1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

1965 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
13 May United KingdomMiddlesbroughNew Zealand Goog AllanUnited Kingdom Russ DentUnited Kingdom Harry Bastable
15 May United KingdomRayleighUnited Kingdom Tommy SweetmanUnited Kingdom Ken AdamsUnited Kingdom Des Lukehurst
22 May United KingdomIpswichUnited Kingdom Tommy SweetmanUnited Kingdom Howdy ByfordUnited Kingdom Ken Adams
26 May ScotlandCowdenbeathUnited Kingdom Russ DentNew Zealand Bruce OvendenNew Zealand Graham Coombes
6 June United KingdomKings LynnUnited Kingdom Harry BastableUnited Kingdom Pete SmithUnited Kingdom Maurie McDermott
Second Round
12 June United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Jack KitchenUnited Kingdom Rick France
12 June United KingdomSwindonNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Mike BroadbanksUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
12 June United KingdomBelle VueUnited Kingdom Cyril MaidmentUnited Kingdom Gordon McGregorUnited Kingdom Dick Fisher
14 June United KingdomExeterNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeAustralia Geoff Mudge
14 June United KingdomNewcastleAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Brian BrettNew Zealand Ivan Mauger
15 June United KingdomWest HamUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Norman HunterScotland Ken McKinlay
16 June United KingdomLong EatonNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Jim LightfootUnited Kingdom Jack Kitchen
17 June United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Clive FeatherbyUnited Kingdom Billy Bales
17 June United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Jimmy GoochUnited Kingdom Ron HowUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt
18 June WalesNewportAustralia Peter VandenbergUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Cyril Maidment
18 June ScotlandGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkAustralia Bluey ScottNew Zealand Ivan Mauger
18 June United KingdomHackneyUnited Kingdom Ron HowUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt
18 June United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Peter JarmanUnited Kingdom Nigel Boocock
19 June United KingdomWimbledonUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeNew Zealand Bob AndrewsAustralia Jack Biggs
19 June United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Jimmy GoochUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzUnited Kingdom Eric Boocock
19 June United KingdomCradley HeathAustralia Charlie MonkAustralia Jim AireyUnited Kingdom John Hart
19 July ScotlandEdinburghUnited Kingdom Maury MattingleyAustralia Gordon GuascoUnited Kingdom Brian Craven
23 July United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzAustralia Geoff MudgeUnited Kingdom Roy Trigg
Semi-Finals
28 July United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Jimmy Gooch
30 July ScotlandGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Brian Brett
Final
31 August United KingdomWest HamNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockScotland Ken McKinlay

British Final

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

Scandinavian Qualifications

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
25 April SwedenVetlandaSweden Bo JosefssonSweden Leif EnecronaSweden Rune Sormander
28 April SwedenBoråsSweden Ove FundinSweden Per Olaf SodermanSweden Bjorn Knutsson
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Bengt JanssonSweden Bo JosefssonSweden Hans Holmqvist
11 May NorwaySkienSweden Bjorn KnutssonNorway Sverre HarffeldtSweden Leif Enecrona
27 May DenmarkHillerodSweden Leif LarssonSweden Per Olaf SodermanSweden Hans Holmqvist
Final
18 June NorwaySkienSweden Soren SjostenSweden Ove FundinSweden Leif Enecrona

Scandinavian Final

  • June 18, 1965
  • Norway Skien
  • First 8 to European Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Sweden Soren Sjosten14
2Sweden Ove Fundin12
3Sweden Leif Enecrona11
4Sweden Bjorn Knutsson11
5Sweden Bengt Jansson11
6Sweden Gunnar Malmqvist11
7Norway Sverre Harrfeldt10
8Sweden Leif Larsson9
9Sweden Per Olaf Soderman7
10Sweden Bo Magnusson5
11Finland Kalevi Lahtinen4
12Norway Henry Harrfeldt4
13Sweden Bo Josefsson3
14Norway Sven Sigurd2
15Sweden Bengt Brannefors0
16Sweden Hans Holmqvist0

Continental Round

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
9 May AustriaGrazPoland Andrzej WyglendaCzechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf, Jr.Poland Antoni Woryna
9 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaLjublanaSoviet Union Gennadij KurilenkoPoland Jan MuchaPoland Andrzej Pogorzelski
9 May HungaryMiskolcCzechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček, Sr.Soviet Union Jurij ChekranovPoland Pawel Waloszek
9 May West GermanyNeubrandenburgPoland Zbigniew PodleckiSoviet Union Boris SamorodovCzechoslovakia Rudolf Havelka
Semi-Finals
23 May West GermanyAbensbergPoland Pawel WaloszekSoviet Union Igor PlechanovPoland Andrzej Wyglenda
23 May Soviet UnionLvovCzechoslovakia Pavel MarešPoland Jan MuchaPoland Zbigniew Podlecki
Continental Final
13 June PolandWroclawPoland Andrzej WyglendaSoviet Union Igor PlechanovPoland Andrzej Pogorzelski
European Final
26 June CzechoslovakiaSlanySweden Ove FundinSweden Bjorn KnutssonPoland Antoni Woryna

Continental Final

  • June 13, 1965
  • Poland Wroclaw
  • 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
Poland (15) Andrzej Wyglenda 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 1
Soviet Union (2) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 1 3 3 12 2
Poland (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 0 2 3 3 3 11 3
4 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 10 3 3 0 2 2 10 4
5 Czechoslovakia (1) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 10 3 3 1 1 2 10 5
6 Poland (7) Pawel Waloszek 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 Czechoslovakia (13) Antonin Kasper, Sr. 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 7
8 Poland (6) Marian Rose 8 1 1 3 0 3 8 8
9 Czechoslovakia (5) Pavel Mareš 8 2 0 3 1 2 8 9
10 Poland (9) Joachim Maj 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 10
11 Soviet Union (3) Gennadij Kurilenko 6 1 1 1 3 0 6 11
12 Poland (8) Zbigniew Podlecki 6 0 1 2 2 1 6 12
13 Poland (10) Jan Mucha 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 13
14 Czechoslovakia (11) Jaroslav Volf, Jr. 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (4) Stanislav Kubicek 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 15
16 Soviet Union (16) Valentin Moiseev 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 Poland (R1) Florian Kapala 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

European Final

  • June 26, 1965
  • Czechoslovakia Slany
  • 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
Sweden (3) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 3
Sweden (8) Bjorn Knutsson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
Poland (9) Antoni Woryna 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 3
4 Poland (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 4
5 Soviet Union (10) Igor Plechanov 10 2 2 3 2 1 10 5
6 Poland (6) Andrzej Wyglenda 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 6
7 Sweden (13) Bengt Jansson 8 0 3 2 2 1 8 7
8 Sweden (16) Soren Sjosten 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 8
9 Czechoslovakia (7) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 Sweden (15) Leif Larsson 7 1 2 3 1 0 7 10
11 Poland (1) Marian Rose 7 1 E 3 2 1 7 11
12 Czechoslovakia (4) Antonin Kasper, Sr. 6 2 1 0 0 3 6 12
13 Sweden (5) Per Olaf Soderman 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 13
14 Sweden (12) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 1 E 2 0 0 3 14
15 Sweden (2) Leif Enecrona 1 0 0 E 1 0 1 15
16 Poland (11) Pawel Waloszek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (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

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
Sweden (12) Björn Knutsson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
Soviet Union (15) Igor Plechanov 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2 3
Sweden (3) Ove Fundin 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3 2
4 New Zealand (13) Barry Briggs 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 4
5 Sweden (10) Bengt Jansson 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 5
6 United Kingdom (5) Brian Brett 9 3 0 1 3 2 9 6
7 Sweden (14) Sören Sjösten 9 1 3 3 2 0 9 7
8 United Kingdom (2) Nigel Boocock 8 3 0 0 2 3 8 8
9 Poland (6) Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 2 2 3 0 F 7 9
10 Poland (11) Antoni Woryna 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 10
11 Sweden (3) Leif Larsson 5 1 0 2 F 2 5 11
12 United Kingdom (9) Reg Luckhurst 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13 Scotland (7) Ken McKinlay 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 13
14 United Kingdom (8) Jimmy Gooch 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 14
15 Poland (16) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 15
16 Czechoslovakia (1) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Mike Broadbank 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (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

References

  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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