1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship 1963 1965 The 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5https://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 The final was held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19640905/458/0036 Knutsson can beat them all Coventry Evening Telegraph 5 September 1964 British Newspaper Archive subscription 5 September 2024 New Zealander Barry Briggs secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. Igor Plekhanov the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion Ove Fundin.Barry Briggs new speedway champion Coventry Evening Telegraph 12 September 1964 8 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19640912/297/0024 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/64_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1964.htm 1964 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/64.htm#1964 1964 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Swedish qualifying Top 16 to Nordic qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd26 April Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Arne Carlsson1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Göte Nordin Bernt Nilsson Ove Fundin14 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Göte Nordin Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 292 Göte Nordin263 Sören Sjösten 264 Ove Fundin 235 Arne Carlsson 216 Bernt Nilsson 197 Leif Larsson 188 Bengt Brannefors 179 Per-Olof Söderman1610 Willihard Thomsson 16 11 Gunnar Malmqvist1612 Hasse Holmqvist 15 Pos. Rider Points13 Bo Magnusson1514 Bengt Jansson1515 Rune Sörmander 1316 Per-Tage Svensson 1317 Åke Andersson 1118 Olle Nygren 1119 Lars Jansson 920 Curt Eldh 921 Leif Enecrona 922 Inge Gustafsson 723 Sven Sigurd 524 Runo Wedin 1 Norwegian qualifying 20 October 1963 NOR Kadettangen, Sandvika Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Sverre Harrfeldt143 Nils Paulsen 134 Reidar Eide 115 Cato Agnor106 Henry Harrfeldt87 Bjarne Sorenby88 Olav Aaen79 Johnny Faafeng 710 Per Jakob Aulie 6 Finnish qualifying 19 July 1963 FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points1 Timo Laine 152 Kalevi Lahtinen 143 Matti Olin 124 Esko Koponen 85 Antero Salasto 86 Ilkka Helminen 77 Martti Assinen 68 Olavi Turunen 69 Veikko Metsahuone 510 Kari Ala Sippola 5 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 MayGDR Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg POL Andrzej Pogorzelski USSR Boris Samorodov POL Edmund Migoś 1 MayCSK Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. POL Zbigniew Podlecki CSK Rudolf Havelka 10 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc POL Marian Rose POL Antoni Woryna CSK Bohumír Bartoněk 10 MayYUG Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb POL Andrzej Wyglenda USSR Witalij Szyło USSR Gennady Kurilenko Second round Nordic qualifying 31 May SWE Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 142 Sverre Harrfeldt 123 Ove Fundin 114 Göte Nordin 115 Bernt Nilsson 116 Rune Sörmander 117 Bengt Brannefors 98 Gunnar Malmqvist 89 Reidar Eide 510 Bo Magnusson 511 Olavi Turunen 512 Jonny Faafeng 413 Poul Wissing 414 Henry Harrfeldt 415 Per Jakob Aulie 316 Niels Paulsen 131 May FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 142 Arne Carlsson 123 Per-Tage Svensson 124 Sören Sjösten 125 Hasse Holmqvist116 Leif Larsson 117 Willihard Thomsson98 Bengt Jansson 8 Continental semi-finals 6 June USSR Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Andrzej Wyglenda132 Andrzej Pogorzelski123 Gennadij Kurilenko124 Stanislav Kubíček105 Boris Samorodov96 Jaroslav Volf97 Konstantin Krishtal98 Miroslav Šmíd99 Pavel Mareš910 Edmund Migoś 711 Władimir Sokołow 712 Paweł Waloszek513 Jochen Dinse414 Marian Kaiser315 Witalij Szyło216 Václav Průša 17 June POL Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Antoni Woryna152 Zbigniew Podlecki123 Igor Plechanov114 Marian Rose115 Joachim Maj116 Jurij Chekranov107 Antonín Kasper Sr. 98 Rudolf Havelka99 Kazimierz Bentke 810 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 611 Viktor Kuznetsov6 12 Valentin Moiseev413 František Ledecký314 Antonín Šváb Sr.315 Miloslav Wagner216 Bohumír Bartoněk 0 Third round British & Commonwealth Qualifying Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 21 JuneRye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Les Owen Tich Read Sándor Lévai 18 JulyAbbey Stadium, Swindon Brian Brett Jimmy Gooch Barry Briggs 23 JulyOxford Stadium, Oxford Ron How Ken McKinlay Jimmy Gooch 25 JulyBrandon Stadium, Coventry Bryan Elliott Mike Broadbank Bob Andrews 27 JulyWimbledon Stadium, LondonRon How Bob Andrews Nigel Boocock 1 AugustHyde Road, Manchester Barry Briggs Cyril Maidment Trevor Hedge 1 AugustThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Brian Brett Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot 4 AugustWest Ham Stadium, London Barry Briggs Brian