1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 26th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ole Olsen became the first Danish winner of the Championship. His 15-point maximum denied Ivan Mauger from winning a fourth consecutive title. Mauger won the silver medal run-off against Bengt Jansson.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1971 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

Qualification results.[8][9]

British/Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
17 AprilThe Shay, HalifaxDave YounghusbandRonnie MooreBill Andrew
17 AprilAbbey Stadium, SwindonBarry BriggsMartin AshbyGeorge Hunter
19 AprilReading Stadium, ReadingIvan MaugerJim AireyHoward Cole
19 AprilCounty Ground Stadium, ExeterEric BoocockBob KilbyDave Younghusband
20 AprilWest Ham Stadium, LondonReg LuckhurstNigel BoocockGreg Kentwell
20 AprilLeicester Stadium, LeicesterRay WilsonTommy RoperJohn Boulger
21 AprilWimborne Road, PooleBarry BriggsTony LomasMartin Ashby
22 AprilWimbledon Stadium, LondonGarry MiddletonJohn BoulgerRonnie Moore
22 AprilOwlerton Stadium, SheffieldEric BoocockBrian LeonardJim Airey
22 AprilOxford Stadium, OxfordMartin AshbyColin GooddyCharlie Monk
23 AprilMonmore Green, WolverhamptonTerry BettsBob AndrewsIvan Mauger
23 AprilHampden Park, GlasgowHoward ColeEric BroadbeltNorman Hunter
24 AprilHyde Road, ManchesterIvan MaugerGeorge HunterSándor Lévai
24 AprilBrandon Stadium, CoventryTony LomasAlan CowlandCol Cottrell
24 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's LynnMalcolm SimmonsRay WilsonTerry Betts
26 AprilDudley Wood Stadium, DudleyRoy TriggGarry MiddletonPeter Jarman
28 AprilBrandon Stadium, CoventryTony LomasBruce CribbKen McKinlay
30 AprilHackney Wick Stadium, LondonBarry ThomasGarry MiddletonBob Kilby
30 AprilSomerton Park, NewportSándor LévaiNigel BoocockBill Andrew

Second round

Norwegian qualifying

Pos.RiderPoints
1Reidar Eide15
2Ulf Lovaas12
3Svein Kaasa11
4Einar Egedius11
5Odd Fossengen10
6Jan Terje Gravningen10
7Jon Odegaard10
8Jorn Flatha9
9Dag Lovaas6
10Dagfinn Dahl6
11Johnny Larsen5
12Kjell Todnem5
13Nils O. Haraldsen3
14Thorbjorn Nygaard3
15Ragnar Olaisen2
16Leif O. Jorgensen2

Finnish qualifying (top 8)

Pos.RiderPointsTotal
1Kalevi Lahtinen8+816
2Matti Olin6+612
3Jouko Naskali2+35
4Erkki Hannula4+04
5Pekka Kulmala0+44
6Reima Lohkovuori3+14
7Timo Sinkkonen0+22
8Olavi Turunen1+01

Continental qualifying

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
8 May Italy Stadio Moretti, UdineSoviet Union Aleksandr PavlovPoland Jerzy SzczakielSoviet Union Viktor Trofimov
9 May Czechoslovakia Markéta Stadium, PragueEast Germany Hans Jürgen FritzCzechoslovakia Jiří ŠtanclEast Germany Peter Liebing
9 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, MiskolcCzechoslovakia Jan Holub ISoviet Union Vladimir SmirnovPoland Henryk Glucklich
9 May West Germany Abensberger Stadion, AbensbergPoland Jan MuchaPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Antoni Woryna

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1New Zealand Ronnie Moore15
2Australia John Boulger13
3New Zealand Barry Briggs12
4England Bob Kilby10
5England Arnie Haley9
6England Martin Ashby9
7Australia Geoff Curtis8
8Australia Garry Middleton7
9England Tommy Roper7
10New Zealand Bruce Cribb6
11England Roy Trigg5
12Scotland Ken McKinlay3
13Scotland George Hunter2
14England Colin Gooddy2
15England Ian Turner1
16England Stan Stevens (res)0
17England Alan Sage (res)0
Pos.RiderPoints
1New Zealand Ivan Mauger14
2England Ray Wilson14
3England Nigel Boocock13
4England Eric Boocock13
5Wales Howard Cole10
6Scotland Bert Harkins9
7England Tony Lomas9
8England Dave Younghusband8
9England Bob Andrews8
10England Malcom Simmons7
11England Terry Betts4
12England Norman Storer4
13Hungary Sándor Lévai3
14England Alan Cowland2
15Australia Charlie Monk1
16England Tony Clarke

