1972 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season November 2023 April 2022 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship 1971 1973 The 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 27th 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 The 1972 final attendance at Wembley Stadium was 75,000. New Zealander Ivan Mauger joined Barry Briggs on four title wins (2nd only behind Ove Fundin) by defeating Bernt Persson in a run-off after both riders finished on 13 points.4-Timer Mauger Sunday Mirror 17 September 1972 9 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription In heat five, Briggs was involved in an accident which all but ended his speedway career. Going into the first turn his front wheel was hit by Bernt Persson's bike which caused him to fall. He was then hit by the Russian riders Grigory Khlinovsky and Valery Gordeev. Briggs suffered a severe hand injury and lost the index finger on his left hand which caused him to temporarily retire from racing. Briggs had been considered one of the pre-meeting favourites and his favouritism had been firmed when he had beaten fellow New Zealander Ivan Mauger in heat 2. To the boos of the 75,000 strong Wembley crowd, FIM referee Georg Traunspurger did not exclude Persson. Defending champion Ole Olsen was unlucky not to retain his title because in his first ride (heat 4) while challenging Swede Christer Löfqvist he fell and would score no points. He won his next four rides to finish in a clear third place. Before the final, the Russian riders had three of their bikes stolen and had to borrow equipment to compete.Fourth World title for Mauger Birmingham Weekly Mercury 17 September 1972 1 November 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19720917/039/0039 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1972.htm 1972 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/72.htm#1972 1972 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Continental qualifying Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 7 MayYUG Kovinar Stadium, MariborCSK Petr Ondrašík CSK Jan Verner HUN Sandor Csato 11 MayITA Stadio Moretti, Udine YUG Draško Oreško AUT Gunther Walla BUL Nedialko Nedialkov Second round Norwegian qualifying 19 September 1971 NOR Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes Top 9 (+3 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1972 Pos. Rider Points1 Reidar Eide 152 Dag Lovaas133 Svein Kaasa124 Tormod Langli115 Odd Fossengen116 Jan Terje Gravningen107 Dagfinn Dahl98 Edgar Stangeland 89 Oyvind S. Berg 710 Johnny Larsen 611 Nils Otto Haraldsen 512 Kjell Thomas Skjëveland 413 Eidar Egedius 414 Helge Langli 315 Ole Fjötland Finnish qualifying (top 9) FIN (3 rounds) First (+2 seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1972 R1 (9 Aug '71, Eteläpuisto, Tampere) R2 (28 Aug '71, Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti) R3 (12 Sep '71 Eteläpuisto, Tampere) Pos. Rider Points Points1 Matti Olin 8+6+8162 Kalevi Lahtinen 4+8+0123 Hannu Känkänen 3+4+6104 Reima Lohkovuori 6+2+395 Heikki Ahonen 0+3+476 Kari Vuoristo 2+1+037 Matti Touru 0+0+228 Ari Hiljanen 1+0+019 Rauli Mäkinen 0+0+11 British/Commonwealth preliminaries Top riders to British/Commonwealth qualifiers DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 15 AprilKingsmead Stadium, Canterbury Bob Young Malcolm Ballard Brian Foote 16 AprilRye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Dave Kennett Bob Humphreys Barry Crowson 21 AprilEast of England Arena, Peterborough Geoff Maloney Phil Crump Kevin Holden 27 AprilHolker Street, Barrow-in-Furness John Harrhy Alan Wilkinson Malcolm Shakespeare 28 AprilDerwent Park, Workington Alan Knapkin George Major Russ Dent Continental quarter-finals Top 