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

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.[7]

Format changes

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The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted back 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

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Qualification results.[8][9]

Norwegian qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15
2 Reidar Eide 13
3 Per J. Aulie 12
4 Aage Hansen 11
5 Oyvind S. Berg 11
6 Johnny Faafeng 9
7 Knut Syrrist 9
8 Svein Svendsrud 8
9 Sven Tollefsen 7
10 Arne N. Larsen 4
11 Jan Terje Gravningen 4
12 Hans R. Gaarder 4
13 Ole Todnem 3
14 Tore Christensen 2
15 Kjell Gimre 0
16 Helge Langli 0

Finnish qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points Total
1 Olavi Turunen 15+10 10+
2 Matti Olin 13+11 10+
3 Kalevi Lahtinen 9+15 9+
4 Esko Koponen 6+13 6 +
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+6 0
10 Reima Kohkovuori 5+8 0
11 Reijo Tolviander 4+7 0
12 Matti Myllyntausta 7+0 0
13 Keijo Reima -+7 0
14 Esko Mantila 4+0 0
15 Kauko Reima -+4 0
16 Matti Sylväsalo -+2 0
17 Pekka Peltonen 1+0 0
18 Matti Ackmann 0+1 0

+Points awarded for top six only (8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Swedish Qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Ove Fundin 15
2 Olle Nygren 14
3 Per-Olof Söderman 11
4 Gunnar Malmqvist 10
5 Bo Josefsson 10
6 Conny Samuelsson 9
7 Sven Sigurd 9
8 Sune Stark 8
9 Karl-Erik Andersson 8
10 Sören Sjösten 8
11 Bengt Brannefors 8
12 Åke Andersson 3
13 Bo Magnusson 3
14 Therje Henriksson 2
15 Jan Simensen 2
16 Willy Friberg 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Bernt Persson 13
2 Göte Nordin 12
3 Hasse Holmqvist 11
4 Anders Michanek 11
5 Bengt Jansson 10
6 Lars Jansson 10
7 Bengt Larsson 9
8 Leif Enecrona 9
9 Bengt Svensson 7
10 Torbjörn Harrysson 6
11 Runo Wedin 6
12 Jan Svensson 5
13 Egon Stengarn 4
14 Yngve Nilsson 4
15 Sune Ohlsson 2
16 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 1
17 Nils Ringström 0

Continental qualifying

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  • Top 32 to continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
7 May East Germany Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen East Germany Jürgen Hehlert Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr. Poland Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Poland Edmund Migoś Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May West Germany Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Poland Joachim Maj Poland Pawel Waloszek Soviet Union Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
7 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kovinar Stadium, Maribor Poland Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski Soviet Union Sergej Lyatosinsky

Second round

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British qualifying

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  • Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
12 May Somerton Park, Newport Eric Boocock Roy Trigg Ray Wilson
12 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Ivan Mauger Colin Pratt Malcolm Brown
12 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Reg Luckhurst Dave Younghusband
13 May Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh George Hunter Ray Wilson Bert Harkins
13 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon Charlie Monk Martin Ashby Geoff Mudge
13 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Chris Julian Norman Hunter
15 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Nigel Boocock Eric Boocock Martin Ashby
16 May West Ham Stadium, London Rick France Reg Luckhurst Ken McKinlay
17 May Wimborne Road, Poole Ronnie Genz Geoff Mudge Barry Briggs
18 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Nigel Boocock John Dews Martin Ashby
18 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Roy Trigg Eddie Reeves Peter Moore
18 May Wimbledon Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Trevor Hedge Dave Younghusband
19 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Barry Briggs Jim Airey
19 May White City, Glasgow Charlie Monk Bob Kilby Maury Mattingley
20 May Hyde Road, Manchester Ronnie Genz Cyril Maidment Colin Pratt
20 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Rick France Alf Wells
20 May The Shay, Halifax Dave Younghusband Eric Boocock Ken McKinlay
22 May Brough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger George Hunter Bob Kilby
23 May Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Ray Wilson Bert Harkins Tommy Roper

