1950 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1950 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fifth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The title was won by Welshman Freddie Williams with the pivotal heat being the heat against Australian Graham Warren. Warren and Williams both unbeaten met in their third rides and as Warren challenged Williams for the lead he was forced to drop behind Williams. Warren then hit a bump and fell which cost him valuable points and the chance to win the title.

Ronnie Moore became the youngest finalist at the age of just 17.

First qualifying round

 * The top 74 riders qualify for the second qualifying round, where they will be joined by seeded division 2 riders.

Second qualifying round

 * The top 73 riders qualify for the Third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

 * The top 2 riders from each meeting qualify for the Championship round, where they will meet 34 seeded division 1 riders.

Championship round
9 events in Great Britain.

Scores

 * Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final

World final

 * 22 September 1950
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium
 * Change: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Forrest → 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Erskine

Podium
1950 Podium:
 * 1) [[Image:Gold medal blank.svg|16px|Gold]] 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Freddie Williams
 * 2) [[Image:Silver medal blank.svg|16px|Silver]] 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wally Green
 * 3) [[Image:Bronze medal blank.svg|16px|Bronze]] 🇦🇺 Graham Warren