# 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
The final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It was the 28th and last time the world final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format.
Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships, having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States in a run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later disqualified by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not adjust the rankings, leaving the second-place position vacant in official records for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after winning his first two rides.
After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Danish rider in the field after Jan O. Pedersen was sidelined due to injury, finished fourth with 11 points.

## First round
### British qualifiers

* Top 32 to British-Semi finals

## Second round
### New Zealand qualification

* First 16 to New Zealand final
| Date | Championship | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
| Jan | South Island Final | Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch | Mark Thorpe+ | Larry Ross | David Bargh |
| ?? | North Island Final | Meeanee Speedway, Napier | Craig Wilkie | Gary Allan | ?? |
* +Thorpe awarded title after Ross refused to ride in the race-off

### Australian qualification

* Top 16 to Australian final
| Date | Championship | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
| ?? | Northern Territory | Northline Speedway, Darwin | Glen Baxter | ?? | ?? |
| ?? | Victorian | Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford | Leigh Adams | Phil Crump | ?? |
| ?? | New South Wales | Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago | Todd Wiltshire | Craig Boyce | Stephen Davies |
| ?? | South Australian | North Arm Speedway, Gillman | Scott Norman | Shane Parker | ?? |
| ?? | Queensland | Townsville Speedway, Townsville | Troy Butler | ?? | ?? |
| ?? | Western Australian | Claremont Speedway, Perth | Glenn Doyle | Glyn Taylor | David Cheshire |

### British semi-finals

* Top 16 to British final

## Third round
### Continental preliminary round

* Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
| 5 May | Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa | Jacek Woźniak | Tommy Dunker | Jacek Rempała |
| 6 May | Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt | Alois Bachhuber | Lubomir Jedek | Jan Schinagl |
| 6 May | Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne | Igor Marko | Piotr Świst | Laszlo Bodi |
| 6 May | Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana | Valentino Furlanetto | Vladimir Kalina | Maciej Jaworek |

### Swedish qualification

* Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
(29 April, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Per Jonsson | 13 |
| 2 | Henrik Gustafsson | 13 |
| 3 | Dennis Löfqvist | 12 |
| 4 | Claes Ivarsson | 12 |
| 5 | Erik Stenlund | 9 |
| 6 | Tony Rickardsson | 9 |
| 7 | Mikael Teurnberg | 8 |
| 8 | Stefan Dannö | 8 |
| 9 | Kenneth Nyström | 9 |
| 10 | Jörgen Johansson | 7 |
| 11 | Christer Jonsson | 6 |
| 12 | Mikael Löfqvist | 5 |
| 13 | Tomas Karlsson | 4 |
| 14 | John Jensen | 3 |
| 15 | Jan Bergqvist | 3 |
| 16 | Pierre Carlsson | 1 |
(29 April, Gamla Galgberget, Visby) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jimmy Nilsen | 14 |
| 2 | Tony Olsson | 13 |
| 3 | Niklas Karlsson | 11 |
| 4 | Mikael Ritterwall | 11 |
| 5 | Conny Ivarsson | 10 |
| 6 | Peter Nahlin | 10 |
| 7 | Kenneth Lindby | 10 |
| 8 | Christer Rohlén | 9 |
| 9 | Patrik Karlsson | 8 |
| 10 | Jimmy Engman | 7 |
| 11 | Tommy Nilsson | 4 |
| 12 | Tony Samuelsson | 4 |
| 13 | Raymond Smedh | 4 |
| 14 | Kent Rickardsson | 2 |
| 15 | Kari Virta | 2 |
| 16 | Joakim Messing | 0 |

### British final

* Top 10 to Commonwealth final

### New Zealand final

Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
* 3 February, top 2 to Commonwealth final
| Pos. | Rider | Pts |
| 1 | Larry Ross | 14+3 |
| 2 | Mark Thorpe | 14+2 |
| 3 | Craig Wilkie | 14+1 |
| 4 | James Martin | 11 |
| 5 | Justin Monk | 10 |
| 6 | Michael Long | 9 |
| 7 | Stephen Rose | 8 |
| 8 | Darrin Wilson | 8 |
| 9 | Mark Jamieson | 8 |
| 10 | Max Brown | 5 |
| 11 | Philip Barakat | 4 |
| 12 | Kenny Webley | 3 |
| 13 | Alan Mason | 2 |
| 14 | Rhys Hamburger | 3 |
| 15 | Greg Fisher | 2 |
| 16 | Gary Marsh | 0 |
| 17 | Trevor Chapman | 0 |
| 18 | John Tuffley | 0 |

