1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.

Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places. Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.

Swedish qualification

 * Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

Continental quarter-finals

 * Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

British Final

 * 20 June 1984
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
 * First 8 to Overseas final

American Final

 * 9 June 1984
 * 🇺🇸 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach,
 * First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

 * 29 January 1984
 * 🇦🇺 Olympic Park, Mildura
 * First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

 * 4 February 1984
 * 🇳🇿 Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
 * First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Danish Final

 * Fladbro Speedway, Randers
 * Top 6 to Nordic final

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Norwegian Final

 * 🇳🇴 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
 * 11 May 1984, first 2 to Nordic final
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Finland Final

 * 🇫🇮 Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
 * 25 August 1983, top 1 (+2 seeded riders) to 1984 Nordic final
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Swedish Finals

 * 🇸🇪 Top 5 to Nordic final
 * R1 (22 May, Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla)
 * R2 (23 May, Ljungheden, Vastervik)
 * R3 (24 May, Ullevi, Göteborg)

Nordic Final

 * 12 June 1984
 * 🇸🇪 Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
 * First 6 +1 reserve to Intercontinental final

Overseas Final

 * 15 July 1984
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hyde Road, Manchester
 * First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Continental Final

 * 22 July 1984
 * Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne
 * First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Intercontinental Final

 * 20 July 1984
 * Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens
 * First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

 * 1 September 1984
 * 🇸🇪 Ullevi, Göteborg.