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1966 Individual Speedway World Championship
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 21st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
In the final in Gothenburg New Zealander Barry Briggs equalled the record of Ove Fundin by winning his fourth World title. Norwegian Sverre Harrfeldt took silver and Pole Antoni Woryna took bronze. Ivan Mauger, a 26-year-old New Zealander who had won the European Final qualifier finished fourth.
Format changes
The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final.
Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship.
First round
Qualification results.
British & Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 20 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Nigel Boocock | Jon Erskine | Jack Biggs |
| 20 May | White City, Glasgow | Ron Mountford | Charlie Monk | Eric Boocock |
| 21 May | Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh | George Hunter | Doug Templeton | Norman Hunter |
| 21 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Jim Lightfoot | Bill Andrew |
| 21 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Brian Brett | Jon Erskine | Cyril Maidment |
| 21 May | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Reg Luckhurst | Bob Dugard | Bob Paulson |
| 23 May | Brough Park, Newcastle | Ivan Mauger | Brian Brett | Mike Broadbank |
| 23 May | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Ron Mountford | Martin Ashby | Trevor Hedge |
| 24 May | Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton | Ray Wilson | Eric Boothroyd | Ivan Mauger |
| 24 May | West Ham Stadium, London | Barry Briggs | Norman Hunter | Malcolm Simmons |
| 25 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | David Crane | Cyril Maidment | Peter Moore |
| 25 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | Bill Andrew | Geoff Mudge | Doug Templeton |
| 26 May | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Eric Boocock | Jimmy Gooch | Jim Lightfoot |
| 26 May | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Billy Bales | Barry Briggs | Charlie Monk |
| 27 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Colin Pratt | Mike Broadbank | Ivan Mauger |
| 27 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Ken McKinlay | Terry Betts | Peter Jarman |
| 28 May | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Ivor Brown | Peter Vandenberg | Colin Gooddy |
| 28 May | The Shay, Halifax | Eric Boocock | Eric Boothroyd | Colin Pratt |
| 28 May | Abbey Stadium, Swindon | Barry Briggs | Martin Ashby | Arne Pander |
Second round
British & Commonwealth semi-finals
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- 15 June
- ENG The Shay, Halifax
- Top 8 to British final
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Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 8 May | FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg | POL Joachim Maj | POL Andrzej Wyglenda | POL Andrzej Pogorzelski |
| 8 May | DDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen | POL Jan Mucha | POL Edmund Migoś | POL Marian Rose |
| 8 May | HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc | POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski | POL Zbigniew Podlecki | USSR Farid Szajnurov |
| 8 May | YUG Gradski stadion, Osijek | USSR Gennady Kurilenko | POL Stanisław Tkocz | POL Antoni Woryna |
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Finnish qualifying
- 30 July 1965
- FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
- Top 3 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1966
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Third round
British & Commonwealth Final
- 27 June 1966
- ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London
- First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve
Nordic Final
- 19 May 1966
- DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
- First 7 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve
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- 22 May
- POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
- Top 8 to Continental final
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Fourth round
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- 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby
- Top 8 to Swedish final
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Continental Final
- 25 June 1966
- CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
- First 9 to European Final plus 1 reserve
British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final
- 14 July 1966
- ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
- First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Fifth round
Swedish Final
- Top 6 to World final
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 31 May | Ryavallen, Borås | Bengt Brannefors | Björn Knutson | Karl-Erik Andersson |
| 1 June | Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping | Björn Knutson | Per-Olof Söderman | Torbjörn Harrysson |
| 2 June | Ullevi, Gothenburg | Björn Knutson | Torbjörn Harrysson | Leif Larsson |
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European Final
- 3 September 1966
- ENG Wembley Stadium, London
- First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve
World Final
- 23 September 1966
- SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg
References
References
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- (24 September 1966). "Miss oakley's title". The Times.
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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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