1968 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship 1967 1969 The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 23rd 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 Ivan Mauger won his first World title. Fellow countryman Barry Briggs finished second and Pole Edward Jancarz took the bronze medal. Sports in Brief The Times 7 September 1968 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS101150503/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=53c5c213 Gale Primary Sources 9 July 2021Boocock last in Sweden Coventry Evening Telegraph 7 September 1968 9 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription Format changes The format of the Championship changed again for the 1968 event. It reverted to the 1966 system whereby six riders from the Swedish section would qualify for the World Final direct to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through various events to establish the other ten riders to qualify for the final. First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/68_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1968.htm 1968 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/68.htm#1968 1968 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 British/Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 25 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Terry Betts Ray Wilson 25 MayThe Shay, Halifax Jim Airey Dave Younghusband Greg Kentwell 25 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Norman Hunter Dave Hemus 25 MayHyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Tommy Roper Charlie Monk 27 MayBrough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Bert Harkins 27 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Martin Ashby Jimmy Squibb Eric Boocock 28 MayWest Ham Stadium, London Norman Hunter Nigel Boocock Ivan Mauger 28 MayLeicester Stadium, Leicester Bill Andrew Bob Kilby John Boulger 29 MayWimborne Road, Poole John Boulger Bill Andrew Geoff Mudge 30 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Colin Gooddy Terry Betts Ronnie Genz 30 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Martin Ashby Nigel Boocock Trevor Hedge 30 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Charlie Monk Colin Pratt John Dews 31 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton James Bond Jim Airey Peter Vandenberg 31 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Barry Briggs Colin Pratt Les McGillivray 31 MaySomerton Park, Newport Cyril Francis Chris Julian Eric Boothroyd 31 MayWhite City, Glasgow Bob Kilby Bert Harkins Jim McMillan 1 JuneDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Bill Andrew Trevor Hedge Reg Luckhurst 1 JuneAbeey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Bob Kilby Mike Broadbanks 1 JuneCliftonhill, Coatbridge Martin Ashby Ray Wilson Colin Pratt Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continantal semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 4 MayDDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen USSR Boris Samorodov CSK Jan Holub I POL Antoni Woryna 5 MayYUG Stadion Automoto Drustvo Svetozarevo USSR Gennady Kurilenko POL Joachim Maj USSR Yuri Chekranov 5 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz POL Henryk Glucklich USSR Viktor Trofimov 5 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg POL Jan Mucha USSR Igor Plekhanov CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. Second round Norwegian qualifying (top 8) 1 October 1967 (elimination format) NOR Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes Top 8 to Nordic final 1968 Pos. Rider time/note1 Reidar Eide 1.21.12 Oyvind S. Berg1.22.63 Odd Fossengen1.24.04 Sverre Harrfeldt1.24.05 Einar Egedius sf 1.24.56 Sven Svensrudsf 1.28.27 Ulf Lovaas sf fell8 Thorbjorn Nygaard sf fell Finnish qualifying (top 8) (2 rounds) ? & 30 Aug 1967 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 to Nordic final 1968 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Matti Olin 6+814+32 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+614+2 3 Veikko Metsahuone 4+374 Jouko Naskali 0+445 Reijo Tolviander 3+146 Reima Lohkovouri 0+227 Olavi Turunen 2+028 Timo Sinkkonen 1+01 British/Commonwealth semi-finals 27 June ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Barry Briggs 