1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Björn Knutsson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.^[7]

First Round[]

British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi finals
Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
13 May	Middlesbrough			Harry Bastable
15 May	Rayleigh			Des Lukehurst
22 May	Ipswich
26 May	Cowdenbeath
6 June	Kings Lynn	Harry Bastable	Pete Smith
Second Round
12 June	Coventry	Nigel Boocock		Rick France
12 June	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Mike Broadbanks	Martin Ashby
12 June	Belle Vue	Cyril Maidment		Dick Fisher
14 June	Exeter	Barry Briggs	Trevor Hedge	Geoff Mudge
14 June	Newcastle	Charlie Monk	Brian Brett	Ivan Mauger
15 June	West Ham	Roy Trigg	Norman Hunter	Ken McKinlay
16 June	Long Eaton	Barry Briggs	Jim Lightfoot
17 June	Sheffield	Nigel Boocock		Billy Bales
17 June	Oxford	Jimmy Gooch	Ron How	Colin Pratt
18 June	Newport	Peter Vandenberg	Reg Luckhurst	Cyril Maidment
18 June	Glasgow	Charlie Monk		Ivan Mauger
18 June	Hackney	Ron How	Roy Trigg	Colin Pratt
18 June	Wolverhampton	Trevor Hedge	Peter Jarman	Nigel Boocock
19 June	Wimbledon	Trevor Hedge	Bob Andrews	Jack Biggs
19 June	Halifax	Jimmy Gooch	Ronnie Genz	Eric Boocock
19 June	Cradley Heath	Charlie Monk	Jim Airey	John Hart
19 July	Edinburgh		Gordon Guasco
23 July	Poole	Ronnie Genz	Geoff Mudge	Roy Trigg

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
25 April	Vetlanda	Bo Josefsson	Leif Enecrona	Rune Sörmander
28 April	Borås	Ove Fundin	Per Olof Söderman	Björn Knutsson
1 May	Visby	Bengt Jansson	Bo Josefsson	Hasse Holmqvist
11 May	Skien	Björn Knutsson	Sverre Harrfeldt	Leif Enecrona
27 May	Hillerod	Leif Larsson	Per Olof Söderman	Hasse Holmqvist

Continental Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
9 May	Graz	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jaroslav Volf	Antoni Woryna
9 May		Gennady Kurilenko	Jan Mucha	Andrzej Pogorzelski
9 May	Miskolc	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Yuri Chekranov	Pawel Waloszek
9 May	Neubrandenburg	Zbigniew Podlecki	Boris Samorodov	Rudolf Havelka
Semi-Finals
23 May	Abensberg	Pawel Waloszek	Igor Plekhanov	Andrzej Wyglenda
23 May	Lvov	Pavel Mareš	Jan Mucha	Zbigniew Podlecki

Second Round[]

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

British & Commonwealth semi finals[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
28 July	Poole	Nigel Boocock	Barry Briggs	Jimmy Gooch
30 July	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Trevor Hedge	Brian Brett

Nordic Final[]

June 18, 1965
Skien
First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Soren Sjosten	14
2	Ove Fundin	12
3	Leif Enecrona	11
4	Björn Knutsson	11
5	Bengt Jansson	11
6	Gunnar Malmqvist	11
7	Sverre Harrfeldt	10
8	Leif Larsson	9
9	Per Olof Söderman	7
10		5
11		4
12		4
13	Bo Josefsson	3
14		2
15		0
16	Hasse Holmqvist	0

Continental Final[]

June 13, 1965
Wroclaw
First 8 to European 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
	(15) Andrzej Wyglenda	12				1			3			2						3	3				12	1
	(2) Igor Plekhanov	12	2					3				1				3				3			12	2
	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11				0		2					3		3							3	11	3
4	(12) Antoni Woryna	10			3					3		0			2						2		10	4
5	(1) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	10	3				3				1				1				2				10	5
6	(7) Pawel Waloszek	9		3					2					3	0					1			9	6
7	(13) Antonín Kasper Sr.	8				3	2							1		1					1		8	7
8	(6) Marian Rose	8		1				1			3							0			3		8	8
9	(5) Pavel Mareš	8		2			0					3					1					2	8	9
10	(9) Joachim Maj	7			2		1						0					2		2			7	10
11	(3) Gennady Kurilenko	6	1						1				1				3				0		6	11
12	(8) Zbigniew Podlecki	6		0						1			2			2			1				6	12
13	(10) Jan Mucha	5			1			0						2			2		0				5	13
14	(11) Jaroslav Volf	3			0				0		2					0						1	3	14
15	(4) Stanislav Kubíček	3	0							2				0				1				0	3	15
16	(16)	2				2				0	0						0			0			2	16
R1	(R1) Florian Kapała	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

