World final

• September 2, 1978 London
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Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ole Olsen	(3,2,2,3,3)	13
2	Gordon Kennett Gordon Kennett Gordon William Kennett is a former motorcycle speedway rider. In 1978 he won the World Pairs Championship with Malcolm Simmons. He also finished runner-up to Ole Olsen in the 1978 Speedway World Championship at Wembley...	(2,3,2,2,3)	12
3	Scott Autrey Scott Autrey Scott Brian Autrey is a former international speedway rider with the Exeter Falcons - with whom he won the British League title in 1974, Swindon Robins and the Poole Pirates in England. In 1976, he became the first American rider to reach a world final since Ernie Roccio in 1951...	(3,2,1,3,2)	11+3
4	Dave Jessup Dave Jessup David John Jessup is a former speedway rider who finished runner-up the Speedway World Championship in 1980 to fellow countryman Michael Lee. The same season he won the World Pairs Championship with Peter Collins and became British Speedway Champion after finishing runner-up in 1978 and third in...	(0,3,3,3,2)	11+2
5	Jerzy Rembas Jerzy Rembas Jerzy Rembas is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals twice, missing out on a rostrum place after finishing third in the third place run-off to Scott Autrey and Dave Jessup.Rembas rode for Stal Gorzów in Poland from 1971 until his...	(3,1,3,1,3)	11+1
6	Malcolm Simmons Malcolm Simmons Malcolm Simmons is a former speedway rider.-Career:He made his debut at Hackney Hawks in 1963 aged seventeen but was unable to break into the Hackney team regularly so moved to the newly re-opened West Ham Hammers for the 1964 season. In 1965 Simmons won a British League and British League...	(2,2,2,2,2)	10
7	Michael Lee Michael Lee (speedway rider) Michael Andrew Lee is a former international speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1980...	(3,1,3,2,0)	9
8	Ivan Mauger Ivan Mauger Ivan Mauger, OBE, MBE, is a retired motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships, a feat only equalled by Tony Rickardsson of Sweden...	(0,3,2,0,3)	8
9	John Titman John Titman John Charles Titman is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who was Australian Champion in 1977.-Biography:Titman initially worked as a mechanic, making his speedway debut at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in April 1968...	(1,2,0,3,1)	7
10	Anders Michanek Anders Michanek Anders Michanek is a Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. He also won the World Pairs Championship with the late Tommy Jansson in 1973 and 1975 and with Sören Sjösten in 1974.Michanek had a very successful career...	(1,3,0,2,1)	7
11	Ilka Teromaa	(0,1,3,0,2)	6
12	Jan Verner	(2,1,1,0,1)	5
13	Marek Cieślak Marek Cieslak Marek Kazimierz Cieślak is a former Polish speedway rider and a current speedway coach.In 2007 he was a manager of Poland national team. Poland won Speedway World Cup and Team U-21 World Championship...	(2,0,1,1,1)	5
14	Jan Andersson	(1,0,1,1,0)	2
15	Jiří Štancl Jirí Štancl Jiří Štancl is a former international speedway rider who reached the final of theSpeedway World Championship on nine occasions, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 in Los Angeles...	(1,0,0,1,0)	2
16	Petr Ondrašík Petr Ondrašík Petr Ondrašík is a former Czechoslovak international speedway rider who reached the World Final four times...	(0,0,0,0,0)	0
R1	Bernt Persson Bernt Persson Bernt Eveart Persson is a former Swedish international speedway rider who finished runner up in the 1972 Speedway World Championship final....	did not ride
R2	Steve Bastable Steve Bastable Stephen Henry Bastable is a former Speedway rider, son of Harry Bastable, who had also been a rider...	did not ride