16 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 21 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc HUN Janosh Szőke USSR Oleg Dzyadyk USSR Aleksandr Pavlov 21 MayCSK Pavlovický Stadion, Liberec USSR Viktor Trofimov USSR Yury Dubinin POL Jan Mucha 21 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg POL Henryk Glucklich CSK Jan Holub I USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 21 MayPOL Stadion żużlowy, Gorzów Wielkopolski POL Edward Jancarz POL Zenon Plech USSR Valery Gordeev Swedish qualification Top 6 in each heat to Nordic qualification (27 April, Gubbängens IPStockholm)PosRider Points 1 Anders Michanek 142 Karl-Erik Claesson 133 Hasse Holmqvist 134 Lars-Inge Hultberg 125 Bo Wirebrand 106 Göte Nordin 97 Åke Dovhed 98 Dirk van der Voet 79 Tommy Nilsson 610 Jan-Inge Karlsson 511 Bertil Andersson 512 Åke Andersson 513 Sune Eriksson 514 Harald Sandberg 315 Sune Stark 316 Bengt Brannefors017 Kjell Marrsson (res)0 (30 April, Målilla (Motorbana)Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Jan Simensen 122 Tommy Johansson 123 Per-Olof Söderman 114 Torbjörn Harrysson 115 Christer Sjösten 106 Stephan Johansson 97 Anders Jansson 98 Roy Dantanus 99 Berndt Johansson 710 Willy Karlsson 711 Bengt Olsson 712 Floyd Ohlsson 513 Lars-Olov Karlsson 414 Anders Lövgren 415 Claes-Ingvar Svensson 216 Curt Nyqvist017 Kalle Lindgren (res)0 (1 May, Motorbanen HagalundLindesberg)PosRider Points 1 Bernt Persson 152 Sören Sjösten 143 Lars Jansson 134 Bengt Larsson 125 Hans Johansson 116 Tommy Wedén 97 Stefan Salmonsson 98 Casimir Nilsson 89 Sigvard Johansson 610 Therje Henriksson 611 Lars Jennefors 512 Lars-Åke Andersson 413 Sören Karlsson 414 Inge Gustavsson 415 Hans Engzell 116 Leif Söderberg 0 (1 May, Gamla GalgbergetVisby)PosRider Points 1 Christer Löfqvist 152 Tommy Jansson 133 Leif Enecrona 134 Rolf Johansson 125 Bengt Jansson 126 Claes Löfstrand 87 Ragnar Holm 88 Bo Magnusson 79 Käll Haage 710 Håkan Karlsson 611 Torbjörn Karlsson 412 Kenneth Selmosson 413 Kurt Sigurdh 314 Börje Klingberg 315 Reine Södergren 116 Ove Helander 0 Third round British/Commonwealth qualifiers Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 20 MayThe Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Bob Kilby Ray Wilson 20 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Howard Cole 20 May Hyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Chris Pusey Jim McMillan 22 MayReading Stadium, Reading Ronnie Moore Dave Jessup Mick Bell 22 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Howard Cole Bob Kilby Barry Briggs 25 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Terry Betts Garry Middleton Malcolm Simmons 25 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Arnie Haley Ivan Mauger Bobby Beaton 25 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Ronnie Moore Bob Andrews Barry Briggs 25 MayFoxhall Stadium, Ipswich David Kennett John Harrhy George Hunter 26 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Geoff Curtis Barry Thomas Chris Pusey 26 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Dave Gifford Peter Collins Norman Hunter 27 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Phil Crump 27 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Bob Andrews Arnie Haley Bob Kilby 27 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Tony Lomas John Louis 30 MayWimborne Road, Poole Nigel Boocock Geoff Curtis Howard Cole 2 JuneHampden Park, Glasgow Bobby Beaton Jim McMillan John Louis 2 JuneSomerton Park, Newport Bruce Cribb Tony Clarke Mike Broadbanks 6 JuneLeicester Stadium, Leicester Dave Jessup Ivan Mauger Malcolm Shakespeare Nordic qualifying Top 5 in each heat to Nordic final (11 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)PosRider