7th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
The 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship was the seventh edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Australian rider Jack Young became the first rider to win a second title (and the first to win two in a row) when he won his second straight World Championship after scoring 14 points. Second was Welshman Freddie Williams on 13 points, with England's Bob Oakley third on 12 points.[ 6]
Qualification Qualification started on 26 May.[ 7] [ 8]
Stage 1
Swedish round Pos. Rider Points 1 Rune Sörmander 14+3 2 Sune Karlsson 14+2 3 Bert Lindarw 10 4 Helge Brinkeback 9 5 Göte Olsson 9 6 Stig Pramberg 9 7 Evert Fransson 8 8 Olle Nygren 8 9 Bo Andersson 8 10 Einar Lindqvist 7 11 Linus Eriksson 6 12 Lars-Erik Österberg 5 13 Lars Thaung 4 14 Eskil Carlsson 3 15 Lennart Carlström 2 16 Kjell Carlsson 2 17 Joel Jansson 1
Stage 2
Continental qualifier 15 June 1952 BBM Stadium , Munich First 4 to Continental round Pos. Rider Points 1 Fritz Dirtl 15 2 Josef Kamper 14 3 Sven Skoglund 11 4 Tinus Metzelaar 11 5 Leopold Killemeyer 11 6 Albin Siegl 9 7 Åke Lindqvist 8 8 Bob Mark 7 9 Thei Bischops 7 10 Karl Killmeyer 6 11 Josef Hofmeister 6 12 Gerrit Jonker 5 13 Alfred Aberl 5 14 Franz Neubauer 1 15 Reg Morgan 0 16 Walter Dirtl 0
Nordic Final
Stage 3
Continental Final
British national round Top riders qualify for the International round
Stage 4
International round The top 62 riders qualify for the Championship round.
Stage 5
Championship Round Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
World final Nr. 3 Bob Oakley winning a race in the Netherlands in 1949 18 September 1952 Wembley Stadium, London Pos. Rider Points Heats 1 Jack Young 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 2 Freddie Williams 13 (3,2,3,2,3) 3 Bob Oakley 12 (3,3,2,1,3) 4 Ronnie Moore 10 (2,2,3,F,3) 5 Arthur Payne 9 (0,1,2,3,3) 6 Dan Forsberg 9 (2,3,1,3,F) 7 Dick Bradley 9 (3,2,3,1,0) 8 Jeff Lloyd 7 (2,2,0,2,1) 9 Arthur Forrest 7 (1,1,0,3,2) 10 Henry Long 7 (1,0,2,2,2) 11 Brian Crutcher 6 (1,3,1,0,1) 12 Split Waterman 6 (2,1,0,1,2) 13 Graham Warren 5 (0,1,1,2,1) 14 Derick Close 4 (1,0,2,0,1) 15 Cyril Roger 2 (0,Ex,1,1,0) 16 Ron How 0 (0,d,0,0,0) Basse Hveem (res) – – Trevor Redmond (res) – –
Classification 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 1 (10) Jack Young 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 2 (2) Freddie Williams 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2 3 (8) Bob Oakley 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3 4 (3) Ronnie Moore 10 2 2 3 - 3 4 4 5 (4) Arthur Payne 9 0 1 2 3 3 9 5 6 (11) Dan Forsberg 9 2 3 1 3 - 9 6 7 (16) Dick Bradley 9 3 2 3 1 0 9 7 8 (5) Jeff Lloyd 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 8 9 (7) Arthur Forrest 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 9 10 (12) Henry Long 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 10 11 (13) Brian Crutcher 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 11 12 (14) Split Waterman 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 12 13 (9) Graham Warren 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 13 14 (1) Derek Close 4 1 0 2 0 1 4 14 15 (15) Cyril Roger 2 0 - 1 1 0 0 15 16 (6) Ron How 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 16 (17) Basse Hveem (res) 0 0 (18) Trevor Redmond (res) 0 0 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
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
Podium Jack Young (Australia ) Freddie Williams (Wales ) Bob Oakley (England )
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