title: 1988 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
text: # 1988 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
  
  The 1988 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 23rd edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 12 and 13 March 1988 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
  
  The winner was Erik Stenlund of Sweden for the second time. He beat Yuri Ivanov by two points to stop Ivanov from claiming a third consecutive title.
  
  ## Classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Pts |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Erik Stenlund | 29 |
  | 2 | Yuri Ivanov | 27 |
  | 3 | Sergei Ivanov | 24 |
  | 4 | Sergey Kazakov | |
  | 5 | Vitali Russkikh | |
  | 6 | Rais Mustafin | |
  | 7 | Sven-Erik Björklund | |
  | 8 | Per-Olof Serenius | |
  | 9 | Jan Sigurd | |
  | 10 | Tommy Lindgren | |
  | 11 | Antonin Klatovsky | |
  | 12 | Hans Johansson | |
  | 13 | Wassily Afanasyev | |
  | 14 | Jarmo Hirvasoja | |
  | 15 | Gerrit Rook | |
  | 16 | Bruce Cribb | |
  | 17 | Helmut Weber | |
  