Nordic qualification

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Ove Fundin 15
2 Per-Olof Söderman 14
3 Göte Nordin 12
4 Sven Sigurd 11
5 Gunnar Malmqvist 11
6 Anders Michanek 10
7 Lars Jansson 10
8 Leif Enecrona 8
9 Jonny Faafeng 7
10 Paul Wissing 6
11 Reidar Eide 6
12 Odd Fossengen 3
13 Einar Egedius 3
14 Matti Olin 1
15 Jouko Naskali 1
16 Timo Sinkkonen 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Olle Nygren 15
2 Bengt Larsson 14
3 Bengt Jansson 13
4 Sverre Harrfeldt 11
5 Hasse Holmqvist 11
6 Bernt Persson 10
7 Per Aulie 10
8 Ole Olsen 7
9 Kurt Bögh 6
10 Bo Josefsson 5
11 Kalevi Lahtinen 5
12 Conny Samuelsson 4
13 Öyvind S. Berg 3
14 Godtfred Andreasen 3
15 Sune Stark 2
16 Heikki Kaprali 1

Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Andrzej Wyglenda 13
2 Soviet Union Boris Samorodov 13
3 Soviet Union Gennady Kurilenko 11
4 East Germany Jochen Dinse 10
5 Poland Stanislaw Ruarz 10
6 East Germany Jürgen Hehlert 9
7 Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski 9
8 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Verner 9
9 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr. 8
10 Soviet Union Sergej Ljatosinskij 7
11 Soviet Union Farid Szajnurov 6
12 Hungary Barnabas Gyepes 5
13 Poland Zbigniew Podlecki 4
14 Czechoslovakia Karel Průša 3
15 Soviet Union Gennadij Vianov 1
16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Drago Perko 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Antoni Woryna 11
2 Soviet Union Igor Plechanov 11
3 Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I 10
4 Poland Pawel Waloszek 10
5 Czechoslovakia Pavel Mareš 10
6 Poland Edmund Migos 10
7 Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski 9
8 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9
9 Czechoslovakia Antonín Šváb Sr. 9
10 Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov 8
11 Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov 7
12 Poland Konstanty Pociejkewicz 5
13 Poland Joachim Maj 5
14 Poland Stanislaw Tkocz 2
15 Soviet Union Gabdrachman Kadyrov 2
16 Czechoslovakia Karel Buric 1

Third round

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British/Commonwealth semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 New Zealand Barry Briggs 15
2 England Trevor Hedge 11
3 England Terry Betts 11
4 England Roy Trigg 11
5 England Ray Wilson 10
6 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 10
7 England Cyril Maidment 9
8 England Nigel Boocock 9
9 Australia Geoff Mudge 8
10 England Ivor Brown 7
11 Scotland Ken McKinlay 6
12 England Mike Watkin 4
13 England Alf Wells 2
14 England Dave Younghusband 2
15 England Chris Julian 1
16 England Jimmy Squibb 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 England Reg Luckhurst 13
2 England Eric Boocock 13
3 England Colin Pratt 10
4 England Mike Broadbanks 10
5 England Martin Ashby 10
6 England Rick France 9
7 Australia Jim Airey 9
8 Scotland George Hunter 9
9 Australia Charlie Monk 8
10 England Bob Kilby 7
11 England Norman Hunter 6
12 England Ronnie Genz 5
13 England Alan Cowland 3
14 Scotland Bert Harkins 3
15 Australia Neil Street 2
16 England Arnie Haley 2

Nordic 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 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Norway (11) Sverre Harrfeldt 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 Sweden (8) Leif Enecrona 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 3
4 Sweden (13) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 0 3 10 4
5 Sweden (2) Olle Nygren 9 2 3 3 1 0 9 5
6 Sweden (9) Bengt Jansson 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 6
7 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 7
8 Sweden (12) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 Sweden (1) Lars Jansson 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 Sweden (15) Bengt Larsson 7 F 1 2 2 2 7 10
11 Sweden (3) Per Olof Söderman 6 - 0 2 2 2 6 11
12 Sweden (4) Göte Nordin 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 12
13 Denmark (6) Ole Olsen 3 2 X 0 1 0 3 13
14 Sweden (14) Sven Sigurd 3 1 2 F - - 3 14
15 Sweden (10) Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 Norway (5) Per J.Aulie 2 0 - 0 1 1 2 16
R1 Norway (R1) Johnny Faafeng 0 1 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Kurt Bøgh 0 0 0 0 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

