1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 April 2022 1965 Speedway World Championship 1964 1966 The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th 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 Björn Knutson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.Knutson is Champ The People 19 September 1965 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19650919/217/0024 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/65_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1965.htm 1965 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/65.htm#1965 1965 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Norwegian qualifying 25 October 1964 NOR Kadettangen, Sandvika Top 5 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 Pos. Rider Points1 Sverre Harrfeldt 152 Nils Paulsen133 Per Jakob Aulie134 Knut Syrrist125 Henry Harrfeldt106 Bjarne Sorenby97 Thorbjorn Aulie78 Thorbjorn Nygaard 79 Ivar A. Hoffgaard710 Johnny Faafeng 611 Oyvind S. Berg 512 Reidar Eide513 Svein Johansen 314 Olav Aaen 315 Kjell H. Helgsen216 Hans Age Trovik117 Svein Svensrud1 Finnish qualifying 28 August 1964 FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 Pos. Rider Points1 Kalevi Lahtinen 152 Timo Laine 143 Matti Olin 134 Esko Koponen 125 Olavi Turunen 106 Antero Salasto 97 Veikko Metsahuone88 Timo Sinkkonen 89 Heikki Kaprali 610 Jouko Naskali 6 11 Juhani Taipale 512 Reijo Tolviander (res)413 Erkki Hannula 314 Reima Lohkovuori 3 15 Toimi Skytta (res)316 Veikko Vesa 2 17 Martti Myllynausta 018 Jarmo Bahne 0 Swedish qualifying Top 16 to Nordic qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd25 April Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Bo Josefsson Leif Enecrona Rune Sörmander28 April Ryavallen, Borås Ove Fundin Per Olof Söderman Björn Knutson1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Bengt Jansson Bo Josefsson Hasse Holmqvist Pos. Rider Points1 Bo Josefsson 28 2 Bengt Jansson 26 3 Björn Knutson 234 Ove Fundin 235 Per-Olof Söderman236 Sören Sjösten 227 Bo Magnusson198 Hasse Holmqvist 19 9 Leif Enecrona 1910 Rune Sörmander 1811 Göte Nordin1812 Gunnar Malmqvist1613 Leif Larsson 1414 Bengt Svensson 14Pos. Rider Points15 Bengt Brannefors 1416 Runo Wedin 1317 Curt Eldh 918 Sven Sigurd 919 Kurt Westlund 920 Hans Utterström 621 Inge Gustafsson522 Arne Hansson 423 Nils Ringström 324 Karl-Erik Andersson 325 Leif Söderberg 126 Per-Tage Svensson 027 Lars Jansson 0 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 9 MayAUT Liebenauer Stadium, Graz POL Andrzej Wyglenda CSK Jaroslav Volf POL Antoni Woryna 9 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana USSR Gennady Kurilenko POL Jan Mucha POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. USSR Yuri Chekranov POL Pawel Waloszek 9 MayGDR Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg POL Zbigniew Podlecki USSR Boris Samorodov CSK Rudolf Havelka British & Commonwealth preliminary round Top 11 riders to qualifying roundDiamonds pair take honours Newcastle Evening Chronicle 14 May 1965 26 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19650514/707/0028 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 13 May Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough Goog Allan Russ Dent Harry Bastable 15 May Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh Tommy Sweetman Ken Adams Des Lukehurst 22 May Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich Tommy Sweetman Howdy Byford Ken Adams 26 May Central Park, Cowdenbeath Russ Dent Bruce Ovenden Graham Coombes 6 June King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Harry Bastable Pete Smith Maurie McDermott Second round Nordic qualification 11 May NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 152 Sverre Harrfeldt 143 Leif Enecrona 134 Ove Fundin 125 Bengt Brannefors 96 Gunnar Malmqvist 97 Bo Magnusson 98 Henry Harrfeldt 79 Thorbjörn Nygaard 710 Curt