1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 17th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

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. ^[7]

First round

Qualification results. ^{[8] [9]}

British & Commonwealth provincial qualifying

• Top 16 riders to British Provincial final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
4 June	Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	Brian Craven	Stan Stevens	Gil Goldfinch
4 June	County Ground, Exeter	Cliff Cox	Len Silver	Chris Julian
6 June	Wimborne Road, Poole	Tony Lewis	Peter Vandenberg	Geoff Mudge
7 June	Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough	Peter Vandenberg	Eric Boothroyd	Wayne Briggs
7 June	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Guy Allott	Clive Featherby	Dick Campbell
7 June	Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth	Jimmy Squibb	Peter Jarman	Ross Gilbertson
8 June	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Willie Templeton	Graham Warren	Norman Hunter
8 June	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	Ivor Brown	Harry Edwards	Gil Goldfinch
8 June	Greenfield Stadium, Bradford	Brian Craven	Cliff Cox	Tommy Roper
9 June	Neath Abbey Stadium, Neath	Eric Boothroyd	Trevor Redmond	Geoff Mudge
9 June	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	Wayne Briggs	Clive Featherby	Doug Templeton
9 June	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Ross Gilbertson	Tony Lewis
9 June	Sun Street Stadium, Hanley	Ken Adams	Peter Jarman	Tommy Roper

Norwegian qualifying 22 October 1961 Krohnsminde Idrettsplass, Bergen Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1962 Pos. Rider Points 1 Aage Hansen 14 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 12 3 Reidar Kristoffersen 11 4 Egil Bratvold 9 5 Svein Johnsen 9 6 Oystein Mellerud 9 7 Cato Agnor 8 8 Per Aulie 8 9 Bjarne Sorenby 7 10 Odvar Kristiansen 6 11 Jon Odegaard 6 12 Fred Roger Steen 5 13 Haavard Gulbjörnrud 5 14 Reidar Bakken 4 15 Gunnar Skjetene 4

Finnish qualifying 17 September 1961 Turku Hippodrome, Turku First 5 to Nordic qualification 1962 Pos. Rider Points 1 Timo Laine 15 2 Antti Pajari 14 3 Ilkka Helminen 13 4 Esko Koponen 12 5 Olavi Turunen 11 6 Antero Salasto 10 7 Veikko Kirjonen 8 8 Martti Assinen 8 9 Nils Staaf 7 10 Jan Ulfingman 6 11 Reijo Saburin 5 12 Martti Koivuoja 5 13 Osmo Hokkannen 2 14 Pertti Petersohn 2 15 Bertil Kollroos 0

Swedish qualifying

• Top 15 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 April	Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla	Ove Fundin	Rune Sörmander	Leif Larsson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Björn Knutson	Curt Eldh	Göte Nordin
3 May	Hammarby IP, Stockholm	Ove Fundin	Björn Knutson	Leif Larsson

Pos. Rider Points 1 Ove Fundin 30 2 Björn Knutson 27 3 Rune Sörmander 26 4 Leif Larsson 25 5 Curt Eldh 24 6 Per-Tage Svensson 22 7 Göte Nordin 20 8 Bengt Brannefors 20 9 Evert Andersson 19 10 Sören Sjösten 18 11 Joel Jansson 17 12 Arne Carlsson 16 13 Åke Andersson 16

Pos. Rider Points 14 Göran Norlén 15 15 Kjell Svensson 12 16 Willihard Thomsson 11 17 Inge Gustafsson 10 18 Göran Carlsson 7 19 Sigvard Johansson 5 20 Jan Ekeroth 5 21 Kurt Westlund 4 22 Thore Kindstrand 2 23 Curt Nyqvist 2 24 Olle Nygren 2 25 Per-Åke Lundgren 2 26 Bengt Jansson 2

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
7 April	Praterstadion, Vienna	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Manfred Poschenreider	Josef Bössner
13 May	Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne	Joachim Maj	Bedřich Slaný	Viktor Trofimov
13 May	Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Andrzej Domiszewski	Konstanty Pociejkewicz
13 May	Gradski Stadion, Osijek	Paweł Waloszek	Florian Kapała	Igor Plekhanov

Second Round

Nordic Qualifying

24 May Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 14 2 Ove Fundin 13 3 Leif Larsson 11 4 Göran Norlén 11 5 Sören Sjösten 11 6 Kurt W Petersen 10 7 Sverre Harrfeldt 9 8 Willihard Thomsson 8

27 May Målilla Motorbana, Målilla Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Göte Nordin 15 2 Åke Andersson 12 3 Bengt Brannefors 12 4 Arne Carlsson 11 5 Rune Sörmander 11 6 Inge Gustafsson 9 7 Per-Tage Svensson 9 8 Aage Hansen 9 9 Evert Andersson 8 10 Paul Wissing 6 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 5 12 Esko Koponen 3 13 Timo Laine 4 14 Göran Carlsson 3 15 Olavi Turunen 3 16 Illka Helminen 0 17 Antti Pajari 0

British Provincial final

• 15 June, Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton
• Top 6 riders to British national league round ^[10]

Pos. Rider Points 1 Peter Vandenberg 14 2 Jimmy Squibb 10+3 3 Doug Templeton 10+2 4 Brian Craven 10+1 5 Gil Goldfinch 10+0 6 Trevor Redmond 9 7 Geoff Mudge 9 8 Ivor Brown 8 9 Cliff Cox 8

Pos. Rider Points 10 Wayne Briggs 7 11 Ken Adams 6 12 Eric Boothroyd 5 13 Ross Gilbertson 2 14 Stan Stevens 2 15 Tony Lewis 0 16 Pete Jarman 0 17 Tommy Roper 0

Continental semi-finals

3 June Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Bedřich Slaný 13 2 Janusz Suchecki 12 3 Jaroslav Volf 11 4 Boris Samorodov 11 5 Joachim Maj 9 6 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 9 7 Bronislaw Rogal 9 8 Antonin Novak 8 9 Farid Szajnurov 7 10 Leonid Drobiazko 7 11 Norbert Świtała 7 12 Wiktor Kuzniecow 5 13 Viktor Trofimov 5 14 Antonín Kasper Sr. 4 15 Andrzej Domiszewski 2 16 Jurij Olenew 1 17 Mieczysław Połukard 0

3 June Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Marian Kaiser 14 2 Henryk Zyto 13 3 Florian Kapala 12 4 Stanislaw Tkocz 11 5 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 11 6 Pawel Waloszek 10 7 Igor Plechanov 9 8 Stanislav Kubicek 8 9 Jan Malinowski 6 10 Jan Kusiak 6 11 Karel Průša 6 12 Drago Perko 5 13 Josef Bössner 3 14 Valent Medved 3 15 Kurt Wilder 3 16 Alfred Sitzwohl 0

Third round

British & Commonwealth national league round

• Top 16 to British & Commonwealth final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
30 June	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Ken McKinlay	Ron Mountford	Barry Briggs
30 June	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Ronnie Moore	Les Owen	Bob Andrews
2 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Ronnie Moore	Barry Briggs	Peter Moore
3 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Alby Golden	Neil Street	Ronnie Genz
5 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Peter Craven	Billy Bales	Mike Broadbanks
6 July	Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Moore
6 July	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	Peter Craven	Ron How	Ian Williams
7 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Ron How	Bob Andrews	Billy Bales
7 July	Hyde Road, Manchester	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Gerald Jackson

Nordic Final

• July 3, 1962
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
• First 8 to European Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(13) Björn Knutson	14				3	3							3		3					2		14	1
	(10) Göte Nordin	14			3			3						2			3		3				14	2
	(4) Ove Fundin	12	3							3				0				3				3	12	3
4	(6) Sören Sjösten	12		3				2			3							1			3		12	4
5	(1) Bengt Brannefors	10	2				2				2				3				1				10	5
6	(9) Arne Carlsson	9			0		1						3					2		3			9	6
7	(2) Aage Hansen	8.5	1					1/2				3				2				2			8.5	7
8	(7) Rune Sörmander	8		2					3					1	2					T			8	8
9	(15) Leif Larsson	8				2			2			2						0	2				8	9
10	(5) Kurt W. Petersen	6		1			0					1					2					2	6	10
11	(12) Sverre Harrfeldt	5			2					2		0			1						F		5	11
12	(11) Per Tage Svensson	4			1				1		1					0						1	4	12
13	(8) Inge Gustafsson	3		0						0			2			1			0				3	13
14	(16) Willihard Thomsson	3				0				1	0						1			1			3	14
15	(14) Åke Andersson	2.5				1		1/2					1		0							-	2.5	15
16	(3) Goran Norlen	1	0						0				0				0				1		1	16
R1	(R1) Evert Andersson	0																				0	0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Continental Final

• 17 June 1962
• Olympic Stadium Wrocław, Wrocław
• First 8 to European Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(1) Marian Kaiser	14	2				3				3				3				3				14	1
	(13) Paweł Waloszek	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	2
	(15) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	12				3			3			3						2	1				12	3
4	(10) Florian Kapała	11			3			3						0			3		2				11	4
5	(7) Igor Plekhanov	10		3					1					2	2					2			10	5
6	(9) Henryk Żyto	9			2		1						F					3		3			9	6
7	(2) Farid Szajnurov	9	3					2				2				1				1			9	7
8	(4) Stanisław Tkocz	8	1							2				1				1				3	8	8
9	(5) Bedřich Slaný	6		2			0					0					2					2	6	9	3
10	(12) Jaroslav Volf	6			0					3		1			0						2		6	10	2
11	(3) Jerzy Suchecki	6	0						2				2				1				1		6	11	F
12	(14) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	5				1		0					3		1							0	5	12
13	(11) Antonin Novak	4			1				0		0					2						1	4	13
14	(6) Joachim Maj	3		1				1			1							0			0		3	14
15	(16) Boris Samorodov	2				0				0	2						0			0			2	15
16	(8) Stanislav Kubíček	2		0						1			1			0			X				2	16
R1	(R1) Bronislaw Rogal	0																					0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Finals

Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World final. ^[11]

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
23 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Peter Craven	Ronnie Moore	Barry Briggs
24 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
27 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Barry Briggs	Ronnie Moore	Peter Craven

Pos. Rider Points 1 Peter Craven 41+3 2 Barry Briggs 41+2 3 Ronnie Moore 38 4 Ken McKinlay 33 5 Ron How 30 6 Ron Mountford 29 7 Bob Andrews 29 8 Mike Broadbanks 26

Pos. Rider Points 9 Nigel Boocock 22 10 Peter Moore 19 11 Dick Fisher 11 12 Peter Vandenberg 11 13 Cyril Roger 10 14 Brian Craven 7 15 Ian Williams 7 16 Billy Bales 3 17 Ronnie Genz 3

European Final

• 26 June 1962
• Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
• First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(12) Björn Knutson	15			3					3		3			3						3		15	1
	(1) Ove Fundin	12	3				3				3				E				3				12	2
	(10) Göte Nordin	12			2			3						3			2		2				12	3
4	(13) Sören Sjösten	10				3	2							1		2					2		10	4
5	(14) Igor Plekhanov	10				2		2					1		2							3	10	5
6	(2) Arne Carlsson	9	F					1				2				3				3			9	6
7	(3) Paweł Waloszek	9	2						1				2				3				1		9	7
8	(7) Rune Sörmander	9		2					2					2	1					2			9	8
9	(11) Henryk Żyto	7			1				3		0					1						2	7	9
10	(5) Aage Hansen	7		3			1					1					1					1	7	10
11	(8) Marian Kaiser	6		0						2			3			0			1				6	11
12	(9) Florian Kapała	4			0		0						0					3		1			4	12
13	(6) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	3		1				0			2							E			E		3	13
14	(15) Bengt Brannefors	3				1			0			0						2	E				3	14
15	(16) Stanisław Tkocz	2				F				1	1						0			0			2	15
16	(4) Farid Szajnurov	2	1							0				0				1				0	2	16
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

World Final

• 8 September 1962
• Wembley Stadium, London ^[12]
• Referee: C. H. King

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(14) Peter Craven	14				3		2					3		3							3	14	1
	(2) Barry Briggs	13	1					3				3				3				3			13	2
	(10) Ove Fundin	10			3			0						1			3		3				10	3	3
4	(6) Björn Knutson	10		3				1			E							3			3		10	4	2
5	(3) Ronnie Moore	9	3						3				E				2				1		9	5
6	(9) Bob Andrews	9			0		3						2					2		2			9	6
7	(7) Ken McKinlay	9		2					2					3	2					F			9	7
8	(1) Göte Nordin	9	2				2				2				1				2				9	8
9	(4) Sören Sjösten	8	0							3				2				1				2	8	9
10	(11) Igor Plekhanov	7			1				1		3					1						1	7	10
11	(13) Rune Sörmander	7				2	1							0		2					2		7	11
12	(12) Ron How	6			2					2		2			0						0		6	12
13	(16) Arne Carlsson	3				0				0	1						1			1			3	13
14	(5) Paweł Waloszek	2		1			0					1					0					0	2	14
15	(15) Mike Broadbank	2				1			E			0						0	1				2	15
16	(8) Ron Mountford	2		0						1			1			0			0				2	16
R1	(R1) Nigel Boocock	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Henryk Żyto	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

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