1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The final was held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.[7]

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.[8]

First round

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Qualification results.[9][10]

Swedish qualifying

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  • 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

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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

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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

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 May East Germany Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski Soviet Union Boris Samorodov Poland Edmund Migoś
1 May Czechoslovakia Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr. Poland Zbigniew Podlecki Czechoslovakia Rudolf Havelka
10 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Poland Marian Rose Poland Antoni Woryna Czechoslovakia Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb Poland Andrzej Wyglenda Soviet Union Witalij Szyło Soviet Union Gennady Kurilenko

Second round

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Nordic qualifying

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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
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

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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
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

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British & Commonwealth Qualifying

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  • 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 England Brian Brett 43
2 New Zealand Barry Briggs 42
3 England Nigel Boocock 39
4 New Zealand Bob Andrews 38
5 England Mike Broadbank 37
6 England Cyril Maidment 36
7 England Ron How 34
8 Scotland Ken McKinlay 32
9 England Dick Fisher 32
10 England Trevor Hedge 31
11 England Bryan Elliott 30
12 England Jim Lightfoot 30
13 United Kingdom Tadeusz Teodorowicz 30
14 England Ron Mountford 30
15 England Jimmy Gooch 29
16 England Billy Bales 28
17 England Ronnie Genz 26
Pos. Rider Points
18 England Colin Gooddy 26
19 Wales Leo McAuliffe 25
20 England Norman Hunter 22
21 Scotland Gordon McGregor 21
22 England Martin Ashby 20
23 England Alf Hagon 19
24 Australia Ray Cresp 16
25 England Gerry Jackson 15
26 England Reg Luckhurst 15
27 England Rick France 12
28 England Reg Trott 11
29 England Les Owen 11
30 England John Debbage 11
31 Australia Jack Geran 10
32 England Bob Dugard 8
33 Hungary Sándor Lévai 8
34 England Tich Read 5

Nordic Final

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

Continental Final

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

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Fourth round

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British & Commonwealth Final

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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
1 New Zealand (15) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Scotland (9) Ken McKinlay 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 England (7) Ron How 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3
4 England (6) Cyril Maidment 11 1 3 3 1 3 11 4
5 England (16) Mike Broadbanks 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 5
6 New Zealand (3) Bob Andrews 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 6
7 England (8) Nigel Boocock 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 7
8 England (5) Dick Fisher 7 F 2 1 1 3 7 8
9 England (2) Jim Lightfoot 6 2 0 2 2 0 6 9
10 England (12) Trevor Hedge 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 10
11 England (4) Ron Mountford 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 11
12 England (10) Jimmy Gooch 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 12
13 Australia (14) Bryan Elliott 4 F 1 1 1 1 4 13
14 England (11) Billy Bales 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 14
15 England (1) Brian Brett 2 0 X 0 2 0 2 15
16 United Kingdom (13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16
R1 England (R1) Ronnie Genz 0 0 R1
R2 England (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

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

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

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

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

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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