Eldh 711 Nils Paulsen 512 Runo Wedin 413 Ivar Hoffgard 314 Olavi Turunen 315 Timo Laine 216 Heikki Kaprali 027 May DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Leif Larsson 142 Per-Olof Söderman 133 Hasse Holmqvist 124 Sören Sjösten 125 Kalevi Lahtinen116 Bengt Jansson 117 Bo Josefsson 108 Sven Sigurd 99 Hans G. Kristensen 610 Bengt Svensson 611 Ove Pedersen 412 Erik Kastebo 413 Matti Olin314 Per Jakob Aulie 215 Jens Ring (res) 216 Knut Syrrist 117 Bent Jensen 018 Göte Nordin dns Continental semi-finals 23 May FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Pawel Waloszek132 Igor Plekhanov133 Andrzej Wyglenda124 Jaroslav Volf115 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 116 Antoni Woryna107 Valentin Moiseev98 Stanislav Kubicek79 Jurij Chekranov10 Vladimir Sokolov 11 František Ledecký 12 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 13 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov14 Miloslav Šmíd 15 Pal Perenyi23 May USSR Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Pavel Mareš152 Jan Mucha113 Zbigniew Podlecki114 Florian Kapala105 Marian Rose106 Joachim Maj107 Gennadij Kurilenko108 Andrzej Pogorzelski99 Antonín Kasper Sr.810 Boris Samorodov 6 11 Antonín Šváb Sr. 612 Jurij Olenev 513 Rudolf Havelka414 Lew Krajev 315 Konstantij Krishtal016 Viktor Trofimov 0 British & Commonwealth qualifying round Top 32 to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 12 JuneBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Jack Kitchen Rick France 12 JuneAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Mike Broadbanks Martin Ashby 12 JuneHyde Road, Manchester Cyril Maidment Gordon McGregor Dick Fisher 14 JuneCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Barry Briggs Trevor Hedge Geoff Mudge 14 JuneBrough Park, Newcastle Charlie Monk Brian Brett Ivan Mauger 15 JuneWest Ham Stadium, London Roy Trigg Norman Hunter Ken McKinlay 16 JuneLong Eaton Stadium, Long EatonBarry Briggs Jim Lightfoot Jack Kitchen 17 JuneOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Nigel Boocock Clive Featherby Billy Bales 17 JuneOxford Stadium, Oxford Jimmy Gooch Ron How Colin Pratt 18 JuneSomerton Park, Newport Peter Vandenberg Reg Luckhurst Cyril Maidment 18 JuneWhite City, Glasgow Charlie Monk Bluey Scott Ivan Mauger 18 JuneHackney Wick Stadium, London Ron How Roy Trigg Colin Pratt 18 JuneMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Trevor Hedge Peter Jarman Nigel Boocock 19 JuneWimbledon Stadium, London Trevor Hedge Bob Andrews Jack Biggs 19 JuneThe Shay, Halifax Jimmy Gooch Ronnie Genz Eric Boocock 19 JuneDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Charlie Monk Jim Airey John Hart 19 JulyOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh Maury Mattingley Gordon Guasco Brian Craven 23 JulyWimborne Road, Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Roy Trigg Third round British & Commonwealth semi finals 28 July ENG Wimborne Road, Poole Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Nigel Boocock 132 NZL Barry Briggs113 ENG Jimmy Gooch 114 SCO Ken McKinlay115 ENG Ronnie Genz106 ENG Reg Luckhurst107 ENG Mike Broadbanks108 AUS Gordon Guasco99 ENG Norman Hunter910 AUS Geoff Mudge 711 ENG Jack Kitchen 612 AUS Jim Airey 613 ENG Colin Pratt314 ENG Clive Featherby215 AUS Bluey Scott116 SCO Gordon McGregor 130 July SCO White City, Glasgow Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 AUS Charlie Monk 142 ENG Trevor Hedge 143 ENG Brian Brett 134 NZL Ivan Mauger 115 ENG Colin Gooddy 106 NZL Bill Andrew97 ENG Bob Andrews 88AUS Peter Vandenberg 89 ENG Cyril Maidment 710 ENG Dave Younghusband 711 ENG Roy Trigg 712 ENG Eric Boocock 413 ENG Jim Lightfoot 314 ENG Alan Cowland 315 ENG Rick France 216 ENG Billy Bales 017 ENG Martin Ashby 0 Nordic Final 28 June 1965 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 SWE Soren Sjosten 142 SWE Ove Fundin 123 SWE Leif Enecrona 114 SWE