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 Final - 8 to World Final
European Final - 8 to World Final

British & Commonwealth Final[]

August 31, 1965
West Ham
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
	(8) Barry Briggs	13		1						3			3			3			3				13	1
	(2) Nigel Boocock	11	3					3				E				2				3			11	2	3
	(4) Ken McKinlay	11	2							2				3				2				2	11	3	2
4	(10) Brian Brett	10			3			2						1			2		2				10	4
5	(12) Reg Luckhurst	10			2					0		3			2						3		10	5
6	(11) Jimmy Gooch	10			1				2		3					1						3	10	6
7	(7) Mike Broadbanks	9		2					0					2	3					2			9	7	3
8	(15) Gordon Guasco	9				3			1			1						3	1				9	8	2
9	(5) Charlie Monk	8		3			2					2					1					X	8	9
10	(16) Trevor Hedge	7				2				1	F						3			1			7	10
11	(3) Bob Andrews	6	1						3				1				0				1		6	11
12	(14) Ivan Mauger	5				1		0					2		1							1	5	12
13	(6) Colin Gooddy	4		0				1			M							1			2		4	13
14	(9) Peter Vandenberg	3			E		3						0					0		0			3	14
15	(1) Bill Andrew	1	E				0				1				0				0				1	15
16	(13) Ronnie Genz	1				E	1							0		F					0		1	16
R1	(R1) Norman Hunter	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

European Final[]

June 26, 1965
Slany
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
	(3) Ove Fundin	14	3						3				2				3				3		14	1	3
	(8) Björn Knutsson	14		2						3			3			3			3				14	2	2
	(9) Antoni Woryna	11			3		1						1					3		3			11	3
4	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	10				3		3					0		3							1	10	4
5	(10) Igor Plekhanov	10			2			2						3			2		1				10	5
6	(6) Andrzej Wyglenda	9		3				1			1							2			2		9	6
7	(13) Bengt Jansson	8				0	3							2		2					1		8	7
8	(16) Soren Sjosten	8				2				2	2						1			1			8	8
9	(7) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	7		1					1					1	2					2			7	9
10	(15) Leif Larsson	7				1			2			3						1	0				7	10
11	(1) Marian Rose	7	1				E				3				2				1				7	11
12	(4) Antonín Kasper Sr.	6	2							1				0				0				3	6	12
13	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			2					1					0					2	5	13
14	(12) Gunnar Malmqvist	3			1					E		2			0						0		3	14
15	(2) Leif Enecrona	1	0					0				E				1				0			1	15
16	(11) Pawel Waloszek	0			0				0		0					0						0	0	16
R1	(R1) Pavel Mareš	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[]

September 18, 1965
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
	(12) Björn Knutsson	14			2					3		3			3						3		14	1
	(15) Igor Plekhanov	13				3			3			2						2	3				13	2	3
	(4) Ove Fundin	13	2							2				3				3				3	13	3	2
4	(13) Barry Briggs	10				2	3							1		3					1		10	4
5	(10) Bengt Jansson	10			3			1						2			2		2				10	5
6	(5) Brian Brett	9		3			0					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Sören Sjösten	9				1		3					3		2							0	9	7
8	(2) Nigel Boocock	8	3					0				0				2				3			8	8
9	(6) Andrzej Pogorzelski	7		2				2			3							0			F		7	9
10	(11) Antoni Woryna	6			1				2		2					0						1	6	10
11	(3) Leif Larsson	5	1						0				2				F				2		5	11
12	(9) Reg Luckhurst	4			0		2						1					1		0			4	12
13	(7) Ken McKinlay	4		0					1					0	1					2			4	13
14	(8) Jimmy Gooch	3		1						1			0			1			0				3	14
15	(16) Andrzej Wyglenda	2				0				0	1						1			0			2	15
16	(1) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	2	0				1				0				0				1				2	16
R1	(R1) Mike Broadbank	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Marian Rose	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.
^ "Knutsson is Champ". The People. 19 September 1965. Retrieved 5 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] "Knutsson is Champ". The People. 19 September 1965. Retrieved 5 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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