1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 17th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The final was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial and England's Peter Craven won his second title finishing one point ahead of two time champion Barry Briggs. Three time champion Ove Fundin defeated fellow Swede Björn Knutsson in a ride off to claim the bronze medal.^[7]

First Round[]

British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 48 riders to British & Commonwealth first round
Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Provincial League Qualifying Round
4 June	Newcastle
4 June	Exeter	Cliff Cox	Len Silver	Chris Julian
6 June	Poole		Peter Vandenberg	Geoff Mudge
7 June	Middlesbrough	Peter Vandenberg	Eric Boothroyd	Wayne Briggs
7 June	Sheffield
7 June	Plymouth		Peter Jarman
8 June	Wolverhampton		Graham Warren	Norman Hunter
8 June	Leicester	Ivor Brown
8 June	Bradford		Cliff Cox	Tommy Roper
9 June	Neath	Eric Boothroyd	Trevor Redmond	Geoff Mudge
9 June	Edinburgh	Wayne Briggs
9 June	Cradley Heath	Ivor Brown
9 June	Stoke		Peter Jarman	Tommy Roper
Provincial League Final Round
15 June	Wolverhampton	Peter Vandenberg

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
29 April	Malilla	?	?	?
1 May	Visby	?	?	?
3 May	Stockholm	?	?	?
24 May	Odense	Björn Knutsson	Ove Fundin	Leif Larsson
27 May	Malilla	Göte Nordin	Åke Andersson

Continental Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 April	Wieden	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Manfred Poschenreider	Josef Bössner
13 May	Rovno	Joachim Maj	Bedřich Slaný	Viktor Trofimov
13 May	Ostrava	Antonín Kasper Sr.		Konstanty Pociejkewicz
13 May	Osijek	Paweł Waloszek	Florian Kapała	Igor Plekhanov
Semi-Finals
3 June	Lvov	Bedřich Slaný		Jaroslav Volf
3 June	Warsaw	Marian Kaiser	Henryk Żyto	Florian Kapała

Second Round[]

British & Commonwealth first round - 16 to British & Commonwealth finals
Scandinavian Final - 8 to European Final
Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British & Commonwealth First Round[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
First Round
30 June	Coventry	Ken McKinlay	Ron Mountford	Barry Briggs
30 June	Swindon	Ronnie Moore		Bob Andrews
2 July	Wimbledon	Ronnie Moore	Barry Briggs	Peter Moore
3 July	Southampton		Neil Street	Ronnie Genz
5 July	Oxford	Peter Craven	Billy Bales	Mike Broadbanks
6 July	Ipswich	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Moore
6 July	Leicester	Peter Craven	Ron How	Ian Williams
7 July	Norwich	Ron How	Bob Andrews	Billy Bales
7 July	Belle Vue	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher

Nordic Final[]

July 3, 1962
Hillerød
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
	(13) Björn Knutsson	14				3	3							3		3					2		14	1
	(10) Göte Nordin	14			3			3						2			3		3				14	2
	(4) Ove Fundin	12	3							3				0				3				3	12	3
4	(6) Sören Sjösten	12		3				2			3							1			3		12	4
5	(1)	10	2				2				2				3				1				10	5
6	(9) Arne Carlsson	9			0		1						3					2		3			9	6
7	(2) Aage Hansen	8.5	1					1/2				3				2				2			8.5	7
8	(7) Rune Sörmander	8		2					3					1	2					T			8	8
9	(15) Leif Larsson	8				2			2			2						0	2				8	9
10	(5) Kurt W. Petersen	6		1			0					1					2					2	6	10
11	(12) Sverre Harrfeldt	5			2					2		0			1						F		5	11
12	(11) Per Tage Svensson	4			1				1		1					0						1	4	12
13	(8)	3		0						0			2			1			0				3	13
14	(16)	3				0				1	0						1			1			3	14
15	(14) Åke Andersson	2.5				1		1/2					1		0							-	2.5	15
16	(3)	1	0						0				0				0				1		1	16
R1	(R1)	0																				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

Continental Final[]