Third round

British/Commonwealth 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
1 New Zealand (7) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 New Zealand (2) Barry Briggs 13 3 2 2 3 3 13 2
3 England (6) Tony Lomas 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 Scotland (16) Bert Harkins 9 2 2 2 3 0 9 4
5 England (15) Ray Wilson 8 3 1 3 1 0 8 5
6 England (5) Martin Ashby 8 2 2 1 1 2 8 6
7 New Zealand (9) Ronnie Moore 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 7
8 England (13) Dave Younghusband 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 England (11) Bob Kilby 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 9
10 England (4) Eric Boocock 6 0 3 0 T 3 6 10
11 Australia (12) Jim Airey 6 3 1 0 2 0 6 11
12 England (8) Nigel Boocock 6 1 X 2 0 3 6 12
13 Wales (10) Howard Cole 6 0 1 2 2 1 6 13
14 Australia (1) Geoff Curtis 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 14
15 Australia (3) John Boulger 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 15
16 England (14) Arnold Haley 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
New Zealand (17) Bill Andrew 0 0 0
Australia (18) Garry Middleton 0 0
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

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 Denmark (5) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Norway (1) Reidar Eide 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 2
3 Denmark (11) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 11 2 T 3 3 3 11 3
4 Denmark (12) Kurt Bøgh 11 3 3 2 1 2 11 4
5 Norway (4) Odd Fossengen 10 2 2 3 3 F 10 5
6 Denmark (7) Niels Weiss Sorensen 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 6
7 Norway (6) Øyvind S. Berg 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 7
8 Denmark (3) Jorn Morgensen 9 0 3 3 2 1 9 8
9 Denmark (2) Bjarne Nyegaard 8 1 3 1 2 1 8 9
10 Denmark (10) Preben Rosenkilde 6 1 0 1 1 3 6 10
11 Norway (9) Svein Kaasa 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 11
12 Finland (14) Kalevi Lahtinen 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 12
13 Norway (8) Edgar Stangeland 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 13
14 Norway (13) Dag Lovaas 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14
15 Finland (16) Matti Olin 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 Norway (15) Jan Terje Gravningen 1 0 1 F - - 1 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Flemming Larsen 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

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1East Germany Hans Jürgen Fritz14
2Poland Henryk Glücklich11
3Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I11
4Poland Piotr Bruzda10.5
5Poland Stanislaw Kasa10
6East Germany Dieter Tetzlaff10
7East Germany Horst Krüger9
8Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl8
9Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov7.5
10Soviet Union Viktor Kalmykov6
11Hungary Janos Szöke6
12East Germany Peter Liebing6
13East Germany Clemens Bever6
14Poland Zbigniew Podlecki3
15Czechoslovakia Zbynek Novotny2
16Hungary Ferenc Radacsi0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Soviet Union Gennadij Kurilenko11
2Poland Jerzy Szczakiel11
3Soviet Union Vladimir Gordeev11
4Soviet Union Grigorij Khlynovski11
5Soviet Union Anatolij Kuzmin10
6Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov10
7Poland Jan Mucha10
8Poland Paweł Waloszek9+3
9Soviet Union Alexander Pavlov9+2
10Poland Andrzej Wyglenda7
11Czechoslovakia Pavel Mares6
12Czechoslovakia Miroslav Verner5
13Poland Antoni Woryna4
14Czechoslovakia Václav Verner3
15Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski3
16Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka0

Fourth round

Swedish qualifying

  • Top 4 in each heat to Swedish final

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
1 New Zealand (2) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 England (6) Ray Wilson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (9) Ole Olsen 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 3
4 England (12) Nigel Boocock 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 4
5 Australia (1) Jim Airey 9 2 2 0 3 2 9 5
6 England (16) Eric Boocock 9 1 1 2 2 3 9 6
7 England (4) Tony Lomas 9 1 2 3 1 2 9 7
8 New Zealand (11) Ronnie Moore 9 0 3 1 2 3 9 8
9 New Zealand (10) Barry Briggs 7 1 0 F 3 3 7 9
10 England (8) Dave Younghusband 7 2 0 3 1 1 7 10
11 Denmark (13) Kurt Bøgh 6 2 0 2 0 2 6 11
12 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 4 3 1 0 - 0 4 12
13 England (15) Martin Ashby 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 13
14 Scotland (3) Bert Harkins 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 England (5) Bob Kilby 2 1 1 0 0 - 2 15
16 Denmark (7) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 Norway (R1) Odd Fossengen 1 1 1 R1
R2 Australia (R2) John Boulger 1 1 1 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

