World Speedway Championship 1967
- The History -

 

Section 1

Individual World Championship

Section 2

Team World Championship

 

Legend
F Fell
R Retired (engine failure or whatever reason)
X Excluded
(G) Guest rider
NS or - Non-Starter

 

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Section 1

World Individual Championship
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Notes
1 23.04 Swedish Preliminary Round 1 Målilla, Sweden  
2 01.05 Swedish Preliminary Round 2 Visby, Sweden  
3 04.05 Scandinavian Semifinal 1 Vetlanda, Sweden  
4 04.05 Scandinavian Semifinal 2 Selskov, Denmark  
5   British Championrounds Table    
6 21.05 Continental Semifinal 1 Balakovo, Soviet Union  
7 21.05 Continental Semifinal 2 Slany, Czechoslovakia  
8 04.06 Scandinavian Final Selskov, Denmark  
9 13.07 British Semifinal 1 Sheffield, England  
10 13.07 British Semifinal 2 Wimbledon, England  
11 20.08 Continental Final Kempten, West Germany  
12 22.08 British Final West Ham, England  
13 27.08 European Final Wroclaw, Poland  
14 16.09 World Final Wembley, England  

 

1.1

April 23
Att.: 5000

Swedish Preliminary Round 1

Målilla
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Ove Fundin Kaparna           3 14+3
2   Olle Nygren Vargarna           2 14+2
3   PeO Söderman Vargarna             11
4   Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna             10
5   Bo Josefsson Njudungarna             10
6   Conny Samuelsson Njudungarna             9
7   Sven Sigurd Örnarna             9
8   Sune Stark Njudungarna             8
9   Karl-Erik Andersson Kaparna             8
10   Sören Sjösten Vargarna             8
11   Bengt Brannefors Kaparna             8
12   Åke Andersson Njudungarna             3
13   Bo Magnusson Kaparna             3
14   Therje Henriksson Smålands Lejon             2
15   Jan Simensen Smålands Lejon             2
16   Willy Friberg Smålands Lejon             0

 

1.2

May 1
Att.: 5700

Swedish Preliminary Round 2

Visby
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Bernt Persson Smederna             13
2   Göte Nordin Getingarna             12
3   Hans Holmqvist Taxarna             11
4   Anders Michanek Getingarna             11
5   Bengt Jansson Getingarna             10
6   Lars Jansson Indianerna             10
7   Bengt Larsson Örnarna             9
8   Leif Enecrona Getingarna             9
9   Bengt Svensson Örnarna             7
10   Torbjörn Harrysson Vargarna 0 F         6
11   Runo Wedin Vargarna             6
12   Jan Svensson Stjärnorna             5
13   Egon Stengarn Taxarna             4
14   Yngve Nilsson Stjärnorna             4
15 Res   Sune Olsson Indianerna             2
16   Per-Åke Gerhardsson Indianerna             1
17   Nils Ringström Taxarna             0

 

1.3

May 4
Att.: 4000

Scandinavian Semifinal 1

Vetlanda
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team / Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Ove Fundin Kaparna             15
2   PeO Söderman Vargarna             14
3   Göte Nordin Getingarna             12
4   Sven Sigurd Örnarna             11
5   Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna             11
6   Anders Michanek Getingarna             10
7   Lars Jansson Indianerna             10
8   Leif Enecrona Getingarna             8
9   Johnny Faafeng Norway             7
10   Poul Wissing Denmark             6
11   Reidar Eide Norway             6
12   Odd Fossengen Norway             3
13   Einar Egedius Norway             3
14   Matti Olon Finland             1
15   Jouko Naskali Finland             1
16   Timo Sinkkonen Finland             0

 

1.4

May 4
Att.:

Scandinavian Semifinal 2

Selskov
Denmark
Pos # Rider Team / Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Olle Nygren Vargarna             15
2   Bengt Larsson Örnarna             14
3   Bengt Jansson Getingarna             13
4   Sverre Harrfeldt Norway             11
5   Hans Holmqvist Taxarna             11
6   Bernt Persson Smederna             10
7   Per J. Aulie Norway             10
8   Ole Olsen Denmark             7
9   Kurt Bögh Denmark             6
10   Bo Josefsson Njudungarna             5
11   Kalevi Lahtinen Finland             5
12   Conny Samuelsson Njudungarna             4
13   Öivind Berg Norway             3
14   Godtfred Andreasen Denmark             3
15   Sune Stark Njudungarna             2
16   Heikki Kaprali Finland             1

 

1.5

British Championrounds Table
Pos Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 Total
1 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 15 15 15 45
2= Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 14 12 15 41
2= Eric Boocock England Halifax 15 14 12 41
4= Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow 14 15 11 40
4= Ray Wilson England Long Eaton 12 13 15 40
4= Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 15 10 15 40
7 George Hunter Scotland Edinburgh 14 14 11 39
8 Martin Ashby England Swindon 14 12 12 38
9= Ronnie Genz England Poole 15 7 15 37
9= Roy Trigg England Oxford 14 15 8 37
9= Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham 12 14 11 37
9= Dave Younghusband England Halifax 12 11 14 37
13= Colin Pratt England Hackney 14 10 12 36
13= Terry Betts England King's Lynn 15 11 10 36
15= Rick France England Coventry 14 7 14 35
15= Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 11 12 12 35
17= Bob Kilby England Swindon 11 12 11 34
17= Norman Hunter England West Ham 12 11 11 34
17= Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon 12 13 9 34
20= Jim Airey Australia Wolverhampton 12 12 9 33
20= Arnold Haley England Sheffield 12 11 10 33
20= Geoff Mudge Australia Poole 12 12 9 33
23 Cyril Maidment England Belle Vue 8 10 13 31
24= Alan Cowland England Wimbledon 11 9 10 30
24= Chris Julian England Cradley Heath 9 12 9 30
26= Bert Harkins Scotland Edinburgh 12 5 12 29
26= Jimmy Squibb England Exeter 8 11 10 29
28= Mike Broadbanks England Swindon 9 10 9 28
28= Neil Street Australia Exeter 12 5 11 28
28= Ivor Brown England Cradley Heath 10 15 3 28
28= Mike Watkin England Newcastle 11 8 9 28
  etc            

 

1.6

May 21
Att.:

Continental Semifinal 1

Balakovo
Soviet Union
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik             13
2   Boris Samorodov Soviet Union Ufa             13
3   Gennadij Kurilenko Soviet Union Ufa             11 (12?)
4   Joachim Dinse East Germany MC Meissen             10
5   Stanislaw Ruarz Poland Czestochowa             10
6   Jürgen Hehlert East Germany Dynamo Rostock             9
7   Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Wroclaw             9
8   Miloslav Verner Czechoslovakia               9
9   Antonin Kasper Czechoslovakia                
10   Sergei Liatosjinski Soviet Union               7
11   Farid Szajnurov Soviet Union Ufa             6
12   Barnabas Gyepes Hungary               5
13   Zbigniew Podlecki Poland Gdansk             4
14   Karel Prusa Czechoslovakia               3
15   Gennadij Viunov Soviet Union Leningrad             1
16   Drago Perko Yugoslovakia               0

 

1.7

May 21
Att.:

Continental Semifinal 2

Slany
Czechoslovakia
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik             11
2   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa             11
3   Jan Holub Czechoslovakia               10
4   Pawel Waloszek Poland Swietochlowice             10
5   Pavel Mares Czechoslovakia               10
6   Edmund Migos Poland Gorzow             10
7   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Gorzow             9
8   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia               9
9   Antonin Svab Czechoslovakia               9
10   Viktor Trofimov Soviet Union Rovno             8
11   Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union Leningrad             7
12   Konstantin Pociejkowicz Poland               5
13   Joachim Maj Poland Rybnik             5
14   Stanislaw Tkocz Poland Rybnik             2
15   Gabdrachman Kadyrov Soviet Union Ufa             2
16   Karel Buric Czechoslovakia               1

 

1.8

June 4
Att.:

Scandinavian Final

Selskov
Denmark
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Ove Fundin Sweden             15
2   Sverre Harrfeldt Norway             13
3   Leif Enecrona Sweden             10
4   Bernt Persson Sweden             10
5   Olle Nygren Sweden             9
6   Bengt Jansson Sweden             9
7   Anders Michanek Sweden             9
8   Gunnar Malmqvist Sweden             8
9   Lars Jansson Sweden             7
10   Bengt Larsson Sweden             6
11   PeO Söderman Sweden             6
12   Göte Nordin Sweden             4
13   Ole Olsen Denmark             3
14   Sven Sigurd Sweden             3
15   Hans Holmqvist Sweden             3
16   Per J. Aulie Norway             2

 

1.9

July 13
Att.:

British Semifinal 1

Sheffield
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 3 Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 1 3 3 3 3   13
2 13 Eric Boocock England Halifax 3 3 2 3 2   13
3 1 Colin Pratt England Hackney 3 2 2 R 3   10
4 6 Mike Broadbanks England Swindon 2 2 3 2 1   10
5 7 Martin Ashby England Swindon 0 1 3 3 3   10
6 5 Rick France England Coventry 3 0 3 R 3   9
7 8 Jim Airey Australia Wolverhampton 1 3 1 2 2   9
8 9 George Hunter Scotland Edinburgh 1 1 2 3 2   9
9 11 Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow 3 2 R 1 2   8
10 16 Bob Kilby England Swindon 1 2 1 2 1   7
11 2 Norman Hunter England West Ham 2 3 1 0 0   6
12 15 Ronnie Genz England Poole 2 0 2 F 1   5
13 10 Alan Cowland England Wimbledon 0 1 1 1 0   3
14 14 Bert Harkins Scotland Edinburgh 0 0 0 2 1   3
15 4 Neil Street Australia Exeter 0 1 0 1 0   2
16 12 Arnold Haley England Sheffield 2 R F - -   2
Res   Jim Lightfoot England Long Eaton 1 0         1

 

1.10

July 13
Att.:

British Semifinal 2

Wimbledon
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 13 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 16 Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon 2 3 3 3 0   11
3 1 Terry Betts England King's Lynn 3 2 2 2 2   11
4 9 Roy Trigg England Oxford 3 1 3 3 1   11
5 7 Ray Wilson England Long Eaton 1 1 2 3 3   10
6 5 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 3 R 3 1 3   10
7 2 Cyril Maidment England Belle Vue 1 3 1 2 2   9
8 3 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 0 3 2 2 2   9
9 12 Geoff Mudge Australia Poole 2 2 2 1 1   8
10 4 Ivor Brown England Cradley Heath 2 1 1 1 2   7
11 15 Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham 1 0 0 2 3   6
12 10 Mike Watkin England Newcastle 1 2 0 R 1   4
13 6 Alf Wells New Zealand Glasgow 2 1 1 0 R   4
14 11 Dave Younghusband England Halifax 0 2 0 1 0   3
15 8 Chris Julian England Cradley Heath F 0 1 0 0   1
16 14 Jimmy Squibb England Exeter 0 0 0 0 1   1

 

1.11

August 20
Att.:

Continental Final

Kempten
West Germany
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik             14
2   Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Wroclaw             14
3   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa             12
4   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Gorzow             11
5   Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik             10
6   Jan Holub Czechoslovakia               10
7   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia               9
8   Jochen Dinse East Germany MC Meissen             8
9   Stanislav Ruarz Poland Czestochowa             8
10   Edmund Migos Poland Gorzow             6
11   Pawel Waloszek Poland Swietochlowice             5
12   Antonin Svab Czechoslovakia               4
13   Miroslav Verner Czechoslovakia               3
14   Jürgen Helhert East Germany Dynamo Rostock             3
15 Res   Antonin Kasper Czechoslovakia               2
16   Boris Samorodov Soviet Union Ufa             1
17   Gennadij Kurilenko Soviet Union Ufa             0
-   Pavel Mares Czechoslovakia               NS

 

