1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The final was held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden. ^[7]

New Zealander Barry Briggs secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. Igor Plekhanov the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion Ove Fundin. ^[8]

First round

Qualification results. ^{[9] [10]}

Swedish qualifying

• Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
26 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Björn Knutson	Sören Sjösten	Arne Carlsson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Göte Nordin	Bernt Nilsson	Ove Fundin
14 May	Hammarby IP, Stockholm	Björn Knutson	Sören Sjösten	Göte Nordin

Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 29 2 Göte Nordin 26 3 Sören Sjösten 26 4 Ove Fundin 23 5 Arne Carlsson 21 6 Bernt Nilsson 19 7 Leif Larsson 18 8 Bengt Brannefors 17 9 Per-Olof Söderman 16 10 Willihard Thomsson 16 11 Gunnar Malmqvist 16 12 Hasse Holmqvist 15

Pos. Rider Points 13 Bo Magnusson 15 14 Bengt Jansson 15 15 Rune Sörmander 13 16 Per-Tage Svensson 13 17 Åke Andersson 11 18 Olle Nygren 11 19 Lars Jansson 9 20 Curt Eldh 9 21 Leif Enecrona 9 22 Inge Gustafsson 7 23 Sven Sigurd 5 24 Runo Wedin 1

Norwegian qualifying 20 October 1963 Kadettangen, Sandvika Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points 1 Aage Hansen 15 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 14 3 Nils Paulsen 13 4 Reidar Eide 11 5 Cato Agnor 10 6 Henry Harrfeldt 8 7 Bjarne Sorenby 8 8 Olav Aaen 7 9 Johnny Faafeng 7 10 Per Jakob Aulie 6

Finnish qualifying 19 July 1963 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points 1 Timo Laine 15 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 14 3 Matti Olin 12 4 Esko Koponen 8 5 Antero Salasto 8 6 Ilkka Helminen 7 7 Martti Assinen 6 8 Olavi Turunen 6 9 Veikko Metsahuone 5 10 Kari Ala Sippola 5

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Boris Samorodov	Edmund Migoś
1 May	Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki	Rudolf Havelka
10 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Marian Rose	Antoni Woryna	Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May	Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb	Andrzej Wyglenda	Witalij Szyło	Gennady Kurilenko

Second round

Nordic qualifying

31 May Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Per-Olof Söderman 14 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 12 3 Ove Fundin 11 4 Göte Nordin 11 5 Bernt Nilsson 11 6 Rune Sörmander 11 7 Bengt Brannefors 9 8 Gunnar Malmqvist 8 9 Reidar Eide 5 10 Bo Magnusson 5 11 Olavi Turunen 5 12 Jonny Faafeng 4 13 Poul Wissing 4 14 Henry Harrfeldt 4 15 Per Jakob Aulie 3 16 Niels Paulsen 1

31 May Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 14 2 Arne Carlsson 12 3 Per-Tage Svensson 12 4 Sören Sjösten 12 5 Hasse Holmqvist 11 6 Leif Larsson 11 7 Willihard Thomsson 9 8 Bengt Jansson 8

Continental semi-finals

6 June Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrzej Wyglenda 13 2 Andrzej Pogorzelski 12 3 Gennadij Kurilenko 12 4 Stanislav Kubíček 10 5 Boris Samorodov 9 6 Jaroslav Volf 9 7 Konstantin Krishtal 9 8 Miroslav Šmíd 9 9 Pavel Mareš 9 10 Edmund Migoś 7 11 Władimir Sokołow 7 12 Paweł Waloszek 5 13 Jochen Dinse 4 14 Marian Kaiser 3 15 Witalij Szyło 2 16 Václav Průša 1

7 June Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Antoni Woryna 15 2 Zbigniew Podlecki 12 3 Igor Plechanov 11 4 Marian Rose 11 5 Joachim Maj 11 6 Jurij Chekranov 10 7 Antonín Kasper Sr. 9 8 Rudolf Havelka 9 9 Kazimierz Bentke 8 10 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 6 11 Viktor Kuznetsov 6 12 Valentin Moiseev 4 13 František Ledecký 3 14 Antonín Šváb Sr. 3 15 Miloslav Wagner 2 16 Bohumír Bartoněk 0

Third round

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

• Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
21 June	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Les Owen	Tich Read	Sándor Lévai
18 July	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Brian Brett	Jimmy Gooch	Barry Briggs
23 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Ron How	Ken McKinlay	Jimmy Gooch
25 July	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Bryan Elliott	Mike Broadbank	Bob Andrews
27 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Ron How	Bob Andrews	Nigel Boocock
1 August	Hyde Road, Manchester	Barry Briggs	Cyril Maidment	Trevor Hedge
1 August	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
4 August	West Ham Stadium, London	Barry Briggs	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock

Pos. Rider Points 1 Brian Brett 43 2 Barry Briggs 42 3 Nigel Boocock 39 4 Bob Andrews 38 5 Mike Broadbank 37 6 Cyril Maidment 36 7 Ron How 34 8 Ken McKinlay 32 9 Dick Fisher 32 10 Trevor Hedge 31 11 Bryan Elliott 30 12 Jim Lightfoot 30 13 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 30 14 Ron Mountford 30 15 Jimmy Gooch 29 16 Billy Bales 28 17 Ronnie Genz 26

Pos. Rider Points 18 Colin Gooddy 26 19 Leo McAuliffe 25 20 Norman Hunter 22 21 Gordon McGregor 21 22 Martin Ashby 20 23 Alf Hagon 19 24 Ray Cresp 16 25 Gerry Jackson 15 26 Reg Luckhurst 15 27 Rick France 12 28 Reg Trott 11 29 Les Owen 11 30 John Debbage 11 31 Jack Geran 10 32 Bob Dugard 8 33 Sándor Lévai 8 34 Tich Read 5

Nordic Final

• 14 June 1964
• Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Björn Knutson |	15
2	Ove Fundin	14
3	Göte Nordin	11
4	Arne Karlson	10
5	Per Olof Söderman	10
6	Rune Sörmander	9
7	Per Tage Svensson	9
8	Sören Sjösten	8
9	Gunnar Malmqvist	8
10	Leif Larsson	7
11	Hasse Holmqvist	5
12	Bernt Nilsson	4
13	Willihard Thomsson	3
14	Bengt Jansson	3
15	Bengt Brannefors	2
16	Sverre Harrfeldt	2

Continental Final

• 20 June 1964
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slany
• 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
	(10) Igor Plekhanov	13			3			3						3			2		2				13	1
	(11) Jaroslav Volf	12			1				3		2					3						3	12	2
	(12) Boris Samorodov	12			2					3		2			2						3		12	3
4	(2) Zbigniew Podlecki	11	1					2				3				2				3			11	4
5	(16) Yuri Chekranov	10				3				0	3						3			1			10	5
6	(7) Gennady Kurilenko	10		3					2					2	1					2			10	6
7	(15) Antonín Kasper Sr.	9				2			0			1						3	3				9	7
8	(4) Andrzej Wyglenda	8	3							2				0				1				2	8	8
9	(1) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2				1				1				3				1				8	9
10	(3) Marian Rose	6	0						1				2				1				2		6	10
11	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	5			0		2						3					0		0			5	11
12	(13) Antoni Woryna	5				0	3							1		1					0		5	12
13	(6) Miroslav Šmíd	5		1				1			0							2			1		5	13
14	(5) Rudolf Havelka	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	14
15	(14) Joachim Maj	2				1		0					1		0							0	2	15
16	(8) Konstantin Kristal	1		0						1			0			0			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Pavel Mareš	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) František Ledecký	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Milan Wagner	0																					0	R3
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 Final

• Top 8 to World Final
• 29 August 1964
• Wembley Stadium, London
• 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
	(15) Barry Briggs	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(9) Ken McKinlay	14			3		3						3					2		3			14	2
	(7) Ron How	12		3					2					3	2					2			12	3
4	(6) Cyril Maidment	11		1				3			3							1			3		11	4
5	(16) Mike Broadbanks	11				2				3	2						3			1			11	5
6	(3) Bob Andrews	10	3						1				2				2				2		10	6
7	(8) Nigel Boocock	8		2						1			0			3			2				8	7
8	(5) Dick Fisher	7		F			2					1					1					3	7	8
9	(2) Jim Lightfoot	6	2					0				2				2				0			6	9
10	(12) Trevor Hedge	5			2					2		0			0						1		5	10
11	(4) Ron Mountford	5	1							0				2				0				2	5	11
12	(10) Jimmy Gooch	4			0			2						1			0		1				4	12
13	(14) Bryan Elliott	4				F		1					1		1							1	4	13
14	(11) Billy Bales	3			1				0		1					1						0	3	14
15	(1) Brian Brett	2	0				X				0				2				0				2	15
16	(13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	2				1	1							0		0					0		2	16
R1	(R1) Ronnie Genz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Colin Gooddy	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

European Final

• 28 June 1964
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
• 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
	(10) Zbigniew Podlecki	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(5) Björn Knutson	13		3			2					3					2					3	13	2
	(3) Boris Samorodov	11	3						3				3				1				1		11	3
4	(8) Ove Fundin	11		2						3			1			3			2				11	4
5	(12) Igor Plekhanov	11			2					2		2			3						2		11	5
6	(6) Andrzej Wyglenda	10		0				2			2							3			3		10	6
7	(11) Jaroslav Volf	10			1				2		3					2						2	10	7
8	(9) Gennady Kurilenko	9			0		3						2					2		2			9	8
9	(7) Göte Nordin	6		1					1					1	2					1			6	9
10	(16) Rune Sörmander	6				2				0	1						0			3			6	10
11	(13) Antonín Kasper Sr.	6				3	0							2		1					0		6	11
12	(4) Per Tage Svensson	3	2							1				0				0				0	3	12
13	(2) Sören Sjösten	3	1					1				1				0				0			3	13
14	(15) Yuri Chekranov	2				1			0			0						1	0				2	14
15	(1) Arne Karlson	2	0				1				0				0				1				2	15
16	(14) Per Olof Söderman	2				0		0					0		1							1	2	16
R1	(R1) Stanislav Kubíček	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Gunnar Malmqvist	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

World Final

• 11 September 1964
• Ullevi, Göteborg ^[11]

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
	(6) Barry Briggs	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(14) Igor Plekhanov	13				3		2					3		3							2	13	2	3
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		2			3					2					3					3	13	3	2
4	(15) Boris Samorodov	11				1			3			3						2	2				11	4
5	(9) Björn Knutson	10			3		2						1					1		3			10	5
6	(16) Ron How	10				2				3	2						2			1			10	6
7	(1) Cyril Maidment	8	2				1				1				1				3				8	7
8	(3) Gennady Kurilenko	7	3						2				F				1				1		7	8
9	(2) Nigel Boocock	6	0					1				0				3				2			6	9
10	(10) Mike Broadbank	6			2			E						3			E		1				6	10
11	(12) Ken McKinlay	6			1					E		1			2						2		6	11
12	(13) Andrzej Wyglenda	4				0	0							2		2					0		4	12
13	(4) Bob Andrews	4	1							2				1				0				0	4	13
14	(8) Zbigniew Podlecki	3		0						1			2			0			0				3	14
15	(11) Jaroslav Volf	3			0				1		0					1						1	3	15
16	(7) Dick Fisher	1		1					0					0	E					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Jim Lightfoot	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Göte Nordin	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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