Points 1 SWE Bernt Persson 152 SWE Tommy Jansson 133 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 124 SWE Leif Enecrona 125 SWE Christer Löfqvist 116 SWE Jan Simensen 107 NOR Odd Fossengen 98 SWE Karl-Erik Claesson 89 NOR Svein Kaasa 710 DEN Jörn Mogensen 611 SWE Claes Löfstrand 512 NOR Tormod Langli413 FIN Kari Vuoristo 314 DEN Preben Bollerup 315 DEN Kurt Bögh 216 NOR Hans Erik Fuglerud0 (11 May, Avestavallen, AvestaPosRider Points 1 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 152 SWE Sören Sjösten 123 SWE Tommy Johansson124 SWE Göte Nordin125 NOR Dag Lövaas 126 SWE Bengt Larsson 107 SWE Lars Jansson 88 NOR Edgar Stangeland 79 DEN Henning Hansen 610 DEN Fred Hansen 611 DEN Erik Tillgaard 612 SWE Bo Wirebrand 513 FIN Hannu Känkänen 514 SWE Lars-Inge Hultberg 215 NOR Niels Heraldsen 116 NOR Knud Heia0 (12 May, Gamla Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping)PosRider Points 1 SWE Anders Michanek 152 NOR Reidar Eide 143 SWE Bengt Jansson 134 SWE Per-Olof Söderman 115 NOR Öyvind Berg 116 SWE Christer Sjösten 107 DEN Bent Nörregaard-Jensen 108 SWE Hans Johansso 79 DEN Krause Kjaer 610 SWE Ragnar Holm 611 SWE Tommy Wedén 612 DEN Nils Schelde 413 SWE Stephan Johansson 314 NOR Dagfinn Dahl 315 NOR Kjell Skievelan 116 FIN Matti Olin 0 Continental semi-finals 3 June TCH Markéta Stadium, Prague Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Edward Jancarz 152 TCH Milan Špinka 113 POL Zenon Plech 104 USSR Anatolij Kuzmin 105 USSR Viktor Trofimov 96 TCH Petr Ondrašík97 USSR Vladimir Baturin 88USSR Valerij Gordeev 89 USSR Anatolij Mironov 810 USSR Yury Dubinin 811 TCH Václav Verner (res) 812 POL Ryszard Dziatkowiak 713 POL Antoni Woryna 414 USSR Gennadij Ivanov 315 POL Jan Mucha 216 TCH Stanislav Kubíček 017 POL Zdzislaw Dobrucki 018 TCH Zdenek Novotny (res) 04 June POL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Marek Cieslak 152 POL Paweł Waloszek 133 POL Henryk Glücklich 114 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 115 POL Zbigniew Friedek 116 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 107 USSR Vladimir Paznikov 88POL Jerzy Szczakiel 89 POL Andrzej Koselski (res) 810 USSR Alexander Pavlov 611 USSR Oleg Dziadyk 612 TCH Jan Verner 613 TCH Miroslav Verner 314 HUN Janos Szöke 215 TCH Jan Holub I 116 POL Benedykt Kosek (res) 117 HUN Istvan Sziraczky 0 Fourth round British/Commonwealth semi-finals 20 June ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Terry Betts 14+32 NZL Ronnie Moore 14+23 ENG Arnie Haley 134 AUS Garry Middleton125 NZL Barry Briggs116 ENG John Louis87 ENG Trevor Hedge88SCO George Hunter (res)89 ENG Nigel Boocock610 AUS Geoff Curtis611 ENG Chris Pusey 612 AUS Phil Crump413 ENG Dave Younghusband414 SCO Bobby Beaton215 ENG Pete Smith216 ENG Tony Clarke 117 WAL Howard Cole 022 June ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ivan Mauger 152 SCO Jim McMillan 133 AUS John Boulger 124 ENG Martin Ashby105 ENG Ray Wilson106 ENG Eric Boocock107 ENG Dave Jessup98ENG Peter Collins99 ENG Norman Hunter910 ENG Tony Lomas411 ENG Bob Kilby 412 ENG John Harrhy413 ENG Bob Andrews414 ENG Barry Thomas315 ENG Mick Bell216 ENG Mike Broadbank2 Nordic Final 1 June 1972 SWE Norrköping Motorstadion First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 SWE Bengt Jansson 3,2,3,3,3 142 SWE Anders Michanek 3,3,3,1,3 133 DEN Ole Olsen 3,2,2,3,2 124 SWE Bernt Persson 1,2,3,2,3 115 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 2,3,2,2,2 116 SWE Christer Löfqvist 3,3,3,0,1 107 SWE Jan Simensen 2,0,2,3,3 108 NOR Reidar Eide 1,3,1,2,2 99 SWE Tommy Jansson 2,1,2,3,E 810 NOR Dag Lovaas 1,1,1,2,0 511 SWE Tommy Johansson 0,1,0,1,2 412 NOR Øyvind S. Berg 1,0,0,1,1 313 SWE Göte Nordin 0,2,1,0,- 314 SWE Leif Enecrona 0,0,1,1,1 315 SWE Per Olof