BrettNigel Boocock Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Brian Brett432 NZL Barry Briggs423 ENG Nigel Boocock394 NZL Bob Andrews385 ENG Mike Broadbank376 ENG Cyril Maidment367 ENG Ron How 348 SCO Ken McKinlay329 ENG Dick Fisher3210 ENG Trevor Hedge3111 ENG Bryan Elliott3012 ENG Jim Lightfoot3013 GBR Tadeusz Teodorowicz3014 ENG Ron Mountford3015 ENG Jimmy Gooch2916 ENG Billy Bales2817 ENG Ronnie Genz26Pos. Rider Points18 ENG Colin Gooddy2619 WAL Leo McAuliffe2520 ENG Norman Hunter2221 SCO Gordon McGregor2122 ENG Martin Ashby2023 ENG Alf Hagon1924 AUS Ray Cresp1625 ENG Gerry Jackson1526 ENG Reg Luckhurst1527 ENG Rick France1228 ENG Reg Trott1129 ENG Les Owen1130 ENG John Debbage1131 AUS Jack Geran 1032 ENG Bob Dugard833 HUN Sándor Lévai834 ENG Tich Read5 Nordic Final 14 June 1964 DEN Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 SWE Björn Knutson | 152 SWE Ove Fundin 143 SWE Göte Nordin 114 SWE Arne Karlson 105 SWE Per Olof Söderman 106 SWE Rune Sörmander 97 SWE Per Tage Svensson 98 SWE Sören Sjösten 89 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 810 SWE Leif Larsson 711 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 512 SWE Bernt Nilsson 413 SWE Willihard Thomsson 314 SWE Bengt Jansson 315 SWE Bengt Brannefors 216 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 2 Continental Final 20 June 1964 CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve P1 10 USSR Igor Plekhanov 3 3 3 2 2 P2 11 CSK Jaroslav Volf 1 3 2 3 3 P3 12 USSR Boris Samorodov 2 3 2 2 3 4 2 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 1 2 3 2 3 5 16 USSR Yuri Chekranov 3 0 3 3 1 6 7 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 3 2 2 1 2 7 15 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 2 0 1 3 3 8 4 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 3 2 0 1 2 9 1 CSK Stanislav Kubíček 2 1 1 3 1 10 3 POL Marian Rose 0 1 2 1 2 11 9 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 0 2 3 0 0 12 13 POL Antoni Woryna 0 3 1 1 0 13 6 CSK Miroslav Šmíd 1 1 0 2 1 14 5 CSK Rudolf Havelka 2 0 0 0 1 15 14 POL Joachim Maj 1 0 1 0 0 16 8 USSR Konstantin Kristal 0 1 0 0 0 R1 R1 CSK Pavel Mareš R2 R2 CSK František Ledecký R3 R3 CSK Milan Wágner Fourth round British & Commonwealth Final Top 8 to World Final 29 August 1964 ENG Wembley Stadium, London First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 15 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 9 SCO Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 2 3 x P3 7 ENG Ron How 3 2 3 2 2 x 4 6 ENG Cyril Maidment 1 3 3 1 3 x 5 16 ENG Mike Broadbanks 2 3 2 3 1 x 6 3 NZL Bob Andrews 3 1 2 2 2 x 7 8 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 1 0 3 2 x 8 5 ENG Dick Fisher 2 1 1 3 x F 9 2 ENG Jim Lightfoot 2 0 2 2 0 x 10 12 ENG Trevor Hedge 2 2 0 0 1 x 11 4 ENG Ron Mountford 1 0 2 0 2 x 12 10 ENG Jimmy Gooch 0 2 1 0 1 x 13 14 AUS Bryan Elliott 1 1 1 1 x F 14 11 ENG Billy Bales 1 0 1 1 0 x 15 1 ENG Brian Brett 0 0 2 0 x X 16 13 GBR Tadeusz Teodorowicz 1 1 0 0 0 x R1 R1 ENG Ronnie Genz x R2 R2 ENG Colin Gooddy x European Final 28 June 1964 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve P1 10 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 3 3 3 3 3 P2 5 SWE Björn Knutson 3 2 3 2 3 P3 3 USSR Boris Samorodov 3 3 3 1 1 4 8 SWE Ove Fundin 2 3 1 3 2 5 12 USSR Igor Plekhanov 2 2 2 3 2 6 6 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 0 2 2 3 3 7 11 CSK Jaroslav Volf 1 2 3 2 2 8 9 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 0 3 2 2 2 9 7 SWE Göte Nordin 1 1 1 2 1 10 16 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 0 1 0 3 11 13 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 3 0 2 1 0 12 4 SWE Per Tage Svensson 2 1 0 0 0 13 2 SWE Sören Sjösten 1 1 1 0 0 14 15 USSR Yuri Chekranov 1 0 0 1 0 15 1 SWE Arne Karlson 0 1 0 0 1 16 14 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 0 0 1 1 R1 R1 CSK Stanislav Kubíček R2 R2 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist World Final 11 September 1964 SWE Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 6 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 14 USSR Igor Plekhanov 3 2 3 3 2 x 3 P3 5 SWE Ove Fundin 2 3 2 3 3 x 2 4 15 USSR Boris Samorodov 1 3 3 2 2 x 5 9 SWE Björn Knutson 3 2 1 1 3 x 6 16 ENG Ron How 2 3 2 2 1 x 7 1 ENG Cyril Maidment 2 1 1 1 3 x 8 3 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 3 2 1 1 x F 9 2 ENG Nigel Boocock 0 1 0 3 2 x 10 10 ENG Mike Broadbank 2 3 1 x E E 11 12 SCO Ken McKinlay 1 1 2 2 x E 12 13 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 0 0 2 2 0 x 13 4 NZL Bob Andrews 1 2 1 0 0 x 14 8 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 0 1 2 0 0 x 15 11 CSK Jaroslav Volf 0 1 0 1 1 x 16 7 ENG Dick Fisher 1 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 ENG Jim Lightfoot x R2 R2 SWE Göte Nordin x References 1964 World Individual World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland