1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 18th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Ove Fundin extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and Barry Briggs took the bronze medal. ^[7]

First round

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

Swedish qualifying

• Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
28 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Björn Knutson	Ove Fundin	Per Tage Svensson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Rune Sörmander	Ove Fundin	Willihard Thorsson
5 May	Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla	Per Olof Söderman	Arne Carlsson	Göran Norlén

Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 26 2 Arne Carlsson 24 3 Ove Fundin 23 4 Per-Olof Söderman 22 5 Göran Norlén 22 6 Sören Sjösten 20 7 Willihard Thomsson 20 8 Per-Tage Svensson 19 9 Rune Sörmander 18 10 Olle Nygren 16 11 Leif Larsson 16 12 Bernt Nilsson 15

Pos. Rider Points 13 Bengt Brannefors 13 14 Åke Andersson 13 15 Kjell Svensson 13 16 Göte Nordin 13 17 Inge Gustafsson 13 18 Curt Eldh 13 19 Per-Åke Lundgren 9 20 Evert Andersson 9 21 Bengt Jansson 9 22 Thorvald Karlsson 8 23 Curt Nyqvist 2 24 Göran Carlsson 0

Norwegian qualifying 21 October 1962 Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1963 Pos. Rider Points 1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15 2 Aage Hansen 14 3 Jon Odegaard 12 4 Tore Svaleng 11 5 Per Jakob Aulie 10 6 Svein Johansen 9 7 Rolf Westerberg 9 8 Bjarne Sorenby 6 9 Reidar Eide 5 10 Oystein Mellerud 5 11 Reidar Larsen 4 12 Reidar Bakken 4 13 Johnny Faafeng 3 14 Egil H. Kruke 1

Finnish qualifying 27 July 1962 Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 4 to Nordic qualification 1963 Pos. Rider Points 1 Timo Laine 15 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 14 3 Esko Koponen 13 4 Olavi Turunen 12 5 Martti Assinen 11 6 Antero Salasto 10 7 Yrjo Vuori 7 8 Keijo Sarubin 6 9 Seppo Virtanen 6 10 Osmo Hokkanen 5 11 Kari Ala Sippola 5

British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying

• Top 16 riders to British Provincial final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
10 June	Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	Ivan Mauger	Brian Craven	Brian Brett
10 June	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Len Silver	Peter Vandenberg	Ross Gilbertson
11 June	Cornish Stadium, St Austell	George Hunter	John Hart	John Dews
11 June	New Cross Stadium, London	Ivor Brown	Reg Luckhurst	Wayne Briggs
11 June	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Charlie Monk	Graham Warren	Chris Julian
12 June	Wimborne Road, Poole	Brian Brett	Ross Gilbertson	Reg Luckhurst
12 June	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Norman Hunter	Trevor Hedge	Colin Pratt
13 June	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Jack Kitchen	Graham Warren	Clive Featherby
13 June	Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough	Peter Vandenberg	Eric Boothroyd	Eric Boocock
14 June	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Maury Mattingley
15 June	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Maury Mattingley	Cliff Cox
15 June	Sun Street Stadium, Hanley	Jack Kitchen	Colin Pratt	Peter Jarman
15 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh	Clive Featherby	Ken Adams	Tommy Roper
15 June	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	Doug Templeton	Jimmy Squibb	Wayne Briggs

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
9 May	Great Strahov Stadium, Prague	Igor Plekhanov	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Henryk Żyto
12 May	Linzer Stadion, Linz	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Evald Babic	Manfred Poschenreider
12 May	Stroitel Stadium, Ufa	Farid Szajnurov	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Miroslav Šmíd
12 May	Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj	Boris Samorodov	Gennady Kurilenko	Marian Kaiser

