Editing Ullevi (section)

==Speedway==
Ullevi has also hosted [[Motorcycle speedway]] and hosted the [[Speedway World Championship]] on no less than eight occasions, second only to the old [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] in London, England which hosted the World Final a record 26 times.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981  |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> The track is a dirt surface laid out over the athletics track and is officially {{convert|404|m|yd|abbr=off}} long with a track record of 69.4 seconds (4 laps clutch start).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/event/speedwaygp-2011-gothenburg |title=Speedway World Championships |access-date=2011-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921101445/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/event/speedwaygp-2011-gothenburg |archive-date=21 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The first Championship World Final to be held at Ullevi was the inaugural [[Speedway World Team Cup]] competition in [[1960 Speedway World Team Cup|1960]]. Led by reigning world champion [[Ove Fundin]] and his teammates [[Olle Nygren]], [[Rune Sörmander]] and [[Björn Knutson]], [[Sweden national speedway team|Sweden]] swept to victory over [[England national speedway team|England]], [[Czechoslovakia national speedway team|Czechoslovakia]] and [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]]. Ullevi would have to wait 26 years before World Team Cup competition returned with the stadium hosting the first round of the three round [[1986 Speedway World Team Cup|1986 Final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc86.htm|title=1986 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

The first ever Individual World Final staged at Ullevi was in [[1964 Individual Speedway World Championship|1964]] when New Zealand's [[Barry Briggs]] won with a 15-point maximum.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1978 Speedway Yearbook |year=1978  |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=978-0904584509}}</ref> The largest attendance for a World Final at Ullevi occurred in [[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship|1974]] when 38,390 turned out to see Sweden's own [[Anders Michanek]] win his only World Championship with an unbeaten 15 point maximum.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref> No World Championship winners at Ullevi dropped more than one point in their five rides with five of the seven World Finals being won with a 15-point maximum. The stadium also hosted other qualifying rounds for the Individual World Final including the inaugural running of the [[Intercontinental Final]] in [[1975 Intercontinental Final|1975]] won by New Zealand legend [[Ivan Mauger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/75.htm#1975|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref>

Since the World Championship was changed in 1995 from a single meeting Final to the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] (SGP), Ullevi has hosted a round of the series in [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix|2002]], [[2003 Speedway Grand Prix|2003]], [[2004 Speedway Grand Prix|2004]] ([[Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia|Grand Prix of Scandinavia]]), [[2008 Speedway Grand Prix|2008]], [[2009 Speedway Grand Prix|2009]], [[2010 Speedway Grand Prix|2010]] and [[2011 Speedway Grand Prix|2011]] ([[Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden|Grand Prix of Sweden]]).

Ullevi hosted its only [[Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs Championship]] Final in [[1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1983]] when [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] and [[Kenny Carter]] won England's 6th Pairs crown.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Robert |title=Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007 |year=2007 | publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-4250-1}}</ref>

===Speedway World Finals===
====Individual World Championship====
*[[1964 Individual Speedway World Championship|1964]] - {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] - 15pts
*[[1968 Individual Speedway World Championship|1968]] - {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] - 15pts
*[[1971 Individual Speedway World Championship|1971]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] - 15pts
*[[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship|1974]] - {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] - 15pts
*[[1977 Individual Speedway World Championship|1977]] - {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] - 14pts
*[[1980 Individual Speedway World Championship|1980]] - {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] - 14pts
*[[1984 Individual Speedway World Championship|1984]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] - 14pts
*[[1991 Individual Speedway World Championship|1991]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] - 15pts

====World Pairs Championship====
*[[1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1983]] - {{flagicon|ENG}} [[England national speedway team|England]] ([[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] / [[Kenny Carter]]) - 25pts

====World Team Cup====
*[[1960 Speedway World Team Cup|1960]] - {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden national speedway team|Sweden]] ([[Ove Fundin]] / [[Olle Nygren]] / [[Rune Sörmander]] / [[Björn Knutson]]) - 44pts
*[[1986 Speedway World Team Cup|1986]]* - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] ([[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Erik Gundersen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]] / [[Jan O. Pedersen]] / [[John Jørgensen]]) - 130pts
<small>''* Ullevi hosted the first of 3 rounds in the Final.''</small>

===Speedway Grand Prix===
* [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix|2002]] [[Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia]] - {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Leigh Adams]]
* [[2003 Speedway Grand Prix|2003]] [[Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia]] - {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ryan Sullivan]]
* [[2004 Speedway Grand Prix|2004]] [[Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans N. Andersen]]
* [[2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|POL}} [[Rune Holta]]
* [[2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Emil Sayfutdinov]]
* [[2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kenneth Bjerre]]
* [[2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Holder]]
* [[2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]]
* [[2013 Speedway Grand Prix|2013]] [[Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden]] - {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Emil Sayfutdinov]]