142 NZL Bill Andrew 133 ENG Norman Hunter 134 ENG Nigel Boocock115 ENG Mike Broadbank106 AUS Peter Vandenberg107 ENG Dave Younghusband98SCO Jim McMillan9 AUS Jim Airey710 ENG Colin Pratt611 ENG Bob Andrews 612 ENG Tommy Roper513 ENG Arnie Haley314 ENG Chris Julian315 ENG Jimmy Squibb216 SCO Bert Harkins 12 July ENG Wimborne Road, Poole Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ivan Mauger142 ENG Martin Ashby143 ENG Terry Betts124 AUS Charlie Monk105 ENG Ray Wilson106 ENG Eric Boocock97 ENG Trevor Hedge98AUS Geoff Mudge99 ENG Reg Luckhurst810 ENG James Bond711 ENG Colin Gooddy 712 AUS John Boulger313 NZL Wayne Briggs314 AUS Greg Kentwell315 ENG Eric Boothroyd116 ENG Bob Kilby1 Third round British/Commonwealth Final 11 July 1968 ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve x P1 12 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 14 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 x P3 5 ENG Eric Boocock 3 3 2 3 2 x 4 11 ENG Martin Ashby 1 3 2 3 1 x 5 6 ENG Trevor Hedge 2 2 3 3 0 x 6 10 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 1 1 2 3 x 7 13 ENG Norman Hunter 1 2 3 2 1 x 8 4 SCO Jim McMillan 3 1 2 2 0 x 9 1 ENG Terry Betts 2 1 1 1 2 x 10 3 ENG Dave Younghusband 1 0 2 1 2 x 11 15 AUS Geoff Mudge 2 1 1 1 1 x 12 8 AUS Charlie Monk 1 2 1 1 0 x 13 16 ENG Mike Broadbanks 0 0 0 3 x E 14 2 ENG Ray Wilson 0 0 0 0 2 x 15 9 AUS Peter Vandenberg 0 0 0 0 1 x 16 7 NZL Bill Andrew x F - - - - R1 R1 ENG Reg Luckhurst w 2 b F x R2 R2 AUS Jim Airey y X w 0 x Nordic Final 2 June 1968 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 6 to British-Nordic Final, plus 1 reserve x P1 10 NOR Reidar Eide 3 3 3 2 3 x P2 1 NOR Øyvind S. Berg 3 3 2 3 2 x P3 11 NOR Odd Fossengen 1 3 3 3 2 x 4 5 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 3 1 1 3 3 x 5 2 DEN Ole Olsen 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 9 DEN Godtfred Andreasen 2 2 2 3 2 x 7 3 NOR Per J.Aulie 1 2 3 0 3 x 8 16 NOR Ole Todnem 3 3 1 1 1 x 9 15 DEN Kurt Bøgh 1 3 2 1 x F 10 13 DEN Preben Moller Christensen 2 0 2 0 2 x 11 8 DEN Jens Ring 2 2 1 1 0 x 12 14 NOR Helgie Langlie 0 2 1 x F - 13 4 FIN Matti Olin 0 1 1 1 0 x 14 6 NOR Eidar Egedius 1 1 x E F - 15 7 FIN Timo Laine 0 0 0 1 0 x 16 12 FIN Jouko Naskali 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 DEN Per Ehlert y 1 Continental semi-finals 26 May TCH Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 TCH Luboš Tomíček Sr. 152 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 123 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 114 POL Pawel Waloszek 115 USSR Igor Plechanov 116 POL Jan Mucha 107 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 108POL Jan Pytko 99 TCH Miloslav Verner 710 USSR Gabdrachman Kadyrov 611 POL Henryk Glücklich 512 USSR Boris Zechanovitsch 513 TCH Miroslav Šmíd 214 TCH Antonín Kasper Sr. 215 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz (res)216 HUN Barnabas Gyepes 117 TCH Jaroslav Volf (res)118 USSR Viktor Trofimov 026 May POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Antoni Woryna 132 POL Joachim Maj 133 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 124 USSR Boris Samorodov 105 USSR Gennadij Kurilenko 106 POL Jerzy Padewski 97 TCH Jan Holub I 88POL Edward Jancarz 89 GDR Gerhard Uhlenbrock 810 USSR Jurij Chekranov 611 GDR Jochen Dinse 512 USSR Farid Szajnurov 513 GDR Jürgen Hehlert 414 TCH Antonín Šváb Sr. 415 POL Stanislaw Tkocz 316 TCH Frantisek Ledecky 1 Fourth round Swedish Qualifying 28 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 142 Bengt Jansson 133 Anders Michanek 114 Gunnar Malmqvist 115 Per-Olof Söderman 106 Bernt Persson 97 Tommy Johansson 98 Bengt Svensson 99 Conny Samuelsson 810 Leif Larsson 611 Sven-Inge Svensson 612 Sören Enander 613 Allan Dahlöf 414 Runo Wedin 315 Jan Holmqvist 316 Bo Magnusson 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points1 Sören Sjösten 142 Torbjörn Harrysson 143 Olle Nygren 124 Göte Nordin 125 Bengt Larsson 106 Christer Löfqvist 97 Bo Josefsson 98 Therje Henriksson 99 Hasse Holmqvist 610 Sven Sigurd411 Jan Svensson 412 Lars Jansson 413 Karl-Erik Andersson 314 Bengt Brannefors 315 Åke Andersson 316 Sixten Karlberg 217 Jan Stridh 2 British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final 6 August 1968 ENG West Ham Stadium, London