1968 Polish speedway season

1968 Polish speedway season
1968 Polish speedway season
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The 1968 Polish Speedway season was the 1968 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1]^[2]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1968 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 September at Rybnik.^[3]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	Points
1	Andrzej Wyglenda	Rybnik	14	(3,3,3,3,2)
2	Edmund Migoś	Gorzów Wlkp.	12+3	(2,2,3,2,3)
3	Edward Jancarz	Gorzów Wlkp.	12+2	(3,3,2,2,2)
4	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Gorzów Wlkp.	11	(2,2,3,3,1)
5	Stanisław Tkocz	Rybnik	10	(0,1,3,3,3)
6	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Wrocław	9	(1,1,1,3,3)
7	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	9	(2,3,2,1,1)
8	Zbigniew Podlecki	Gdańsk	8	(3,2,0,2,1)
9	Jan Mucha	Świętochłowice	8	(1,3,1,2,1)
10	Jerzy Padewski	Gorzów Wlkp.	7	(3,1,2,1,u)
11	Piotr Bruzda	Wrocław	6	(1,2,0,0,3)
12	Bohdan Jaroszewicz	Wrocław	4	(2,0,2,0,0)
13	Andrzej Tanaś	Tarnów	4	(1,d,0,1,2)
14	Henryk Glücklich	Bydgoszcz	3	(0,1,0,0,2)
15	Paweł Waloszek	Świętochłowice	2	(u,0,1,1,0)
16	Henryk Ciorga	Zielona Góra	1	(w,0,1,0,0)
17	Stanisław Skowron (res)	Opole	ns
18	Antoni Woryna	Rybnik	ns

Golden Helmet

The 1968 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1968 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

Date	Venue	Winner
19 IV	Rybnik	Antoni Woryna (Rybnik)
31 V	Wrocław	Jerzy Trzeszkowski (Wrocław)
13 VI	Tarnów	Andrzej Tanaś (Unia Tarnów)
2 VIII	Gdańsk	Konstanty Pociejkowicz (Wrocław)
16 VIII	Toruń	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)
30 VIII	Gorzów Wlkp.	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)
13 IX	Ostrów Wlkp.	Andrzej Wyglenda (Rybnik)
27 IX	Bydgoszcz	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)

Final classification Note: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	RYB	WRO	TAR	GDA	TOR	GOR	OST	BYD
1	Paweł Waloszek	Śląsk Świętochłowice	74	12	11	10	7	15	14	-	12
2	Zygmunt Pytko	Unia Tarnów	61	10	2	8	10	12	9	12	-
3	Stanisław Tkocz	ROW Rybnik	58	12	6	14	8	8	8	8	8
4	Joachim Maj	ROW Rybnik	56	12	5	0	9	9	7	8	11
5	Andrzej Wyglenda	ROW Rybnik	55	10	11	6	5	0	9	14	-
6	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Sparta Wrocław	54	9	12	11	11	4	-	-	7
7	Edmund Migoś	Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	53	3	8	2	10	1	13	8	11
8	Jan Mucha	Śląsk Świętochłowice	53	7	9	12	7	7	10	4	8
9	Henryk Glücklich	Polonia Bydgoszcz	48	7	6	9	5	8	9	2	9
10	Jerzy Padewski	Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	46	3	7	9	5	4	12	9	1
11	Zbigniew Podlecki	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	43	-	8	8	6	8	7	6	0
12	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Sparta Wrocław	40	3	15	2	10	5	3	-	4
13	Bohdan Jaroszewicz	Sparta Wrocław	36	7	8	2	7	7	4	-	3

Junior Championship

winner - Zdzisław Dobrucki

Silver Helmet

winner - Piotr Bruzda

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1968 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 21st edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

KS ROW Rybnik won the gold medal for the seventh consecutive season.^[5] ^[6] The team included Joachim Maj, Antoni Woryna, Andrzej Wyglenda and Stanisław Tkocz.^[7]

First League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	ROW Rybnik	21	10	1	3	+203
2	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	19	9	1	4	+115
3	Sparta Wrocław	18	9	0	5	+80
4	Stal Rzeszów	12	6	0	8	–144
5	Polonia Bydgoszcz	11	5	1	8	–39
6	Unia Tarnów	10	5	0	9	–53
7	Włókniarz Częstochowa	10	5	0	9	–124
8	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	9	4	1	9	–38

Second League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	Śląsk Świętochłowice	28	14	0	2	+336
2	Unia Leszno	26	13	0	3	+241
3	Motor Lublin	22	11	0	5	+76
4	Kolejarz Opole	18	9	0	7	+13
5	Start Gniezno	16	8	0	8	–40
6	Gwardia Łódź	13	6	1	9	–17
7	Stal Toruń	11	5	1	10	–165
8	Karpaty Krosno	6	3	0	13	–222
9	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	4	2	0	14	–222

Two year tables

An additional award was given to the team that topped the league tables over a two year period.

First League 1967-1968

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	ROW Rybnik	46	22	2	4	+451
2	Sparta Wrocław	34	17	0	11	+125
3	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	33	16	1	11	+129
4	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	26	12	2	14	–16
5	Stal Rzeszów	26	13	0	15	–155
6	Włókniarz Częstochowa	20	10	0	18	–267
7	Polonia Bydgoszcz	19	9	1	18	–112
8	Unia Tarnów	18	9	0	19	–155

Second League 1967-1968

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	Śląsk Świętochłowice	60	30	0	4	+697
2	Unia Leszno	48	29	0	5	+596
3	Kolejarz Opole	38	19	0	15	+109
4	Motor Lublin	36	18	0	16	–42
5	Gwardia Łódź	31	15	1	18	–8
6	Start Gniezno	30	15	0	19	–121
7	Stal Toruń	26	12	2	20	–289
8	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	24	12	0	22	–275
9	Karpaty Krosno	17	8	1	25	–439
10	Polonia Piła	4	2	0	16	–228

References

^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1968". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Polish final 1968". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "1968 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "1968 Rybnik team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[1] "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[2] "Historia Speedway Polsce 1968". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[3] "Polish final 1968". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[4] "1968 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[5] "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[6] "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[7] "1968 Rybnik team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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v t e Polish speedway teams and seasons
Ekstraliga	Częstochowa Gorzów Grudziądz Leszno Lublin Toruń Wrocław Zielona Góra
Ekstraliga 2	Bydgoszcz Gdańsk Krosno Łódź Ostrów Poznań Rybnik Rzeszów
National League	Daugavpils Gniezno Landshut Opole Piła Tarnów
Former	Motor Lublin Kraków Lviv Miskolc Prague Rawicz Rivne Świętochłowice Warsaw Wittstock
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Speedway in Poland
Championships	Individual Pairs Team Extraleague Polish Speedway First League (1.Liga) Polish Speedway Second League (2.Liga) Individual U-21 Pairs U-21 Team U-21
Helmets and Cups	Golden Silver U-21 Bronze U-19
Memorials	M. Połukard Criterium of Aces Alfred Smoczyk Edward Jancarz Łukasz Romanek
Tournaments	Bolesław Chrobry Crest Chain of Ostrów Town
Grands Prix	Polish SGP European SGP
National teams	Poland team U21 U19
Governing Bodies	Polish Motor Union (Main Commission) Speedway Ekstraliga LLC