1968 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 23rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ivan Mauger won his first World title. Fellow countryman Barry Briggs finished second and Pole Edward Jancarz took the bronze medal.[7][8]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1968 event. It reverted to the 1966 system whereby six riders from the Swedish section would qualify for the World Final direct to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through various events to establish the other ten riders to qualify for the final.

First round

Qualification results.[9][10]

British/Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's LynnMalcolm SimmonsTerry BettsRay Wilson
25 May The Shay, HalifaxJim AireyDave YounghusbandGreg Kentwell
25 May Brandon Stadium, CoventryNigel BoocockNorman HunterDave Hemus
25 May Hyde Road, ManchesterIvan MaugerTommy RoperCharlie Monk
27 May Brough Park, NewcastleIvan MaugerBarry BriggsBert Harkins
27 May County Ground Stadium, ExeterMartin AshbyJimmy SquibbEric Boocock
28 May West Ham Stadium, LondonNorman HunterNigel BoocockIvan Mauger
28 May Leicester Stadium, LeicesterBill AndrewBob KilbyJohn Boulger
29 May Wimborne Road, PooleJohn BoulgerBill AndrewGeoff Mudge
30 May Oxford Stadium, OxfordColin GooddyTerry BettsRonnie Genz
30 May Wimbledon Stadium, LondonMartin AshbyNigel BoocockTrevor Hedge
30 May Owlerton Stadium, SheffieldCharlie MonkColin PrattJohn Dews
31 May Monmore Green, WolverhamptonJames BondJim AireyPeter Vandenberg
31 May Hackney Wick Stadium, LondonBarry BriggsColin PrattLes McGillivray
31 May Somerton Park, NewportCyril FrancisChris JulianEric Boothroyd
31 May White City, GlasgowBob KilbyBert HarkinsJim McMillan
1 June Dudley Wood Stadium, DudleyBill AndrewTrevor HedgeReg Luckhurst
1 June Abeey Stadium, SwindonBarry BriggsBob KilbyMike Broadbanks
1 June Cliftonhill, CoatbridgeMartin AshbyRay WilsonColin Pratt

Continental qualifying

  • Top 32 to Continantal semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
4 May East Germany Meissen Speedway Stadium, MeissenSoviet Union Boris SamorodovCzechoslovakia Jan Holub IPoland Antoni Woryna
5 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stadion Automoto Drustvo SvetozarevoSoviet Union Gennady KurilenkoPoland Joachim MajSoviet Union Yuri Chekranov
5 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, MiskolcPoland Konstanty PociejkewiczPoland Henryk GlucklichSoviet Union Viktor Trofimov
5 May West Germany Abensberger Stadion, AbensbergPoland Jan MuchaSoviet Union Igor PlekhanovCzechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr.

Second round

Norwegian qualifying (top 8)

Pos.Ridertime/note
1Reidar Eide1.21.1
2Oyvind S. Berg1.22.6
3Odd Fossengen1.24.0
4Sverre Harrfeldt1.24.0
5Einar Egediussf 1.24.5
6Sven Svensrudsf 1.28.2
7Ulf Lovaassf fell
8Thorbjorn Nygaardsf fell

Finnish qualifying (top 8)

Pos.RiderPointsTotal
1Matti Olin6+814+3
2Kalevi Lahtinen8+614+2
3Veikko Metsahuone4+37
4Jouko Naskali0+44
5Reijo Tolviander3+14
6Reima Lohkovouri0+22
7Olavi Turunen2+02
8Timo Sinkkonen1+01

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1New Zealand Barry Briggs14
2New Zealand Bill Andrew13
3England Norman Hunter13
4England Nigel Boocock11
5England Mike Broadbank10
6Australia Peter Vandenberg10
7England Dave Younghusband9
8Scotland Jim McMillan
9Australia Jim Airey7
10England Colin Pratt6
11England Bob Andrews6
12England Tommy Roper5
13England Arnie Haley3
14England Chris Julian3
15England Jimmy Squibb2
16Scotland Bert Harkins1
Pos.RiderPoints
1New Zealand Ivan Mauger14
2England Martin Ashby14
3England Terry Betts12
4Australia Charlie Monk10
5England Ray Wilson10
6England Eric Boocock9
7England Trevor Hedge9
8Australia Geoff Mudge9
9England Reg Luckhurst8
10England James Bond7
11England Colin Gooddy7
12Australia John Boulger3
13New Zealand Wayne Briggs3
14Australia Greg Kentwell3
15England Eric Boothroyd1
16England Bob Kilby1