### Australian final

Brisbane Exhibition Ground
* 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final
| Pos. | Rider | Pts |
| 1 | Glenn Doyle | 14+3 |
| 2 | Leigh Adams | 14+2 |
| 3 | Stephen Davies | 13 |
| 4 | Phil Crump | 12 |
| 5 | Shane Bowes | 10 |
| 6 | Mick Poole | 9 |
| 7 | Jamie Fagg | 8 |
| 8 | Glen Baxter | 7 |
| 9 | Steve Regeling | 6 |
| 10 | Steve Langdon | 5 |
| 11 | Shane Parker | 5 |
| 12 | Sean Willmott | 4 |
| 13 | Scott Norman | 4 |
| 14 | Troy Butler | 4 |
| 15 | Chris Watson | 2 |
| 16 | Glyn Taylor | 1 |
| 17 | Darren Winkler (res) | 1 |

## Fourth round
### Continental quarter-finals

* Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
| 3 June | Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów | Ryszard Dołomisiewicz | Jozsef Petrikovics | Jan Krzystyniak |
| 3 June | Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach | Antal Kocso | Zdenek Tesar | Heinrich Schatzer |
| 3 June | Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc | Zoltan Hajdu | Piotr Świst | Rif Saitgareev |
| 4 June | Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg | Zoltan Adorjan | Sandor Tihanyi | Klaus Lausch |

### Danish Final

* Top 6 to the Nordic final
| Norway Final Frogner Speedway, Oslo 15 Sep 1989, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1990 Pos.RiderPoints 1Arnt Førland12+3 2Lars Gunnestad12+2 3Robert Langeland12+1 4Ingvar Skogland12+0 5Per Jörgensen11 6Arne Svensen9 7Jan Arid Slatta9 8Atle Knutsen7 9Einar Kyllingstad6 10Tor Einar Hielm6 11Odd Pettersen5 12Stag Bergersen4 13Jorn Arve Ardal4 14Jorn Vidar Aasen4 15Kjell Oyvind Sola3 16Gjermund Aas2 17Rolf Netland (res)1 | Finland Final Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere 27 Aug 1989, top 2 to Nordic final 1990 Pos.RiderTotal 1Juha Moksunen14 2Olli Tyrvainen13+3 3Kai Niemi13+2 4Vesa Ylinen11+3 5Janne Moksunen11+2 6Ari Koponen10 7Jari Kortelainen8 8Seppo Keskinen7 9Tomi Havu7 10Aarre Soivuori7 11Roy Malminheimo7 12Petri Kokko5 13Pekka Eerikainen2 14Jarmo Makinen2 15Petri Nurmesniemi (res)1 16Mika Pellinen (res)1 17Janne Koivula (res)1 18Esa Reijo0 19Nicklas Finne0 |

### Swedish Final

* R1 (15 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda)
* R2 (16 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping)
* R3 (17 May, Avesta Motorstadion, Avesta)
* Top 6 to Nordic Final
| Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
| 1 | Per Jonsson | 12+13+13 | 38 |
| 2 | Jimmy Nilsen | 12+12+10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dennis Löfqvist | 9+12+13 | 34 |
| 4 | Conny Ivarsson | 3+9+11 | 33 |
| 5 | Henka Gustafsson | 9+11+13 | 33 |
| 6 | Peter Nahlin | 14+8+10 | 32 |
| 7 | Niklas Karlsson | 8+9+8 | 25 |
| 8 | Tony Rickardsson | 6+5+10 | 21 |
| 9 | Peter Karlsson | 8+6+6 | 20 |
| 10 | Erik Stenlund | 4+6+7 | 17 |
| 11 | Claes Ivarsson | 9+6+ns | 15 |
| 12 | Mikael Teurnberg | 4+4+7 | 15 |
| 13 | Mikael Ritterwall | 6+6+2 | 14 14 |
| 14 | Tony Olsson | 5+5+ns | 10 |
| 15 | Kenneth Lindby | 1+4+3 | 8 |
| 16 | Stefan Dannö | 0+2+4 | 6 |
| 17 | Christer Rohlén (res) | ns+1+0 | 1 |

