1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

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 Knutsson 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
  • British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi finals
  • Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
13 May Middlesbrough Goog Allan Russ Dent Harry Bastable
15 May Rayleigh Tommy Sweetman Ken Adams Des Lukehurst
22 May Ipswich Tommy Sweetman Howdy Byford Ken Adams
26 May Cowdenbeath Russ Dent Bruce Ovenden Graham Coombes
6 June Kings Lynn Harry Bastable Pete Smith Maurie McDermott
Second Round
12 June Coventry Nigel Boocock Jack Kitchen Rick France
12 June Swindon Barry Briggs Mike Broadbanks Martin Ashby
12 June Belle Vue Cyril Maidment Gordon McGregor Dick Fisher
14 June Exeter Barry Briggs Trevor Hedge Geoff Mudge
14 June Newcastle Charlie Monk Brian Brett Ivan Mauger
15 June West Ham Roy Trigg Norman Hunter Ken McKinlay
16 June Long Eaton Barry Briggs Jim Lightfoot Jack Kitchen
17 June Sheffield Nigel Boocock Clive Featherby Billy Bales
17 June Oxford Jimmy Gooch Ron How Colin Pratt
18 June Newport Peter Vandenberg Reg Luckhurst Cyril Maidment
18 June Glasgow Charlie Monk Bluey Scott Ivan Mauger
18 June Hackney Ron How Roy Trigg Colin Pratt
18 June Wolverhampton Trevor Hedge Peter Jarman Nigel Boocock
19 June Wimbledon Trevor Hedge Bob Andrews Jack Biggs
19 June Halifax Jimmy Gooch Ronnie Genz Eric Boocock
19 June Cradley Heath Charlie Monk Jim Airey John Hart
19 July Edinburgh Maury Mattingley Gordon Guasco Brian Craven
23 July Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Roy Trigg

Scandinavian Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
25 April Vetlanda Bo Josefsson Leif Enecrona Rune Sörmander
28 April Borås Ove Fundin Per Olof Söderman Björn Knutsson
1 May Visby Bengt Jansson Bo Josefsson Hasse Holmqvist
11 May Skien Björn Knutsson Sverre Harrfeldt Leif Enecrona
27 May Hillerod Leif Larsson Per Olof Söderman Hasse Holmqvist

Continental Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
9 May Graz Andrzej Wyglenda Jaroslav Volf Antoni Woryna
9 May Ljublana Gennady Kurilenko Jan Mucha Andrzej Pogorzelski
9 May Miskolc Luboš Tomíček Sr. Yuri Chekranov Pawel Waloszek
9 May Neubrandenburg Zbigniew Podlecki Boris Samorodov Rudolf Havelka
Semi-Finals
23 May Abensberg Pawel Waloszek Igor Plekhanov Andrzej Wyglenda
23 May Lvov Pavel Mareš Jan Mucha Zbigniew Podlecki

Second Round
  • British & Commonwealth semi finals - 16 to British & Commonwealth Final
  • Scandinavian Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
28 July Poole Nigel Boocock Barry Briggs Jimmy Gooch
30 July Glasgow Charlie Monk Trevor Hedge Brian Brett

Nordic Final
  • June 18, 1965
  • Skien
  • First 8 to European Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Soren Sjosten14
2 Ove Fundin12
3 Leif Enecrona11
4 Björn Knutsson11
5 Bengt Jansson11
6 Gunnar Malmqvist11
7 Sverre Harrfeldt10
8 Leif Larsson9
9 Per Olof Söderman7
10 Bo Magnusson5
11 Kalevi Lahtinen4
12 Henry Harrfeldt4
13 Bo Josefsson3
14 Sven Sigurd2
15 Bengt Brannefors0
16 Hasse Holmqvist0

Continental Final
  • June 13, 1965
  • 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
(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

Third Round
  • British & Commonwealth Final - 8 to World Final
  • European Final - 8 to World Final

British & Commonwealth Final
  • August 31, 1965
  • 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
(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
  • June 26, 1965
  • 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
(3) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 3
(8) Björn Knutsson 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
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 Knutsson 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

References
  1. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. "Knutsson is Champ". The People. 19 September 1965. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.