1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 April 2022 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship 1966 1968 The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 9 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 9 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 9 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 9 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 9 July 2021 At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth-place position the previous year. World title for Fundin The Times 18 September 1967 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185167154/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=9973f9a9 Gale Primary Sources 9 July 2021 Format changes The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final. First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/67_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1967.htm 1967 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/67.htm#1967 1967 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Norwegian qualifying 23 October 1966 NOR Krohnsminde, Bergen Top 6 to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points1 Sverre Harrfeldt152 Reidar Eide 133 Per J. Aulie 124 Aage Hansen115 Oyvind S. Berg116 Johnny Faafeng97 Knut Syrrist 98 Svein Svendsrud 89 Sven Tollefsen710 Arne N. Larsen411 Jan Terje Gravningen412 Hans R. Gaarder413 Ole Todnem314 Tore Christensen 215 Kjell Gimre 016 Helge Langli 0 Finnish qualifying (2 rounds) 25 August & 30 June 1966 FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Olavi Turunen 15+1010+2 Matti Olin 13+1110+3 Kalevi Lahtinen 9+159+4 Esko Koponen 6+136 +5 Heikki Kaprali 12+9 4+6 Jouko Naskali 11+10 4+7 Timo Laine 7+11 3+8 Jorma Taipale 10+3 2+9 Timo Sinkkonen 8+60 10 Reima Kohkovuori 5+8 011 Reijo Tolviander 4+70 12 Matti Myllyntausta 7+0013 Keijo Reima -+70 14 Esko Mantila 4+0015 Kauko Reima -+40 16 Matti Sylväsalo -+20 17 Pekka Peltonen 1+0018 Matti Ackmann 0+10 +Points awarded for top six only (8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) Swedish Qualifying 23 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Olle Nygren 143 Per-Olof Söderman 114 Gunnar Malmqvist 105 Bo Josefsson 106 Conny Samuelsson 97 Sven Sigurd 98 Sune Stark 89 Karl-Erik Andersson 810 Sören Sjösten 811 Bengt Brannefors 812 Åke Andersson 313 Bo Magnusson 314 Therje Henriksson 215 Jan Simensen 216 Willy Friberg 01 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Bernt Persson 132 Göte Nordin 123 Hasse Holmqvist114 Anders Michanek 115 Bengt Jansson 106 Lars Jansson107 Bengt Larsson 98 Leif Enecrona 99 Bengt Svensson 710 Torbjörn Harrysson 611 Runo Wedin 612 Jan Svensson 513 Egon Stengarn 414 Yngve Nilsson 415 Sune Ohlsson 216 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 117 Nils Ringström 0 Continental qualifying Top 32 to continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 7 MayDDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen DDR Jürgen Hehlert CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. POL Zbigniew Podlecki 7 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc POL Edmund Migoś CSK Jan Holub I POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg POL Joachim Maj POL Pawel Waloszek USSR Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 7 MayYUG Kovinar Stadium, Maribor POL Andrzej Wyglenda POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski USSR Sergej Lyatosinsky Second round British qualifying Top 32 to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 12 MaySomerton Park, Newport Eric Boocock Roy Trigg Ray Wilson 12 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Ivan Mauger Colin Pratt Malcolm Brown 12 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Reg Luckhurst Dave Younghusband 13 MayOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh George Hunter Ray Wilson Bert Harkins 13 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon Charlie Monk Martin Ashby Geoff Mudge 13 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Chris Julian Norman