Third round

British/Commonwealth Final

  • 11 July 1968
  • England Wimbledon Stadium, London
  • First 10 to British-Nordic 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
1 New Zealand (12) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (14) Barry Briggs 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 England (5) Eric Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3
4 England (11) Martin Ashby 10 1 3 2 3 1 10 4
5 England (6) Trevor Hedge 10 2 2 3 3 0 10 5
6 England (10) Nigel Boocock 9 2 1 1 2 3 9 6
7 England (13) Norman Hunter 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 7
8 Scotland (4) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 2 2 0 8 8
9 England (1) Terry Betts 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
10 England (3) Dave Younghusband 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 10
11 Australia (15) Geoff Mudge 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 11
12 Australia (8) Charlie Monk 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 12
13 England (16) Mike Broadbanks 3 0 0 E 0 3 3 13
14 England (2) Ray Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14
15 Australia (9) Peter Vandenberg 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 New Zealand (7) Bill Andrew 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Reg Luckhurst 2 2 F 2 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Jim Airey 0 X 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

Nordic 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 Norway (10) Reidar Eide 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 Norway (1) Øyvind S. Berg 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 Norway (11) Odd Fossengen 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 3
4 Norway (5) Sverre Harrfeldt 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 4
5 Denmark (2) Ole Olsen 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Denmark (9) Godtfred Andreasen 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 6
7 Norway (3) Per J.Aulie 9 1 2 3 0 3 9 7
8 Norway (16) Ole Todnem 9 3 3 1 1 1 9 8
9 Denmark (15) Kurt Bøgh 7 F 1 3 2 1 7 9
10 Denmark (13) Preben Moller Christensen 6 2 0 2 0 2 6 10
11 Denmark (8) Jens Ring 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 11
12 Norway (14) Helgie Langlie 3 F 0 - 2 1 3 12
13 Finland (4) Matti Olin 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 13
14 Norway (6) Eidar Egedius 2 1 1 E F - 2 14
15 Finland (7) Timo Laine 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 Finland (12) Jouko Naskali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Per Ehlert 1 1 1 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 semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr.15
2Poland Konstanty Pociejkewicz12
3Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski11
4Poland Pawel Waloszek11
5Soviet Union Igor Plechanov11
6Poland Jan Mucha10
7Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov10
8Poland Jan Pytko9
9Czechoslovakia Miloslav Verner7
10Soviet Union Gabdrachman Kadyrov6
11Poland Henryk Glücklich5
12Soviet Union Boris Zechanovitsch5
13Czechoslovakia Miroslav Šmíd2
14Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr.2
15East Germany Hans Jürgen Fritz (res)2
16Hungary Barnabas Gyepes1
17Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf (res)1
18Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Poland Antoni Woryna13
2Poland Joachim Maj13
3Poland Andrzej Wyglenda12
4Soviet Union Boris Samorodov10
5Soviet Union Gennadij Kurilenko10
6Poland Jerzy Padewski9
7Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I8
8Poland Edward Jancarz8
9East Germany Gerhard Uhlenbrock8
10Soviet Union Jurij Chekranov6
11East Germany Jochen Dinse5
12Soviet Union Farid Szajnurov5
13East Germany Jürgen Hehlert4
14Czechoslovakia Antonín Šváb Sr.4
15Poland Stanislaw Tkocz3
16Czechoslovakia Frantisek Ledecky1

Fourth round

Swedish Qualifying

Pos.RiderPoints
1Ove Fundin14
2Bengt Jansson13
3Anders Michanek11
4Gunnar Malmqvist11
5Per-Olof Söderman10
6Bernt Persson9
7Tommy Johansson9
8Bengt Svensson9
9Conny Samuelsson8
10Leif Larsson6
11Sven-Inge Svensson6
12Sören Enander6
13Allan Dahlöf4
14Runo Wedin3
15Jan Holmqvist3
16Bo Magnusson
Pos.RiderPoints
1Sören Sjösten14
2Torbjörn Harrysson14
3Olle Nygren12
4Göte Nordin12
5Bengt Larsson10
6Christer Löfqvist9
7Bo Josefsson9
8Therje Henriksson9
9Hasse Holmqvist6
10Sven Sigurd4
11Jan Svensson4
12Lars Jansson4
13Karl-Erik Andersson3
14Bengt Brannefors3
15Åke Andersson3
16Sixten Karlberg2
17Jan Stridh2

British/Commonwealth/Nordic 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 New Zealand (11) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (5) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 3
3 Norway (16) Reidar Eide 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 3 2
4 England (7) Martin Ashby 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 4
5 Norway (15) Sverre Harrfeldt 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 5
6 England (9) Terry Betts 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 6
7 England (1) Trevor Hedge 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7
8 England (3) Eric Boocock 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 8
9 England (13) Norman Hunter 6 1 0 1 1 3 6 9
10 New Zealand (12) Barry Briggs 6 1 F 2 1 2 6 10
11 Norway (10) Odd Fossengen 5 0 3 2 0 0 5 11
12 Scotland (8) Jim McMillan 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 Norway (6) Øyvind S. Berg 4 1 2 0 1 0 4 13
14 Denmark (2) Ole Olsen 4 1 1 0 2 F 4 14
15 England (4) Dave Younghusband 1 0 1 0 0 F 1 15
16 Norway (14) Godtfred Andreasen 0 0 0 0 - - 0 16
R1 Norway (R1) Per J.Aulle 1 0 1 1 R1
R2 Australia (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

Continental 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 Soviet Union (2) Gennady Kurilenko 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 1
2 Poland (6) Paweł Waloszek 10 2 3 3 2 0 10 2
3 Soviet Union (16) Vladimir Smirnov 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 3
4 Poland (15) Edward Jancarz 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4
5 Poland (13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 10 1 3 3 2 1 10 5
6 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 9 2 2 2 1 2 9 6
7 Soviet Union (11) Igor Plekhanov 8 3 3 0 0 2 8 7 3
8 Poland (3) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 8 2 0 F 3 3 8 8 2
9 Poland (7) Jerzy Padewski 8 3 2 0 3 F 8 9 1
10 Czechoslovakia (9) Jan Holub I 7 1 1 3 1 1 7 10
11 Poland (1) Andrzej Wyglenda 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 11
12 Poland (8) Zygmunt Pytko 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 12
13 Soviet Union (10) Boris Samorodov 6 0 2 1 1 2 6 13
14 Poland (5) Jan Mucha 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 14
15 Poland (4) Joachim Maj 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 15
16 Czechoslovakia (14) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 East Germany (R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Václav Verner 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

Fifth round

Swedish Final

  • Top 6 to World final, 1 reserve
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
27 MayMalmö Stadion, MalmöGunnar MalmqvistAnders MichanekHasse Holmqvist
28 MayUllevi, GothenburgBernt PerssonGunnar MalmqvistTorbjörn Harrysson
30 MayRyd Motorstadion, LinköpingOve FundinBengt JanssonGunnar Malmqvist
Pos.RiderPoints
1Gunnar Malmqvist38
2Ove Fundin35
3Torbjörn Harrysson31
4Bernt Persson30
5Anders Michanek29
6Hasse Holmqvist28
7Bengt Jansson27
8Bengt Larsson25
9Sören Sjösten23
Pos.RiderPoints
10Therje Henriksson22
11Bo Josefsson15
12Bengt Svensson15
13Christer Löfqvist14
14Olle Nygren10
15Tommy Johansson9
16Per Olof Söderman8
17Conny Samuelsson2
18Runo Wedin1

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 Poland (3) Paweł Waloszek 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 1
2 Poland (5) Antoni Woryna 11 3 3 3 X 2 11 2
3 Poland (16) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 3
4 New Zealand (11) Ivan Mauger 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 4
5 New Zealand (8) Barry Briggs 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 5
6 Soviet Union (1) Gennady Kurilenko 9 2 2 3 0 2 9 6
7 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 8 3 1 0 3 1 8 7
8 Poland (10) Edward Jancarz 8 3 3 2 F - 8 8
9 England (12) Nigel Boocock 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 9
10 England (2) Martin Ashby 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 10 3
11 Soviet Union (9) Igor Plekhanov 6 0 0 2 3 1 6 11 2
12 Soviet Union (6) Vladimir Smirnov 5 2 0 E 2 1 5 12
13 England (4) Trevor Hedge 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 13
14 England (7) Terry Betts 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 Norway (13) Sverre Harrfeldt 2 1 1 F - - 2 15
16 Poland (15) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 0 0 - - - - 0 16
R1 Poland (R1) Jerzy Padewski 7 1 2 1 3 7 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Václav Verner 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

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 New Zealand (6) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (5) Barry Briggs 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 2
3 Poland (7) Edward Jancarz 11 1 3 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 Soviet Union (9) Gennady Kurilenko 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 4 2
5 Poland (4) Paweł Waloszek 10 F 2 3 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (12) Torbjörn Harrysson 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 6
7 Sweden (1) Anders Michanek 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 Sweden (10) Hasse Holmqvist 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 8
9 Sweden (15) Ove Fundin 7 3 0 1 0 3 7 9
10 Sweden (11) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 2 1 3 1 7 10
11 England (2) Martin Ashby 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 11
12 Poland (16) Antoni Woryna 5 2 1 R 1 1 5 12
14 Norway (8) Reidar Eide 3 0 0 2 1 F 3 14
13 Poland (3) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 13
15 Sweden (14) Bernt Persson 1 E 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 England (13) Nigel Boocock 1 1 0 0 X E 1 16
R1 Soviet Union (R1) Igor Plekhanov 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Bengt Jansson 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

  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.
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  7. ↑ "Sports in Brief". The Times. 7 September 1968. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  8. ↑ "Boocock last in Sweden". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 September 1968. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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