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 Poland (14) Henryk Glucklich 10 1 3 3 3 0 10 1 3
2 Poland (12) Jan Mucha 10 0 3 3 2 2 10 2 2
3 Soviet Union (7) Gennady Kurilenko 10 1 3 2 1 3 10 3 1
4 Poland (15) Jerzy Szczakiel 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4 0
5 Soviet Union (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 5
6 Soviet Union (3) Viktor Trofimov 9 0 2 1 3 3 9 6
7 Czechoslovakia (1) Jiří Štancl 9 3 1 3 0 2 9 7
8 Soviet Union (13) Valery Gordeev 9 3 2 3 1 X 9 8
9 Poland (4) Pawel Waloszek 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 9
10 Soviet Union (5) Anatoly Kuzmin 8 2 3 2 F 1 8 10
11 Czechoslovakia (2) Jan Holub I 7 1 2 0 2 2 7 11
12 East Germany (6) Horst Krüger 6 3 0 2 1 F 6 12
13 East Germany (8) Dieter Tetzlaff 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 Poland (10) Stanislaw Kasa 3 2 1 F - - 3 14
15 East Germany (16) Hans Jürgen Fritz 1 0 0 1 F - 1 15
16 Poland (9) Piotr Bruzda 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Miloslav Verner 3 2 0 1 3 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

Fifth round

Swedish Finals

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
1Anders Michanek14151241
2Bengt Jansson11111436
3Bernt Persson1114934
4Leif Enecrona1281131
5Tommy Jansson10101030
6Sören Sjösten871429
7Göte Nordin3121328
8Hasse Holmqvist810826
9Lars Jansson97723
Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
10Olle Nygren85619
11Bo Wirebrand44715
12Runo Wedin47415
13Bo Josefsson54211
14Sven-Inge Svensson52310
15Per Olof Söderman5319
16Herje Henriksson-101
17Rolf Johansson00-0

European Final

  • 21 August 1971
  • England Wembley Stadium, London
  • 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
1 New Zealand (13) Ivan Mauger 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (7) Ray Wilson 12 3 3 X 3 3 12 2 3
3 Denmark (9) Ole Olsen 12 3 3 3 3 E 12 3 2
4 England (16) Nigel Boocock 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 4 X
5 England (3) Eric Boocock 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 5
6 Australia (12) Jim Airey 9 2 2 3 T 2 9 6
7 Poland (4) Jerzy Szczakiel 7 3 1 2 1 0 7 7
8 New Zealand (14) Ronnie Moore 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 8
9 Soviet Union (5) Vladimir Gordeev 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 9 3
10 Czechoslovakia (2) Jiří Štancl 6 0 2 1 2 1 6 10 2
11 England (11) Tony Lomas 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 11 1
12 Poland (8) Henryk Glucklich 4 1 X 0 0 3 4 12
13 Soviet Union (6) Grigory Khlinovsky 4 0 1 1 2 0 4 13
14 Soviet Union (1) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 14
15 Poland (15) Jan Mucha 4 F 1 2 F 1 4 15
16 Soviet Union (10) Gennady Kurilenko 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 New Zealand (R1) Barry Briggs 2 2 2 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Pawel Waloszek 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
1 Denmark (14) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (7) Ivan Mauger 12+3 3 1 3 2 3 12 2
3 Sweden (13) Bengt Jansson 12+3 2 3 1 3 3 12 3
4 England (3) Ray Wilson 11 3 3 1 3 1 11 4
5 Sweden (4) Anders Michanek 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 Sweden (12) Bernt Persson 9 3 1 2 1 2 9 6
7 Australia (5) Jim Airey 8 2 1 3 2 0 8 7
8 Sweden (11) Sören Sjösten 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 8
9 England (1) Nigel Boocock 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 9
10 New Zealand (10) Ronnie Moore 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 10
11 England (6) Eric Boocock 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 11
12 Sweden (9) Leif Enecrona 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 12
13 Czech Republic (2) Jiří Štancl 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 13
14 Sweden (16) Tommy Jansson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
15 Poland (15) Jerzy Szczakiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
16 Soviet Union (8) Vladimir Gordeev Dsq 1 3 2 2 3 11 16
Sweden (17) Göte Nordin 0 0
England (18) Tony Lomas 0 0
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

Note : Vladimir Gordeev was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel.

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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  7. ↑ "Ole Olsen wins world speedway title". Birmingham Daily Post. 11 September 1971. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  10. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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