First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 11 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 5 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 2 2 x 3 P3 16 NOR Reidar Eide 2 3 2 3 3 x 2 4 7 ENG Martin Ashby 2 2 3 3 1 x 5 15 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 3 0 1 3 3 x 6 9 ENG Terry Betts 2 1 3 2 2 x 7 1 ENG Trevor Hedge 3 2 1 2 1 x 8 3 ENG Eric Boocock 2 1 2 1 1 x 9 13 ENG Norman Hunter 1 0 1 1 3 x 10 12 NZL Barry Briggs 1 2 1 2 x F 11 10 NOR Odd Fossengen 0 3 2 0 0 x 12 8 SCO Jim McMillan 0 2 1 0 2 x 13 6 NOR Øyvind S. Berg 1 2 0 1 0 x 14 2 DEN Ole Olsen 1 1 0 2 x F 15 4 ENG Dave Younghusband 0 1 0 0 x F 16 14 NOR Godtfred Andreasen 0 0 0 x - - R1 R1 NOR Per J.Aulle w 0 b 1 x R2 R2 AUS Geoff Mudge x Continental Final 21 June 1968 USSR Stroitel Stadium, Ufa First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 2 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 3 1 3 3 2 x P2 6 POL Paweł Waloszek 2 3 3 2 0 x P3 16 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 3 0 2 2 3 x 4 15 POL Edward Jancarz 2 1 1 3 3 x 5 13 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 1 3 3 2 1 x 6 12 POL Antoni Woryna 2 2 2 1 2 x 7 11 USSR Igor Plekhanov 3 3 0 0 2 x 3 8 3 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 2 0 3 3 x 2 F 9 7 POL Jerzy Padewski 3 2 0 3 x 1 F 10 9 CSK Jan Holub I 1 1 3 1 1 x 11 1 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 1 2 1 2 1 x 12 8 POL Zygmunt Pytko 0 3 2 1 0 x 13 10 USSR Boris Samorodov 0 2 1 1 2 x 14 5 POL Jan Mucha 1 0 0 0 3 x 15 4 POL Joachim Maj 0 1 2 0 1 x 16 14 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 0 0 1 0 0 x R1 R1 DDR Gerhard Ulenbrock R2 R2 CSK Václav Verner Fifth round Swedish Final Top 6 to World final, 1 reserve DateVenueWinner2nd3rd27 May Malmö Stadion, Malmö Gunnar Malmqvist Anders Michanek Hasse Holmqvist 28 May Ullevi, Gothenburg Bernt Persson Gunnar Malmqvist Torbjörn Harrysson 30 May Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping Ove Fundin Bengt Jansson Gunnar Malmqvist Pos. Rider Points1 Gunnar Malmqvist382 Ove Fundin353 Torbjörn Harrysson314 Bernt Persson305 Anders Michanek 296 Hasse Holmqvist287 Bengt Jansson278 Bengt Larsson259 Sören Sjösten23Pos. Rider Points10 Therje Henriksson2211 Bo Josefsson1512 Bengt Svensson 1513 Christer Löfqvist1414 Olle Nygren1015 Tommy Johansson916 Per Olof Söderman817 Conny Samuelsson218 Runo Wedin1 European Final 25 August 1968 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 3 POL Paweł Waloszek 3 2 3 2 3 x P2 5 POL Antoni Woryna 3 3 3 2 x X P3 16 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 2 2 2 3 2 x 4 11 NZL Ivan Mauger 1 3 1 2 3 x 5 8 NZL Barry Briggs 1 3 1 3 1 x 6 1 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 2 2 3 0 2 x 7 14 NOR Reidar Eide 3 1 0 3 1 x 8 10 POL Edward Jancarz 3 3 2 x F - 9 12 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 1 0 2 2 x 10 2 ENG Martin Ashby 1 2 1 1 1 x 3 11 9 USSR Igor Plekhanov 0 0 2 3 1 x 2 12 6 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 2 0 2 1 x E 13 4 ENG Trevor Hedge 0 0 3 0 0 x 14 7 ENG Terry Betts 0 0 1 1 0 x 15 13 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 1 1 x F - - 16 15 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 0 x - - - - R1 R1 POL Jerzy Padewski b 1 w 2 y 1 w 3 R2 R2 CSK Václav Verner World Final 6 September 1968 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 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 5 NZL Barry Briggs 2 2 3 3 2 x P3 7 POL Edward Jancarz 1 3 1 3 3 x 3 4 9 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 2 3 3 1 2 x 2 5 4 POL Paweł Waloszek 2 3 2 3 x F 6 12 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 3 3 2 1 1 x 7 1 SWE Anders Michanek 3 1 2 2 1 x 8 10 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 1 2 2 2 2 x 9 15 SWE Ove Fundin 3 0 1 0 3 x 10 11 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 0 2 1 3 1 x 11 2 ENG Martin Ashby 2 1 0 2 0 x 12 16 POL Antoni Woryna 2 1 1 1 x R 14 8 NOR Reidar Eide 0 0 2 1 x F 13 3 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 1 1 0 0 2 x F 15 14 SWE Bernt Persson 0 1 0 0 x E 16 13 ENG Nigel Boocock 1 0 0 x X E R1 R1 USSR Igor Plekhanov x R2 R2 SWE Bengt Jansson x References 1968 Speedway World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland