1969 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship 1968 1970 The 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 24th 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 final was sponsored by the Sunday Mirror and held at Wembley. Ivan Mauger retained his title and won £1,000 in prize money. Barry Briggs finished second again after beating Sören Sjösten in a run-off for silver.Briggs once again Sunday Mirror 7 September 1969 9 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690907/252/0034 British Newspaper Archive subscription Mauger Still King Sunday Mirror 14 September 1969 9 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690914/385/0047 British Newspaper Archive subscription Format changes The format of the Championship changed again for the 1969 event. This time the Swedish riders were pooled with the Continental and European sections that would provide 10 riders for the World Final, while the British and Commonwealth riders would supply 6 riders for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/69_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1969.htm 1969 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/69.htm#1969 1969 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Norwegian qualifying 13 October 1968 NOR Kongsberg Idrettsparken, Kongsberg Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1969 Pos. Rider Points1 Reidar Eide152 Oyvind S. Berg143 Per Aulie 134 Ulf Lovaas105 Einar Egedius96 Odd Fossengen 97 Helge Langli 98 Jan Terje Gravningen89 Thorbjorn Nygaard 810 Svein Kaasa611 Edgar Stangeland612 Sverre Holm 313 Kjell P. Skaeveland314 Per H. Hansen 215 Kare Heia 216 Thorbjorn Olsen2 Finnish qualifying (top 8) (2 rounds) 2 Aug & 21 Sep 1968 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1969 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Matti Olin 8+8162 Reima Lohkovuori 6+4103 Jouko Naskali 0+664 Esko Koponen 4+26 5 Jorma Taipale 3+036 Kauko Reima 0+337 Juhani Lappi 2+138 Olavi Tutunen 1+01 Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Nordic qualification 25 April, Ullevi, GothenburgPosRider Points 1 Ove Fundin 152 Bengt Brannefors 143 Bengt Larsson 134 Bo Josefsson 125 Conny Samuelsson 106 Hans Hallberg 107 Benny Lundström 98 Sune Stark 79 Nils Ringström 710 Börje Melin 611 Inge Gustafsson 612 Willy Friberg 513 Ryno Westergren 314 Olle Åhnström 215 Reine Södergren 116 Sören Backlund 0 27 April, Vetlanda MotorstadionPosRider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 152 Gunnar Malmqvist 143 Bengt Svensson 124 Sven-Inge Svensson 115 Runo Wedin 116 Tommy Johansson 97 Bo Magnusson 88 Jan Simensen99 Åke Andersson 610 Sonny Widergren 611 Birger Aniander 512 Sixten Carlberg 413 Jan Strid 414 Lennart Michanek 315 Arne Hansson 316 Lars Jennefors 1 28 April, Ryavallen, BoråsPosRider Points 1 Bernt Persson 142 Göte Nordin 133 Per-Olof Söderman 134 Sören Sjösten 105 Håkan Karlsson 96 Olle Nygren 87 Börje Olsson 88 Bengt Andersson 89 Sigvard Johansson 810 Per Sjöholm 711 Allan Dahlöf 712 Stig Pettersson 413 Hans Johansson 414 Yngve Nilsson 315 Käll Haage 316 Lennart Karlsson 1 29 April, Avestavallen, AvestaPosRider Points 1 Leif Enecrona 122 Hasse Holmqvist 113 Anders Michanek 114 Leif Larsson 85 Sven Sigurd 86 Christer Löfqvist 87 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 68 Therje Henriksson 69 Tommy Bergqvist 510 Lars Jansson 511 Egon Stengarn 412 Rolf Karlsson 313 Lars Eriksson 214 Hans Utterström 215 Curt Nyqvist 116 Jan Holmqvist 0 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 11 MayFRG Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding POL Antoni Woryna POL Edward Jancarz FRG Manfred Poschenreider 11 MayYUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski POL Zdislaw Dobrucki USSR Gennady Kurilenko 11 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc USSR Vladimir Smirnov POL Zbigniew Podlecki POL Paweł Waloszek 11 MayDDR Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund USSR Viktor Trofimov POL Zygmunt Pytko DDR Jürgen Hehlert British/Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 17 MayThe Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Charlie Monk Reg Luckhurst 17 MayCliftonhill, Coatbridge Jim McMillan Bert Harkins Trevor Hedge 19 MayBrough Park, Newcastle Eric Boocock Ray Wilson Dave Gifford 19 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Tony