1988 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 1988 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.^[1][2][3] It was the first Championship open to all nations, which was why it was renamed the World Under-21 Championship from the European Under-21 Championship.

World Under-21 Championship
Venue	Slaný Speedway Stadium
Location	Slaný, Czechoslovakia
Start date	10 July 1988
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The event was won by Peter Nahlin of Sweden.^[4][5][6]

World final

• 10 July 1988
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

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	21
	(7) Peter Nahlin	14		3					3					2	3					3			14	1
	(16) Henrik Gustafsson	11				3				2	3						2			1			11	2	3
	(11) Brian Karger	11			2				2		2					2						3	11	3	2
4	(10) Kenneth Arnfred	11			1			2						3			3		2				11	4	1
5	(1) Christer Rohlén	10	3				3				E				1				3				10	5
6	(3) Niklas Karlsson	10	2						1				3				1				3		10	6
7	(9) Tommy Dunker	9			3		E						1					3		2			9	7
8	(4) Piotr Świst	9	1							3				1				2				2	9	8
9	(2) Troy Butler	8	0					3				2				3				0			8	9
10	(12) Waldemar Cieślewicz	8			0					1		3			2						2		8	10
11	(8) Ruslan Koval	6		2						0			2			1			1				6	11
12	(5) Zbigniew Błażejczak	4		1			2					1					0					0	4	12
13	(13) Jan Schinagl	3				2	1							0		0					0		3	13
14	(14) Sławomir Dudek	3				1		1					0		0							1	3	x
15	(6) Jarosław Olszewski	3		0				0			1							1			1		3	15
16	(15) Vladimir Kalina	0				0			0			0						F	0				0	16
R1	(R1) Róbert Nagy	0																					0	R1
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	21

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

References

1. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. "1988". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
4. "The Dynamic Duos". Reading Evening Post. 16 July 1988. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
6. "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.