1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

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
  • British/Commonwealth Qualifying - 16 to British/Commonwealth Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final
  • Swedish Qualifying - 16 to Swedish Finals

British/Commonwealth Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 April Halifax Dave Younghusband Ronnie Moore Bill Andrew
17 April Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby George Hunter
19 April Reading Ivan Mauger Jim Airey Howard Cole
19 April Exeter Eric Boocock Bob Kilby Dave Younghusband
20 April West Ham Reg Luckhurst Nigel Boocock Greg Kentwell
20 April Leicester Ray Wilson Tommy Roper John Boulger
21 April Poole Barry Briggs Tony Lomas Martin Ashby
22 April Wimbledon Garry Middleton John Boulger Ronnie Moore
22 April Sheffield Eric Boocock Brian Leonard Jim Airey
22 April Oxford Martin Ashby Colin Gooddy Charlie Monk
23 April Wolverhampton Terry Betts Bob Andrews Ivan Mauger
23 April Glasgow Howard Cole Eric Broadbelt Norman Hunter
24 April Belle Vue Ivan Mauger George Hunter Sándor Lévai
24 April Coventry Tony Lomas Alan Cowland Col Cottrell
24 April Kings Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ray Wilson Terry Betts
26 April Cradley Heath Roy Trigg Garry Middleton Peter Jarman
28 April Coventry Tony Lomas Bruce Cribb Ken McKinlay
30 April Hackney Barry Thomas Garry Middleton Bob Kilby
30 April Newport Sándor Lévai Nigel Boocock Bill Andrew
Semi-Finals
18 May West Ham Ronnie Moore John Boulger Barry Briggs
20 May Sheffield Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Nigel Boocock

Swedish Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
1 May Visby Bengt Jansson Leif Enecrona Bo Wirebrand
1 May Gislaved Göte Nordin Bernt Persson Hasse Holmqvist
2 May Malilla Sören Sjösten Anders Michanek Runo Wedin
3 May Malmö Per Olof Söderman Olle Nygren Bo Josefsson

Continental Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
8 May Udine Aleksandr Pavlov Jerzy Szczakiel Viktor Trofimov
9 May Prague Hans Jürgen Fritz Jiří Štancl Peter Liebing
9 May Miskolc Jan Holub I Vladimir Smirnov Henryk Glucklich
9 May Abensberg Jan Mucha Andrzej Wyglenda Antoni Woryna
Semi-Finals
5 June Gustrow Hans Jürgen Fritz Henryk Glucklich Jan Holub I
6 June Gorzów Wielkopolski Gennady Kurilenko Jerzy Szczakiel Vladimir Gordeev

Second Round
  • British/Commonwealth Final - 12 to British/Commonwealth/Nordic final
  • Nordic Final - 4 to British/Commonwealth/Nordic final

British/Commonwealth Final
  • June 16, 1971
  • 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
  • June 6, 1971
  • Hillerød
  • First 4 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 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 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


Third Round
  • British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final
  • July 30, 1971
  • 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
  • June 26, 1971
  • Slany
  • 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) Miroslav 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

Fourth Round
  • European Final - 10 to World Final
  • Swedish Finals - 6 to World Final

Swedish Finals

Three races held on 1 June at Eskilstuna, 2 June at Norrköping and 3 June in Stockholm

RiderPoints
Anders Michanek41
Bengt Jansson36
Bernt Persson31
Leif Enecrona31
Tommy Jansson30
Sören Sjösten29
Göte Nordin28
Hasse Holmqvist26
Lars Jansson24
Olle Nygren19
Bo Wirebrand15
Runo Wedin14
Bo Josefsson12
Per Olof Söderman11
Sven-Inge Svensson10
Rolf Johansson1
Herje Henriksson0

European Final
  • August 21, 1971
  • Wembley
  • 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
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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