The 1996 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 20th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.

The final was won by Piotr Protasiewicz of Poland. The success also gained him qualification to 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.

World final

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Poland (3) Piotr Protasiewicz1533333151
Australia (12) Ryan Sullivan11303321123
Denmark (8) Jesper B. Jensen11131331132
4England (13) Scott Nicholls1033220104
5Poland (6) Sebastian Ułamek1023311105
6Poland (10) Rafał Dobrucki1022321106
7Czech Republic (9) Michal Makovský80122387
8Czech Republic (7) George Štancl73102178
9Finland (1) Kai Laukkanen71220279
10England (16) Leigh Lanham712112710
11Hungary (11) Norbert Magosi612003611
12Denmark (14) Nicki Pedersen521002512
13Germany (2) Stefan Bachhuber52021E513
14Poland (15) Wiesław Jaguś4X0130414
15Poland (4) Grzegorz Walasek301101315
16Denmark (5) Martin Greve000000016
R1Sweden (R1) Björn Gustavsson00R1
R2Poland (R2) Damian Baliński00R2
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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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside