1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Björn Knutson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off. ^[7]

First round

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

Norwegian qualifying 25 October 1964 Kadettangen, Sandvika Top 5 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 Pos. Rider Points 1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15 2 Nils Paulsen 13 3 Per Jakob Aulie 13 4 Knut Syrrist 12 5 Henry Harrfeldt 10 6 Bjarne Sorenby 9 7 Thorbjorn Aulie 7 8 Thorbjorn Nygaard 7 9 Ivar A. Hoffgaard 7 10 Johnny Faafeng 6 11 Oyvind S. Berg 5 12 Reidar Eide 5 13 Svein Johansen 3 14 Olav Aaen 3 15 Kjell H. Helgsen 2 16 Hans Age Trovik 1 17 Svein Svensrud 1

Finnish qualifying 28 August 1964 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 Pos. Rider Points 1 Kalevi Lahtinen 15 2 Timo Laine 14 3 Matti Olin 13 4 Esko Koponen 12 5 Olavi Turunen 10 6 Antero Salasto 9 7 Veikko Metsahuone 8 8 Timo Sinkkonen 8 9 Heikki Kaprali 6 10 Jouko Naskali 6 11 Juhani Taipale 5 12 Reijo Tolviander (res) 4 13 Erkki Hannula 3 14 Reima Lohkovuori 3 15 Toimi Skytta (res) 3 16 Veikko Vesa 2 17 Martti Myllynausta 0 18 Jarmo Bahne 0

Swedish qualifying

• Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
25 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Bo Josefsson	Leif Enecrona	Rune Sörmander
28 April	Ryavallen, Borås	Ove Fundin	Per Olof Söderman	Björn Knutson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Bengt Jansson	Bo Josefsson	Hasse Holmqvist

Pos. Rider Points 1 Bo Josefsson 28 2 Bengt Jansson 26 3 Björn Knutson 23 4 Ove Fundin 23 5 Per-Olof Söderman 23 6 Sören Sjösten 22 7 Bo Magnusson 19 8 Hasse Holmqvist 19 9 Leif Enecrona 19 10 Rune Sörmander 18 11 Göte Nordin 18 12 Gunnar Malmqvist 16 13 Leif Larsson 14 14 Bengt Svensson 14

Pos. Rider Points 15 Bengt Brannefors 14 16 Runo Wedin 13 17 Curt Eldh 9 18 Sven Sigurd 9 19 Kurt Westlund 9 20 Hans Utterström 6 21 Inge Gustafsson 5 22 Arne Hansson 4 23 Nils Ringström 3 24 Karl-Erik Andersson 3 25 Leif Söderberg 1 26 Per-Tage Svensson 0 27 Lars Jansson 0

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
9 May	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jaroslav Volf	Antoni Woryna
9 May	Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana	Gennady Kurilenko	Jan Mucha	Andrzej Pogorzelski
9 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Yuri Chekranov	Pawel Waloszek
9 May	Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg	Zbigniew Podlecki	Boris Samorodov	Rudolf Havelka

British & Commonwealth preliminary round

• Top 11 riders to qualifying round ^[10]

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
13 May	Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough	Goog Allan	Russ Dent	Harry Bastable
15 May	Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh	Tommy Sweetman	Ken Adams	Des Lukehurst
22 May	Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich	Tommy Sweetman	Howdy Byford	Ken Adams
26 May	Central Park, Cowdenbeath	Russ Dent	Bruce Ovenden	Graham Coombes
6 June	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Harry Bastable	Pete Smith	Maurie McDermott

Second round

Nordic qualification

11 May Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 15 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 14 3 Leif Enecrona 13 4 Ove Fundin 12 5 Bengt Brannefors 9 6 Gunnar Malmqvist 9 7 Bo Magnusson 9 8 Henry Harrfeldt 7 9 Thorbjörn Nygaard 7 10 Curt Eldh 7 11 Nils Paulsen 5 12 Runo Wedin 4 13 Ivar Hoffgard 3 14 Olavi Turunen 3 15 Timo Laine 2 16 Heikki Kaprali 0

27 May Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Leif Larsson 14 2 Per-Olof Söderman 13 3 Hasse Holmqvist 12 4 Sören Sjösten 12 5 Kalevi Lahtinen 11 6 Bengt Jansson 11 7 Bo Josefsson 10 8 Sven Sigurd 9 9 Hans G. Kristensen 6 10 Bengt Svensson 6 11 Ove Pedersen 4 12 Erik Kastebo 4 13 Matti Olin 3 14 Per Jakob Aulie 2 15 Jens Ring (res) 2 16 Knut Syrrist 1 17 Bent Jensen 0 18 Göte Nordin dns

Continental semi-finals

23 May Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Pawel Waloszek 13 2 Igor Plekhanov 13 3 Andrzej Wyglenda 12 4 Jaroslav Volf 11 5 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 11 6 Antoni Woryna 10 7 Valentin Moiseev 9 8 Stanislav Kubicek 7 9 Jurij Chekranov 10 Vladimir Sokolov 11 František Ledecký 12 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 13 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 14 Miloslav Šmíd 15 Pal Perenyi

23 May Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Pavel Mareš 15 2 Jan Mucha 11 3 Zbigniew Podlecki 11 4 Florian Kapala 10 5 Marian Rose 10 6 Joachim Maj 10 7 Gennadij Kurilenko 10 8 Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. 8 10 Boris Samorodov 6 11 Antonín Šváb Sr. 6 12 Jurij Olenev 5 13 Rudolf Havelka 4 14 Lew Krajev 3 15 Konstantij Krishtal 0 16 Viktor Trofimov 0

British & Commonwealth qualifying round

• Top 32 to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
12 June	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Jack Kitchen	Rick France
12 June	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Barry Briggs	Mike Broadbanks	Martin Ashby
12 June	Hyde Road, Manchester	Cyril Maidment	Gordon McGregor	Dick Fisher
14 June	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Barry Briggs	Trevor Hedge	Geoff Mudge
14 June	Brough Park, Newcastle	Charlie Monk	Brian Brett	Ivan Mauger
15 June	West Ham Stadium, London	Roy Trigg	Norman Hunter	Ken McKinlay
16 June	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Barry Briggs	Jim Lightfoot	Jack Kitchen
17 June	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Nigel Boocock	Clive Featherby	Billy Bales
17 June	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Jimmy Gooch	Ron How	Colin Pratt
18 June	Somerton Park, Newport	Peter Vandenberg	Reg Luckhurst	Cyril Maidment
18 June	White City, Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Bluey Scott	Ivan Mauger
18 June	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Ron How	Roy Trigg	Colin Pratt
18 June	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Trevor Hedge	Peter Jarman	Nigel Boocock
19 June	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Trevor Hedge	Bob Andrews	Jack Biggs
19 June	The Shay, Halifax	Jimmy Gooch	Ronnie Genz	Eric Boocock
19 June	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Charlie Monk	Jim Airey	John Hart
19 July	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	Maury Mattingley	Gordon Guasco	Brian Craven
23 July	Wimborne Road, Poole	Ronnie Genz	Geoff Mudge	Roy Trigg

Third round

British & Commonwealth semi finals

28 July Wimborne Road, Poole Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Nigel Boocock 13 2 Barry Briggs 11 3 Jimmy Gooch 11 4 Ken McKinlay 11 5 Ronnie Genz 10 6 Reg Luckhurst 10 7 Mike Broadbanks 10 8 Gordon Guasco 9 9 Norman Hunter 9 10 Geoff Mudge 7 11 Jack Kitchen 6 12 Jim Airey 6 13 Colin Pratt 3 14 Clive Featherby 2 15 Bluey Scott 1 16 Gordon McGregor 1

30 July White City, Glasgow Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Charlie Monk 14 2 Trevor Hedge 14 3 Brian Brett 13 4 Ivan Mauger 11 5 Colin Gooddy 10 6 Bill Andrew 9 7 Bob Andrews 8 8 Peter Vandenberg 8 9 Cyril Maidment 7 10 Dave Younghusband 7 11 Roy Trigg 7 12 Eric Boocock 4 13 Jim Lightfoot 3 14 Alan Cowland 3 15 Rick France 2 16 Billy Bales 0 17 Martin Ashby 0

Nordic Final

• 28 June 1965
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
• First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Soren Sjosten		14
2	Ove Fundin		12
3	Leif Enecrona		11
4	Björn Knutson		11
5	Bengt Jansson		11
6	Gunnar Malmqvist		11
7	Sverre Harrfeldt		10
8	Leif Larsson		9
9	Per Olof Söderman		7
10	Bo Magnusson		5
11	Kalevi Lahtinen		4
12	Henry Harrfeldt		4
13	Bo Josefsson		3
14	Sven Sigurd		2
15	Bengt Brannefors		0
16	Hasse Holmqvist		0

Continental Final

• 13 June 1965
• 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
	(15) Andrzej Wyglenda	12				1			3			2						3	3				12	1
	(2) Igor Plekhanov	12	2					3				1				3				3			12	2
	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11				0		2					3		3							3	11	3
4	(12) Antoni Woryna	10			3					3		0			2						2		10	4
5	(1) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	10	3				3				1				1				2				10	5
6	(7) Pawel Waloszek	9		3					2					3	0					1			9	6
7	(13) Antonín Kasper Sr.	8				3	2							1		1					1		8	7
8	(6) Marian Rose	8		1				1			3							0			3		8	8
9	(5) Pavel Mareš	8		2			0					3					1					2	8	9
10	(9) Joachim Maj	7			2		1						0					2		2			7	10
11	(3) Gennady Kurilenko	6	1						1				1				3				0		6	11
12	(8) Zbigniew Podlecki	6		0						1			2			2			1				6	12
13	(10) Jan Mucha	5			1			0						2			2		0				5	13
14	(11) Jaroslav Volf	3			0				0		2					0						1	3	14
15	(4) Stanislav Kubíček	3	0							2				0				1				0	3	15
16	(16) Valentin Moiseev	2				2				0	0						0			0			2	16
R1	(R1) Florian Kapała	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

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Final

• 31 August 1965
• West Ham 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
	(8) Barry Briggs	13		1						3			3			3			3				13	1
	(2) Nigel Boocock	11	3					3				E				2				3			11	2	3
	(4) Ken McKinlay	11	2							2				3				2				2	11	3	2
4	(10) Brian Brett	10			3			2						1			2		2				10	4
5	(12) Reg Luckhurst	10			2					0		3			2						3		10	5
6	(11) Jimmy Gooch	10			1				2		3					1						3	10	6
7	(7) Mike Broadbanks	9		2					0					2	3					2			9	7	3
8	(15) Gordon Guasco	9				3			1			1						3	1				9	8	2
9	(5) Charlie Monk	8		3			2					2					1					X	8	9
10	(16) Trevor Hedge	7				2				1	F						3			1			7	10
11	(3) Bob Andrews	6	1						3				1				0				1		6	11
12	(14) Ivan Mauger	5				1		0					2		1							1	5	12
13	(6) Colin Gooddy	4		0				1			M							1			2		4	13
14	(9) Peter Vandenberg	3			E		3						0					0		0			3	14
15	(1) Bill Andrew	1	E				0				1				0				0				1	15
16	(13) Ronnie Genz	1				E	1							0		F					0		1	16
R1	(R1) Norman Hunter	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

European Final

• 26 June 1965
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
• 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
	(3) Ove Fundin	14	3						3				2				3				3		14	1	3
	(8) Björn Knutson	14		2						3			3			3			3				14	2	2
	(9) Antoni Woryna	11			3		1						1					3		3			11	3
4	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	10				3		3					0		3							1	10	4
5	(10) Igor Plekhanov	10			2			2						3			2		1				10	5
6	(6) Andrzej Wyglenda	9		3				1			1							2			2		9	6
7	(13) Bengt Jansson	8				0	3							2		2					1		8	7
8	(16) Soren Sjosten	8				2				2	2						1			1			8	8
9	(7) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	7		1					1					1	2					2			7	9
10	(15) Leif Larsson	7				1			2			3						1	0				7	10
11	(1) Marian Rose	7	1				E				3				2				1				7	11
12	(4) Antonín Kasper Sr.	6	2							1				0				0				3	6	12
13	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			2					1					0					2	5	13
14	(12) Gunnar Malmqvist	3			1					E		2			0						0		3	14
15	(2) Leif Enecrona	1	0					0				E				1				0			1	15
16	(11) Pawel Waloszek	0			0				0		0					0						0	0	16
R1	(R1) Pavel Mareš	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

World Final

• 18 September 1965
• Wembley Stadium, London ^[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
	(12) Björn Knutson	14			2					3		3			3						3		14	1
	(15) Igor Plekhanov	13				3			3			2						2	3				13	2	3
	(4) Ove Fundin	13	2							2				3				3				3	13	3	2
4	(13) Barry Briggs	10				2	3							1		3					1		10	4
5	(10) Bengt Jansson	10			3			1						2			2		2				10	5
6	(5) Brian Brett	9		3			0					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Sören Sjösten	9				1		3					3		2							0	9	7
8	(2) Nigel Boocock	8	3					0				0				2				3			8	8
9	(6) Andrzej Pogorzelski	7		2				2			3							0			F		7	9
10	(11) Antoni Woryna	6			1				2		2					0						1	6	10
11	(3) Leif Larsson	5	1						0				2				F				2		5	11
12	(9) Reg Luckhurst	4			0		2						1					1		0			4	12
13	(7) Ken McKinlay	4		0					1					0	1					2			4	13
14	(8) Jimmy Gooch	3		1						1			0			1			0				3	14
15	(16) Andrzej Wyglenda	2				0				0	1						1			0			2	15
16	(1) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	2	0				1				0				0				1				2	16
R1	(R1) Mike Broadbank	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Marian Rose	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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