1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 26th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Ole Olsen became the first Danish winner of the Championship. His 15 point maximum denied Ivan Mauger from winning a fourth consecutive title. Mauger won the silver medal run-off against Bengt Jansson. ^[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1971 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

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

British/Commonwealth qualifying

• Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
17 April	The Shay, Halifax	Dave Younghusband	Ronnie Moore	Bill Andrew
17 April	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby	George Hunter
19 April	Reading Stadium, Reading	Ivan Mauger	Jim Airey	Howard Cole
19 April	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Eric Boocock	Bob Kilby	Dave Younghusband
20 April	West Ham Stadium, London	Reg Luckhurst	Nigel Boocock	Greg Kentwell
20 April	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	Ray Wilson	Tommy Roper	John Boulger
21 April	Wimborne Road, Poole	Barry Briggs	Tony Lomas	Martin Ashby
22 April	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Garry Middleton	John Boulger	Ronnie Moore
22 April	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Eric Boocock	Brian Leonard	Jim Airey
22 April	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Martin Ashby	Colin Gooddy	Charlie Monk
23 April	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Terry Betts	Bob Andrews	Ivan Mauger
23 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Howard Cole	Eric Broadbelt	Norman Hunter
24 April	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Sándor Lévai
24 April	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Tony Lomas	Alan Cowland	Col Cottrell
24 April	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Malcolm Simmons	Ray Wilson	Terry Betts
26 April	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Roy Trigg	Garry Middleton	Peter Jarman
28 April	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Tony Lomas	Bruce Cribb	Ken McKinlay
30 April	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Barry Thomas	Garry Middleton	Bob Kilby
30 April	Somerton Park, Newport	Sándor Lévai	Nigel Boocock	Bill Andrew

Second round

Norwegian qualifying 20 September 1970 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 1 (+6 seeded) to Nordic final 1971 Pos. Rider Points 1 Reidar Eide 15 2 Ulf Lovaas 12 3 Svein Kaasa 11 4 Einar Egedius 11 5 Odd Fossengen 10 6 Jan Terje Gravningen 10 7 Jon Odegaard 10 8 Jorn Flatha 9 9 Dag Lovaas 6 10 Dagfinn Dahl 6 11 Johnny Larsen 5 12 Kjell Todnem 5 13 Nils O. Haraldsen 3 14 Thorbjorn Nygaard 3 15 Ragnar Olaisen 2 16 Leif O. Jorgensen 2

Finnish qualifying (top 8) (2 rounds) 11 Aug & 25 Aug 1970 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 2 to Nordic final 1971 Pos. Rider Points Total 1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+8 16 2 Matti Olin 6+6 12 3 Jouko Naskali 2+3 5 4 Erkki Hannula 4+0 4 5 Pekka Kulmala 0+4 4 6 Reima Lohkovuori 3+1 4 7 Timo Sinkkonen 0+2 2 8 Olavi Turunen 1+0 1

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 May	Stadio Moretti, Udine	Aleksandr Pavlov	Jerzy Szczakiel	Viktor Trofimov
9 May	Markéta Stadium, Prague	Hans Jürgen Fritz	Jiří Štancl	Peter Liebing
9 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Jan Holub I	Vladimir Smirnov	Henryk Glucklich
9 May	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Jan Mucha	Andrzej Wyglenda	Antoni Woryna

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

18 May West Ham Stadium, London Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ronnie Moore 15 2 John Boulger 13 3 Barry Briggs 12 4 Bob Kilby 10 5 Arnie Haley 9 6 Martin Ashby 9 7 Geoff Curtis 8 8 Garry Middleton 7 9 Tommy Roper 7 10 Bruce Cribb 6 11 Roy Trigg 5 12 Ken McKinlay 3 13 George Hunter 2 14 Colin Gooddy 2 15 Ian Turner 1 16 Stan Stevens (res) 0 17 Alan Sage (res) 0

20 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ivan Mauger 14 2 Ray Wilson 14 3 Nigel Boocock 13 4 Eric Boocock 13 5 Howard Cole 10 6 Bert Harkins 9 7 Tony Lomas 9 8 Dave Younghusband 8 9 Bob Andrews 8 10 Malcom Simmons 7 11 Terry Betts 4 12 Norman Storer 4 13 Sándor Lévai 3 14 Alan Cowland 2 15 Charlie Monk 1 16 Tony Clarke

