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1967 Individual Speedway World Championship
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth-place position the previous year.
Format changes
The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final.
First round
Qualification results.
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Finnish qualifying
- (2 rounds) 25 August & 30 June 1966
- FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere
- Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1967
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Swedish Qualifying
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- 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby
- Top 8 to Nordic qualification
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Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to continental semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 7 May | DDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen | DDR Jürgen Hehlert | CSK Antonín Kasper Sr. | POL Zbigniew Podlecki |
| 7 May | HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc | POL Edmund Migoś | CSK Jan Holub I | POL Andrzej Pogorzelski |
| 7 May | FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg | POL Joachim Maj | POL Pawel Waloszek | USSR Gabdrakhman Kadyrov |
| 7 May | YUG Kovinar Stadium, Maribor | POL Andrzej Wyglenda | POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski | USSR Sergej Lyatosinsky |
Second round
British qualifying
- Top 32 to British semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Eric Boocock | Roy Trigg | Ray Wilson |
| 12 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Ivan Mauger | Colin Pratt | Malcolm Brown |
| 12 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Terry Betts | Reg Luckhurst | Dave Younghusband |
| 13 May | Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh | George Hunter | Ray Wilson | Bert Harkins |
| 13 May | Abbey Stadium, Swindon | Charlie Monk | Martin Ashby | Geoff Mudge |
| 13 May | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Ivor Brown | Chris Julian | Norman Hunter |
| 15 May | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Nigel Boocock | Eric Boocock | Martin Ashby |
| 16 May | West Ham Stadium, London | Rick France | Reg Luckhurst | Ken McKinlay |
| 17 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | Ronnie Genz | Geoff Mudge | Barry Briggs |
| 18 May | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Nigel Boocock | John Dews | Martin Ashby |
| 18 May | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Roy Trigg | Eddie Reeves | Peter Moore |
| 18 May | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Reg Luckhurst | Trevor Hedge | Dave Younghusband |
| 19 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Ken McKinlay | Barry Briggs | Jim Airey |
| 19 May | White City, Glasgow | Charlie Monk | Bob Kilby | Maury Mattingley |
| 20 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Ronnie Genz | Cyril Maidment | Colin Pratt |
| 20 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Rick France | Alf Wells |
| 20 May | The Shay, Halifax | Dave Younghusband | Eric Boocock | Ken McKinlay |
| 22 May | Brough Park, Newcastle | Ivan Mauger | George Hunter | Bob Kilby |
| 23 May | Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton | Ray Wilson | Bert Harkins | Tommy Roper |
Nordic qualification
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- 4 May
- DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
- Top 8 to Nordic final
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Continental semi-finals
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- 21 May
- CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
- Top 8 to Continental final
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Third round
British/Commonwealth semi-finals
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- 13 July
- ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
- Top 8 to British final
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Nordic Final
- 4 June 1967
- DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Continental Final
- 20 August 1967
- GER Illerstadion, Kempten
- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Fourth round
British/Commonwealth Final
- 22 August 1967
- ENG West Ham Stadium, London
- First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve
European Final
- 27 August 1967
- POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
- First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve
World Final
- 16 September 1967
- ENG Wembley Stadium, London
References
References
- Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
- "World Championship 1936-1994".
- "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
- "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
- "Speedway riders, history and results".
- "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
- (18 September 1967). "World title for Fundin". The Times.
- "1967 World Championship".
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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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