

Classification

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