Björn Knutson 115 SWE Bengt Jansson 116 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 117 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 108 SWE Leif Larsson 99 SWE Per Olof Söderman 710 SWE Bo Magnusson 511 FIN Kalevi Lahtinen 412 NOR Henry Harrfeldt 413 SWE Bo Josefsson 314 NOR Sven Sigurd 215 SWE Bengt Brannefors 016 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 0 Continental Final 13 June 1965 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve P1 15 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 1 3 2 3 3 P2 2 USSR Igor Plekhanov 2 3 1 3 3 P3 14 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 0 2 3 3 3 4 12 POL Antoni Woryna 3 3 0 2 2 5 1 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 3 1 1 2 6 7 POL Pawel Waloszek 3 2 3 0 1 7 13 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 3 2 1 1 1 8 6 POL Marian Rose 1 1 3 0 3 9 5 CSK Pavel Mareš 2 0 3 1 2 10 9 POL Joachim Maj 2 1 0 2 2 11 3 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 1 1 1 3 0 12 8 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 0 1 2 2 1 13 10 POL Jan Mucha 1 0 2 2 0 14 11 CSK Jaroslav Volf 0 0 2 0 1 15 4 CSK Stanislav Kubíček 0 2 0 1 0 16 16 USSR Valentin Moiseev 2 0 0 0 0 R1 R1 POL Florian Kapała Fourth round British & Commonwealth Final 31 August 1965 ENG West Ham Stadium, London first 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 8 NZL Barry Briggs 1 3 3 3 3 x P2 2 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 3 x 3 E P3 4 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 2 2 x 2 4 10 ENG Brian Brett 3 2 1 2 2 x 5 12 ENG Reg Luckhurst 2 0 3 2 3 x 6 11 ENG Jimmy Gooch 1 2 3 1 3 x 7 7 ENG Mike Broadbanks 2 0 2 3 2 x 3 8 15 AUS Gordon Guasco 3 1 1 3 1 x 2 9 5 AUS Charlie Monk 3 2 2 1 x X 10 16 ENG Trevor Hedge 2 1 3 1 x F 11 3 NZL Bob Andrews 1 3 1 0 1 x 12 14 NZL Ivan Mauger 1 0 2 1 1 x 13 6 ENG Colin Gooddy 0 1 1 2 x M 14 9 AUS Peter Vandenberg 3 0 0 0 x E 15 1 NZL Bill Andrew 0 1 0 0 x E 16 13 ENG Ronnie Genz 1 0 0 x E F R1 R1 ENG Norman Hunter x European Final 26 June 1965 CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 3 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 3 x 3 P2 8 SWE Björn Knutson 2 3 3 3 3 x 2 P3 9 POL Antoni Woryna 3 1 1 3 3 x 4 14 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 3 3 0 3 1 x 5 10 USSR Igor Plekhanov 2 2 3 2 1 x 6 6 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 3 1 1 2 2 x 7 13 SWE Bengt Jansson 0 3 2 2 1 x 8 16 SWE Soren Sjosten 2 2 2 1 1 x 9 7 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1 1 1 2 2 x 10 15 SWE Leif Larsson 1 2 3 1 0 x 11 1 POL Marian Rose 1 3 2 1 x E 12 4 CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. 2 1 0 0 3 x 13 5 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 2 1 0 2 x 14 12 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 1 2 0 0 x E 15 2 SWE Leif Enecrona 0 0 1 0 x E 16 11 POL Pawel Waloszek 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 CSK Pavel Mareš x World Final 18 September 1965 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 12 SWE Björn Knutson 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 15 USSR Igor Plekhanov 3 3 2 2 3 x 3 P3 4 SWE Ove Fundin 2 2 3 3 3 x 2 4 13 NZL Barry Briggs 2 3 1 3 1 x 5 10 SWE Bengt Jansson 3 1 2 2 2 x 6 5 ENG Brian Brett 3 0 1 3 2 x 7 14 SWE Sören Sjösten 1 3 3 2 0 x 8 2 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 0 0 2 3 x 9 6 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 2 3 0 x F 10 11 POL Antoni Woryna 1 2 2 0 1 x 11 3 SWE Leif Larsson 1 0 2 2 x F 12 9 ENG Reg Luckhurst 0 2 1 1 0 x 13 7 SCO Ken McKinlay 0 1 0 1 2 x 14 8 ENG Jimmy Gooch 1 1 0 1 0 x 15 16 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 0 0 1 1 0 x 16 1 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 0 1 0 0 1 x R1 R1 ENG Mike Broadbank x R2 R2 POL Marian Rose x References 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom