1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season April 2022 January 2024 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship 1961 1963 The 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 17th 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 The final was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial and England's Peter Craven won his second title finishing one point ahead of two-time champion Barry Briggs. Three time champion Ove Fundin defeated fellow Swede Björn Knutson in a ride off to claim the bronze medal.Craven had no time to worry Daily Mirror 10 September 1962 8 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19620910/164/0022 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/62_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1962.htm 1962 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/62.htm#1962 1962 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 British & Commonwealth provincial qualifying Top 16 riders to British Provincial final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 4 JuneBrough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Brian Craven Stan Stevens Gil Goldfinch 4 JuneCounty Ground, Exeter Cliff Cox Len Silver Chris Julian 6 JuneWimborne Road, Poole Tony Lewis Peter Vandenberg Geoff Mudge 7 JuneCleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Peter Vandenberg Eric Boothroyd Wayne Briggs 7 JuneOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Guy Allott Clive Featherby Dick Campbell 7 JunePennycross Stadium, Plymouth Jimmy Squibb Peter Jarman Ross Gilbertson 8 JuneMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Willie Templeton Graham Warren Norman Hunter 8 JuneLeicester Stadium, Leicester Ivor Brown Harry Edwards Gil Goldfinch 8 JuneGreenfield Stadium, Bradford Brian Craven Cliff Cox Tommy Roper 9 JuneNeath Abbey Stadium, Neath Eric Boothroyd Trevor Redmond Geoff Mudge 9 JuneOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh Wayne Briggs Clive Featherby Doug Templeton 9 JuneDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Ross Gilbertson Tony Lewis 9 JuneSun Street Stadium, Hanley Ken Adams Peter Jarman Tommy Roper Norwegian qualifying 22 October 1961 NOR Krohnsminde Idrettsplass, Bergen Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1962 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen142 Sverre Harrfeldt123 Reidar Kristoffersen114 Egil Bratvold95 Svein Johnsen 96 Oystein Mellerud97 Cato Agnor 88 Per Aulie89 Bjarne Sorenby 710 Odvar Kristiansen611 Jon Odegaard 612 Fred Roger Steen 513 Haavard Gulbjörnrud 514 Reidar Bakken 415 Gunnar Skjetene4 Finnish qualifying 17 September 1961 FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku First 5 to Nordic qualification 1962 Pos. Rider Points1 Timo Laine 152 Antti Pajari 143 Ilkka Helminen 134 Esko Koponen 125 Olavi Turunen 116 Antero Salasto 107 Veikko Kirjonen 8 8 Martti Assinen 89 Nils Staaf 710 Jan Ulfingman 611 Reijo Saburin 512 Martti Koivuoja 513 Osmo Hokkannen 214 Pertti Petersohn 215 Bertil Kollroos 0 Swedish qualifying Top 15 to Nordic qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd29 April Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Ove Fundin Rune SörmanderLeif Larsson 1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Björn Knutson Curt Eldh Göte Nordin 3 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Ove FundinBjörn KnutsonLeif Larsson Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 302 Björn Knutson 273 Rune Sörmander 264 Leif Larsson 255 Curt Eldh 246 Per-Tage Svensson 227 Göte Nordin 208 Bengt Brannefors 209 Evert Andersson 1910 Sören Sjösten 18 11 Joel Jansson 1712 Arne Carlsson 1613 Åke Andersson 16Pos. Rider Points14 Göran Norlén 1515 Kjell Svensson 1216 Willihard Thomsson1117 Inge Gustafsson 1018 Göran Carlsson 719 Sigvard Johansson520 Jan Ekeroth521 Kurt Westlund422 Thore Kindstrand 223 Curt Nyqvist 224 Olle Nygren 225 Per-Åke Lundgren 226 Bengt Jansson 2 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 7 AprilAUT Praterstadion, Vienna CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. FRG Manfred Poschenreider AUT Josef Bössner 13 MayUSSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne POL Joachim Maj CSK Bedřich Slaný USSR Viktor Trofimov 13 MayCSK Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. POL Andrzej Domiszewski POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 13 MayYUG Gradski Stadion, Osijek POL Paweł Waloszek POL Florian Kapała USSR Igor Plekhanov Second Round Nordic Qualifying 24 May DEN Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 142 Ove Fundin 133 Leif Larsson114 Göran Norlén 115 Sören Sjösten 116 Kurt W Petersen 107 Sverre Harrfeldt 98 Willihard Thomsson827 May SWE Målilla Motorbana, Målilla Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Göte Nordin 152 Åke Andersson 123 Bengt Brannefors 124 Arne Carlsson 115 Rune Sörmander 116 Inge Gustafsson 97 Per-Tage Svensson 98 Aage Hansen 99 Evert Andersson 810 Paul Wissing 611 Kalevi Lahtinen 512 Esko Koponen 313 Timo Laine 414 Göran Carlsson 315 Olavi Turunen 316 Illka Helminen 017 Antti Pajari 0 British Provincial final 15 June, Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton Top 6 riders to British national league roundJarman crashed in first race Staffordshire Sentinel 16 June 1962 25 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19620616/007/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription Pos. Rider Points1 Peter Vandenberg142 Jimmy Squibb 10+33 Doug Templeton10+24 Brian Craven 10+15 Gil Goldfinch 10+06 Trevor Redmond 97 Geoff Mudge 98 Ivor Brown 89 Cliff Cox 8Pos. Rider Points10 Wayne Briggs 711 Ken Adams 612 Eric Boothroyd 513 Ross Gilbertson214 Stan Stevens 215 Tony Lewis 016 Pete Jarman 017 Tommy Roper 0 Continental semi-finals 3 June USSR Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Bedřich Slaný132 Janusz Suchecki123 Jaroslav Volf114 Boris Samorodov115 Joachim Maj96 Konstanty Pociejkewicz97 Bronislaw Rogal98 Antonin Novak89 Farid Szajnurov710 Leonid Drobiazko711 Norbert Świtała712 Wiktor Kuzniecow 513 Viktor Trofimov514 Antonín Kasper Sr.415 Andrzej Domiszewski216 Jurij Olenew117 Mieczysław Połukard03 June POL Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Marian Kaiser142 Henryk Zyto133 Florian Kapala124 Stanislaw Tkocz115 Luboš Tomíček Sr.116 Pawel Waloszek107 Igor Plechanov98 Stanislav Kubicek89 Jan Malinowski610 Jan Kusiak 611 Karel Průša 612 Drago Perko 513 Josef Bössner 314 Valent Medved315 Kurt Wilder316 Alfred Sitzwohl0 Third round British & Commonwealth national league round Top 16 to British & Commonwealth final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 30 JuneBrandon Stadium, Coventry Ken McKinlay Ron Mountford Barry Briggs 30 JuneAbbey Stadium, Swindon Ronnie Moore Les Owen Bob Andrews 2 JulyWimbledon Stadium, London Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs Peter Moore 3 JulyBanister Court Stadium, Southampton Alby Golden Neil Street Ronnie Genz 5 JulyOxford Stadium, Oxford Peter Craven Billy Bales Mike Broadbanks 6 JulyFoxhall Stadium, Ipswich Barry Briggs Dick Fisher Peter Moore 6 JulyLeicester Stadium, Leicester Peter Craven Ron How Ian Williams 7 JulyThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Ron How Bob Andrews Billy Bales 7 JulyHyde Road, Manchester Peter Craven Dick Fisher Gerald Jackson Nordic Final July 3, 1962 DNK Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 8 to European Final x P1 13 SWE Björn Knutson 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 10 SWE Göte Nordin 3 3 2 3 3 x P3 4 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 0 3 3 x 4 6 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 2 3 1 3 x 5 1 SWE Bengt Brannefors 2 2 2 3 1 x 6 9 SWE Arne Carlsson 0 1 3 2 3 x 7 2 NOR Aage Hansen 1 1/2 3 2 2 x 8 7 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 3 1 2 x T 9 15 SWE Leif Larsson 2 2 2 0 2 x 10 5 DEN Kurt W. Petersen 1 0 1 2 2 x 11 12 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 2 2 0 1 x F 12 11 SWE Per Tage Svensson 1 1 1 0 1 x 13 8 SWE Inge Gustafsson 0 0 2 1 0 x 14 16 SWE Willihard Thomsson 0 1 0 1 1 x 15 14 SWE Åke Andersson 1 1/2 1 0 x - 16 3 SWE Goran Norlen 0 0 0 0 1 x R1 R1 SWE Evert Andersson b 0 Continental Final 17 June 1962 POL Olympic Stadium Wrocław, Wrocław First 8 to European Final x P1 1 POL Marian Kaiser 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 13 POL Paweł Waloszek 2 2 3 3 3 x P3 15 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 3 3 2 1 x 4 10 POL Florian Kapała 3 3 0 3 2 x 5 7 USSR Igor Plekhanov 3 1 2 2 2 x 6 9 POL Henryk Żyto 2 1 3 3 x F 7 2 USSR Farid Szajnurov 3 2 2 1 1 x 8 4 POL Stanisław Tkocz 1 2 1 1 3 x 9 5 CSK Bedřich Slaný 2 0 0 2 2 x 3 10 12 CSK Jaroslav Volf 0 3 1 0 2 x 2 11 3 POL Jerzy Suchecki 0 2 2 1 1 x F 12 14 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 1 0 3 1 0 x 13 11 CSK Antonin Novak 1 0 0 2 1 x 14 6 POL Joachim Maj 1 1 1 0 0 x 15 16 USSR Boris Samorodov 0 0 2 0 0 x 16 8 CSK Stanislav Kubíček 0 1 1 0 x X R1 R1 POL Bronislaw Rogal Fourth round British & Commonwealth Finals Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World final.Craven looks world class Sunday Mirror 29 July 1962 8 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19620729/162/0021 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 23 JulyWimbledon Stadium, London Peter Craven Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs 24 JulyBanister Court Stadium, Southampton Peter Craven Barry BriggsKen McKinlay 27 JulyThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Barry BriggsRonnie Moore Peter Craven Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Peter Craven41+32 NZL Barry Briggs 41+23 NZL Ronnie Moore 384 SCO Ken McKinlay 33 5 ENG Ron How 306 ENG Ron Mountford 29 7 ENG Bob Andrews 298 ENG Mike Broadbanks 26Pos. Rider Points9 ENG Nigel Boocock 22 10 AUS Peter Moore 1911 ENG Dick Fisher 1112 AUS Peter Vandenberg 1113 ENG Cyril Roger 1014 ENG Brian Craven 715 WAL Ian Williams 716 ENG Billy Bales 317 ENG Ronnie Genz 3 European Final 26 June 1962 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 12 SWE Björn Knutson 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 1 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 x E P3 10 SWE Göte Nordin 2 3 3 2 2 x 4 13 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 2 1 2 2 x 5 14 USSR Igor Plekhanov 2 2 1 2 3 x 6 2 SWE Arne Carlsson 1 2 3 3 x F 7 3 POL Paweł Waloszek 2 1 2 3 1 x 8 7 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 2 2 1 2 x 9 11 POL Henryk Żyto 1 3 0 1 2 x 10 5 NOR Aage Hansen 3 1 1 1 1 x 11 8 POL Marian Kaiser 0 2 3 0 1 x 12 9 POL Florian Kapała 0 0 0 3 1 x 13 6 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1 0 2 x E E 14 15 SWE Bengt Brannefors 1 0 0 2 x E 15 16 POL Stanisław Tkocz 1 1 0 0 x F 16 4 USSR Farid Szajnurov 1 0 0 1 0 x World Final 8 September 1962 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: C. H. King x P1 14 ENG Peter Craven 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 2 NZL Barry Briggs 1 3 3 3 3 x P3 10 SWE Ove Fundin 3 0 1 3 3 x 3 4 6 SWE Björn Knutson 3 1 3 3 x 2 E 5 3 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 1 x E 6 9 ENG Bob Andrews 0 3 2 2 2 x 7 7 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 2 x F 8 1 SWE Göte Nordin 2 2 2 1 2 x 9 4 SWE Sören Sjösten 0 3 2 1 2 x 10 11 USSR Igor Plekhanov 1 1 3 1 1 x 11 13 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 1 0 2 2 x 12 12 ENG Ron How 2 2 2 0 0 x 13 16 SWE Arne Carlsson 0 0 1 1 1 x 14 5 POL Paweł Waloszek 1 0 1 0 0 x 15 15 ENG Mike Broadbank 1 0 0 1 x E 16 8 ENG Ron Mountford 0 1 1 0 0 x R1 R1 ENG Nigel Boocock x R2 R2 POL Henryk Żyto x References 1962 Individual Speedway Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom