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.

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 DateVenueWinner2nd3rd26 April Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Arne Carlsson1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Göte Nordin Bernt Nilsson Ove Fundin14 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Göte Nordin Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 292 Göte Nordin263 Sören Sjösten 264 Ove Fundin 235 Arne Carlsson 216 Bernt Nilsson 197 Leif Larsson 188 Bengt Brannefors 179 Per-Olof Söderman1610 Willihard Thomsson 16 11 Gunnar Malmqvist1612 Hasse Holmqvist 15 Pos. Rider Points13 Bo Magnusson1514 Bengt Jansson1515 Rune Sörmander 1316 Per-Tage Svensson 1317 Åke Andersson 1118 Olle Nygren 1119 Lars Jansson 920 Curt Eldh 921 Leif Enecrona 922 Inge Gustafsson 723 Sven Sigurd 524 Runo Wedin 1

Norwegian qualifying 20 October 1963 Kadettangen, Sandvika Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Sverre Harrfeldt143 Nils Paulsen 134 Reidar Eide 115 Cato Agnor106 Henry Harrfeldt87 Bjarne Sorenby88 Olav Aaen79 Johnny Faafeng 710 Per Jakob Aulie 6 Finnish qualifying 19 July 1963 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points1 Timo Laine 152 Kalevi Lahtinen 143 Matti Olin 124 Esko Koponen 85 Antero Salasto 86 Ilkka Helminen 77 Martti Assinen 68 Olavi Turunen 69 Veikko Metsahuone 510 Kari Ala Sippola 5

Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 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 Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 142 Sverre Harrfeldt 123 Ove Fundin 114 Göte Nordin 115 Bernt Nilsson 116 Rune Sörmander 117 Bengt Brannefors 98 Gunnar Malmqvist 89 Reidar Eide 510 Bo Magnusson 511 Olavi Turunen 512 Jonny Faafeng 413 Poul Wissing 414 Henry Harrfeldt 415 Per Jakob Aulie 316 Niels Paulsen 131 May Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson 142 Arne Carlsson 123 Per-Tage Svensson 124 Sören Sjösten 125 Hasse Holmqvist116 Leif Larsson 117 Willihard Thomsson98 Bengt Jansson 8

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

Pos. Rider Points1 Andrzej Wyglenda132 Andrzej Pogorzelski123 Gennadij Kurilenko124 Stanislav Kubíček105 Boris Samorodov96 Jaroslav Volf97 Konstantin Krishtal98 Miroslav Šmíd99 Pavel Mareš910 Edmund Migoś 711 Władimir Sokołow 712 Paweł Waloszek513 Jochen Dinse414 Marian Kaiser315 Witalij Szyło216 Václav Průša 17 June Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Antoni Woryna152 Zbigniew Podlecki123 Igor Plechanov114 Marian Rose115 Joachim Maj116 Jurij Chekranov107 Antonín Kasper Sr. 98 Rudolf Havelka99 Kazimierz Bentke 810 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 611 Viktor Kuznetsov6 12 Valentin Moiseev413 František Ledecký314 Antonín Šváb Sr.315 Miloslav Wagner216 Bohumír Bartoněk 0

Third round British & Commonwealth Qualifying Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 21 JuneRye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Les Owen Tich Read Sándor Lévai 18 JulyAbbey Stadium, Swindon Brian Brett Jimmy Gooch Barry Briggs 23 JulyOxford Stadium, Oxford Ron How Ken McKinlay Jimmy Gooch 25 JulyBrandon Stadium, Coventry Bryan Elliott Mike Broadbank Bob Andrews 27 JulyWimbledon Stadium, LondonRon How Bob Andrews Nigel Boocock 1 AugustHyde Road, Manchester Barry Briggs Cyril Maidment Trevor Hedge 1 AugustThe Firs Stadium, Norwich Brian Brett Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot 4 AugustWest Ham Stadium, London Barry Briggs Brian BrettNigel Boocock Pos. Rider Points1 Brian Brett432 Barry Briggs423 Nigel Boocock394 Bob Andrews385 Mike Broadbank376 Cyril Maidment367 Ron How 348 Ken McKinlay329 Dick Fisher3210 Trevor Hedge3111 Bryan Elliott3012 Jim Lightfoot3013 Tadeusz Teodorowicz3014 Ron Mountford3015 Jimmy Gooch2916 Billy Bales2817 Ronnie Genz26Pos. Rider Points18 Colin Gooddy2619 Leo McAuliffe2520 Norman Hunter2221 Gordon McGregor2122 Martin Ashby2023 Alf Hagon1924 Ray Cresp1625 Gerry Jackson1526 Reg Luckhurst1527 Rick France1228 Reg Trott1129 Les Owen1130 John Debbage1131 Jack Geran 1032 Bob Dugard833 Sándor Lévai834 Tich Read5

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

Pos. Rider Total1 Björn Knutson | 152 Ove Fundin 143 Göte Nordin 114 Arne Karlson 105 Per Olof Söderman 106 Rune Sörmander 97 Per Tage Svensson 98 Sören Sjösten 89 Gunnar Malmqvist 810 Leif Larsson 711 Hasse Holmqvist 512 Bernt Nilsson 413 Willihard Thomsson 314 Bengt Jansson 315 Bengt Brannefors 216 Sverre Harrfeldt 2

Continental Final 20 June 1964 Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Fourth round British & Commonwealth Final Top 8 to World Final 29 August 1964 Wembley Stadium, London First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

European Final 28 June 1964 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final 11 September 1964 Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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