1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth place position the previous year.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted back to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final.

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

British Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
12 May Newport Eric Boocock Roy Trigg Ray Wilson
12 May Hackney Ivan Mauger Colin Pratt Malcolm Brown
12 May Kings Lynn Terry Betts Reg Luckhurst Dave Younghusband
13 May Edinburgh George Hunter Ray Wilson Bert Harkins
13 May Swindon Charlie Monk Martin Ashby Geoff Mudge
13 May Cradley Heath Ivor Brown Chris Julian Norman Hunter
15 May Exeter Nigel Boocock Eric Boocock Martin Ashby
16 May West Ham Rick France Reg Luckhurst Ken McKinlay
17 May Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Barry Briggs
18 May Sheffield Nigel Boocock John Dews Martin Ashby
18 May Oxford Roy Trigg Eddie Reeves Peter Moore
18 May Wimbledon Reg Luckhurst Trevor Hedge Dave Younghusband
19 May Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Barry Briggs Jim Airey
19 May Glasgow Charlie Monk Bob Kilby Maury Mattingley
20 May Belle Vue Ronnie Genz Cyril Maidment Colin Pratt
20 May Coventry Nigel Boocock Rick France Alf Wells
20 May Halifax Dave Younghusband Eric Boocock Ken McKinlay
22 May Newcastle Ivan Mauger George Hunter Bob Kilby
23 May Long Eatonrained

Scandinavian Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
23 April Malilla Ove Fundin Olle Nygren Per Olof Söderman
1 May Visby Bernt Persson Göte Nordin Hasse Holmqvist
4 May Hillerod Olle Nygren Bengt Larsson Bengt Jansson
4 May Vetlanda Ove Fundin Per Olof Söderman Göte Nordin

Continental Qualifying
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 May Meissen Jürgen Hehlert Antonín Kasper Sr. Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May Miskolc Edmund Migoś Jan Holub I Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May Abensberg Joachim Maj Pawel Waloszek Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
7 May Maribor Andrzej Wyglenda Jerzy Trzeszkowski Sergej Lyatosinsky
Semi-Finals
21 May Balakovo Andrzej Wyglenda Boris Samorodov Gennady Kurilenko
21 May Slany Antoni Woryna Igor Plechanov Jan Holub I

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
13 July Wimbledon Barry Briggs Trevor Hedge Terry Betts
13 July Sheffield Reg Luckhurst Eric Boocock Colin Pratt

Nordic Final
  • June 4, 1967
  • Hillerød
  • 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
(7) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(11) Sverre Harrfeldt 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
(8) Leif Enecrona 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 3
4 (13) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 0 3 10 4
5 (2) Olle Nygren 9 2 3 3 1 0 9 5
6 (9) Bengt Jansson 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 6
7 (16) Anders Michanek 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 7
8 (12) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 (1) Lars Jansson 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 (15) Bengt Larsson 7 F 1 2 2 2 7 10
11 (3) Per Olof Söderman 6 - 0 2 2 2 6 11
12 (4) Göte Nordin 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 12
13 (6) Ole Olsen 3 2 X 0 1 0 3 13
14 (14) Sven Sigurd 3 1 2 F - - 3 14
15 (10) Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 (5) Per J.Aulie 2 0 - 0 1 1 2 16
R1 (R1) Johnny Faafeng 0 1 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Kurt Bøgh 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 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
(9) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
(13) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 (8) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 5
6 (7) Jan Holub I 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 6
7 (11) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 (3) Jochen Dinse 8 2 3 X 3 0 8 8
9 (14) Stanislaw Rurarz 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 (12) Edmund Migoś 6 1 1 3 E 1 6 10
11 (15) Pawel Waloszek 5 3 0 1 1 E 5 11
12 (16) Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
13 (5) Miroslav Verner 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
14 (2) Jürgen Hehlert 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 (4) Boris Samorodov 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 (10) Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 X - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Antonín 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

Third Round
  • British/Commonwealth Final - 6 to World Final
  • European Final - 10 to World Final

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

European Final
  • August 27, 1967
  • Wroclaw
  • 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
(11) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(5) Andrzej Pogorzelski 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
(9) Igor Plechanov 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 1 2 3 10 4
5 (16) Bernt Persson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 5
6 (7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 8 2 1 E 3 2 8 6
7 (10) Ove Fundin 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7
8 (6) Anders Michanek 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 8
9 (3) Bengt Jansson 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9
10 (2) Jochen Dinse 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 10 3
11 (12) Jan Holub I 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11 2
12 (14) Leif Enecrona 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 (8) Sverre Harrfeldt 3 0 3 E E E 3 13
14 (4) Olle Nygren 3 1 0 2 F 0 3 14
15 (15) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 (13) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Lars Jansson 0 0 R1
R2 (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
(7) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
(5) Bengt Jansson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
(16) Ivan Mauger 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 (14) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 (6) Barry Briggs 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 5
6 (8) Anders Michanek 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 6
7 (11) Eric Boocock 9 3 2 1 1 2 9 7
8 (3) Ray Wilson 7 3 1 1 2 7 8
9 (9) Andrzej Pogorzelski 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 9
10 (2) Bernt Persson 6 2 1 1 2 X 6 10
11 (12) Antoni Woryna 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 11
12 (15) Rick France 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 12
13 (10) Colin Pratt 4 0 0 1 0 3 4 13
14 (13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 F 0 2 0 1 3 14
15 (1) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 (4) Jochen Dinse 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Mike Broadbank 0 0 R1
R2 (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

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