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The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Stadium and White City Stadium tracks, was chosen by the FIM to host the 1985 Final on 31 August 1985; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.

A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion Erik Gundersen from fellow Dane Hans Nielsen and surprise third placing Sam Ermolenko of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old Kelvin Tatum, finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.

First round

British qualification

Riders progress to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Preliminary Round
11 April	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Mike Ferreira	Jamie Luckhurst	Andrew Silver
17 April	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Trevor Banks	Dave Perks	Louis Carr
18 April	Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough	Steve Wilcock	Geoff Pusey	Mike Spink
19 April	East of England Arena, Peterborough	Carl Blackbird	Tim Hunt	Kevin Hawkins
19 April	Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh	David Blackburn	Bruce Cribb	Paul Thorp
Quarter-Final
27 April	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Carl Blackbird	Melvyn Taylor	Tim Hunt

Swedish qualification

Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

(4 May, Gubbängens IP Stockholm)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tommy Nilsson	14
2	Patrik Karlsson	14
3	Erik Stenlund	12
4	Lars Andersson	12
5	Jimmie Magnusson	10
6	Åke Fridell	9
7	Conny Ivarsson	9
8	Uno Johansson	9
9	Mikael Teurnberg	6
10	Kent Rickardsson	5
11	Kenneth Nyström	5
12	Roger Sundberg	3
13	Peder Messing	3
14	Anders Nilsson	3
15	Magnus Jonsson	2
16	Mikael Löfqvist	1
(4 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion Målilla)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Per Jonsson	14
2	Anders Kling	14
3	Mikael Blixt	12
4	Bengt Jansson	10
5	Jan Lundgren	9
6	Hans Wahlström	9
7	Dennis Löfqvist	8
8	Lars Hammarberg	8
9	Kjell Nielsen	7
10	Alf Trofast	6
11	Tony Gudbrand	6
12	Roland Dannö	4
13	Jan Davidsson	4
14	Mikael Reinholdsson	2
15	Roger Gustavsson	1
16	Stefan Andersson	0
(5 May, Grevby Motorstadion Mariestad)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Jimmy Nilsen	15
2	Per-Ove Gudmundsson	12
3	Richard Hellsén	12
4	Christer Rohlén	11
5	Börje Ring	10
6	Pierre Brannefors	9
7	Tony Olsson	9
8	Tommy Lindgren	8
9	Lillebror Johansson	8
10	Johan Zackrisson	6
11	Kent Björk	6
12	Johan Staaf	6
13	Mats Olsson	3
14	Mikael Messing	3
15	Kari Virta	1
16	Bo Arrhén	1

Australian qualification

Date	Event	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 Nov 84	Northern Territory Final	Tennant Creek Speedway	David Jackson	Brent Knott	Glen Baxter
24 November 84	Queensland Final	Pioneer Park, Ayr	Steve Regeling	Stan Bear	Steve Koppe
1 Dec 84	South Australian Final	Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge	Mark Fiora	Steve Baker	Darryl Branford
7 Dec 84	Western Australian Final	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Mick McKenna
16 Dec 84	New South Wales Final	Meeanee Speedway, Napier	Billy Sanders	Gary Guglielmi	Rudy Muts
23 Dec 84	Victorian Final	Olympic Park, Mildura	Phil Crump	Rod Hunter	Bill Barret

Second round

Continental preliminary round

Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
21 April	Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen	Klaus Lausch	Hubert Diener	Stanislav Urban
21 April	Speedway Stadium, Targovishte	Angel Jeftimov	Igor Stolyarov	Grzegorz Dzikowski
21 April	KS Apator Stadium, Toruń	Leonard Raba	Wojciech Żabiałowicz	Antonín Kasper Jr.
21 April	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Viktor Kuznetsov	Wojciech Załuski	József Petrikovics

British semi-finals

19 May The Shay, Halifax Top 8 to British final Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kenny Carter	14+3
2	John Davis	14+2
3	Neil Collins	12
4	Phil Collins	10
5	Neil Evitts	9
6	Peter Collins	9
7	Tim Hunt	9
8	Andy Campbell	8
9	Mark Courtney	7
10	Sean Willmott	7
11	Peter Carr	5
12	Richard Knight	5
13	Louis Carr	4
14	Kevin Jolly	3
15	Carl Blackbird	2
16	Kenny McKinna	2
17	Ian Sutcliffe (res)	0
22 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Top 8 to British final	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Andy Grahame	14
2	Kelvin Tatum	13
3	Simon Cross	12
4	Chris Morton	12
5	Andy Smith	11
6	Les Collins	9
7	Alan Grahame	8
8	Dave Jessup	7
9	Steve Bastable	7
10	Jamie Luckhurst	6
11	Melvyn Taylor	5
12	Mike Spink	5
13	Jeremy Doncaster	5
14	Bruce Cribb	2
15	David Backburn	2
16	Paul Woods	2
17	John Bostin	0
18	Nigel Leaver	0

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo	Armando Castagna	Grzegorz Dzikowski	Valentino Furlanetto
1 May	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Antonín Kasper Jr.	Armando Dal Chiele	Laszlo Bodi
1 May	Hansa Stadium, Bremen	Klaus Lausch	Václav Verner	Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	Zoltan Adorjan	Sandor Tihanyi	Andrzej Huszcza

