1969 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 24th 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 Mirror and held at Wembley. Ivan Mauger retained his title and won £1,000 in prize money. Barry Briggs finished second again after beating Sören Sjösten in a run-off for silver.^[7]^[8]

Format changes[]

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1969 event. This time the Swedish riders were pooled with the Continental and European sections that would provide 10 riders for the World Final, while the British and Commonwealth riders would supply 6 riders for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London.

First Round[]

British/Commonwealth Qualifying - 16 to British/Commonwealth Final
Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 May	Halifax	Eric Boocock	Charlie Monk	Reg Luckhurst
17 May	Coatbridge	Jim McMillan	Bert Harkins	Trevor Hedge
19 May	Newcastle	Eric Boocock	Ray Wilson
19 May	Exeter	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby
20 May	Leicester	Martin Ashby	Howard Cole	John Boulger
20 May	West Ham	Norman Hunter		Ken McKinlay
21 May	Poole	Geoff Mudge	Ivan Mauger	Pete Smith
22 May	Oxford		Pete Smith	Mike Broadbanks
22 May	Wimbledon	Ronny Moore		Ivan Mauger
22 May	Sheffield	Arnold Haley	Jim Airey	Nigel Boocock
23 May	Newport	Sándor Lévai	Frank Shuter	Reg Luckhurst
23 May	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Barry Briggs	Jim McMillan
23 May	Hackney	Colin Pratt	Garry Middleton	Pete Smith
23 May	Wolverhampton	Nigel Boocock	James Bond	Norman Hunter
24 May	Belle Vue	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Chris Pusey
24 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Norman Hunter
1 June	Kings Lynn	Terry Betts	Malcolm Simmons	Martin Ashby
9 June	Cradley Heath	Roy Trigg	Bob Andrews	James Bond
11 June	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey
Semi-Finals
24 June	Leicester	Barry Briggs	Charlie Monk	Reg Luckhurst
26 June	Sheffield	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Tommy Roper

Scandinavian Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
25 April	Göteborg	Ove Fundin		Bengt Larsson
27 April	Vetlanda	Bengt Jansson	Gunnar Malmqvist
28 April	Borås	Bernt Persson	Göte Nordin	Per Olof Söderman
29 April	Avesta	Leif Enecrona	Hasse Holmqvist	Anders Michanek
Nordic Semi-Final
1 May	Kumla	Bengt Jansson	Per Olof Söderman	Jan Simensen
1 May	Visby	Sören Sjösten	Bernt Persson	Hasse Holmqvist
1 May	Gislaved	Ove Fundin	Göte Nordin	Ole Olsen

Continental Qualifying[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
11 May	Ruhpolding	Antoni Woryna	Edward Jancarz	Manfred Poschenreider
11 May	Krsko	Jerzy Trzeszkowski		Gennady Kurilenko
11 May	Miskolc	Vladimir Smirnov	Zbigniew Podlecki	Paweł Waloszek
11 May	Stralsund	Viktor Trofimov	Zygmunt Pytko	Jürgen Hehlert
Semi-Finals
7 June	Slany	Antoni Woryna	Zbigniew Podlecki	Andrzej Wyglenda
8 June	Bydgoszcz	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Henryk Glucklich	Andrzej Pogorzelski

Second Round[]

Nordic Final - 8 to European Final
Continental Final - 8 to European Final

Nordic Final[]

June 4, 1969
Linköping
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) Torbjörn Harrysson	14	3				3				3				2				3				14	1	3
	(3) Sören Sjösten	14	2						3				3				3				3		14	2	2
	(12) Ove Fundin	14			3					3		3			3						2		14	3	1
4	(14) Reidar Eide	12				3		3					2		1							3	12	4
5	(6) Bernt Persson	10		3				2			2							2			1		10	5
6	(2) Hasse Holmqvist	10	1					1				2				3				3			10	6
7	(4) Bengt Jansson	9	0							2				3				3				1	9	7
8	(11) Per Olof Söderman	9			2				2		1					2						2	9	8
9	(8) Bo Josefsson	6		2						1			1			0			2				6	9	3
10	(13) Gunnar Malmqvist	6				1	2							2		1					0		6	10	2
11	(10) Bengt Larsson	5			1			0						1			2		1				5	11
12	(7) Jan Simensen	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	12
13	(16) Ole Olsen	2				2				0	-						0			-			2	13
14	(5) Odd Fossengen	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	14
15	(9) Göte Nordin	1			0		1						0					-		-			1	15
16	(15)	0				0			0			0						0	0				0	16
R1	(R1)	3																1		2			3	R1
R2	(R2)	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[]

June 27, 1969
Ufa
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) Antoni Woryna	11		2					3					1	2					3			11	1
	(16) Andrzej Wyglenda	10				0				3	3						2			2			10	2
	(2) Edward Jancarz	10	3					2				3				2				0			10	3
4	(14) Valeri Klementiev	9				3		E					0		3							3	9	4
5	(1) Henryk Glucklich	9	0				3				2				1				3				9	5
6	(9) Zbigniew Podlecki	9			3		2						3					0		1			9	6
7	(6) Jan Mucha	9		1				3			1							1			3		9	7
8	(13) Andrzej Pogorzelski	9				2	0							2		3					2		9	8
9	(8) Gennady Kurilenko	9		3						2			2			1			1				9	9
10	(4) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	9	2							1				3				2				1	9	10
11	(5) Stanisław Tkocz	8		E			1					2					3					2	8	11
12	(15) Jan Holub I	8				1			1			1						3	2				8	12
13	(3) Paweł Waloszek	6	1						2				1				1				1		6	13
14	(10) Zygmunt Pytko	3			2			1						E			0		E				3	14
15	(12)	0			F					0		E			E						E		0	15
16	(11)	0			E				0		E					-						-	0	16
R1	(R1)	0														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

Third Round[]

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

British/Commonwealth Final[]

August 5, 1969
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
	(9) Barry Briggs	15			3		3						3					3		3			15	1
	(3) Nigel Boocock	13	3						3				2				3				2		13	2	3
	(6) Ronnie Moore	13		3				2			3							2			3		13	3	2
4	(2) Ivan Mauger	11	0					3				3				3				2			11	4
5	(4) Ken McKinlay	11	2							3				2				1				3	11	5
6	(11) Howard Cole	9			2				1		2					2						2	9	6
7	(16) Arnold Haley	8				3				2	1						2			X			8	7	3
8	(7) Eric Boocock	8		1					2					1	3					1			8	8	2
9	(13) Garry Middleton	8				2	2							3		1					T		8	9	1
10	(10) Charlie Monk	6			1			1						0			1		3				6	10
11	(8) Martin Ashby	4		0						1			1			X			2				4	11
12	(5) Trevor Hedge	4		2			1					1					0					0	4	12
13	(14) Jim McMillan	4				1		0					0		2							1	4	13
14	(15) Colin Pratt	3				E			T			2						0	1				3	14
15	(1) Ray Wilson	3	1				F				1				1				0				3	15
16	(12) Roy Trigg	1			0					E		0			0						1		1	16
R1	(R1) James Bond	0							0														0	R1
R2	(R2)	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Martin Ashby	0																					0	R3
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 24, 1969
Olching
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
	(13) Valeri Klementiev	12				0	3							3		3					3		12	1
	(15) Edward Jancarz	12				2			3			3						2	2				12	2
	(2) Torbjörn Harrysson	11	3					3				2				2				1			11	3
4	(4) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11	1							3				2				3				2	11	4
5	(5) Andrzej Wyglenda	9		3			1					1					1					3	9	5
6	(3) Sören Sjösten	9	2						0				3				2				2		9	6
7	(16) Henryk Glucklich	8				1				0	1						3			3			8	7
8	(6) Hasse Holmqvist	8		2				2			3							1			0		8	8
9	(7) Ove Fundin	8		1					1					1	3					2			8	9
10	(8) Jan Mucha	8		0						2			2			1			3				8	10
11	(14) Zbigniew Podlecki	7				3		1					1		1							1	7	11
12	(11) Bengt Jansson	5			3				2		0					0						0	5	12
13	(1) Antoni Woryna	5	0				2				2				0				1				5	13
14	(12) Bernt Persson	5			1					1		0			2						1		5	14
15	(10) Reidar Eide	2			2			0						0			0		0				2	15
16	(9) Per Olof Söderman	0			0		0						0					0		0			0	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[]

September 13, 1969
London, Wembley Stadium^[9]

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) Ivan Mauger	14			3				3		3					3						2	14	1
	(16) Barry Briggs	11				3				2	2						1			3			11	2	3
	(5) Sören Sjösten	11		3			F					2					3					3	11	3	2
4	(2) Nigel Boocock	10	3					2				3				1				1			10	4
5	(9) Hasse Holmqvist	10			2		1						3					2		2			10	5
6	(6) Edward Jancarz	9		1				1			1							3			3		9	6
7	(7) Ove Fundin	9		2					2					2	3					0			9	7
8	(13) Ken McKinlay	7				1	3							3		0					0		7	8
9	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	7				0		3					1		2							1	7	9
10	(3) Jan Mucha	7	1						0				2				2				2		7	10
11	(15) Ronnie Moore	6				2			1			1						1	1				6	11
12	(8) Henryk Glücklich	5		0						0			0			2			3				5	12
13	(12) Valeri Klementiev	4			0					3		X			F						1		4	13
14	(1) Torbjörn Harrysson	4	2				2				F				-				-				4	14
15	(4) Andrzej Wyglenda	2	0							1				1				0				0	2	15
16	(10) Howard Cole	1			1			0						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Zbigniew Podlecki	3													1				2				3	R1
R2	(R2) Arnold Haley	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.
^ "Briggs once again". Sunday Mirror. 7 September 1969. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Mauger Still King". Sunday Mirror. 14 September 1969. Retrieved 9 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 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] "Briggs once again". Sunday Mirror. 7 September 1969. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Mauger Still King". Sunday Mirror. 14 September 1969. Retrieved 9 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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