1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

1967 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
12 May United KingdomNewportUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Ray Wilson
12 May United KingdomHackneyNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Colin PrattUnited Kingdom Malcolm Brown
12 May United KingdomKings LynnUnited Kingdom Terry BettsUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Dave Younghusband
13 May United KingdomEdinburghUnited Kingdom George HunterUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonUnited Kingdom Bert Harkins
13 May United KingdomSwindonAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Martin AshbyUnited Kingdom Geoff Mudge
13 May United KingdomCradley HeathUnited Kingdom Ivor BrownUnited Kingdom Chris JulianUnited Kingdom Norman Hunter
15 May United KingdomExeterUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
16 May United KingdomWest HamUnited Kingdom Rick FranceUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlay
17 May United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzUnited Kingdom Geoff MudgeNew Zealand Barry Briggs
18 May United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom John DewsUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
18 May United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Eddie ReevesUnited Kingdom Peter Moore
18 May United KingdomWimbledonUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Dave Younghusband
19 May United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlayNew Zealand Barry BriggsAustralia Jim Airey
19 May United KingdomGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyUnited Kingdom Maury Mattingley
20 May United KingdomBelle VueUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzUnited Kingdom Cyril MaidmentUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt
20 May United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Rick FranceUnited Kingdom Alf Wells
20 May United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Dave YounghusbandUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlay
22 May United KingdomNewcastleNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom George HunterUnited Kingdom Bob Kilby
23 May United KingdomLong Eatonrained
Semi-Finals
13 July United KingdomWimbledonNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Terry Betts
13 July United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt
Final
22 August United KingdomWest HamNew Zealand Barry BriggsNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Eric Boocock


British Final

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

Scandinavian Qualifications

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
23 April SwedenMalillaSweden Ove FundinSweden Olle NygrenSweden Per Olaf Soderman
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Bernt PerssonSweden Gote NordinSweden Hans Holmqvist
4 May DenmarkHillerodSweden Olle NygrenSweden Bengt LarssonSweden Bengt Jansson
4 May SwedenVetlandaSweden Ove FundinSweden Per Olaf SodermanSweden Gote Nordin
Final
4 June DenmarkHillerodSweden Ove FundinNorway Sverre HarrfeldtSweden Leif Enecrona


Scandinavian Final

  • June 4, 1967
  • Denmark Hillerod
  • 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
Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
Norway (11) Sverre Harrfeldt 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
Sweden (8) Leif Enecrona 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 3
4 Sweden (13) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 0 3 10 4
5 Sweden (2) Olle Nygren 9 2 3 3 1 0 9 5
6 Sweden (9) Bengt Jansson 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 6
7 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 7
8 Sweden (12) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 Sweden (1) Lars Jansson 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 Sweden (15) Bengt Larsson 7 F 1 2 2 2 7 10
11 Sweden (3) Per Olaf Soderman 6 - 0 2 2 2 6 11
12 Sweden (4) Gote Nordin 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 12
13 Denmark (6) Ole Olsen 3 2 X 0 1 0 3 13
14 Sweden (14) Sven Sigurd 3 1 2 F - - 3 14
15 Sweden (10) Hans Holmqvist 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 Norway (5) Per J.Aulie 2 0 - 0 1 1 2 16
R1 Norway (R1) Johnny Faafeng 0 1 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Kurt Bogh 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 Round


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 May East GermanyMeissenEast Germany Jurgen HehlertCzechoslovakia Antonin Kasper, Sr.Poland Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May HungaryMiskolcPoland Edmund MigosCzechoslovakia Jan Holub IPoland Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May West GermanyAbensbergPoland Joachim MajPoland Pawel WaloszekSoviet Union Gabdrahman Kadyrov
7 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMariborPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Jerzy TrzeszkowskiSoviet Union Sergej Lyatosinsky
Semi-Finals
21 May Soviet UnionBalakovoPoland Andrzej WyglendaSoviet Union Boris SamorodovSoviet Union Gennadij Kurilenko
21 May CzechoslovakiaSlanyPoland Antoni WorynaSoviet Union Igor PlechanovCzechoslovakia Jan Holub I
Continental Final
20 August East GermanyKemptenPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Jerzy TrzeszkowskiSoviet Union Igor Plechanov
European Final
27 August PolandWroclawPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Andrzej PogorzelskiSoviet Union Igor Plechanov


Continental Final

  • August 20, 1967
  • {} 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
Poland (9) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
Poland (6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
Soviet Union (13) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 Poland (8) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 5
6 Czechoslovakia (7) Jan Holub I 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 6
7 Czechoslovakia (11) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 East Germany (3) Joachim Dinse 8 2 3 X 3 0 8 8
9 Poland (14) Stanislaw Rurarz 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 Poland (12) Edmund Migos 6 1 1 3 E 1 6 10
11 Poland (15) Pawel Waloszek 5 3 0 1 1 E 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (16) Antonín Šváb, Sr. 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (5) Miroslav Verner 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
14 East Germany (2) Jurgen Hehlert 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 Soviet Union (4) Boris Samorodov 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Soviet Union (10) Gennadij Kurilenko 0 0 X - - - 0 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Antonin 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

European Final

  • August 27, 1967
  • Poland Wroclaw
  • 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
Poland (11) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
Poland (5) Andrzej Pogorzelski 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
Soviet Union (9) Igor Plechanov 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 1 2 3 10 4
5 Sweden (16) Bernt Persson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 5
6 Poland (7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 8 2 1 E 3 2 8 6
7 Sweden (10) Ove Fundin 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7
8 Sweden (6) Anders Michanek 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 8
9 Sweden (3) Bengt Jansson 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9
10 East Germany (2) Joachim Dinse 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 10 3
11 Czechoslovakia (12) Jan Holub I 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11 2
12 Sweden (14) Leif Enecrona 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 Norway (8) Sverre Harffeldt 3 0 3 E E E 3 13
14 Sweden (4) Olle Nygren 3 1 0 2 F 0 3 14
15 Sweden (15) Gunar Malmqvist 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 Czechoslovakia (13) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Lars Jansson 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (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

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

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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