### Commonwealth Final

* Top 12 plus 1 reserve to the Overseas final

### North American Final

* 2 June 1990
* Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
* Top 4 to the Overseas final plus 1 reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
| 1 | Shawn Moran | 18+3 |
| 2 | Billy Hamill | 18+2 |
| 3 | Rick Miller | 18+1 |
| 4 | Greg Hancock | 18+0 |
| 5 | Ronnie Correy | 16+3 |
| 6 | Kelly Moran | 16+2 |
| 7 | Bobby Schwartz | 14 |
| 8 | Mike Faria | 12 |
| 9 | Robert Pfetzing | 12 |
| 10 | Lance King | 11 |
| 11 | Steve Lucero | 8 |
| 12 | Jim Sisemore | 8 |
| 13 | Josh Larsen | 7 |
| 14 | Brad Oxley | 5 |
| 15 | Tony Bienert | 5 |
| 16 | Charles Ermolenko | 3 |
| 17 | Eddie Castro | 3 |
| 18 | Shawn McConnell (res) | 3 |
| 19 | Sam Ermolenko | 2 |
| 20 | Don Odom (res) | 2 |
| 21 | John Kehoe | 1 |
| 22 | Fred Legault | 0 |

## Fifth round
### Continental semi-finals

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 14 |
| 2 | Jan Krzystyniak | 13 |
| 3 | Tomasz Gollob | 12+3 |
| 4 | Zdeněk Tesař | 12+2 |
| 5 | Antal Kocso | 9 |
| 6 | József Petrikovics | 8 |
| 7 | Wojciech Zaluski | 7+3 |
| 8 | Heinrich Schatzer | 7+2 |
| 9 | Igor Marko | 7+1 |
| 10 | Lubomir Jedek | 6 |
| 11 | Róbert Nagy | 6 |
| 12 | Laszlo Bodi | 6 |
| 13 | Ryszard Dolomisiewicz | 5 |
| 14 | Vladimir Trofimov | 5 |
| 15 | Walter Nebel | 2 |
| 16 | Viktor Gajdym | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Zoltán Adorján | 15 |
| 2 | Klaus Lausch | 11+3 |
| 3 | Armando Castagna | 11+2 |
| 4 | Gerd Riss | 11+1 |
| 5 | Sandor Tihanyi | 10 |
| 6 | Roman Matoušek | 9 |
| 7 | Bohumil Brhel | 9 |
| 8 | Vladimir Kalina | 9 |
| 9 | Petr Vandírek | 8 |
| 10 | Andre Pollehn | 7 |
| 11 | Rif Saitgareev | 7 |
| 12 | Zoltan Hajdu | 6 |
| 13 | Pavel Karnas | 3 |
| 14 | Sandor Ujhelyi | 2 |
| 15 | Robert Funk | 1 |
| 16 | Zsolt Böszermenyi | 1 |

### Overseas Final

* Top 9 to the Intercontinental final

### Nordic Final

* 9 June 1990
* Motorstadium, Linköping
* Top 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
| 1 | Jan O. Pedersen | 14 |
| 2 | Per Jonsson | 12 |
| 3 | Henrik Gustafsson | 11+3 |
| 4 | Conny Ivarsson | 11+2 |
| 5 | Jimmy Nilsen | 11+1 |
| 6 | Hans Nielsen | 11+0 |
| 7 | Dennis Löfqvist | 9+3 |
| 8 | Brian Karger | 9+2 |
| 9 | Kai Niemi | 6 |
| 10 | Bo Petersen | 6 |
| 11 | Peter Nahlin | 5 |
| 12 | Einar Kyllingstad | 5 |
| 13 | Jens Henry Nielsen | 3 |
| 14 | Olli Tyrväinen | 2 |
| 15 | Arnt Førland | 2 |
| 16 | Jan Pedersen | 2 |
| 17 | Vesa Ylinen (res) | 1 |