Clarke 20 MayLeicester Stadium, Leicester Martin Ashby Howard Cole John Boulger 20 MayWest Ham Stadium, London Norman Hunter Stan Stevens Ken McKinlay 21 MayWimborne Road, Poole Geoff Mudge Ivan Mauger Pete Smith 22 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Eddie Reeves Pete Smith Mike Broadbanks 22 MayWimbledon, London Ronny Moore Tony Clarke Ivan Mauger 22 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Arnold Haley Jim Airey Nigel Boocock 23 MaySomerton Park, Newport Sándor Lévai Frank Shuter Reg Luckhurst 23 MayHampden Park, Glasgow Charlie Monk Barry Briggs Jim McMillan 23 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Colin Pratt Garry Middleton Pete Smith 23 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Nigel Boocock James Bond Norman Hunter 24 MayHyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Chris Pusey 24 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Norman Hunter Coll Cottrell 1 JuneKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Martin Ashby 9 JuneDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Roy Trigg Bob Andrews James Bond 11 JuneAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Jim Airey Clive Hitch Second round Nordic qualification 1 May, SWE Gamla Speedway TrackVisbyPosRider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 132 Bernt Persson 133 Hasse Holmqvist 134 Bengt Larsson125 Gunnar Malmqvist 126 Runo Wedin 107 Öyvind S. Berg 108 Therje Henriksson 89 Christer Löfqvist 810 Börje Olsson 511 Conny Samuelsson 412 Bent Nörregaard-Jensen 413 Torbjörn Karlsson 414 Svein Kaasa 215 Jan Höijvind 116 Reima Lohkovuori 0 1 May, SWE Kumla MotorstadionKumlaPosRider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 132 Per-Olof Söderman 133 Jan Simensen 134 Nils Ringström 125 Reidar Eide 116 Anders Michanek 117 Bengt Andersson 88 Sven Sigurd 89 Kurt Bögh 710 Hans Hallberg 611 Ulf Lövaas 512 Sven-Inge Svensson 413 Bengt Brannefors 314 Esko Koponen 215 Godtfred Andreasen 216 Helge Langli 1 1 May, SWE Gislaved MotorbanaGislavedPosRider Points 1 Ove Fundin 152 Göte Nordin 143 Ole Olsen 134 Bo Josefsson 125 Odd Fossengen 116 Bengt Svensson 107 Benny Lundström 88 Tommy Johansson 89 Sigvard Johansson 610 Sune Stark 611 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 412 Jens Ring 413 Matti Olin 314 Per Aulie 215 Håkan Karlsson 116 Leif Enecrona 0 Continental semi-finals 7 June TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Antoni Woryna 132 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 113 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 114 POL Jan Mucha 105 POL Edward Jancarz 106 POL Stanislaw Tkocz 97 POL Pawel Waloszek 98TCH Jan Holub I 99 FRG Manfred Poschenreider 810 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 711 TCH Miloslav Verner 712 TCH František Ledecký 713 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 314 HUN Janos Szöke 315 USSR Vjatjeslav Baturin 216 TCH Antonín Kasper Sr. 18 June POL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 142 POL Henryk Glucklich 133 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 114 USSR Valerij Klementiev 115 USSR Gennadij Kurilenko 96 POL Zygmunt Pytko 97 POL Zbigniew Dobrucki 98TCH Karel Průša 99 GDR Gerhard Uhlenbrock 710 TCH Václav Verner 611 USSR Boris Tschechanvitsch 612 TCH Jaroslav Volf 513 USSR Viktor Trofimov 514 TCH Jiří Štancl 415 GDR Peter Liebing 216 YUG Drago Perko 0 British semi-finals 24 June ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Barry Briggs 142 AUS Charlie Monk 113 ENG Reg Luckhurst 114 SCO Jim McMillan105 ENG Trevor Hedge106 AUS Garry Middleton97 WAL Howard Cole88ENG Norman Hunter89 NZL Ronnie Moore710 ENG Arnie Haley711 ENG James Bond 712 ENG Clive Hitch613 ENG Cyril Maidment514 AUS Jim Airey415 SCO Bert Harkins216 ENG Colin Gooddy126 June ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ivan Mauger 142 ENG Ray Wilson 143 ENG Tommy Roper 124 ENG Nigel Boocock 115 ENG Roy Trigg116 ENG Eric Boocock117 SCO Ken McKinlay78ENG Colin Pratt79 ENG Martin Ashby610 AUS Geoff Mudge611 NZL Bruce Cribb 612 ENG Terry Betts513 ENG Tony Clarke514 ENG Pete Smith315 AUS John Boulger116 ENG Bob Andrews 1 Third round Nordic Final 4 June 1969 SWE Linköping Motorstadion Ryd, Linköping First 8 to European Final x P1 1 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 3 3 3 2 3 x 3 P2 3 SWE Sören Sjösten 2 3 3 3 3 x 2 P3 12 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 2 x 1 4 14 NOR Reidar Eide 3 3 2 1 3 x 5 6 SWE Bernt Persson 3 2 2 2 1 x 6 2 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 1 1 2 3 3 x 7 4 SWE Bengt Jansson 0 2 3 3 1 x 8 11 SWE Per Olof Söderman 2 2 1 2 2 x 9 8 SWE Bo Josefsson 2 1 1 0 2 x 3 10 13 SWE Gunnar Malmqvist 1 2 2 1 0 x 2 11 10 SWE Bengt Larsson 1 0 1 2 1 x 12 7 SWE Jan Simensen 0 1 0 0 1 x 13 16 DEN Ole Olsen 2 0 0 x - - 14 5 NOR Odd Fossengen 0 0 1 1 0 x 15 9 SWE Göte Nordin 0 1 0 x - - 16 15 SWE Nils Ringstrom 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 SWE Runo Wedin r 1 r 2 R2 R2 SWE Bengt Svensson b 0 y 0 Continental Final 27 June 1969 USSR Stroitel Stadion, Ufa First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 7 POL Antoni Woryna 2 3 1 2 3 x P2 16 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 0 3 3 2 2 x P3 2 POL Edward Jancarz 3 2 3 2 0 x 4 14 USSR Valeri Klementiev 3 0 3 3 x E 5 1 POL Henryk Glucklich 0 3 2 1 3 x 6 9 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 3 2 3 0 1 x 7 6 POL Jan Mucha 1 3 1 1 3 x 8 13 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 0 2 3 2 x 9 8 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 3 2 2 1 1 x 10 4 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 2 1 3 2 1 x 11 5 POL Stanisław Tkocz 1 2 3 2 x E 12 15 CSK Jan Holub I 1 1 1 3 2 x 13 3 POL Paweł Waloszek 1 2 1 1 1 x 14 10 POL Zygmunt Pytko 2 1 0 x E E 15 12 POL Zdislaw Dobrucki 0 x F E E E 16 11 CSK Karel Prusa 0 x E E - - R1 R1 DDR Gerhard Ulenbrock y 0 w 0 Fourth round British/Commonwealth Final 5 August 1969 ENG West Ham Stadium, London First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 9 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 3 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 3 2 x 3 P3 6 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 2 3 2 3 x 2 4 2 NZL Ivan Mauger 0 3 3 3 2 x 5 4 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 3 2 1 3 x 6 11 WAL Howard Cole 2 1 2 2 2 x 7 16 ENG Arnold Haley 3 2 1 2 x 3 X 8 7 ENG Eric Boocock 1 2 1 3 1 x 2 9 13 AUS Garry Middleton 2 2 3 1 x 1 T 10 10 AUS Charlie Monk 1 1 0 1 3 x 11 8 ENG Martin Ashby 0 1 1 2 x X 12 5 ENG Trevor Hedge 2 1 1 0 0 x 13 14 SCO Jim McMillan 1 0 0 2 1 x 14 15 ENG Colin Pratt 2 0 1 x E T 15 1 ENG Ray Wilson 1 1 1 0 x F 16 12 ENG Roy Trigg 0 0 0 1 x E R1 R1 ENG James Bond b 0 x R2 R2 ENG Clive Hitch x R3 R3 ENG Martin Ashby x European Final 24 August 1969 FRG Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 13 USSR Valeri Klementiev 0 3 3 3 3 x P2 15 POL Edward Jancarz 2 3 3 2 2 x P3 2 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 3 3 2 2 1 x 4 4 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 1 3 2 3 2 x 5 5 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 3 1 1 1 3 x 6 3 SWE Sören Sjösten 2 0 3 2 2 x 7 16 POL Henryk Glucklich 1 0 1 3 3 x 8 6 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 2 2 3 1 0 x 9 7 SWE Ove Fundin 1 1 1 3 2 x 10 8 POL Jan Mucha 0 2 2 1 3 x 11 14 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 3 1 1 1 1 x 12 11 SWE Bengt Jansson 3 2 0 0 0 x 13 1 POL Antoni Woryna 0 2 2 0 1 x 14 12 SWE Bernt Persson 1 1 0 2 1 x 15 10 NOR Reidar Eide 2 0 0 0 0 x 16 9 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 0 0 0 0 x World Final 13 September 1969 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 11 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 16 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 2 1 3 x 3 P3 5 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 2 3 3 x 2 F 4 2 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 2 3 1 1 x 5 9 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 2 1 3 2 2 x 6 6 POL Edward Jancarz 1 1 1 3 3 x 7 7 SWE Ove Fundin 2 2 2 3 0 x 8 13 SCO Ken McKinlay 1 3 3 0 0 x 9 14 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 0 3 1 2 1 x 10 3 POL Jan Mucha 1 0 2 2 2 x 11 15 NZL Ronnie Moore 2 1 1 1 1 x 12 8 POL Henryk Glücklich 0 0 0 2 3 x 13 12 USSR Valeri Klementiev 0 3 1 x X F 14 1 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 2 2 x F - - 15 4 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 0 1 1 0 0 x 16 10 WAL Howard Cole 1 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 POL Zbigniew Podlecki y 1 r 2 x R2 R2 ENG Arnold Haley x References 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom