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[]

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[]

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

British Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
12 May	Newport	Eric Boocock	Roy Trigg	Ray Wilson
12 May	Hackney	Ivan Mauger	Colin Pratt	Malcolm Brown
12 May	Kings Lynn	Terry Betts	Reg Luckhurst	Dave Younghusband
13 May	Edinburgh	George Hunter	Ray Wilson	Bert Harkins
13 May	Swindon	Charlie Monk	Martin Ashby	Geoff Mudge
13 May	Cradley Heath	Ivor Brown	Chris Julian	Norman Hunter
15 May	Exeter	Nigel Boocock	Eric Boocock	Martin Ashby
16 May	West Ham	Rick France	Reg Luckhurst	Ken McKinlay
17 May	Poole	Ronnie Genz	Geoff Mudge	Barry Briggs
18 May	Sheffield	Nigel Boocock	John Dews	Martin Ashby
18 May	Oxford	Roy Trigg		Peter Moore
18 May	Wimbledon	Reg Luckhurst	Trevor Hedge	Dave Younghusband
19 May	Wolverhampton	Ken McKinlay	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey
19 May	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Bob Kilby
20 May	Belle Vue	Ronnie Genz	Cyril Maidment	Colin Pratt
20 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Rick France
20 May	Halifax	Dave Younghusband	Eric Boocock	Ken McKinlay
22 May	Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Bob Kilby
23 May	Long Eaton	rained

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
23 April	Malilla	Ove Fundin	Olle Nygren	Per Olof Söderman
1 May	Visby	Bernt Persson	Göte Nordin	Hasse Holmqvist
4 May	Hillerod	Olle Nygren	Bengt Larsson	Bengt Jansson
4 May	Vetlanda	Ove Fundin	Per Olof Söderman	Göte Nordin

Continental Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 May	Meissen	Jürgen Hehlert	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May	Miskolc	Edmund Migoś	Jan Holub I	Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May	Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Pawel Waloszek	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
7 May	Maribor	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jerzy Trzeszkowski
Semi-Finals
21 May	Balakovo	Andrzej Wyglenda	Boris Samorodov	Gennady Kurilenko
21 May	Slany	Antoni Woryna	Igor Plechanov	Jan Holub I

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
13 July	Wimbledon	Barry Briggs	Trevor Hedge	Terry Betts
13 July	Sheffield	Reg Luckhurst	Eric Boocock	Colin Pratt

Nordic Final[]

June 4, 1967
Hillerød
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	21
	(7) Ove Fundin	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	13			2				2		3					3						3	13	2
	(8) Leif Enecrona	11		1						2			3			2			3				11	3
4	(13) Bernt Persson	10				3	2							2		0					3		10	4
5	(2) Olle Nygren	9	2					3				3				1				0			9	5
6	(9) Bengt Jansson	9			1		3						1					3		1			9	6
7	(16) Anders Michanek	9				2				0	2						3			2			9	7
8	(12) Gunnar Malmqvist	7			0					3		1			2						1		7	8
9	(1)	7	3				1				1				1				1				7	9
10	(15) Bengt Larsson	7				F			1			2						2	2				7	10
11	(3) Per Olof Söderman	6	-						0				2				2				2		6	11
12	(4) Göte Nordin	4	0							1				1				0				2	4	12
13	(6) Ole Olsen	3		2				X			0							1			0		3	13
14	(14)	3				1		2					F		-							-	3	14
15	(10) Hasse Holmqvist	3			3			F						-			-		-				3	15
16	(5)	2		0			-					0					1					1	2	16
R1	(R1)	0	1				0																0	R1
R2	(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[]

August 20, 1967
Kempten
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	21
	(9) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			3		2						3					3		3			14	1
	(6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	14		3				3			3							2			3		14	2
	(13) Igor Plechanov	12				2	3							3		2					2		12	3
4	(8) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11		1						3			2			3			2				11	4
5	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				2				1				3				10	5
6	(7) Jan Holub I	10		2					1					2	3					2			10	6
7	(11) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	7
8	(3) Jochen Dinse	8	2						3				X				3				0		8	8
9	(14)	7				1		1					1		2							2	7	9
10	(12) Edmund Migoś	6			1					1		3			E						1		6	10
11	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				3			0			1						1	E				5	11
12	(16) Antonín Šváb Sr.	4				0				2	0						2			0			4	12
13	(5)	3		0			0					2					1					0	3	13
14	(2) Jürgen Hehlert	2	1					0				0				0				1			2	14
15	(4) Boris Samorodov	1	0							0				0				0				1	1	15
16	(10) Gennady Kurilenko	0			0			X						-			-		-				0	16
R1	(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

Third Round[]

British/Commonwealth Final - 6 to World Final
European Final - 10 to World Final

British/Commonwealth Final[]

August 22, 1967
West Ham
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) Barry Briggs	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(12) Ivan Mauger	13			2					3		3			3						2		13	2
	(13) Eric Boocock	12				3	3							3		2					1		12	3
4	(11) Colin Pratt	11			3				3		1					1						3	11	4
5	(2) Rick France	11	2					2				2				3				2			11	5
6	(16) Ray Wilson	10				0				2	2						3			3			10	6
7	(15) Mike Broadbank	9				2			1			1						2	3				9	7
8	(14) Jim Airey	8				1		1					3		1							2	8	8
9	(1) Nigel Boocock	7	3				2				0				0				2				7	9
10	(5) Reg Luckhurst	6		2			1					0					2					1	6	10
11	(3) Martin Ashby	5	1						2				2				0				0		5	11
12	(10) Roy Trigg	5			1			0						2			1		1				5	12
13	(7) Terry Betts	3		E					0					E	2					1			3	13
14	(4) Trevor Hedge	3	0							1				1				1				0	3	14
15	(9) Cyril Maidment	1			0		0						1					0		0			1	15
16	(8) George Hunter	1		1						0			0			E			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Charlie Monk	0																					0	R1
R2	(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[]

August 27, 1967
Wroclaw
First 10 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
	(11) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			2				3		3					3						3	14	1
	(5) Andrzej Pogorzelski	13		3			2					3					3					2	13	2
	(9) Igor Plechanov	12			0		3						3					3		3			12	3
4	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				1				2				3				10	4
5	(16) Bernt Persson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	5
6	(7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	8		2					1					E	3					2			8	6
7	(10) Ove Fundin	8			1			0						3			2		2				8	7
8	(6) Anders Michanek	8		1				2			0							2			3		8	8
9	(3) Bengt Jansson	8	2						2				2				0				2		8	9
10	(2) Jochen Dinse	7	0					3				2				2				F			7	10	3
11	(12) Jan Holub I	7			3					1		1			1						1		7	11	2
12	(14) Leif Enecrona	5				2		1					1		0							1	5	12
13	(8) Sverre Harrfeldt	3		0						3			E			E			E				3	13
14	(4) Olle Nygren	3	1							0				2				F				0	3	14
15	(15) Gunnar Malmqvist	3				1			0			0						1	1				3	15
16	(13) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	2				0	0							1		1					0		2	16
R1	(R1)	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2)	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[]

September 16, 1967
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
	(7) Ove Fundin	14		3					3					3	2					3			14	1	3
	(5) Bengt Jansson	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	2	2
	(16) Ivan Mauger	13				3				3	3						2			2			13	3
4	(14) Igor Plechanov	12				2		3					3		3							1	12	4
5	(6) Barry Briggs	11		1				2			2							3			3		11	5
6	(8) Anders Michanek	9		0						2			2			3			2				9	6
7	(11) Eric Boocock	9			3				2		1					1						2	9	7
8	(3) Ray Wilson	7	3										1				1				2		7	8
9	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	6			2		2						0					1		1			6	9
10	(2) Bernt Persson	6	2					1				1				2				X			6	10
11	(12) Antoni Woryna	5			1					1		2			1						0		5	11
12	(15) Rick France	5				1			1			0						2	1				5	12
13	(10) Colin Pratt	4			0			0						1			0		3				4	13
14	(13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	3				F	0							2		0					1		3	14
15	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	2	1				1				0				0				0				2	15
16	(4) Jochen Dinse	0	F							0				0				0				0	0	16
R1	(R1) Mike Broadbank	0																					0	R1
R2	(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[]

^ 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 9 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "World title for Fundin". The Times. 18 September 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
^ 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 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] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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