1.12

August 22
Att.:

British Final

West Ham
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 6 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 12 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 2 3 3 3 2   13
3 13 Eric Boocock England Halifax 3 3 3 2 1   12
4 11 Colin Pratt England Hackney 3 3 1 1 3   11
5 2 Rick France England Coventry 2 2 2 3 2   11
6 16 Ray Wilson England Long Eaton 0 2 2 3 3   10
7 15 Mike Broadbanks England Swindon 2 1 1 2 3   9
8 14 Jim Airey Australia Wolverhampton 1 1 3 1 2   8
9 1 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 3 2 0 0 2   7
10 5 Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 2 1 0 2 1   6
11 3 Martin Ashby England Swindon 1 2 2 0 0   5
12 10 Roy Trigg England Oxford 1 0 2 1 1   5
13 7 Terry Betts England King's Lynn R 0 R 2 1   3
14 4 Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon 0 1 1 1 0   3
15 9 Cyril Maidment England Belle Vue 0 0 1 0 0   1
16 8 George Hunter Scotland Edinburgh 1 0 0 R 0   1
Res   Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow             NS
Res   Geoff Mudge Australia Poole             NS

 

1.13

August 27
Att.: 70 000

European Final

Wroclaw
Poland
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik             14
2   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Gorzow             12
3   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa             12
4   Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik             10
5   Bernt Persson Sweden Smederna             9
6   Ove Fundin Sweden Kaparna             8
7   Anders Michanek Sweden Getingarna             8
8   Bengt Jansson Sweden Getingarna             8
9   Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Wroclaw           3 7+3
10   Jochen Dinse East Germany MC Meissen           2 7+2
11   Jan Holub Czechoslovakia             1 7+1
12   Leif Enecrona Sweden Getingarna             5
13   Gunnar Malmqvist Sweden Njudungarna             4
14   Sverre Harrfeldt Norway               3
15   Olle Nygren Sweden Vargarna             3
16   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia               2
17 Res   Lars Jansson Sweden Indianerna R - - - -   0

 

1.14

September 16
Att.: 90 000

World Final

Wembley
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 7 Ove Fundin Sweden Kaparna 3 3 3 2 3 3 14+3
2 5 Bengt Jansson Sweden Getingarna 2 3 3 3 3 2 14+2
3 16 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 3 3 3 2 2   13
4 14 Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa 2 3 3 3 1   12
5 6 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 1 2 2 3 3   11
6 11 Eric Boocock England Halifax 3 2 1 1 2   9
7 8 Anders Michanek Sweden Getingarna 0 2 2 3 2   9
8 3 Ray Wilson England Long Eaton 3 0 1 1 2   7
9 2 Bernt Persson Sweden Smederna 2 1 1 2 F   6
10 9 Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Gorzow 2 2 0 1 1   6
11 12 Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik 1 1 2 1 R   5
12 15 Rick France England Coventry 1 1 R 2 1   5
13 10 Colin Pratt England Hackney 0 0 1 0 3   4
14 13 Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Wroclaw F 0 2 0 1   3
15 1 Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik 1 1 0 0 0   2
16 4 Joachim Dinse East Germany Meissen 0 0 0 0 R   0
Res   Mike Broadbanks England Swindon             NS
Res   Leif Enecrona Sweden Getingarna             NS

 

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Section 2

World Team Championship
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Notes
1 11.06 Continental Semifinal Zagreb, Yugoslavia  
2 25.06 Continental Final Ufa, Soviet Union  
3 13.08 Scandinavian Final Fredericia, Denmark  
4 01.09 World Final Malmö, Sweden  

 

2.1

June 11
Att:

