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.

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.

Format changes The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted 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 Qualification results.

Norwegian qualifying 23 October 1966 Krohnsminde, Bergen Top 6 to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points1 Sverre Harrfeldt152 Reidar Eide 133 Per J. Aulie 124 Aage Hansen115 Oyvind S. Berg116 Johnny Faafeng97 Knut Syrrist 98 Svein Svendsrud 89 Sven Tollefsen710 Arne N. Larsen411 Jan Terje Gravningen412 Hans R. Gaarder413 Ole Todnem314 Tore Christensen 215 Kjell Gimre 016 Helge Langli 0 Finnish qualifying (2 rounds) 25 August & 30 June 1966 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1967 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Olavi Turunen 15+1010+2 Matti Olin 13+1110+3 Kalevi Lahtinen 9+159+4 Esko Koponen 6+136 +5 Heikki Kaprali 12+9 4+6 Jouko Naskali 11+10 4+7 Timo Laine 7+11 3+8 Jorma Taipale 10+3 2+9 Timo Sinkkonen 8+60 10 Reima Kohkovuori 5+8 011 Reijo Tolviander 4+70 12 Matti Myllyntausta 7+0013 Keijo Reima -+70 14 Esko Mantila 4+0015 Kauko Reima -+40 16 Matti Sylväsalo -+20 17 Pekka Peltonen 1+0018 Matti Ackmann 0+10 +Points awarded for top six only (8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Swedish Qualifying 23 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Olle Nygren 143 Per-Olof Söderman 114 Gunnar Malmqvist 105 Bo Josefsson 106 Conny Samuelsson 97 Sven Sigurd 98 Sune Stark 89 Karl-Erik Andersson 810 Sören Sjösten 811 Bengt Brannefors 812 Åke Andersson 313 Bo Magnusson 314 Therje Henriksson 215 Jan Simensen 216 Willy Friberg 01 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Bernt Persson 132 Göte Nordin 123 Hasse Holmqvist114 Anders Michanek 115 Bengt Jansson 106 Lars Jansson107 Bengt Larsson 98 Leif Enecrona 99 Bengt Svensson 710 Torbjörn Harrysson 611 Runo Wedin 612 Jan Svensson 513 Egon Stengarn 414 Yngve Nilsson 415 Sune Ohlsson 216 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 117 Nils Ringström 0

Continental qualifying Top 32 to continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 7 May Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen Jürgen Hehlert Antonín Kasper Sr. Zbigniew Podlecki 7 May Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Edmund Migoś Jan Holub I Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 May Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Joachim Maj Pawel Waloszek Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 7 May Kovinar Stadium, Maribor Andrzej Wyglenda Jerzy Trzeszkowski Sergej Lyatosinsky

Second round British qualifying Top 32 to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 12 MaySomerton Park, Newport Eric Boocock Roy Trigg Ray Wilson 12 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Ivan Mauger Colin Pratt Malcolm Brown 12 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Reg Luckhurst Dave Younghusband 13 MayOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh George Hunter Ray Wilson Bert Harkins 13 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon Charlie Monk Martin Ashby Geoff Mudge 13 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Chris Julian Norman Hunter 15 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Nigel Boocock Eric Boocock Martin Ashby 16 MayWest Ham Stadium, London Rick France Reg Luckhurst Ken McKinlay 17 MayWimborne Road, Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Barry Briggs 18 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Nigel Boocock John Dews Martin Ashby 18 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Roy Trigg Eddie Reeves Peter Moore 18 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Trevor Hedge Dave Younghusband 19 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Barry Briggs Jim Airey 19 MayWhite City, Glasgow Charlie Monk Bob Kilby Maury Mattingley 20 MayHyde Road, Manchester Ronnie Genz Cyril Maidment Colin Pratt 20 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Rick France Alf Wells 20 MayThe Shay, Halifax Dave Younghusband Eric Boocock Ken McKinlay 22 MayBrough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger George Hunter Bob Kilby 23 MayLong Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Ray WilsonBert HarkinsTommy Roper

Nordic qualification 4 May Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Per-Olof Söderman 143 Göte Nordin 124 Sven Sigurd 115 Gunnar Malmqvist 116 Anders Michanek 107 Lars Jansson 108 Leif Enecrona 89 Jonny Faafeng 710 Paul Wissing 611 Reidar Eide 612 Odd Fossengen 313 Einar Egedius 314 Matti Olin 115 Jouko Naskali 116 Timo Sinkkonen 04 May Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren 152 Bengt Larsson 143 Bengt Jansson 134 Sverre Harrfeldt 115 Hasse Holmqvist 116 Bernt Persson 107 Per Aulie 108 Ole Olsen 79 Kurt Bögh 610 Bo Josefsson 511 Kalevi Lahtinen 512 Conny Samuelsson413 Öyvind S. Berg 314 Godtfred Andreasen315 Sune Stark 216 Heikki Kaprali1

Continental semi-finals 21 May Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final

Pos. Rider Points1 Andrzej Wyglenda 132 Boris Samorodov 133 Gennady Kurilenko 114 Jochen Dinse 105 Stanislaw Ruarz 106 Jürgen Hehlert 97 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 98 Miloslav Verner 99 Antonín Kasper Sr. 810 Sergej Ljatosinskij 711 Farid Szajnurov 612 Barnabas Gyepes 513 Zbigniew Podlecki 414 Karel Průša 315 Gennadij Vianov 116 Drago Perko 021 May Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Antoni Woryna 112 Igor Plechanov 113 Jan Holub I 104 Pawel Waloszek 105 Pavel Mareš 106 Edmund Migos 107 Andrzej Pogorzelski 98 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 99 Antonín Šváb Sr. 910 Viktor Trofimov 811 Vladimir Smirnov 712 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 513 Joachim Maj 514 Stanislaw Tkocz 215 Gabdrachman Kadyrov 216 Karel Buřič 1

Third round British/Commonwealth semi-finals 13 July Wimbledon Stadium, London Top 8 to British final

Pos. Rider Points1 Barry Briggs 152 Trevor Hedge 113 Terry Betts 114 Roy Trigg115 Ray Wilson106 Ivan Mauger107 Cyril Maidment98 Nigel Boocock99 Geoff Mudge810 Ivor Brown711 Ken McKinlay 612 Mike Watkin413 Alf Wells214 Dave Younghusband215 Chris Julian116 Jimmy Squibb 113 July Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Reg Luckhurst132 Eric Boocock133 Colin Pratt104 Mike Broadbanks105 Martin Ashby106 Rick France97 Jim Airey98 George Hunter99 Charlie Monk810 Bob Kilby711 Norman Hunter 612 Ronnie Genz513 Alan Cowland314 Bert Harkins315 Neil Street216 Arnie Haley2

Nordic Final 4 June 1967 Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Continental Final 20 August 1967 Illerstadion, Kempten First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round British/Commonwealth Final 22 August 1967 West Ham Stadium, London First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

European Final 27 August 1967 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final 16 September 1967 Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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