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 21
1 Poland (9) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Poland (6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 Soviet Union (13) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 Poland (8) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 5
6 Czechoslovakia (7) Jan Holub I 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 6
7 Czechoslovakia (11) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 East Germany (3) Jochen Dinse 8 2 3 X 3 0 8 8
9 Poland (14) Stanislaw Rurarz 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 Poland (12) Edmund Migoś 6 1 1 3 E 1 6 10
11 Poland (15) Pawel Waloszek 5 3 0 1 1 E 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (16) Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (5) Miloslav Verner 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
14 East Germany (2) Jürgen Hehlert 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 Soviet Union (4) Boris Samorodov 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Soviet Union (10) Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 X - - - 0 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Antonín Kasper Sr. 4 2 1 E 1 4 R1
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

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 (6) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (12) Ivan Mauger 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 2
3 England (13) Eric Boocock 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 3
4 England (11) Colin Pratt 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 4
5 England (2) Rick France 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 England (16) Ray Wilson 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 6
7 England (15) Mike Broadbank 9 2 1 1 2 3 9 7
8 Australia (14) Jim Airey 8 1 1 3 1 2 8 8
9 England (1) Nigel Boocock 7 3 2 0 0 2 7 9
10 England (5) Reg Luckhurst 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 10
11 England (3) Martin Ashby 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 11
12 England (10) Roy Trigg 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 England (7) Terry Betts 3 E 0 E 2 1 3 13
14 England (4) Trevor Hedge 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 England (9) Cyril Maidment 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 Scotland (8) George Hunter 1 1 0 0 E 0 1 16
R1 Australia (R1) Charlie Monk 0 0 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Geoff Mudge 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 21
1 Poland (11) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Poland (5) Andrzej Pogorzelski 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 Soviet Union (9) Igor Plechanov 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 1 2 3 10 4
5 Sweden (16) Bernt Persson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 5
6 Poland (7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 8 2 1 E 3 2 8 6
7 Sweden (10) Ove Fundin 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7
8 Sweden (6) Anders Michanek 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 8
9 Sweden (3) Bengt Jansson 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9
10 East Germany (2) Jochen Dinse 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 10 3
11 Czechoslovakia (12) Jan Holub I 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11 2
12 Sweden (14) Leif Enecrona 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 Norway (8) Sverre Harrfeldt 3 0 3 E E E 3 13
14 Sweden (4) Olle Nygren 3 1 0 2 F 0 3 14
15 Sweden (15) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 Czechoslovakia (13) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Lars Jansson 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Stanislaw Rurarz 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

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 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
2 Sweden (5) Bengt Jansson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 New Zealand (16) Ivan Mauger 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 Soviet Union (14) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 New Zealand (6) Barry Briggs 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 5
6 Sweden (8) Anders Michanek 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 6
7 England (11) Eric Boocock 9 3 2 1 1 2 9 7
8 England (3) Ray Wilson 7 3 1 1 2 7 8
9 Poland (9) Andrzej Pogorzelski 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 9
10 Sweden (2) Bernt Persson 6 2 1 1 2 X 6 10
11 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 11
12 England (15) Rick France 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 12
13 England (10) Colin Pratt 4 0 0 1 0 3 4 13
14 Poland (13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 F 0 2 0 1 3 14
15 Poland (1) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 East Germany (4) Jochen Dinse 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 England (R1) Mike Broadbank 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Leif Enecrona 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

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "World title for Fundin". The Times. 18 September 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  8. ^ "1967 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  9. ^ "1967 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  10. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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