Continental Semifinal

Zagreb, Yugoslavia
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 2 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. EAST GERMANY           47     2. HUNGARY           20     3. YUGOSLAVIA           16     4. WEST GERMANY           13
1 Peter Liebing 3 3 3 3   12   1 Barnabas Gyepes 2 1 2 1   6   1 Drago Regvart 1 0 0 -   1   1 Rainer Jungling 0 0 1 -   1
2 Bruno Bülau 3 3 3 3   12   2 Ferenc Radasci 2 2 1 0   5   2 Milovan Stankovic 0 0 2 0   2   2 Dieter Dauderer 1 0 2 0   3
3 Jürgen Helhert 2 3 3 3   11   3 Istvan Regoczi 1 1 0 1   3   3 Franc Babic 3 2 0 -   5   3 Rudolf Kastl 0 1 1 -   2
4 Jochen Dinse 3 3 3 3   12   4 Janos Bernath 2 2 1 1   6   4 Drago Perko 1 1 - -   2   4 Heinrich Sprenger 0 2 2 2   6
5 Hans-Jürgen Fritz           NS   5 Drasko Orsic           NS   5 Valent Medved 0 2 2 2   6   5 Alfred Aberl 1 0       1

 

2.2

June 25
Att:

Continental Final

Ufa, Soviet Union
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 2 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. SOVIET UNION           37     2. POLAND           36     3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA           18     4. EAST GERMANY           5
1 Igor Plechanov 3 3 2 2   10   1 Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 3 3 3   11   1 Jan Holub 1 1 1 1   4   1 Bruno Bülau F 1 0 0   1
2 Boris Samorodov 2 2 3 3   9   2 Marian Rose R 2 2 F   4   2 Antonin Kasper 1 2 1 2   6   2 Jochen Dinse 0 0 0 1   1
3 Gennadij Kurilenko 3 F - -   3   3 Antoni Woryna 3 3 3 3   12   3 Antonin Svab 1 1 1 1   4   3 Peter Liebing 0 0 0 0   0
4 Viktor Trofimov 3 2 3 3   11   4 Pawel Waloszek 1 3 3 2   9   4 Lubos Tomicek 2 0 1 1   4   4 Jürgen Helhert 2 1 0 F   3
5 Farid Szajnurov 2 2       4   5 Jerzy Trzeszkowski           NS   5 Stanislav Kubicek           NS   5 Hans-Jürgen Fritz           NS

 

2.3

August 13
Att:

Scandinavian Final

Fredericia, Denmark
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 2 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. SWEDEN           44     2. DENMARK           24     3. NORWAY           18     4. FINLAND           10
  Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3   12     Poul Wissing           10     Öivind S. Berg           7     Kalevi Lahtinen           7
  Göte Nordin 3 3 3 3   12     Ole Olsen           6     Jonny Faafeng           5     Matti Olin           2
  Bengt Jansson           11     Godtfred Andreasen           4     Per J. Aulie           4     Joukko Naskali           1
  Bernt Persson           9     Kurt Bögh           4     Thorbjörn Nygaard           1     Olavi Turunen           0
  PeO Söderman           0     Börge Christiansen           0     Niels Tontum           1     Reijo Tolvander           0

 

2.4

September 1
Att: 10 725

World Final

Malmö, Sweden
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 2 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. SWEDEN           32     2. POLAND           26     3=. SOVIET UNION           19     3=. GREAT BRITAIN           19
1 Göte Nordin 3 3 3 2   11   1 Andrzej Wyglenda 2 2 2 3   9   1 Boris Samorodov 0 2 0 1   3   1 Ivan Mauger 1 - 1 -   2
2 Torbjörn Harrysson 1 2 3 F   6   2 Andrzej Pogorzelski 0 R - -   0   2 Igor Plechanov 3 0 3 3   9   2 Barry Briggs 2 1 3 2   8
3 Ove Fundin 3 3 R 0   6   3 Jerzy Trzeszkowski X 3 1 X   4   3 Viktor Trofimov 1 R 1 2   4   3 Eric Boocock 2 1 0 2   5
4 Bengt Jansson 1 3 2 3   9   4 Antoni Woryna 3 2 2 3   10   4 Farid Szajnurov F 1 - -   1   4 Ray Wilson 2 1 F 1   4
5 PeO Söderman           NS   5 Zbigniew Podlecki 2 1       3   5 Gabdrachman Kadyrov 1 1       2   5 Colin Pratt 0 0       0

 

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