American Final

8 June 1985
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
First 5 to Overseas final

New Zealand Final

- No final, David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas final

Australian Final

5 January 1985
Pioneer Park, Ayr
First 2 to Overseas final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Billy Sanders	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Phil Crump	(X,3,2,2,3)	11
3	Stan Bear	(2,2,2,2,3)	11
4	Mark Fiora	(2,2,3,2,2)	11
5	Steve Regeling	(1,3,0,3,3)	10
6	Alan Rivett	(3,1,3,1,2)	10
7	Gary Guglielmi	(3,3,X,2,X)	8
8	Rod Hunter	(1,1,3,1,2)	8
9	Steve Koppe	(3,2,1,X,1)	7
10	Ray Palmer	(0,0,2,2,2)	6
11	David Jackson	(1,2,2,0,1)	6
12	Steve Baker	(2,0,1,1,0)	4
13	Rudy Muts	(2,1,0,0,F)	3
14	Brent Nott	(1,1,F,X,X)	2
15	Darryl Branfort	(0,0,1,1,0)	2
16	Bill Barett	(0,X,X,0,0)	0
R1	Craig Drennan	(3,1)	4
18	Mal Bedkoper	(1)	1

British Final

6 June 1985
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 7 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Norwegian Final

1 May 1985
Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
Top 1 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Einar Kyllingstad	15
2	Roy Otto	14
3	Dag Haaland	11
4	Ingvar Skogland	11
5	Erlend Skretting	10
6	Kjel Arvid Gimre	10
7	Per Leveng	9
8	Arnt Forland	9
9	Willi Tjessem	7
10	Robert Langaland	7
11	Gjermund Aas	4
12	Aasger Bjerga	3
13	Jan Slaatter	3
14	Kurt Ueland	3
15	Geir Aasland	3
16	Gunnar Tunaem	1

Finland Final

Eteläpuisto, Tampere
12 August 1984, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1985 Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kai Niemi	15
2	Ari Koponen	14
3	Juha Moksunen	11+3
4	Pekka Hautamaki	11+2
5	Olli Tyrvainen	10
6	Markku Haapala	9
7	Henry Kivela	9
8	Hannu Lehtonen	8
9	Mikael Back	6
10	Seppo Keskinen	6
11	Heimo Kaikko	6
12	Aarre Soivuori	4
13	Roy Malminheimo	3
14	Aki Ala Riihimaki	3
15	Esa Mattila	2
16	Ismo Kivela	2
17	Ari Heinonen (res)	1

Swedish Finals

Top 5 to Nordic final
R1 (20 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro)
R2 (21 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)
R3 (22 May, Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping)

Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Tommy Nilsson	12	15	13	40
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11	13	12	36
3	Richard Hellsén	12	10	13	35
4	Per Jonsson	8	10	15	33
5	Erik Stenlund	14	10	8	32
6	Christer Rohlén	7	10	8	25
7	Pierre Brannefors	9	12	2	23
8	Lars Andersson	9	5	7	21
9	Patrik Karlsson	4	9	6	19
10	Hans Wahlström	9	3	4	16
11	Börje Ring	3	4	8	15
12	Bengt Jansson	4	3	7	14
13	Jimmie Magnusson	1	4	8	13
14	Anders Kling	3	6	4	13
15	Ake Fridell	8	2	-	10
16	Tony Olsson	5	3	0	8
17	Conny Ivarsson	0	0	4	4
18	Jan Lundgren	0	1	1	1
19	Alf Trofast	-	1	-	1
20	Lars Mammarberg	1	-	-	1

Danish Final

5 May 1985
Brovst Speedway Center, Brovst
First 7 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Erik Gundersen	13+3
3	Preben Eriksen	13+2
4	Tommy Knudsen	11
5	Finn Rune Jensen	10
6	Jan O. Pedersen	10
7	John Jørgensen	10
8	Jens Rasmussen	9
9	Fleming Pedersen	6
10	John Eskildsen	6
11	Bo Petersen	6
12	Sam Nikolajsen	3
13	Brian Jacobsen	2
14	Aksel Jepsen	2
15	Per Sorensen	2
16	Frank Andersen	1
R1	Helge Hansen	1

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

9 June Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Top 8 to Continental final Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Egon Müller	13
2	Klaus Lausch	12
3	Armando Castagna	11
4	Lubomir Jedek	10
5	Aleš Dryml Sr.	10
6	Grzegorz Dzikowski	10
7	Václav Verner	10
8	Petr Vandírek	9
9	Giorgio Zaramella	7
10	Zenon Plech	6
11	Stanislav Urban	6
12	Michail Starostin	4
13	Piotr Pyszny	4
14	Valentino Furlanetto	3
15	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	3
16	Oleg Volokhov	2
9 June Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen Top 8 to Continental final	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Zoltán Adorján	14
2	Viktor Kuznetsov	12
3	Sandor Tihanyi	11
4	Zoltan Hajdu	11
5	Antonín Kasper Jr.	10
6	Heinrich Schatzer	9
7	Karl Maier	9
8	Laszlo Bodi	8
9	Andrzej Huszcza	7
10	Armando Dal Chiele	7
11	Ottaviano Righetto	5
12	Petr Kucera	3
13	Zdislaw Rutecki	2
14	Henny Kroeze	2
15	Rif Saitgareev	2
16	Vladimir Trofimov	1

Overseas Final

14 July 1985
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union

Nordic Final

9 June 1985
Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup
First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental Final

21 July 1985
Rottalstadion, Pocking
First 5 plus one reserve to the World Final

Intercontinental Final

3 August 1985
Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
First 11 plus one reserve to the World Final

World Final

31 August 1985
Bradford, Odsal Stadium
Referee: () Torrie Kittlesen