1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.

Qualifying
Qualification started in 1957.

Stage 1
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Norwegian round

 * 20 October 1957
 * 🇳🇴 Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg
 * Top 4 (+4 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958
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Finnish round

 * 27 October 1957
 * 🇫🇮 Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
 * Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958
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Stage 3
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Nordic Final

 * 8 June 1958
 * 🇸🇪 Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
 * First 8 to European final
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Continental Final

 * 1 June 1958
 * Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
 * First 8 to European Final
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British & Commonwealth qualifying

 * Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals.

British/Commonwealth semi-final

 * Barry Briggs seeded to World final
 * First 10 to World final + 1 reserve

European Final

 * 22 July 1958
 * 🇵🇱 Army Stadium, Warsaw
 * First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve

World final

 * 20 September 1958
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium
 * Referee: (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) E. G. Cope