## Sixth round
### Intercontinental Final

* Top 11 plus 1 reserve to World final

### Continental Final

* 12 August 1990
* Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
* Top 5 to the World final plus 1 reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
| 1 | Gerd Riss | (3,2,2,3,3) | 13 |
| 2 | Zoltán Adorján | (2,3,1,3,3) | 12+3 |
| 3 | Armando Castagna | (3,3,x,3,3) | 12+2 |
| 4 | Roman Matoušek | (3,1,3,2,2) | 11 |
| 5 | Zdeněk Tesař | (3,0,2,3,2) | 10+3 |
| 6 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | (1,3,3,2,1) | 10+2 |
| 7 | Sándor Tihanyi | (0,3,2,2,2) | 9 |
| 8 | Wojciech Załuski | (2,1,F,1,3) | 7 |
| 9 | Antal Kocso | (2,2,2,0,1) | 7 |
| 10 | Klaus Lausch | (2,1,3,R,ns) | 6 |
| 11 | Bohumil Brhel | (1,2,EF,2,0) | 5 |
| 12 | Vladimir Kalina | (1,1,1,0,2) | 5 |
| 13 | József Petrikovics | (0,2,1,1,1) | 5 |
| 14 | Tomasz Gollob | (0,0,3,1,0) | 4 |
| 15 | Heinrich Schatzer | (1,0,0,1,1) | 3 |
| 16 | Jan Krzystyniak | (0,0,1,0,0) | 1 |

## World final

* 1 September 1990
* Odsal Stadium, Bradford

### 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 | (9) Per Jonsson | 13+3 | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | (15) Shawn Moran | 13+2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | (6) Todd Wiltshire | 12 | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | 12 | 3 |
| 4 | (1) Hans Nielsen | 11 | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 11 | 4 |
| 5 | (12) Jimmy Nilsen | 10 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | (13) Henrik Gustafsson | 9 | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | (16) Kelvin Tatum | 9 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | (2) Armando Castagna | 8 | 0 | | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | (8) Rick Miller | 8 | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | - | | | | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | (11) Richard Knight | 7 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 11 | (4) Martin Dugard | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 | (5) Roman Matoušek | 5 | | 1 | | | - | | | | | 0 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | (10) Zdeněk Tesař | 2 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | (7) Ronnie Correy | 2 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | (14) Antonín Kasper Jr. | 2 | | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | (3) Zoltán Adorján | 2 | 1 | | | | | | - | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | 2 | 16 |
| | (17) Sándor Tihanyi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | |
| | (18) Dennis Löfqvist | 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 |
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
| | Per Jonsson | (3,3,2,2,3) | 13+3 |
| 2 | Shawn Moran | (1,3,3,3,3) | 13+2 |
| | Todd Wiltshire | (3,3,2,1,3) | 12 |
| 4 | Hans Nielsen | (3,1,3,2,2) | 11 |
| 5 | Jimmy Nilsen | (2,1,2,3,2) | 10 |
| 6 | Henrik Gustafsson* | (3,2,3,0,1) | 9 |
| 7 | Kelvin Tatum | (2,3,0,3,1) | 9 |
| 8 | Armando Castagna | (F,2,1,3,2) | 8 |
| 9 | Rick Miller | (2,2,3,1,x) | 8 |
| 10 | Richard Knight | (1,2,1,2,1) | 7 |
| 11 | Martin Dugard | (2,0,1,0,3) | 6 |
| 12 | Roman Matoušek | (1,R,0,2,2) | 5 |
| 13 | Zdeněk Tesař | (0,0,2,0,R) | 2 |
| 14 | Ronnie Correy | (1,0,x,1,0) | 2 |
| 15 | Zoltán Adorján | (1,R,0,1,0) | 2 |
| 16 | Antonín Kasper Jr.* | (0,1,1,0,0) | 2 |
| Res | Sándor Tihanyi | did not ride | - |
| Res | Dennis Löfqvist | did not ride | - |
* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss
    a. Shawn Moran scored 13 points and lost the run-off to Per Jonsson. However, Moran had failed a random drug and alcohol test taken three months earlier at the Overseas Final, and was subsequently disqualified from second place. The FIM did not upgrade the standings and the official records show no second place rider.