List of individual world champions in speedway
The list of world champions in speedway shows all individual world champions in speedway . The world championship is the most important individual competition for speedway drivers. The first world championships were held in 1936. No world championships were held from 1939 to 1948 due to the Second World War and its aftermath. Since the speedways sport was initially only well known in Great Britain , the first 15 finals of the world championships all took place at Wembley Stadium in London . From the 1960s, cities in Sweden and Poland also came to the venues. Cities in the USA , Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark followed in the early 1980s .
From 1995 the world championship, similar to the Formula 1 world championship , is carried out in the Grand Prix system, with races, so-called Grand Prix, being held at different locations and the drivers receiving points for their respective placements, which are added to the world champion to investigate. Until 1994 the world championships were held in a system similar to the German championship . Qualification runs (quarter-finals, semi-finals) were carried out at various locations in order to determine the finalists.
Until 1994
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From 1995
| year | World Champion | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |
 Hans Nielsen
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 Tony Rickardsson
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 Sam Ermolenko
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| 1996 |
Billy Hamill
|
Hans Nielsen
|
Greg Hancock
|
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| 1997 |
Greg Hancock
|
Billy Hamill
|
 Tomasz Gollob
|
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| 1998 |
Tony Rickardsson
|
Jimmy Nilsen
|
Tomasz Gollob
|
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| 1999 |
Tony Rickardsson
|
Tomasz Gollob
|
Hans Nielsen
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| 2000 |
 Mark Loram
|
Billy Hamill
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
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| 2001 |
Tony Rickardsson
|
 Jason Crump
|
Tomasz Gollob
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| 2002 |
Tony Rickardsson
|
Jason Crump
|
Ryan Sullivan
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| 2003 |
Nicki Pedersen
|
Jason Crump
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
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| 2004 |
Jason Crump
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
Greg Hancock
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| 2005 |
Tony Rickardsson
|
Jason Crump
|
Leigh Adams
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| 2006 |
Jason Crump
|
Greg Hancock
|
Nicki Pedersen
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| 2007 |
Nicki Pedersen
|
Leigh Adams
|
Jason Crump
|
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| 2008 |
Nicki Pedersen
|
Jason Crump
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Tomasz Gollob
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| 2009 |
Jason Crump
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Tomasz Gollob
|
 Emil Sayfutdinow
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| 2010 |
Tomasz Gollob
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Jarosław Hampel
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Jason Crump
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| 2011 |
Greg Hancock
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Andreas Jonsson
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Jaroslaw Hampel
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| 2012 |
Chris Holder
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Nicki Pedersen
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Greg Hancock
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| 2013 |
Tai Woffind
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Jaroslaw Hampel
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Niels Kristian Iversen
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| 2014 |
Greg Hancock
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Krzysztof Kasprzak
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Nicki Pedersen
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| 2015 |
Tai Woffind
|
Greg Hancock
|
Nicki Pedersen
|
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| 2016 |
Greg Hancock
|
Tai Woffind
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Bartosz Zmarzlik
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| 2017 |
Jason Doyle
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Patryk Dudek
|
Tai Woffind
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| 2018 |
Tai Woffind
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Bartosz Zmarzlik
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Fredrik Lindgren
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| 2019 |
Bartosz Zmarzlik
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Leon Madsen
|
Emil Sayfutdinow
|
statistics
Leaderboard
This list of the best shows all drivers who have won at least one title at the individual world championships.
- Position : indicates the position in the eternal ranking list, sorted according to the number of championship titles won. If the number of championship titles is the same, the number of runner-up championships is decisive. If these are also the same, the number of third places is decisive.
- Name : Name of the driver
- First : number of championship titles
- Second : Number of second places
- Third : Number of third places
- Total : number of podium finishes
Nations ranking
In this nation ranking, all nations are listed, of which at least one driver has won the title at the individual world championships.
- Position : indicates the position in the national ranking, sorted according to the number of championship titles won. If the number of championship titles is the same, the number of runner-up championships is decisive. If these are also the same, the number of third places is decisive.
- Nation : name of the nation
- First : number of championship titles
- Second : Number of second places
- Third : Number of third places
- Total : number of podium finishes
| position | nation | total | First | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Sweden
|
39 | 14th | 14th | 11 |
| 2. |
Denmark
|
36 | 14th | 11 | 11 |
| 3. |
United Kingdom
|
38 | 12 | 14th | 12 |
| 4th |
 New Zealand
|
26th | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 5. |
Australia
|
28 | 9 | 7th | 12 |
| 6th |
United States
|
26th | 9 | 6th | 11 |
| 7th |
Poland
|
22nd | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 22nd |
 Germany
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