June 17, 1962
Wroclaw
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
	(1) Marian Kaiser	14	2				3				3				3				3				14	1
	(13) Paweł Waloszek	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	2
	(15) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	12				3			3			3						2	1				12	3
4	(10) Florian Kapała	11			3			3						0			3		2				11	4
5	(7) Igor Plekhanov	10		3					1					2	2					2			10	5
6	(9) Henryk Żyto	9			2		1						F					3		3			9	6
7	(2) Farid Szajnurov	9	3					2				2				1				1			9	7
8	(4) Stanisław Tkocz	8	1							2				1				1				3	8	8
9	(5) Bedřich Slaný	6		2			0					0					2					2	6	9	3
10	(12) Jaroslav Volf	6			0					3		1			0						2		6	10	2
11	(3)	6	0						2				2				1				1		6	11	F
12	(14) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	5				1		0					3		1							0	5	12
13	(11)	4			1				0		0					2						1	4	13
14	(6) Joachim Maj	3		1				1			1							0			0		3	14
15	(16) Boris Samorodov	2				0				0	2						0			0			2	15
16	(8) Stanislav Kubíček	2		0						1			1			0			X				2	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

Third Round[]

British & Commonwealth Finals - 8 to World Final
European Final - 8 to World Final

British & Commonwealth Finals[]

Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
British Finals (3 rounds)
23 July	Wimbledon	Peter Craven	Ronnie Moore	Barry Briggs
24 July	Southampton	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
27 July	Norwich	Barry Briggs	Ronnie Moore	Peter Craven

Top 8 qualifying for World Final^[8]

Peter Craven 41 pts (beat Briggs in ride off to become Britih champion)
Barry Briggs 41 pts
Ronnie Moore 38 pts
Ken McKinlay 33 pts
Ron How 30 pts
Ron Mountford 29 pts
Bob Andrews 29 pts
Mike Broadbanks 26 pts
res - Nigel Boocock 22 pts

European Final[]

June 26, 1962
Oslo
First 8 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
	(12) Björn Knutsson	15			3					3		3			3						3		15	1
	(1) Ove Fundin	12	3				3				3				E				3				12	2
	(10) Göte Nordin	12			2			3						3			2		2				12	3
4	(13) Sören Sjösten	10				3	2							1		2					2		10	4
5	(14) Igor Plekhanov	10				2		2					1		2							3	10	5
6	(2) Arne Carlsson	9	F					1				2				3				3			9	6
7	(3) Paweł Waloszek	9	2						1				2				3				1		9	7
8	(7) Rune Sörmander	9		2					2					2	1					2			9	8
9	(11) Henryk Żyto	7			1				3		0					1						2	7	9
10	(5) Aage Hansen	7		3			1					1					1					1	7	10
11	(8) Marian Kaiser	6		0						2			3			0			1				6	11
12	(9) Florian Kapała	4			0		0						0					3		1			4	12
13	(6) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	3		1				0			2							E			E		3	13
14	(15)	3				1			0			0						2	E				3	14
15	(16) Stanisław Tkocz	2				F				1	1						0			0			2	15
16	(4) Farid Szajnurov	2	1							0				0				1				0	2	16
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[]

8 September 1962
London, Wembley Stadium^[9]
Referee: () C. H. King

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
	(14) Peter Craven	14				3		2					3		3							3	14	1
	(2) Barry Briggs	13	1					3				3				3				3			13	2
	(10) Ove Fundin	10			3			0						1			3		3				10	3	3
4	(6) Björn Knutsson	10		3				1			E							3			3		10	4	2
5	(3) Ronnie Moore	9	3						3				E				2				1		9	5
6	(9) Bob Andrews	9			0		3						2					2		2			9	6
7	(7) Ken McKinlay	9		2					2					3	2					F			9	7
8	(1) Göte Nordin	9	2				2				2				1				2				9	8
9	(4) Sören Sjösten	8	0							3				2				1				2	8	9
10	(11) Igor Plekhanov	7			1				1		3					1						1	7	10
11	(13) Rune Sörmander	7				2	1							0		2					2		7	11
12	(12) Ron How	6			2					2		2			0						0		6	12
13	(16) Arne Carlsson	3				0				0	1						1			1			3	13
14	(5) Paweł Waloszek	2		1			0					1					0					0	2	14
15	(15) Mike Broadbank	2				1			E			0						0	1				2	15
16	(8) Ron Mountford	2		0						1			1			0			0				2	16
R1	(R1) Nigel Boocock	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Henryk Żyto	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 8 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Craven had no time to worry". Daily Mirror. 10 September 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Craven looks world class". Sunday Mirror. 29 July 1962. Retrieved 8 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 8 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Craven had no time to worry". Daily Mirror. 10 September 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Craven looks world class". Sunday Mirror. 29 July 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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

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