Söderman 2,0,0,0,0 216 SWE Sören Sjösten 0,1,0,0,- 1R1 SWE Christer Sjösten E 0R2 SWE Runo Wedin 0 0 Continental Final 25 June 1972 USSR Dombay Motodrom, Cherkessk First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 USSR Viktor Trofimov 2,3,3,3,3 142 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 3,3,3,2,2 133 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 2,2,2,3,3 124 USSR Valery Gordeev 3,1,1,3,3 115 CSK Milan Špinka 1,3,3,2,1 106 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 3,2,F,1,3 97 POL Paweł Waloszek 0,3,2,2,2 98 USSR Aleksandr Pavlov 2,2,2,1,2 99 POL Zenon Plech F,2,2,3,F 710 USSR Anatoly Mironov 1,1,1,2,1 611 POL Zygfryd Friedek X,1,1,1,2 512 CSK Petr Ondrašík 3,X,0,0,1 413 USSR Vasily Baturin F,X,3,X,0 314 POL Marek Cieślak 0,1,1,1,0 315 POL Henryk Glucklich 2,E,X,0,X 216 POL Edward Jancarz 1,X,E,E,1 2R1 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 1,0,0,X 1R2 USSR Vladimir Kubanov 0,0,0 0 Fifth round British/Commonwealth Final 2 August 1972 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 5 to World Final x P1 6 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 2 3 x P2 12 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 2 2 3 2 x P3 4 NZL Barry Briggs 1 3 3 1 3 x 3 4 8 ENG John Louis 2 1 3 3 2 x E 5 9 ENG Eric Boocock 2 2 1 3 2 x 3 6 2 SCO Jim McMillan 3 1 3 0 3 x 2 7 15 ENG Terry Betts 3 2 1 0 3 x 8 10 ENG Ray Wilson 2 1 3 1 x T 9 11 ENG Dave Jessup 1 3 2 1 x T 10 13 AUS John Boulger 0 3 2 1 1 x 11 3 ENG Martin Ashby 2 1 2 1 0 x 12 16 ENG Arnold Haley 1 0 1 2 1 x 13 5 AUS Garry Middleton 1 1 0 0 2 x 14 1 ENG Peter Collins 0 2 1 0 x E 15 7 ENG Trevor Hedge 0 0 2 0 x E 16 14 NZL Ronnie Moore 2 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 ENG Pete Bailey r 0 R2 R2 ENG Norman Hunter y F European Final 3 September 1972 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 12 POL Paweł Waloszek 3 1 3 3 3 x P2 8 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 2 1 2 x P3 13 SWE Anders Michanek 3 3 1 3 1 x 4 16 USSR Aleksandr Pavlov 1 0 3 3 3 x 5 4 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 2 2 3 3 0 x 6 3 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 3 3 3 0 0 x 7 10 SWE Christer Löfqvist 2 1 2 2 1 x 8 11 USSR Viktor Trofimov 1 2 2 2 1 x 9 2 SWE Bernt Persson 1 3 1 0 2 x 10 6 USSR Valery Gordeev 2 2 1 2 x E 11 14 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 2 1 2 2 x F 12 5 SWE Jan Simensen 2 0 1 3 x F 13 15 CSK Milan Špinka 0 1 2 0 2 x 14 9 SWE Bengt Jansson 0 0 2 1 x E 15 1 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 1 1 0 x F E 16 7 NOR Reidar Eide 0 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 SWE Tommy Jansson R2 R2 POL Zenon Plech x World Final 16 September 1972 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: FRG Georg Traunspurger x P1 6 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 2 3 3 x 3 P2 13 SWE Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 2 x 2 P3 16 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 x F 4 15 SWE Christer Löfqvist 3 2 3 0 3 x 5 14 ENG John Louis 1 2 3 2 3 x 6 7 USSR Aleksandr Pavlov 1 3 0 3 1 x 7 4 SWE Anders Michanek 2 2 2 2 x X 8 3 POL Paweł Waloszek 3 1 0 1 1 x 9 8 USSR Viktor Trofimov 0 0 2 2 2 x 10 12 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 1 2 1 0 x 11 10 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 1 1 1 2 1 x 12 11 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 3 0 0 1 0 x 13 1 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 2 1 1 0 0 x 14 5 NZL Barry Briggs 3 x F - - - 15 2 ENG Eric Boocock 0 0 0 2 x X 16 9 USSR Valery Gordeev 0 0 1 1 0 x R1 R1 SWE Jan Simensen w 2 y 0 x R2 R2 SCO Jim McMillan 1 1 r 1 x References 1972 Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom