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

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
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

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Aage Hansen 14
2 Sverre Harrfeldt 12
3 Reidar Kristoffersen 11
4Egil Bratvold9
5Svein Johnsen9
6Oystein Mellerud9
7Cato Agnor8
8Per Aulie8
9Bjarne Sorenby7
10Odvar Kristiansen6
11Jon Odegaard6
12Fred Roger Steen5
13Haavard Gulbjörnrud5
14Reidar Bakken4
15Gunnar Skjetene4

Finnish qualifying

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Timo Laine 15
2 Antti Pajari 14
3Ilkka Helminen13
4Esko Koponen12
5Olavi Turunen11
6Antero Salasto10
7Veikko Kirjonen8
8Martti Assinen8
9Nils Staaf7
10Jan Ulfingman6
11Reijo Saburin5
12Martti Koivuoja5
13Osmo Hokkannen2
14Pertti Petersohn2
15Bertil Kollroos0

Swedish qualifying

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
29 April Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Ove FundinRune SörmanderLeif Larsson
1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Björn KnutsonCurt EldhGöte Nordin
3 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Ove FundinBjörn KnutsonLeif Larsson
Pos.RiderPoints
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.RiderPoints
14 Göran Norlén 15
15 Kjell Svensson 12
16Willihard Thomsson11
17Inge Gustafsson10
18Göran Carlsson7
19Sigvard Johansson5
20Jan Ekeroth5
21Kurt Westlund4
22Thore Kindstrand2
23Curt Nyqvist2
24 Olle Nygren 2
25Per-Åke Lundgren2
26 Bengt Jansson 2

Continental qualifying

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
7 April Flag of Austria.svg Praterstadion, Vienna Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Luboš Tomíček Sr. Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of Austria.svg Josef Bössner
13 May Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Flag of Poland.svg Joachim Maj Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bedřich Slaný Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Trofimov
13 May Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Sr. Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Domiszewski Flag of Poland.svg Konstanty Pociejkewicz
13 May Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Gradski Stadion, Osijek Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Waloszek Flag of Poland.svg Florian Kapała Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov

Second Round

Nordic Qualifying

Pos.RiderPoints
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
Pos.RiderPoints
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
12Esko Koponen3
13 Timo Laine 4
14Göran Carlsson3
15Olavi Turunen3
16Illka Helminen0
17 Antti Pajari 0

British Provincial final

Pos.RiderPoints
1Peter Vandenberg14
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.RiderPoints
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

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Bedřich Slaný 13
2 Janusz Suchecki 12
3Jaroslav Volf11
4 Boris Samorodov 11
5 Joachim Maj 9
6 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 9
7 Bronislaw Rogal 9
8 Antonin Novak 8
9 Farid Szajnurov 7
10Leonid Drobiazko7
11Norbert Świtała7
12Wiktor Kuzniecow5
13 Viktor Trofimov 5
14 Antonín Kasper Sr. 4
15Andrzej Domiszewski2
16Jurij Olenew1
17 Mieczysław Połukard 0
Pos.RiderPoints
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
10Jan Kusiak6
11Karel Průša6
12Drago Perko5
13 Josef Bössner 3
14Valent Medved3
15Kurt Wilder3
16Alfred Sitzwohl0

Third round

British & Commonwealth national league round

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
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

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (13) Björn Knutson 1433332141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Göte Nordin 1433233142
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Ove Fundin 1233033123
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Sören Sjösten 1232313124
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Bengt Brannefors 1022231105
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Arne Carlsson 90132396
7 Flag of Norway.svg (2) Aage Hansen 8.511/23228.57
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Rune Sörmander 82312T88
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Leif Larsson 82220289
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Kurt W. Petersen 610122610
11 Flag of Norway.svg (12) Sverre Harrfeldt 52201F511
12 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Per Tage Svensson 411101412
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Inge Gustafsson 300210313
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Willihard Thomsson 301011314
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (14) Åke Andersson 2.511/210-2.515
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Goran Norlen 100001116
R1 Flag of Sweden.svg (R1) Evert Andersson 000R1
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Continental Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (1) Marian Kaiser 1423333141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (13) Paweł Waloszek 1322333132
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (15) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1233321123
4 Flag of Poland.svg (10) Florian Kapała 1133032114
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (7) Igor Plekhanov 1031222105
6 Flag of Poland.svg (9) Henryk Żyto 921F3396
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (2) Farid Szajnurov 93221197
8 Flag of Poland.svg (4) Stanisław Tkocz 81211388
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (5) Bedřich Slaný 620022693
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (12) Jaroslav Volf6031026102
11 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Jerzy Suchecki 602211611F
12 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 510310512
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Antonin Novak 410021413
14 Flag of Poland.svg (6) Joachim Maj 311100314
15 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (16) Boris Samorodov 200200215
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (8) Stanislav Kubíček 20110X216
R1 Flag of Poland.svg (R1) Bronislaw Rogal 00R1
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Finals

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

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
23 July Wimbledon Stadium, LondonPeter CravenRonnie MooreBarry Briggs
24 July Banister Court Stadium, Southampton Peter CravenBarry BriggsKen McKinlay
27 July The Firs Stadium, Norwich Barry BriggsRonnie MoorePeter Craven
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Peter Craven 41+3
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Barry Briggs 41+2
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ronnie Moore 38
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Ken McKinlay 33
5 Flag of England.svg Ron How 30
6 Flag of England.svg Ron Mountford 29
7 Flag of England.svg Bob Andrews 29
8 Flag of England.svg Mike Broadbanks 26
Pos.RiderPoints
9 Flag of England.svg Nigel Boocock 22
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Moore 19
11 Flag of England.svg Dick Fisher 11
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Vandenberg11
13 Flag of England.svg Cyril Roger 10
14 Flag of England.svg Brian Craven 7
15 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Williams 7
16 Flag of England.svg Billy Bales 3
17 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Genz 3

European Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Björn Knutson 1533333151
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Ove Fundin 12333E3122
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Göte Nordin 1223322123
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (13) Sören Sjösten 1032122104
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (14) Igor Plekhanov 1022123105
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Arne Carlsson 9F123396
7 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Paweł Waloszek 92123197
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Rune Sörmander 92221298
9 Flag of Poland.svg (11) Henryk Żyto 71301279
10 Flag of Norway.svg (5) Aage Hansen 731111710
11 Flag of Poland.svg (8) Marian Kaiser 602301611
12 Flag of Poland.svg (9) Florian Kapała 400031412
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (6) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3102EE313
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Bengt Brannefors 31002E314
15 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Stanisław Tkocz 2F1100215
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (4) Farid Szajnurov 210010216
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

World Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (14) Peter Craven 1432333141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg (2) Barry Briggs 1313333132
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Ove Fundin 10301331033
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Björn Knutson 1031E331042
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg (3) Ronnie Moore 933E2195
6 Flag of England.svg (9) Bob Andrews 90322296
7 Flag of Scotland.svg (7) Ken McKinlay 92232F97
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Göte Nordin 92221298
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Sören Sjösten 80321289
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (11) Igor Plekhanov 711311710
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (13) Rune Sörmander 721022711
12 Flag of England.svg (12) Ron How 622200612
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Arne Carlsson 300111313
14 Flag of Poland.svg (5) Paweł Waloszek 210100214
15 Flag of England.svg (15) Mike Broadbank 21E001215
16 Flag of England.svg (8) Ron Mountford 201100216
R1 Flag of England.svg (R1) Nigel Boocock 00R1
R2 Flag of Poland.svg (R2) Henryk Żyto 00R2
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  2. ↑ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Craven had no time to worry" . Daily Mirror. 10 September 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "1962 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "1962 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jarman crashed in first race" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 16 June 1962. Retrieved 25 January 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Craven looks world class" . Sunday Mirror. 29 July 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2402-5
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