1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

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]

1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
Previous: 1963 Next: 1965

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.[7]


First Round

  • Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

Scandinavian Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
26 April Vetlanda Björn Knutsson Sören Sjösten Arne Karlson
1 May Visby Göte Nordin Bernt Nilsson Ove Fundin
14 May Stockholm Björn Knutsson Sören Sjösten Göte Nordin
31 May Gislaved Per Olof Söderman Sverre Harrfeldt Ove Fundin
31 May Lahti Björn Knutsson Arne Karlson Per Tage Svensson

Continental Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 May Neubrandenburg Andrzej Pogorzelski Boris Samorodov Edmund Migoś
1 May Mseno Antonín Kasper Sr. Zbigniew Podlecki Rudolf Havelka
10 May Miskolc Marian Rose Antoni Woryna Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May Zagreb Andrzej Wyglenda Vitalij Shilo Gennady Kurilenko
Semi-Finals
6 June Lvov Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Pogorzelski Gennady Kurilenko
7 June Warsaw Antoni Woryna Zbigniew Podlecki Igor Plekhanov

Second Round

  • British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 16 to British & Commonwealth Final
  • Scandanavian Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
21 June Rye House Les Owen Tich Read Sándor Lévai
18 July Swindon Brian Brett Jimmy Gooch Barry Briggs
23 July Oxford Ron How Ken McKinlay Jimmy Gooch
25 July Coventry Bryan Elliott Mike Broadbanks Bob Andrews
27 July Wimbledon Ron How Bob Andrews Nigel Boocock
1 August Belle Vue Barry Briggs Cyril Maidment Trevor Hedge
1 August Norwich Brian Brett Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot
4 August West Ham Barry Briggs Brian Brett Nigel Boocock

Nordic Final

  • June 14, 1964
  • Odense
  • First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Björn Knutsson15
2 Ove Fundin14
3 Göte Nordin11
4 Arne Karlson10
5 Per Olof Söderman10
6 Rune Sörmander9
7 Per Tage Svensson9
8 Sören Sjösten8
9 Gunnar Malmqvist8
10 Leif Larsson7
11 Hasse Holmqvist5
12 Bernt Nilsson4
13 Willihard Thomsson3
14 Bengt Jansson3
15 Bengt Brannefors2
16 Sverre Harrfeldt2

Continental Final

  • June 20, 1964
  • 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) Frantisek Ledecky 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

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 29, 1964
  • Wembley
  • 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

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 28, 1964
  • Wroclaw
  • 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 Knutsson 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

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
(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 Knutsson 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

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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