Second round

Nordic qualification

10 May Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ove Fundin 14 2 Per-Olof Söderman 12 3 Olle Nygren 12 4 Sören Sjösten 10 5 Åke Andersson 10 6 Kurt W. Petersen 10 7 Arne Pander 9 8 Timo Laine 7 9 Willihard Thomsson 7 10 Kjell Svensson 7 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 6 12 Bengt Brannefors 5 13 Jon Ödegaard 4 14 Erik Kastebo 4 15 Martti Assinen 3 16 Olavi Turunen 0

6 June Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Göte Nordin 14 2 Björn Knutson 13 3 Göran Norlén 11 4 Bernt Nilsson 11 5 Arne Carlsson 10 6 Sverre Harrfeldt 9 7 Per-Tage Svensson 8 8 Leif Larsson 8 9 Rune Sörmander 8 10 Paul Wissing 8 11 Per Aulie 6 12 Nils Paulsen 5 13 Reidar Eide 4 14 Cato Agner 2

British Provincial final

• 22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
• Top 9 riders to British national league round ^[10]

Pos. Rider Points 1 Ivan Mauger 14 2 Eric Boothroyd 13 3 George Hunter 12 4 Jack Kitchen 11 5 Brian Brett 10 6 Len Silver 9 7 Peter Vandenberg 9 8 Maury Mattingley 8 9 Doug Templeton 7

Pos. Rider Points 10 Eric Boocock 6 11 Charlie Monk 6 12 Reg Luckhurst 5 13 Ivor Brown 5 14 Ross Gilbertson 3 15 Clive Featherby 1 16 Cliff Cox 1 17 Colin Pratt 0

Continental semi-finals

3 June Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Josef Hofmeister 15 2 Boris Samorodov 14 3 Pawel Waloszek 12 4 Marian Kaiser 10 5 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 6 Vitalij Sjilo 8 7 Marian Rose 8 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 9 Franc Babic 8 10 Bohumír Bartoněk 6 11 Heinrich Sprenger 6 12 Marek Kepa 5 13 Karel Průša 5 14 Borek Regvart 3 15 Antonin Novak 3 16 Alfred Aberl 0

3 June Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Stanisław Tkocz 14 2 Igor Plekhanov 13 3 Henryk Żyto 12 4 Zdenek Kovar 10 5 Antonín Kasper Sr. 10 6 Joachim Maj 9 7 Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 8 Yuri Chekranov 8 9 Stanislav Kubicek 7 10 Mieczyslaw Polukard 6 11 Farid Szajnurov 6 12 Viktor Kuznecov 5 13 Miroslav Smid 4 14 Bronislaw Rogal 3 15 Jan Holub I (res) 3 16 Edmund Migos 2 17 Frantisek Ledecky dns

Third round

British & Commonwealth national league round

• Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 June	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Ron Mountford	Doug Templeton	Jack Geran
1 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Bob Andrews
2 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Craven
4 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
5 July	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Nigel Boocock
10 July	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ken McKinlay	Dick Fisher	Brian Brett
12 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Peter Craven	Peter Moore	Jimmy Gooch

Nordic Final

• 9 June 1963
• Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
• First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Björn Knutson		12
3	Göte Nordin		12
4	Sverre Harrfeldt		11
5	Arne Carlsson		9
6	Per Tage Svensson		9
7	Bernt Nilsson		9
8	Per Olof Söderman		8
9	Göran Norlén		8
10	Timo Laine		8
11	Rune Sörmander		7
12	Sören Sjösten		5
13	Leif Larsson		3
14	Åke Andersson		2
15	Kurt W. Petersen		1
16	Olle Nygren		0
R1	Arne Pander		0

Continental Final

• 23 June 1963
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
• First 8 to European 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
	(13) Stanisław Tkocz	15				3	3							3		3					3		15	1
	(9) Boris Samorodov	12			2		2						3					3		2			12	2
	(14) Antonín Kasper Sr.	11				2		3					1		3							2	11	3
4	(16) Joachim Maj	9				0				3	3						3			E			9	4
5	(1) Marian Kaiser	9	3				1				2				E				3				9	5
6	(2) Igor Plekhanov	9	0					2				2				2				3			9	6
7	(12) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9			1					2		3			2						1		9	7
8	(10) Henryk Żyto	9			3			1						1			2		2				9	8
9	(4) Josef Hofmeister	9	1							1				2				2				3	9	9
10	(3) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2						2				2				F				2		8	10
11	(7) Pawel Waloszek	6		3					1					E	1					1			6	11
12	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	4				1			3			E						0					4	12
13	(8) Marian Rose	4		2						0			0			1			1				4	13
14	(6) Manfred Poschenreider	3		1				0			1							1			0		3	14
15	(5) Yuri Chekranov	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	15
16	(11) Vitalij Shilo	1			0				0		0					0						1	1	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

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
22 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Nigel Boocock
23 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Peter Moore
26 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Leo McAuliffe

Pos. Rider Points 1 Peter Craven 42 2 Barry Briggs 41 3 Nigel Boocock 31 4 Leo McAuliffe 31 5 Ron How 29 6 Jim Lightfoot 27 7 Dick Fisher 27 8 Peter Moore 26

Pos. Rider Points 9 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 23 10 Ron Mountford 18 11 Bob Andrews 17 12 Mike Broadbanks 15 13 Cyril Maidment 13 14 Ken McKinlay 12 15 Neil Street 6 16 Doug Templeton 2

European Final

• 28 August 1963
• Ullevi, Göteborg
• First 8 to World 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
	(8) Björn Knutson	15		3						3			3			3			3				15	1
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		1			3					3					3					3	13	2
	(2) Per Olof Söderman	10	3					2				2				1				2			10	3
4	(1) Arne Carlsson	10	2				2				3				1				2				10	4
5	(11) Boris Samorodov	9			3				3		1					2						0	9	5
6	(14) Sverre Harrfeldt	9				F		3					1		3							2	9	6
7	(7) Göte Nordin	9		2					2					0	2					3			9	7
8	(16) Per Tage Svensson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	8
9	(3) Antonín Kasper Sr.	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(13) Henryk Żyto	7				1	X							3		0					3		7	10
11	(6) Igor Plekhanov	4		0				1			0							3			0		4	11
12	(4) Bernt Nilsson	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	12
13	(12) Stanisław Tkocz	4			2					0		1			F						1		4	13
14	(15) Marian Kaiser	4				2			0			0						1	1				4	14
15	(9) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	3			0		1						0					2		0			3	15
16	(10) Joachim Maj	2			1			0						1			0		0				2	16
R1	(R1) Josef Hofmeister	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

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

• 24 September 1963
• Wembley Stadium, London ^[12]

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
	(9) Ove Fundin	14			3		3						2					3		3			14	1
	(8) Björn Knutson	13		2						2			3			3			3				13	2
	(12) Barry Briggs	12			1					3		3			3						2		12	3
4	(11) Boris Samorodov	11			0				3		3					2						3	11	4
5	(13) Göte Nordin	10				3	2							3		1					1		10	5
6	(3) Sverre Harrfeldt	10	2						2				1				2				3		10	6
7	(1) Nigel Boocock	8	3				1				1				2				1				8	7
8	(16) Leo McAuliffe	7				2				E	2						3			0			7	8
9	(10) Ron How	7			2			3						F			F		2				7	9
10	(6) Peter Craven	6		3				1			F							2			0		6	10
11	(7) Peter Moore	6		1					1					1	1					2			6	11
12	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			0					2					1					2	5	12
13	(4) Dick Fisher	5	1							1				2				0				1	5	13
14	(2) Jim Lightfoot	4	E					2				1				0				1			4	14
15	(14) Per Tage Svensson	1				1		F					0		0							0	1	15
16	(15) Arne Carlsson	1				0			0			0						1	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Ron Mountford	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

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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