Third round

British/Commonwealth Final

• 16 June 1971
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry
• First 12 to British-Nordic 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
1	(7) Ivan Mauger	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	1
2	(2) Barry Briggs	13	3					2				2				3				3			13	2
3	(6) Tony Lomas	12		0				3			3							3			3		12	3
4	(16) Bert Harkins	9				2				2	2						3			0			9	4
5	(15) Ray Wilson	8				3			1			3						1	0				8	5
6	(5) Martin Ashby	8		2			2					1					1					2	8	6
7	(9) Ronnie Moore	7			1		0						3					2		1			7	7
8	(13) Dave Younghusband	7				0	3							1		2					1		7	8
9	(11) Bob Kilby	7			2				2		1					1						1	7	9
10	(4) Eric Boocock	6	0							3				0				T				3	6	10
11	(12) Jim Airey	6			3					1		0			2						0		6	11
12	(8) Nigel Boocock	6		1						X			2			0			3				6	12
13	(10) Howard Cole	6			0			1						2			2		1				6	13
14	(1) Geoff Curtis	6	2				1				0				1				2				6	14
15	(3) John Boulger	4	1						0				1				0				2		4	15
16	(14) Arnold Haley	1				1		0					0		0							0	1	16
	(17) Bill Andrew	0																0					0
	(18) Garry Middleton	0																					0
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

Nordic Final

• 6 June 1971
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
• First 4 to British/Commonwealth-Nordic 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	21
	(5) Ole Olsen	14		3			3					3					3					2	14	1
	(1) Reidar Eide	12	3				2				2				3				2				12	2
	(11) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	11			2				T		3					3						3	11	3
4	(12) Kurt Bøgh	11			3					3		2			1						2		11	4
5	(4) Odd Fossengen	10	2							2				3				3				F	10	5
6	(7) Niels Weiss Sorensen	10		1					2					2	2					3			10	6
7	(6) Øyvind S. Berg	10		2				2			1							2			3		10	7
8	(3) Jorn Morgensen	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(2) Bjarne Nyegaard	8	1					3				1				2				1			8	9
10	(10) Preben Rosenkilde	6			1			0						1			1		3				6	10
11	(9) Svein Kaasa	6			0		1						2					1		2			6	11
12	(14) Kalevi Lahtinen	5				3		1					0		0							1	5	12
13	(8) Edgar Stangeland	4		0						1			1			1			1				4	13
14	(13) Dag Lovaas	2				2	0							0		0					0		2	14
15	(16) Matti Olin	1				1				0	0						0			0			1	15
16	(15) Jan Terje Gravningen	1				0			1			F						-	-				1	16
R1	(R1) Flemming Larsen	0																0	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

Continental semi-finals

5 June Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Hans Jürgen Fritz 14 2 Henryk Glücklich 11 3 Jan Holub I 11 4 Piotr Bruzda 10.5 5 Stanislaw Kasa 10 6 Dieter Tetzlaff 10 7 Horst Krüger 9 8 Jiří Štancl 8 9 Vladimir Smirnov 7.5 10 Viktor Kalmykov 6 11 Janos Szöke 6 12 Peter Liebing 6 13 Clemens Bever 6 14 Zbigniew Podlecki 3 15 Zbynek Novotny 2 16 Ferenc Radacsi 0

6 June Stadion żużlowy, Gorzów Wielkopolski Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Gennadij Kurilenko 11 2 Jerzy Szczakiel 11 3 Vladimir Gordeev 11 4 Grigorij Khlynovski 11 5 Anatolij Kuzmin 10 6 Viktor Trofimov 10 7 Jan Mucha 10 8 Paweł Waloszek 9+3 9 Alexander Pavlov 9+2 10 Andrzej Wyglenda 7 11 Pavel Mares 6 12 Miroslav Verner 5 13 Antoni Woryna 4 14 Václav Verner 3 15 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 16 Milan Špinka 0

Fourth round

Swedish qualifying

• Top 4 in each heat to Swedish final

(1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby) Pos Rider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 15 2 Leif Enecrona 14 3 Bo Wirebrand 12 4 Tommy Jansson 11 5 Börje Ohlsson 11 6 Therje Henriksson 10 7 Kenneth Selmosson 7 8 Bengt Olsson 7 9 Bengt Svensson 5 10 Lars-Åke Andersson 5 11 Tommy Johansson 5 12 Bertil Andersson 4 13 Åke Andersson 3 14 Casimir Nilsson 2 15 Egon Stengarn 1 16 Roger Gullbrandsgård 0