Hunter 15 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Nigel Boocock Eric Boocock Martin Ashby 16 MayWest Ham Stadium, London Rick France Reg Luckhurst Ken McKinlay 17 MayWimborne Road, Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Barry Briggs 18 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Nigel Boocock John Dews Martin Ashby 18 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Roy Trigg Eddie Reeves Peter Moore 18 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Trevor Hedge Dave Younghusband 19 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Barry Briggs Jim Airey 19 MayWhite City, Glasgow Charlie Monk Bob Kilby Maury Mattingley 20 MayHyde Road, Manchester Ronnie Genz Cyril Maidment Colin Pratt 20 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Rick France Alf Wells 20 MayThe Shay, Halifax Dave Younghusband Eric Boocock Ken McKinlay 22 MayBrough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger George Hunter Bob Kilby 23 MayLong Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Ray WilsonBert HarkinsTommy Roper Nordic qualification 4 May SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Per-Olof Söderman 143 Göte Nordin 124 Sven Sigurd 115 Gunnar Malmqvist 116 Anders Michanek 107 Lars Jansson 108 Leif Enecrona 89 Jonny Faafeng 710 Paul Wissing 611 Reidar Eide 612 Odd Fossengen 313 Einar Egedius 314 Matti Olin 115 Jouko Naskali 116 Timo Sinkkonen 04 May DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren 152 Bengt Larsson 143 Bengt Jansson 134 Sverre Harrfeldt 115 Hasse Holmqvist 116 Bernt Persson 107 Per Aulie 108 Ole Olsen 79 Kurt Bögh 610 Bo Josefsson 511 Kalevi Lahtinen 512 Conny Samuelsson413 Öyvind S. Berg 314 Godtfred Andreasen315 Sune Stark 216 Heikki Kaprali1 Continental semi-finals 21 May USSR Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 132 USSR Boris Samorodov 133 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 114 GDR Jochen Dinse 105 POL Stanislaw Ruarz 106 GDR Jürgen Hehlert 97 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 98TCH Miloslav Verner 99 TCH Antonín Kasper Sr. 810 USSR Sergej Ljatosinskij 711 USSR Farid Szajnurov 612 HUN Barnabas Gyepes 513 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 414 TCH Karel Průša 315 USSR Gennadij Vianov 116 YUG Drago Perko 021 May CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Antoni Woryna 112 USSR Igor Plechanov 113 TCH Jan Holub I 104 POL Pawel Waloszek 105 TCH Pavel Mareš 106 POL Edmund Migos 107 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 98TCH Luboš Tomíček Sr. 99 TCH Antonín Šváb Sr. 910 USSR Viktor Trofimov 811 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 712 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 513 POL Joachim Maj 514 POL Stanislaw Tkocz 215 USSR Gabdrachman Kadyrov 216 TCH Karel Buřič 1 Third round British/Commonwealth semi-finals 13 July ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Barry Briggs 152 ENG Trevor Hedge 113 ENG Terry Betts 114 ENG Roy Trigg115 ENG Ray Wilson106 NZL Ivan Mauger107 ENG Cyril Maidment98ENG Nigel Boocock99 AUS Geoff Mudge810 ENG Ivor Brown711 SCO Ken McKinlay 612 ENG Mike Watkin413 ENG Alf Wells214 ENG Dave Younghusband215 ENG Chris Julian116 ENG Jimmy Squibb 113 July ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Reg Luckhurst132 ENG Eric Boocock133 ENG Colin Pratt104 ENG Mike Broadbanks105 ENG Martin Ashby106 ENG Rick France97 AUS Jim Airey98SCO George Hunter99 AUS Charlie Monk810 ENG Bob Kilby711 ENG Norman Hunter 612 ENG Ronnie Genz513 ENG Alan Cowland314 SCO Bert Harkins315 AUS Neil Street216 ENG Arnie Haley2 Nordic Final 4 June 1967 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 7 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 11 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 2 2 3 3 3 x P3 8 SWE Leif Enecrona 1 2 3 2 3 x 4 13 SWE Bernt Persson 3 2 2 0 3 x 5 2 SWE Olle Nygren 2 3 3 1 0 x 6 9 SWE Bengt Jansson 1 3 1 3 1 x 7 16 SWE Anders Michanek 2 0 2 3 2 x 8 12 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 0 3 1 2 1 x 9 1 SWE Lars