1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

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The 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The final was held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.

New Zealander Barry Briggs secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. Igor Plekhanov the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion Ove Fundin.

First round

Qualification results.

Swedish qualifying

Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
26 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Björn Knutson	Sören Sjösten	Arne Carlsson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Göte Nordin	Bernt Nilsson	Ove Fundin
14 May	Hammarby IP, Stockholm	Björn Knutson	Sören Sjösten	Göte Nordin

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Björn Knutson	29
2	Göte Nordin	26
3	Sören Sjösten	26
4	Ove Fundin	23
5	Arne Carlsson	21
6	Bernt Nilsson	19
7	Leif Larsson	18
8	Bengt Brannefors	17
9	Per-Olof Söderman	16
10	Willihard Thomsson	16
11	Gunnar Malmqvist	16
12	Hasse Holmqvist	15

Pos.	Rider	Points
13	Bo Magnusson	15
14	Bengt Jansson	15
15	Rune Sörmander	13
16	Per-Tage Svensson	13
17	Åke Andersson	11
18	Olle Nygren	11
19	Lars Jansson	9
20	Curt Eldh	9
21	Leif Enecrona	9
22	Inge Gustafsson	7
23	Sven Sigurd	5
24	Runo Wedin	1

Norwegian qualifying

20 October 1963
Kadettangen, Sandvika
Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Aage Hansen	15
2	Sverre Harrfeldt	14
3	Nils Paulsen	13
4	Reidar Eide	11
5	Cato Agnor	10
6	Henry Harrfeldt	8
7	Bjarne Sorenby	8
8	Olav Aaen	7
9	Johnny Faafeng	7
10	Per Jakob Aulie	6

Finnish qualifying

19 July 1963
Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Timo Laine	15
2	Kalevi Lahtinen	14
3	Matti Olin	12
4	Esko Koponen	8
5	Antero Salasto	8
6	Ilkka Helminen	7
7	Martti Assinen	6
8	Olavi Turunen	6
9	Veikko Metsahuone	5
10	Kari Ala Sippola	5

Continental qualifying

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Boris Samorodov	Edmund Migoś
1 May	Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki	Rudolf Havelka
10 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Marian Rose	Antoni Woryna	Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May	Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb	Andrzej Wyglenda	Witalij Szyło	Gennady Kurilenko

Second round

Nordic qualifying

31 May
Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved
Top 8 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Per-Olof Söderman	14
2	Sverre Harrfeldt	12
3	Ove Fundin	11
4	Göte Nordin	11
5	Bernt Nilsson	11
6	Rune Sörmander	11
7	Bengt Brannefors	9
8	Gunnar Malmqvist	8
9	Reidar Eide	5
10	Bo Magnusson	5
11	Olavi Turunen	5
12	Jonny Faafeng	4
13	Poul Wissing	4
14	Henry Harrfeldt	4
15	Per Jakob Aulie	3
16	Niels Paulsen	1

31 May
Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
Top 8 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Björn Knutson	14
2	Arne Carlsson	12
3	Per-Tage Svensson	12
4	Sören Sjösten	12
5	Hasse Holmqvist	11
6	Leif Larsson	11
7	Willihard Thomsson	9
8	Bengt Jansson	8

Continental semi-finals

6 June
Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Andrzej Wyglenda	13
2	Andrzej Pogorzelski	12
3	Gennadij Kurilenko	12
4	Stanislav Kubíček	10
5	Boris Samorodov	9
6	Jaroslav Volf	9
7	Konstantin Krishtal	9
8	Miroslav Šmíd	9
9	Pavel Mareš	9
10	Edmund Migoś	7
11	Władimir Sokołow	7
12	Paweł Waloszek	5
13	Jochen Dinse	4
14	Marian Kaiser	3
15	Witalij Szyło	2
16	Václav Průša	1

7 June
Army Stadium, Warsaw
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Antoni Woryna	15
2	Zbigniew Podlecki	12
3	Igor Plechanov	11
4	Marian Rose	11
5	Joachim Maj	11
6	Jurij Chekranov	10
7	Antonín Kasper Sr.	9
8	Rudolf Havelka	9
9	Kazimierz Bentke	8
10	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	6
11	Viktor Kuznetsov	6
12	Valentin Moiseev	4
13	František Ledecký	3
14	Antonín Šváb Sr.	3
15	Miloslav Wagner	2
16	Bohumír Bartoněk	0

Third round

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
21 June	Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon	Les Owen	Tich Read	Sándor Lévai
18 July	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Brian Brett	Jimmy Gooch	Barry Briggs
23 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Ron How	Ken McKinlay	Jimmy Gooch
25 July	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Bryan Elliott	Mike Broadbank	Bob Andrews
27 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Ron How	Bob Andrews	Nigel Boocock
1 August	Hyde Road, Manchester	Barry Briggs	Cyril Maidment	Trevor Hedge
1 August	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
4 August	West Ham Stadium, London	Barry Briggs	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Brian Brett	43
2	Barry Briggs	42
3	Nigel Boocock	39
4	Bob Andrews	38
5	Mike Broadbank	37
6	Cyril Maidment	36
7	Ron How	34
8	Ken McKinlay	32
9	Dick Fisher	32
10	Trevor Hedge	31
11	Bryan Elliott	30
12	Jim Lightfoot	30
13	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	30
14	Ron Mountford	30
15	Jimmy Gooch	29
16	Billy Bales	28
17	Ronnie Genz	26

Pos.	Rider	Points
18	Colin Gooddy	26
19	Leo McAuliffe	25
20	Norman Hunter	22
21	Gordon McGregor	21
22	Martin Ashby	20
23	Alf Hagon	19
24	Ray Cresp	16
25	Gerry Jackson	15
26	Reg Luckhurst	15
27	Rick France	12
28	Reg Trott	11
29	Les Owen	11
30	John Debbage	11
31	Jack Geran	10
32	Bob Dugard	8
33	Sándor Lévai	8
34	Tich Read	5

Nordic Final

14 June 1964
Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense
First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Björn Knutson \|	15
2	Ove Fundin	14
3	Göte Nordin	11
4	Arne Karlson	10
5	Per Olof Söderman	10
6	Rune Sörmander	9
7	Per Tage Svensson	9
8	Sören Sjösten	8
9	Gunnar Malmqvist	8
10	Leif Larsson	7
11	Hasse Holmqvist	5
12	Bernt Nilsson	4
13	Willihard Thomsson	3
14	Bengt Jansson	3
15	Bengt Brannefors	2
16	Sverre Harrfeldt	2

Continental Final

20 June 1964
Slaný Speedway Stadium, 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
	(10) Igor Plekhanov	13			3			3						3			2		2				13	1
	(11) Jaroslav Volf	12			1				3		2					3						3	12	2
	(12) Boris Samorodov	12			2					3		2			2						3		12	3
4	(2) Zbigniew Podlecki	11	1					2				3				2				3			11	4
5	(16) Yuri Chekranov	10				3				0	3						3			1			10	5
6	(7) Gennady Kurilenko	10		3					2					2	1					2			10	6
7	(15) Antonín Kasper Sr.	9				2			0			1						3	3				9	7
8	(4) Andrzej Wyglenda	8	3							2				0				1				2	8	8
9	(1) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2				1				1				3				1				8	9
10	(3) Marian Rose	6	0						1				2				1				2		6	10
11	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	5			0		2						3					0		0			5	11
12	(13) Antoni Woryna	5				0	3							1		1					0		5	12
13	(6) Miroslav Šmíd	5		1				1			0							2			1		5	13
14	(5) Rudolf Havelka	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	14
15	(14) Joachim Maj	2				1		0					1		0							0	2	15
16	(8) Konstantin Kristal	1		0						1			0			0			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Pavel Mareš	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) František Ledecký	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Milan Wagner	0																					0	R3
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

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Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Final

Top 8 to World Final
29 August 1964
Wembley Stadium, London
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
	(15) Barry Briggs	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(9) Ken McKinlay	14			3		3						3					2		3			14	2
	(7) Ron How	12		3					2					3	2					2			12	3
4	(6) Cyril Maidment	11		1				3			3							1			3		11	4
5	(16) Mike Broadbanks	11				2				3	2						3			1			11	5
6	(3) Bob Andrews	10	3						1				2				2				2		10	6
7	(8) Nigel Boocock	8		2						1			0			3			2				8	7
8	(5) Dick Fisher	7		F			2					1					1					3	7	8
9	(2) Jim Lightfoot	6	2					0				2				2				0			6	9
10	(12) Trevor Hedge	5			2					2		0			0						1		5	10
11	(4) Ron Mountford	5	1							0				2				0				2	5	11
12	(10) Jimmy Gooch	4			0			2						1			0		1				4	12
13	(14) Bryan Elliott	4				F		1					1		1							1	4	13
14	(11) Billy Bales	3			1				0		1					1						0	3	14
15	(1) Brian Brett	2	0				X				0				2				0				2	15
16	(13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	2				1	1							0		0					0		2	16
R1	(R1) Ronnie Genz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Colin Gooddy	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

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European Final

28 June 1964
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
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
	(10) Zbigniew Podlecki	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(5) Björn Knutson	13		3			2					3					2					3	13	2
	(3) Boris Samorodov	11	3						3				3				1				1		11	3
4	(8) Ove Fundin	11		2						3			1			3			2				11	4
5	(12) Igor Plekhanov	11			2					2		2			3						2		11	5
6	(6) Andrzej Wyglenda	10		0				2			2							3			3		10	6
7	(11) Jaroslav Volf	10			1				2		3					2						2	10	7
8	(9) Gennady Kurilenko	9			0		3						2					2		2			9	8
9	(7) Göte Nordin	6		1					1					1	2					1			6	9
10	(16) Rune Sörmander	6				2				0	1						0			3			6	10
11	(13) Antonín Kasper Sr.	6				3	0							2		1					0		6	11
12	(4) Per Tage Svensson	3	2							1				0				0				0	3	12
13	(2) Sören Sjösten	3	1					1				1				0				0			3	13
14	(15) Yuri Chekranov	2				1			0			0						1	0				2	14
15	(1) Arne Karlson	2	0				1				0				0				1				2	15
16	(14) Per Olof Söderman	2				0		0					0		1							1	2	16
R1	(R1) Stanislav Kubíček	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Gunnar Malmqvist	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

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World Final

11 September 1964
Ullevi, Göteborg

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
	(14) Igor Plekhanov	13				3		2					3		3							2	13	2	3
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		2			3					2					3					3	13	3	2
4	(15) Boris Samorodov	11				1			3			3						2	2				11	4
5	(9) Björn Knutson	10			3		2						1					1		3			10	5
6	(16) Ron How	10				2				3	2						2			1			10	6
7	(1) Cyril Maidment	8	2				1				1				1				3				8	7
8	(3) Gennady Kurilenko	7	3						2				F				1				1		7	8
9	(2) Nigel Boocock	6	0					1				0				3				2			6	9
10	(10) Mike Broadbank	6			2			E						3			E		1				6	10
11	(12) Ken McKinlay	6			1					E		1			2						2		6	11
12	(13) Andrzej Wyglenda	4				0	0							2		2					0		4	12
13	(4) Bob Andrews	4	1							2				1				0				0	4	13
14	(8) Zbigniew Podlecki	3		0						1			2			0			0				3	14
15	(11) Jaroslav Volf	3			0				1		0					1						1	3	15
16	(7) Dick Fisher	1		1					0					0	E					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Jim Lightfoot	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Göte Nordin	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

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gate D - outside

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