(1 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved) Pos Rider Points 1 Göte Nordin 15 2 Bernt Persson 13 3 Hasse Holmqvist 11 4 Rolf Johansson 10 5 Käll Haage 9 6 Claes Löfstrand 9 7 Christer Sjösten 8 8 Leif Johansson 7 9 Bo Magnusson 7 10 Karl-Erik Claesson 7 11 Göran Jansso 6 12 Torbjörn Karlsson 5 13 Nils Eriksson 5 14 Börje Meli 5 15 Torbjörn Runesson 2 16 Hans Engzell 1

(2 May, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla) Pos Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 15 2 Anders Michanek 11 3 Runo Wedin 11 4 Sven-Inge Svensson 10 5 Christer Löfqvist 10 6 Jan Simensen 10 7 Hans Johansson 10 8 Sune Stark 9 9 Inge Gustavsson 8 10 Tommy Bergqvist 8 11 Ingemar Thillander 6 12 Anders Jansson 5 13 Lennart Johansson 3 14 Ove Helander 2 15 Anders Lövgre 1 16 Börje Klingberg 1

(3 May, Malmö Stadion, Malmö) Pos Rider Points 1 Per-Olof Söderman 14 2 Olle Nygren 13 3 Bo Josefsson 13 4 Lars Jansson 13 5 Bengt Larsson 11 6 Willy Karlsson 10 7 Berndt Johansson 9 8 Sigvard Johansson 8 9 Håkan Karlsson 7 10 Jan-Inge Karlsson 5 11 Tommy Wedén 5 12 Harald Andersson 4 13 Lars Jennefors 3 14 Roland Karlsson 2 15 Arne Hansson (res) 2 16 Ragnar Holm 1 17 Sven-Olov Lindh 0

British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final

• 30 July 1971
• Hampden Park, Glasgow
• First 8 to European 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
	(2) Ivan Mauger	14	3					3				3				3				2			14	1
	(6) Ray Wilson	13		3				2			3							2			3		13	2
	(9) Ole Olsen	11			2		3						2					3		1			11	3
4	(12) Nigel Boocock	11			3					3		2			2						1		11	4
5	(1) Jim Airey	9	2				2				0				3				2				9	5
6	(16) Eric Boocock	9				1				1	2						2			3			9	6
7	(4) Tony Lomas	9	1							2				3				1				2	9	7
8	(11) Ronnie Moore	9			0				3		1					2						3	9	8
9	(10) Barry Briggs	7			1			0						F			3		3				7	9
10	(8) Dave Younghusband	7		2						0			3			1			1				7	10
11	(13) Kurt Bøgh	6				2	0							2		0					2		6	11
12	(14) Reidar Eide	4				3		1					0		-							0	4	12
13	(15) Martin Ashby	3				0			2			1						0	0				3	13
14	(3) Bert Harkins	3	0						1				1				1				0		3	14
15	(5) Bob Kilby	2		1			1					0					0					-	2	15
16	(7) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	1		0					0					1	0					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Odd Fossengen	1													1								1	R1
R2	(R2) John Boulger	1																				1	1	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

Continental Final

• 26 June 1971
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
• 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
	(14) Henryk Glucklich	10				1		3					3		3							0	10	1	3
	(12) Jan Mucha	10			0					3		3			2						2		10	2	2
	(7) Gennady Kurilenko	10		1					3					2	1					3			10	3	1
4	(15) Jerzy Szczakiel	10				2			1			1						3	3				10	4	0
5	(11) Grigory Khlinovsky	9			3				0		0					3						3	9	5
6	(3) Viktor Trofimov	9	0						2				1				3				3		9	6
7	(1) Jiří Štancl	9	3				1				3				0				2				9	7
8	(13) Valery Gordeev	9				3	2							3		1					X		9	8
9	(4) Pawel Waloszek	9	2							2				1				2				2	9	9
10	(5) Anatoly Kuzmin	8		2			3					2					F					1	8	10
11	(2) Jan Holub I	7	1					2				0				2				2			7	11
12	(6) Horst Krüger	6		3				0			2							1			F		6	12
13	(8) Dieter Tetzlaff	4		0						1			2			0			1				4	13
14	(10) Stanislaw Kasa	3			2			1						F			-		-				3	14
15	(16) Hans Jürgen Fritz	1				0				0	1						F			-			1	15
16	(9) Piotr Bruzda	1			1		0						0					0		0			1	16
R1	(R1) Miloslav Verner	3															2		0	1			3	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

