1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The final was held on the 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.^[7]

First Round[]

British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 64 riders to British First round
Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up
Preliminary Round
2 June	Sheffield
4 June	Stoke	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst
4 June	Edinburgh
6 June	Liverpool	Peter Vandenberg
10 June	Rayleigh	Reg Reeves
10 June	Bristol
11 June	Cradley Heath		Reg Reeves
11 June	Bradford		Danny Dunton
15 June	Poole

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May	Visby	Rune Sörmander	Olle Nygren
5 May	Stockholm	Göran Norlén	Göte Nordin
26 May	Hillerod		Björn Knutsson	Aage Hansen
26 May	Helsinki	Olle Nygren	Göte Nordin

Continental Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Zagreb	Florian Kapała	Jan Malinowski	Joachim Maj
22 May	Liberec	František Richter		Stanislav Svoboda
22 May	Leszno		Konstanty Pociejkewicz	Pawel Waloszek
30 May	Wieden	Josef Bössner	Henryk Żyto	Antonín Kasper Sr.
Semi-Finals
26 June	Munich	Josef Hofmeister	Jan Malinowski	Florian Kapała
26 June	Slany	Stanislav Svoboda	Jaroslav Volf	František Richter

Second Round[]

British & Commonwealth First Round - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final
Scandanavian Final - 7 to European Final
Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British & Commonwealth First Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
First Round
2 July	Belle Vue	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
2 July	Swindon	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbanks
4 July	Wimbledon	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Southampton	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliott
6 July	New Cross	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Oxford	Mike Broadbanks	Ronnie Genz
7 July	Ipswich	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
8 July	Leicester	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Coventry	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young
9 July	Norwich	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson

Nordic Final[]

16 June 1960
Oslo
First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Olle Nygren	14+3
2	Göte Nordin	14+2
3	Aage Hansen	13
4	Rune Sörmander	12
5		10
6	Björn Knutsson	10
7	Göran Norlén	9
8		9
9	Arne Pander	6
10	Sverre Harrfeldt	5
11		5
12		4
13	Bernt Nilsson	3
14		2
15	Rolf Westerberg	2
16	Joel Jansson	2
R1		0

Continental Final[]

3 July, 1960
Wieden
First 8 to European Final

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
	(10) Josef Hofmeister	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	1
	(1) Henryk Żyto	11	3				3				2				2				1				11	2	3
	(9) Marian Kaiser	11			3		1						2					2		3			11	3	2
4	(6) František Richter	11		3				1			1							3			3		11	4	1
5	(2) Stefan Kwoczała	10	2					2				2				2				2			10	5
6	(5) Mieczysław Połukard	10		1			2					3					1					3	10	6
7	(7) Jan Malinowski	9		2					2					1	3					1			9	7
8	(3) Stanislav Svoboda	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(13) Luboš Tomíček	8				3	0							2		3					0		8	9
10	(16)	7				2				2	3						0			0			7	10
11	(12) Jaroslaw Volf	6			2					1		0			1						2		6	11
12	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				1			0			1						1	2				5	12
13	(11) Florian Kapała	4			0				1		0					1						2	4	13
14	(4)	4	1							3				0				0				0	4	14
15	(14) Bedřich Slaný	1				0		0					1		F							-	1	15
16	(8) Joachim Maj	0		0						0			0			0			0				0	16
R1	(R1)	0																				1	0	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

Third Round[]

Ronnie Moore - seeded to World Final
British & Commonwealth semi-finals - 9 to World Final
European Final - 6 to World Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals[]

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
8 August	Wimbledon	Peter Craven+	Barry Briggs+	Eric Williams
13 August	Norwich	Peter Craven+	Ken McKinlay+	Bob Andrews
13 August	Coventry	Ron How	Peter Moore+	Aub Lawson+
16 August	Southampton	Ken McKinlay+	Jack Young+	Ron How

+ indicates qualifier for World Final (Bryan Elliott, Ron Johnston and Chum Taylor were the remaining three riders to qualify)

European Final[]

14 August 1960
Wroclaw
First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(6) Marian Kaiser	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(14) Ove Fundin	13				2		2					3		3							3	13	2
	(3) Stefan Kwoczała	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	3
4	(2) Josef Hofmeister	10	0					1				3				3				3			10	4
5	(12) Henryk Żyto	10			2					2		2			1						3		10	5
6	(1) Rune Sörmander	10	2				2				2				2				2				10	6
7	(10) Mieczysław Połukard	9			3			0						3			2		1				9	7	3
8	(8) Stanislav Svoboda	9		1						3			2			0			3				9	8	2
9	(15) Aage Hansen	8				3			2			1						2	0				8	9
10	(4) Olle Nygren	6	1							1				2				1				1	6	10
11	(5)	5		2			1					0					0					2	5	11
12	(16) Jan Malinowski	4				0				0	1						1			2			4	12
13	(9) František Richter	4			1		3						0					0		0			4	13
14	(13) Göte Nordin	4				1	0							1		2					0		4	14
15	(7) Björn Knutsson	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	15
16	(11) Göran Norlén	1			0				0		0					1						0	1	16
R1	(R1)	0																					0	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

World Final[]

17 September 1960
London, Wembley Stadium^[8]

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
	(2) Ove Fundin	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1	3
	(12) Ronnie Moore	14			3					3		3			2						3		14	2	2
	(7) Peter Craven	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	3	1
4	(11) Peter Moore	12			2				2		3					2						3	12	4
5	(13) Ron Johnston	10				3	2							2		1					2		10	5
6	(5) Barry Briggs	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Stefan Kwoczała	8				1		2					3		1							1	8	7
8	(6) Josef Hofmeister	6		0				0			2							3			1		6	8
9	(9) Ken McKinlay	6			0		3						2					1		0			6	9
10	(4) Jack Young	6	1							2				1				2				F	6	10
11	(1) Chum Taylor	5	2				0				0				0				3				5	11
12	(16) Rune Sörmander	5				2				0	1						1			1			5	12
13	(10) Henryk Żyto	4			1			1						0			2		0				4	13
14	(8) Aub Lawson	4		1						1			1			0			1				4	14
15	(3) Marian Kaiser	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(15) Bryan Elliott	0				0			E			E						0	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Bob Andrews	2																	2				2	R1
R2	(R2) Mieczysław Połukard	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[]

^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1960. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[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 7 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[7] "Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1960. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

Contents

First Round[]

British & Commonwealth Qualifying[]

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Continental Qualifying[]

Second Round[]

British & Commonwealth First Round[]

Nordic Final[]

Continental Final[]

Third Round[]

British & Commonwealth semi finals[]

European Final[]

World Final[]

See also[]

References[]