Jansson 3 1 1 1 1 x 10 15 SWE Bengt Larsson 1 2 2 2 x F 11 3 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 2 2 2 x - 12 4 SWE Göte Nordin 0 1 1 0 2 x 13 6 DEN Ole Olsen 2 0 1 0 x X 14 14 SWE Sven Sigurd 1 2 x F - - 15 10 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 3 x F - - - 16 5 NOR Per J.Aulie 0 0 1 1 x - R1 R1 NOR Johnny Faafeng w 1 w 0 x R2 R2 DEN Kurt Bøgh w 0 w 0 y 0 b 0 x Continental Final 20 August 1967 GER Illerstadion, Kempten First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 9 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 6 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 3 3 2 3 x P3 13 USSR Igor Plechanov 2 3 3 2 2 x 4 8 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 1 3 2 3 2 x 5 1 POL Antoni Woryna 3 1 2 1 3 x 6 7 CSK Jan Holub I 2 1 2 3 2 x 7 11 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 2 2 1 1 3 x 8 3 DDR Jochen Dinse 2 3 3 0 x X 9 14 POL Stanislaw Rurarz 1 1 1 2 2 x 10 12 POL Edmund Migoś 1 1 3 1 x E 11 15 POL Pawel Waloszek 3 0 1 1 x E 12 16 CSK Antonín Šváb Sr. 0 2 0 2 0 x 13 5 CSK Miloslav Verner 0 0 2 1 0 x 14 2 DDR Jürgen Hehlert 1 0 0 0 1 x 15 4 USSR Boris Samorodov 0 0 0 0 1 x 16 10 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 0 x X - - - R1 R1 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. b 2 w 1 w E y 1 Fourth round British/Commonwealth Final 22 August 1967 ENG West Ham Stadium, London First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 6 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 12 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 2 x P3 13 ENG Eric Boocock 3 3 3 2 1 x 4 11 ENG Colin Pratt 3 3 1 1 3 x 5 2 ENG Rick France 2 2 2 3 2 x 6 16 ENG Ray Wilson 0 2 2 3 3 x 7 15 ENG Mike Broadbank 2 1 1 2 3 x 8 14 AUS Jim Airey 1 1 3 1 2 x 9 1 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 2 0 0 2 x 10 5 ENG Reg Luckhurst 2 1 0 2 1 x 11 3 ENG Martin Ashby 1 2 2 0 0 x 12 10 ENG Roy Trigg 1 0 2 1 1 x 13 7 ENG Terry Betts 0 2 1 x E E 14 4 ENG Trevor Hedge 0 1 1 1 0 x F 15 9 ENG Cyril Maidment 0 0 1 0 0 x 16 8 SCO George Hunter 1 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 AUS Charlie Monk x R2 R2 AUS Geoff Mudge x European Final 27 August 1967 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 11 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 5 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 3 2 3 3 2 x P3 9 USSR Igor Plechanov 0 3 3 3 3 x 4 1 POL Antoni Woryna 3 1 1 2 3 x 5 16 SWE Bernt Persson 3 2 2 1 1 x 6 7 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 2 1 3 2 x E 7 10 SWE Ove Fundin 1 0 3 2 2 x 8 6 SWE Anders Michanek 1 2 0 2 3 x 9 3 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 2 2 0 2 x 10 2 DDR Jochen Dinse 0 3 2 2 x 3 F 11 12 CSK Jan Holub I 3 1 1 1 1 x 2 12 14 SWE Leif Enecrona 2 1 1 0 1 x 13 8 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 0 3 x E E E 14 4 SWE Olle Nygren 1 0 2 0 x F 15 15 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 1 0 0 1 1 x 16 13 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 0 0 1 1 0 x R1 R1 SWE Lars Jansson R2 R2 POL Stanislaw Rurarz World Final 16 September 1967 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 7 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 3 2 3 x 3 P2 5 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 3 3 3 3 x 2 P3 16 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 2 2 x 4 14 USSR Igor Plechanov 2 3 3 3 1 x 5 6 NZL Barry Briggs 1 2 2 3 3 x 6 8 SWE Anders Michanek 0 2 2 3 2 x 7 11 ENG Eric Boocock 3 2 1 1 2 x 8 3 ENG Ray Wilson 3 1 1 2 x F 9 9 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 2 0 1 1 x 10 2 SWE Bernt Persson 2 1 1 2 x X 11 12 POL Antoni Woryna 1 1 2 1 0 x 12 15 ENG Rick France 1 1 0 2 1 x 13 10 ENG Colin Pratt 0 0 1 0 3 x 14 13 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 0 2 0 1 x F 15 1 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 1 1 0 0 0 x 16 4 GDR Jochen Dinse 0 0 0 0 x F R1 R1 ENG Mike Broadbank x R2 R2 SWE Leif Enecrona x References 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom