1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season April 2022 January 2024 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship 1962 1964 The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 18th 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 8 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 8 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 8 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 8 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 8 July 2021 Ove Fundin extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and Barry Briggs took the bronze medal.Fundin champ again The People 15 September 1963 8 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19630915/283/0024 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/63_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1963.htm 1963 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/63.htm#1963 1963 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Swedish qualifying Top 16 to Nordic qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd28 April Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Björn Knutson Ove Fundin Per Tage Svensson1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Rune Sörmander Ove Fundin Willihard Thorsson5 May Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Per Olof Söderman Arne CarlssonGöran Norlén Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 262 Arne Carlsson 243 Ove Fundin 234 Per-Olof Söderman225 Göran Norlén 226 Sören Sjösten 207 Willihard Thomsson 208 Per-Tage Svensson 199 Rune Sörmander 1810 Olle Nygren 16 11 Leif Larsson 1612 Bernt Nilsson 15Pos. Rider Points13 Bengt Brannefors 1314 Åke Andersson 1315 Kjell Svensson 1316 Göte Nordin1317 Inge Gustafsson 1318 Curt Eldh 1319 Per-Åke Lundgren920 Evert Andersson 921 Bengt Jansson 922 Thorvald Karlsson 823 Curt Nyqvist 224 Göran Carlsson 0 Norwegian qualifying 21 October 1962 NOR Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1963 Pos. Rider Points1 Sverre Harrfeldt152 Aage Hansen143 Jon Odegaard 124 Tore Svaleng 115 Per Jakob Aulie106 Svein Johansen 97 Rolf Westerberg 98 Bjarne Sorenby 69 Reidar Eide 510 Oystein Mellerud 511 Reidar Larsen 412 Reidar Bakken413 Johnny Faafeng314 Egil H. Kruke1 Finnish qualifying 27 July 1962 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 4 to Nordic qualification 1963 Pos. Rider Points1 Timo Laine 152 Kalevi Lahtinen 143 Esko Koponen 134 Olavi Turunen 125 Martti Assinen 116 Antero Salasto 107 Yrjo Vuori 78 Keijo Sarubin 69 Seppo Virtanen 610 Osmo Hokkanen 511 Kari Ala Sippola 5 British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying Top 16 riders to British Provincial final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 10 June Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Ivan Mauger Brian Craven Brian Brett 10 JuneCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Len Silver Peter Vandenberg Ross Gilbertson 11 June Cornish Stadium, St Austell George Hunter John Hart John Dews 11 JuneNew Cross Stadium, London Ivor Brown Reg Luckhurst Wayne Briggs 11 JuneLong Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Charlie Monk Graham Warren Chris Julian 12 JuneWimborne Road, Poole Brian Brett Ross Gilbertson Reg Luckhurst 12 JuneHackney Wick Stadium, London Norman Hunter Trevor Hedge Colin Pratt 13 JuneOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Jack Kitchen Graham Warren Clive Featherby 13 JuneCleveland Park, Middlesbrough Peter Vandenberg Eric Boothroyd Eric Boocock 14 JuneMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Ivan Mauger George Hunter Maury Mattingley 15 JuneDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Maury Mattingley Cliff Cox 15 JuneSun Street Stadium, Hanley Jack Kitchen Colin Pratt Peter Jarman 15 JuneRayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Clive Featherby Ken Adams Tommy Roper 15 JuneOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh Doug Templeton Jimmy Squibb Wayne Briggs Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 9 MayCSK Great Strahov Stadium, Prague USSR Igor Plekhanov CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. POL Henryk Żyto 12 MayAUT Linzer Stadion, Linz CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. YUG Evald Babic FRG Manfred Poschenreider 12 MayUSSR Stroitel Stadium, Ufa USSR Farid Szajnurov POL Andrzej Pogorzelski CSK Miroslav Šmíd 12 MayYUG Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj USSR Boris Samorodov USSR Gennady Kurilenko POL Marian Kaiser Second round Nordic qualification 10 May DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin142 Per-Olof Söderman 123 Olle Nygren 124 Sören Sjösten 105 Åke Andersson 106 Kurt W. Petersen 107 Arne Pander 98 Timo Laine 79 Willihard Thomsson 710 Kjell Svensson 711 Kalevi Lahtinen 612 Bengt Brannefors 513 Jon Ödegaard 414 Erik Kastebo 415 Martti Assinen 316 Olavi Turunen 06 June NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Göte Nordin 142 Björn Knutson 133 Göran Norlén 114 Bernt Nilsson 115 Arne Carlsson 106 Sverre Harrfeldt 97 Per-Tage Svensson 88 Leif Larsson 89 Rune Sörmander 810 Paul Wissing 811 Per Aulie 612 Nils Paulsen 513 Reidar Eide 414 Cato Agner 2 British Provincial final 22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Top 9 riders to British national league roundMauger the top points scorer Sunday Sun (Newcastle) 23 June 1963 25 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19630623/015/0015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Pos. Rider Points1 Ivan Mauger 142 Eric Boothroyd13 3 George Hunter124 Jack Kitchen 115 Brian Brett 106 Len Silver 97 Peter Vandenberg 98 Maury Mattingley 89 Doug Templeton 7Pos. Rider Points10 Eric Boocock 611 Charlie Monk 612 Reg Luckhurst 513 Ivor Brown514 Ross Gilbertson 315 Clive Featherby 116 Cliff Cox 117 Colin Pratt 0 Continental semi-finals 3 June FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Josef Hofmeister 152 USSR Boris Samorodov143 POL Pawel Waloszek 124 POL Marian Kaiser 105 TCH Luboš Tomíček Sr. 96 USSR Vitalij Sjilo 87 POL Marian Rose 88 FRG Manfred Poschenreider 89 YUG Franc Babic 810 TCH Bohumír Bartoněk 611 FRG Heinrich Sprenger 612 POL Marek Kepa 513 TCH Karel Průša 514 YUG Borek Regvart 315 TCH Antonin Novak 316 FRG Alfred Aberl 03 June USSR Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Stanisław Tkocz 142 USSR Igor Plekhanov 133 POL Henryk Żyto 124 TCH Zdeněk Kovář 105 TCH Antonín Kasper Sr.106 POL Joachim Maj 97 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 98 USSR Yuri Chekranov 89 TCH Stanislav Kubicek 710 POL Mieczyslaw Polukard 611 USSR Farid Szajnurov612 USSR Viktor Kuznecov 513 TCH Miroslav Smid 414 POL Bronislaw Rogal 315 TCH Jan Holub I (res)316 POL Edmund Migos 217 TCH Frantisek Ledecky dns Third round British & Commonwealth national league round Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 29 JuneBrandon Stadium, Coventry Ron Mountford Doug Templeton Jack Geran 1 JulyWimbledon Stadium, London Mike Broadbanks Ron How Bob Andrews 2 JulyBanister Court Stadium, Southampton Barry Briggs Dick Fisher Peter Craven 4 JulyOxford Stadium, Oxford Peter Craven Barry Briggs Ken McKinlay 5 JulyAbbey Stadium, Swindon Mike Broadbanks Ron How Nigel Boocock 10 JulyHyde Road, Manchester Ken McKinlay Dick Fisher Brian Brett 12 JulyThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Peter Craven Peter Moore Jimmy Gooch Nordic Final 9 June 1963 SWE Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 SWE Ove Fundin 3,3,3,3,3 152 SWE Björn Knutson 123 SWE Göte Nordin 124 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 115 SWE Arne Carlsson 96 SWE Per Tage Svensson 97 SWE Bernt Nilsson 98 SWE Per Olof Söderman 89 SWE Göran Norlén 810 FIN Timo Laine 811 SWE Rune Sörmander 712 SWE Sören Sjösten 513 SWE Leif Larsson 314 SWE Åke Andersson 215 DEN Kurt W. Petersen 116 SWE Olle Nygren 0R1 DEN Arne Pander 0 Continental Final 23 June 1963 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve P1 13 POL Stanisław Tkocz 3 3 3 3 3 P2 9 USSR Boris Samorodov 2 2 3 3 2 P3 14 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 2 3 1 3 2 4 16 POL Joachim Maj 0 3 3 3 E 5 1 POL Marian Kaiser 3 1 2 3 E 6 2 USSR Igor Plekhanov 0 2 2 2 3 7 12 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1 2 3 2 1 8 10 POL Henryk Żyto 3 1 1 2 2 9 4 FRG Josef Hofmeister 1 1 2 2 3 10 3 CSK Stanislav Kubíček 2 2 2 2 F 11 7 POL Pawel Waloszek 3 1 1 1 E 12 15 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 1 3 0 E E 13 8 POL Marian Rose 2 0 0 1 1 14 6 FRG Manfred Poschenreider 1 0 1 1 0 15 5 USSR Yuri Chekranov 0 0 1 1 0 16 11 USSR Vitalij Shilo 0 0 0 0 1 Fourth round British & Commonwealth Finals Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World Final.Coventry pair in Speedway Final Coventry Evening Telegraph 27 July 1963 8 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19630727/375/0035 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 22 JulyWimbledon Stadium, London Peter Craven Barry Briggs Nigel Boocock 23 JulyBanister Court Stadium, Southampton Barry Briggs Peter Craven Peter Moore 26 JulyThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Barry Briggs Peter Craven Leo McAuliffe Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Peter Craven422 NZL Barry Briggs 413 ENG Nigel Boocock 314 WAL Leo McAuliffe 315 ENG Ron How 296 ENG Jim Lightfoot 277 ENG Dick Fisher 278 NZL Peter Moore26Pos. Rider Points9 GBR Tadeusz Teodorowicz2310 ENG Ron Mountford 1811 ENG Bob Andrews1712 ENG Mike Broadbanks 1513 ENG Cyril Maidment 1314 SCO Ken McKinlay 1215 AUS Neil Street 616 SCO Doug Templeton 2 European Final 28 August 1963 SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg First 8 to World Final P1 8 SWE Björn Knutson 3 3 3 3 3 P2 5 SWE Ove Fundin 1 3 3 3 3 P3 2 SWE Per Olof Söderman 3 2 2 1 2 4 1 SWE Arne Carlsson 2 2 3 1 2 5 11 USSR Boris Samorodov 3 3 1 2 0 6 14 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 3 1 3 2 F 7 7 SWE Göte Nordin 2 2 0 2 3 8 16 SWE Per Tage Svensson 3 2 2 1 1 9 3 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 1 1 2 2 2 10 13 POL Henryk Żyto 1 3 0 3 X 11 6 USSR Igor Plekhanov 0 1 0 3 0 12 4 SWE Bernt Nilsson 0 1 2 0 1 13 12 POL Stanisław Tkocz 2 0 1 1 F 14 15 POL Marian Kaiser 2 0 0 1 1 15 9 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 0 1 0 2 0 F 16 10 POL Joachim Maj 1 0 1 0 0 R1 R1 FRG Josef Hofmeister World Final 14 September 1963 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 P1 9 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 3 P2 8 SWE Björn Knutson 2 2 3 3 3 P3 12 NZL Barry Briggs 1 3 3 3 2 4 11 USSR Boris Samorodov 0 3 3 2 3 5 13 SWE Göte Nordin 3 2 3 1 1 6 3 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 2 2 1 2 3 7 1 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 1 1 2 1 8 16 WAL Leo McAuliffe 2 2 3 0 E 9 10 ENG Ron How 2 3 2 F F 10 6 ENG Peter Craven 3 1 2 0 F 11 7 AUS Peter Moore 1 1 1 1 2 12 5 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 0 2 1 2 13 4 ENG Dick Fisher 1 1 2 0 1 14 2 ENG Jim Lightfoot 2 1 0 1 E 15 14 SWE Per Tage Svensson 1 0 0 0 F 16 15 SWE Arne Carlsson 0 0 0 1 0 R1 R1 GBR Tadeusz Teodorowicz R2 R2 ENG Ron Mountford References 1963 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom