1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth place position the previous year. ^[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted back to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final.

First round

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

Norwegian qualifying 23 October 1966 Krohnsminde, Bergen Top 6 to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points 1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15 2 Reidar Eide 13 3 Per J. Aulie 12 4 Aage Hansen 11 5 Oyvind S. Berg 11 6 Johnny Faafeng 9 7 Knut Syrrist 9 8 Svein Svendsrud 8 9 Sven Tollefsen 7 10 Arne N. Larsen 4 11 Jan Terje Gravningen 4 12 Hans R. Gaarder 4 13 Ole Todnem 3 14 Tore Christensen 2 15 Kjell Gimre 0 16 Helge Langli 0

Finnish qualifying (2 rounds) 25 August & 30 June 1966 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points Total 1 Olavi Turunen 15+10 10+ 2 Matti Olin 13+11 10+ 3 Kalevi Lahtinen 9+15 9+ 4 Esko Koponen 6+13 6 + 5 Heikki Kaprali 12+9 4+ 6 Jouko Naskali 11+10 4+ 7 Timo Laine 7+11 3+ 8 Jorma Taipale 10+3 2+ 9 Timo Sinkkonen 8+6 0 10 Reima Kohkovuori 5+8 0 11 Reijo Tolviander 4+7 0 12 Matti Myllyntausta 7+0 0 13 Keijo Reima -+7 0 14 Esko Mantila 4+0 0 15 Kauko Reima -+4 0 16 Matti Sylväsalo -+2 0 17 Pekka Peltonen 1+0 0 18 Matti Ackmann 0+1 0

+Points awarded for top six only (8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Swedish Qualifying

23 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points 1 Ove Fundin 15 2 Olle Nygren 14 3 Per-Olof Söderman 11 4 Gunnar Malmqvist 10 5 Bo Josefsson 10 6 Conny Samuelsson 9 7 Sven Sigurd 9 8 Sune Stark 8 9 Karl-Erik Andersson 8 10 Sören Sjösten 8 11 Bengt Brannefors 8 12 Åke Andersson 3 13 Bo Magnusson 3 14 Therje Henriksson 2 15 Jan Simensen 2 16 Willy Friberg 0

1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points 1 Bernt Persson 13 2 Göte Nordin 12 3 Hasse Holmqvist 11 4 Anders Michanek 11 5 Bengt Jansson 10 6 Lars Jansson 10 7 Bengt Larsson 9 8 Leif Enecrona 9 9 Bengt Svensson 7 10 Torbjörn Harrysson 6 11 Runo Wedin 6 12 Jan Svensson 5 13 Egon Stengarn 4 14 Yngve Nilsson 4 15 Sune Ohlsson 2 16 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 1 17 Nils Ringström 0

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
7 May	Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen	Jürgen Hehlert	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Edmund Migoś	Jan Holub I	Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Pawel Waloszek	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
7 May	Kovinar Stadium, Maribor	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Sergej Lyatosinsky

Second round

British qualifying

• Top 32 to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
12 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Eric Boocock	Roy Trigg	Ray Wilson
12 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Ivan Mauger	Colin Pratt	Malcolm Brown
12 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Terry Betts	Reg Luckhurst	Dave Younghusband
13 May	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	George Hunter	Ray Wilson	Bert Harkins
13 May	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Charlie Monk	Martin Ashby	Geoff Mudge
13 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Chris Julian	Norman Hunter
15 May	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Nigel Boocock	Eric Boocock	Martin Ashby
16 May	West Ham Stadium, London	Rick France	Reg Luckhurst	Ken McKinlay
17 May	Wimborne Road, Poole	Ronnie Genz	Geoff Mudge	Barry Briggs
18 May	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Nigel Boocock	John Dews	Martin Ashby
18 May	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Roy Trigg	Eddie Reeves	Peter Moore
18 May	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Reg Luckhurst	Trevor Hedge	Dave Younghusband
19 May	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Ken McKinlay	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey
19 May	White City, Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Bob Kilby	Maury Mattingley
20 May	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ronnie Genz	Cyril Maidment	Colin Pratt
20 May	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Rick France	Alf Wells
20 May	The Shay, Halifax	Dave Younghusband	Eric Boocock	Ken McKinlay
22 May	Brough Park, Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Bob Kilby
23 May	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Ray Wilson	Bert Harkins	Tommy Roper

Nordic qualification

4 May Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ove Fundin 15 2 Per-Olof Söderman 14 3 Göte Nordin 12 4 Sven Sigurd 11 5 Gunnar Malmqvist 11 6 Anders Michanek 10 7 Lars Jansson 10 8 Leif Enecrona 8 9 Jonny Faafeng 7 10 Paul Wissing 6 11 Reidar Eide 6 12 Odd Fossengen 3 13 Einar Egedius 3 14 Matti Olin 1 15 Jouko Naskali 1 16 Timo Sinkkonen 0

4 May Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Olle Nygren 15 2 Bengt Larsson 14 3 Bengt Jansson 13 4 Sverre Harrfeldt 11 5 Hasse Holmqvist 11 6 Bernt Persson 10 7 Per Aulie 10 8 Ole Olsen 7 9 Kurt Bögh 6 10 Bo Josefsson 5 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 5 12 Conny Samuelsson 4 13 Öyvind S. Berg 3 14 Godtfred Andreasen 3 15 Sune Stark 2 16 Heikki Kaprali 1

Continental semi-finals

21 May Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrzej Wyglenda 13 2 Boris Samorodov 13 3 Gennady Kurilenko 11 4 Jochen Dinse 10 5 Stanislaw Ruarz 10 6 Jürgen Hehlert 9 7 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 9 8 Miloslav Verner 9 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. 8 10 Sergej Ljatosinskij 7 11 Farid Szajnurov 6 12 Barnabas Gyepes 5 13 Zbigniew Podlecki 4 14 Karel Průša 3 15 Gennadij Vianov 1 16 Drago Perko 0

21 May Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slany Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Antoni Woryna 11 2 Igor Plechanov 11 3 Jan Holub I 10 4 Pawel Waloszek 10 5 Pavel Mareš 10 6 Edmund Migos 10 7 Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 8 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 9 Antonín Šváb Sr. 9 10 Viktor Trofimov 8 11 Vladimir Smirnov 7 12 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 5 13 Joachim Maj 5 14 Stanislaw Tkocz 2 15 Gabdrachman Kadyrov 2 16 Karel Buric 1

Third round

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

13 July Wimbledon Stadium, London Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Barry Briggs 15 2 Trevor Hedge 11 3 Terry Betts 11 4 Roy Trigg 11 5 Ray Wilson 10 6 Ivan Mauger 10 7 Cyril Maidment 9 8 Nigel Boocock 9 9 Geoff Mudge 8 10 Ivor Brown 7 11 Ken McKinlay 6 12 Mike Watkin 4 13 Alf Wells 2 14 Dave Younghusband 2 15 Chris Julian 1 16 Jimmy Squibb 1

13 July Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Reg Luckhurst 13 2 Eric Boocock 13 3 Colin Pratt 10 4 Mike Broadbanks 10 5 Martin Ashby 10 6 Rick France 9 7 Jim Airey 9 8 George Hunter 9 9 Charlie Monk 8 10 Bob Kilby 7 11 Norman Hunter 6 12 Ronnie Genz 5 13 Alan Cowland 3 14 Bert Harkins 3 15 Neil Street 2 16 Arnie Haley 2

Nordic Final

• 4 June 1967
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
• 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	21
	(7) Ove Fundin	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	13			2				2		3					3						3	13	2
	(8) Leif Enecrona	11		1						2			3			2			3				11	3
4	(13) Bernt Persson	10				3	2							2		0					3		10	4
5	(2) Olle Nygren	9	2					3				3				1				0			9	5
6	(9) Bengt Jansson	9			1		3						1					3		1			9	6
7	(16) Anders Michanek	9				2				0	2						3			2			9	7
8	(12) Gunnar Malmqvist	7			0					3		1			2						1		7	8
9	(1) Lars Jansson	7	3				1				1				1				1				7	9
10	(15) Bengt Larsson	7				F			1			2						2	2				7	10
11	(3) Per Olof Söderman	6	-						0				2				2				2		6	11
12	(4) Göte Nordin	4	0							1				1				0				2	4	12
13	(6) Ole Olsen	3		2				X			0							1			0		3	13
14	(14) Sven Sigurd	3				1		2					F		-							-	3	14
15	(10) Hasse Holmqvist	3			3			F						-			-		-				3	15
16	(5) Per J.Aulie	2		0			-					0					1					1	2	16
R1	(R1) Johnny Faafeng	0	1				0																0	R1
R2	(R2) Kurt Bøgh	0												0			0		0			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

Continental Final

• 20 August 1967
• Illerstadion, Kempten
• 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	21
	(9) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			3		2						3					3		3			14	1
	(6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	14		3				3			3							2			3		14	2
	(13) Igor Plechanov	12				2	3							3		2					2		12	3
4	(8) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11		1						3			2			3			2				11	4
5	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				2				1				3				10	5
6	(7) Jan Holub I	10		2					1					2	3					2			10	6
7	(11) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	7
8	(3) Jochen Dinse	8	2						3				X				3				0		8	8
9	(14) Stanislaw Rurarz	7				1		1					1		2							2	7	9
10	(12) Edmund Migoś	6			1					1		3			E						1		6	10
11	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				3			0			1						1	E				5	11
12	(16) Antonín Šváb Sr.	4				0				2	0						2			0			4	12
13	(5) Miloslav Verner	3		0			0					2					1					0	3	13
14	(2) Jürgen Hehlert	2	1					0				0				0				1			2	14
15	(4) Boris Samorodov	1	0							0				0				0				1	1	15
16	(10) Gennady Kurilenko	0			0			X						-			-		-				0	16
R1	(R1) Antonín Kasper Sr.	4						2						1			E		1				4	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 Final

• 22 August 1967
• West Ham Stadium, London
• First 6 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
	(6) Barry Briggs	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(12) Ivan Mauger	13			2					3		3			3						2		13	2
	(13) Eric Boocock	12				3	3							3		2					1		12	3
4	(11) Colin Pratt	11			3				3		1					1						3	11	4
5	(2) Rick France	11	2					2				2				3				2			11	5
6	(16) Ray Wilson	10				0				2	2						3			3			10	6
7	(15) Mike Broadbank	9				2			1			1						2	3				9	7
8	(14) Jim Airey	8				1		1					3		1							2	8	8
9	(1) Nigel Boocock	7	3				2				0				0				2				7	9
10	(5) Reg Luckhurst	6		2			1					0					2					1	6	10
11	(3) Martin Ashby	5	1						2				2				0				0		5	11
12	(10) Roy Trigg	5			1			0						2			1		1				5	12
13	(7) Terry Betts	3		E					0					E	2					1			3	13
14	(4) Trevor Hedge	3	0							1				1				1				0	3	14
15	(9) Cyril Maidment	1			0		0						1					0		0			1	15
16	(8) George Hunter	1		1						0			0			E			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Charlie Monk	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Geoff Mudge	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

• 27 August 1967
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
• First 10 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
	(11) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			2				3		3					3						3	14	1
	(5) Andrzej Pogorzelski	13		3			2					3					3					2	13	2
	(9) Igor Plechanov	12			0		3						3					3		3			12	3
4	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				1				2				3				10	4
5	(16) Bernt Persson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	5
6	(7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	8		2					1					E	3					2			8	6
7	(10) Ove Fundin	8			1			0						3			2		2				8	7
8	(6) Anders Michanek	8		1				2			0							2			3		8	8
9	(3) Bengt Jansson	8	2						2				2				0				2		8	9
10	(2) Jochen Dinse	7	0					3				2				2				F			7	10	3
11	(12) Jan Holub I	7			3					1		1			1						1		7	11	2
12	(14) Leif Enecrona	5				2		1					1		0							1	5	12
13	(8) Sverre Harrfeldt	3		0						3			E			E			E				3	13
14	(4) Olle Nygren	3	1							0				2				F				0	3	14
15	(15) Gunnar Malmqvist	3				1			0			0						1	1				3	15
16	(13) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	2				0	0							1		1					0		2	16
R1	(R1) Lars Jansson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Stanislaw Rurarz	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

World Final

• 16 September 1967
• Wembley Stadium, London ^[10]

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
	(7) Ove Fundin	14		3					3					3	2					3			14	1	3
	(5) Bengt Jansson	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	2	2
	(16) Ivan Mauger	13				3				3	3						2			2			13	3
4	(14) Igor Plechanov	12				2		3					3		3							1	12	4
5	(6) Barry Briggs	11		1				2			2							3			3		11	5
6	(8) Anders Michanek	9		0						2			2			3			2				9	6
7	(11) Eric Boocock	9			3				2		1					1						2	9	7
8	(3) Ray Wilson	7	3										1				1				2		7	8
9	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	6			2		2						0					1		1			6	9
10	(2) Bernt Persson	6	2					1				1				2				X			6	10
11	(12) Antoni Woryna	5			1					1		2			1						0		5	11
12	(15) Rick France	5				1			1			0						2	1				5	12
13	(10) Colin Pratt	4			0			0						1			0		3				4	13
14	(13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	3				F	0							2		0					1		3	14
15	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	2	1				1				0				0				0				2	15
16	(4) Jochen Dinse	0	F							0				0				0				0	0	16
R1	(R1) Mike Broadbank	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Leif Enecrona	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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