Fifth round

Swedish Finals

• Three races held on
• R1, 1 June at Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• R2, 2 June at Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
• R3, 3 June in Gubbängens IP, Stockholm
• Top 6 to World Final & 1 reserve

Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Anders Michanek 14 15 12 41 2 Bengt Jansson 11 11 14 36 3 Bernt Persson 11 14 9 34 4 Leif Enecrona 12 8 11 31 5 Tommy Jansson 10 10 10 30 6 Sören Sjösten 8 7 14 29 7 Göte Nordin 3 12 13 28 8 Hasse Holmqvist 8 10 8 26 9 Lars Jansson 9 7 7 23

Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total 10 Olle Nygren 8 5 6 19 11 Bo Wirebrand 4 4 7 15 12 Runo Wedin 4 7 4 15 13 Bo Josefsson 5 4 2 11 14 Sven-Inge Svensson 5 2 3 10 15 Per Olof Söderman 5 3 1 9 16 Herje Henriksson - 1 0 1 17 Rolf Johansson 0 0 - 0

European Final

• 21 August 1971
• Wembley Stadium, London
• 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
	(13) Ivan Mauger	14				3	2							3		3					3		14	1
	(7) Ray Wilson	12		3					3					X	3					3			12	2	3
	(9) Ole Olsen	12			3		3						3					3		E			12	3	2
4	(16) Nigel Boocock	12				2				3	3						2			2			12	4	X
5	(3) Eric Boocock	10	2						2				2				3				1		10	5
6	(12) Jim Airey	9			2					2		3			T						2		9	6
7	(4) Jerzy Szczakiel	7	3							1				2				1				0	7	7
8	(14) Ronnie Moore	7				1		3					1		1							1	7	8
9	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	6		2			0					0					1					3	6	9	3
10	(2) Jiří Štancl	6	0					2				1				2				1			6	10	2
11	(11) Tony Lomas	6			1				0		2					1						2	6	11	1
12	(8) Henryk Glucklich	4		1						X			0			0			3				4	12
13	(6) Grigory Khlinovsky	4		0				1			1							2			0		4	13
14	(1) Viktor Trofimov	4	1				1				0				0				2				4	14
15	(15) Jan Mucha	4				F			1			2						F	1				4	15
16	(10) Gennady Kurilenko	1			0			0						1			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Barry Briggs	2													2								2	R1
R2	(R2) Pawel Waloszek	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

• 10 September 1971
• Ullevi, Göteborg ^[10]
• Referee: Georg Traunspurger

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
1	(14) Ole Olsen	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
2	(7) Ivan Mauger	12+3		3					1					3	2					3			12	2
3	(13) Bengt Jansson	12+3				2	3							1		3					3		12	3
4	(3) Ray Wilson	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	4
5	(4) Anders Michanek	11	2							2				2				3				2	11	5
6	(12) Bernt Persson	9			3					1		2			1						2		9	6
7	(5) Jim Airey	8		2			1					3					2					0	8	7
8	(11) Sören Sjösten	8			2				2		2					1						1	8	8
9	(1) Nigel Boocock	6	1				2				1				0				2				6	9
10	(10) Ronnie Moore	5			1			2						0			1		1				5	10
11	(6) Eric Boocock	4		0				0			3							1			0		4	11
12	(9) Leif Enecrona	4			0		0						0					2		2			4	12
13	(2) Jiří Štancl	3	0					1				1				0				1			3	13
14	(16) Tommy Jansson	1				1				0	0						0			0			1	14
15	(15) Jerzy Szczakiel	0				0			0			0						0	0				0	15
16	(8) Vladimir Gordeev	Dsq		1						3			2			2			3				11	16
	(17) Göte Nordin	0																					0
	(18) Tony Lomas	0																					0
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

Note : Vladimir Gordeev was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel.

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