1956 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The World final was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and was televised live.[7] Despite being televised a crowd of 65,000 saw the first Scandinavian winner in 23 year old Ove Fundin from Sweden.[8][9]

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  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936–1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Craven defends title". Liverpool Echo. 20 September 1956. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Fundin is champ". Sunday Mirror. 23 September 1956. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "TV millions dee a great night of sport". Weekly Dispatch London. 23 September 1956. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.