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1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.

First Round

Qualification results.

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Finnish qualifying

27 July 1959
FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
First 2 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1960

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Swedish qualifying

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5 May 1960
Hammarby IP, Stockholm
Top 7 to Nordic qualification

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Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 May	YUG Kajzerica, Zagreb	Florian Kapała	Jan Malinowski	Joachim Maj
22 May	TCH Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec	František Richter	Stefan Kepa	Stanislav Svoboda
22 May	POL Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno	Bernard Kacperak	Konstanty Pociejkewicz	Pawel Waloszek
30 May	AUT ASKÖ-X-Platz, Vienna	Josef Bössner	Henryk Żyto	Antonín Kasper Sr.

Second round

British & Commonwealth qualifying

Top 64 riders to British second round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 June	Owlerton Stadium	Dennis Newton	Eric Hockaday	Tink Maynard
4 June	Sun Street Stadium	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst	Alan Smith
4 June	Old Meadowbank	Guy Allott	Gil Goldfinch	Tony Robinson
6 June	Stanley Stadium	Peter Vandenberg	Ken Adams	Nick Nicholls
10 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Reg Reeves	Alan Smith	Stan Stevens
10 June	Knowle Stadium	Ernie Baker	Johnny Hole	Maury Mattingley
11 June	Dudley Wood Stadium	Maury Mattingley	Reg Reeves	Gil Goldfinch
11 June	Odsal Stadium	Charlie Barsby	Danny Dunton	Ken Adams
15 June		Wimborne Road	Dennis Newton	Ron Taylor	Alan Kidd

Nordic Qualification

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26 May 1960 FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki
Top 8 to Nordic final

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Continental semi-final

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26 June
FRG BBM Stadium, Munich
Top 8 to Continental final

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Third round

Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Second round

To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 July	Hyde Road	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
2 July	Abbey Stadium	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbank
4 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Banister Court Stadium	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliott
6 July	New Cross Stadium	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Foxhall Stadium	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
7 July	Oxford Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Ronnie Genz	Les McGillivray
8 July	Leicester Stadium	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Brandon Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Les Owen
9 July	The Firs Stadium	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson

Nordic Final

16 June 1960
NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve

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Continental Final

3 July 1960
AUT Stadion Wien, Vienna
First 8 to European Final

Fourth round

Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Eric Williams
13 August	Brandon Stadium	Ron How	Peter Moore	Aub Lawson
13 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven	Ken McKinlay	Bob Andrews
16 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young]	Ron How

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European Final

14 August 1960
POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

17 September 1960
ENG Wembley Stadium, London,

References

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"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
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"Speedway riders, history and results".
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
(19 September 1960). "Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title". Birmingham Daily Post.
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Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5

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