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1968 Individual Speedway World Championship
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 23rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Ivan Mauger won his first World title. Fellow countryman Barry Briggs finished second and Pole Edward Jancarz took the bronze medal.
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.
British/Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 25 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Malcolm Simmons | Terry Betts | Ray Wilson |
| 25 May | The Shay, Halifax | Jim Airey | Dave Younghusband | Greg Kentwell |
| 25 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Norman Hunter | Dave Hemus |
| 25 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Ivan Mauger | Tommy Roper | Charlie Monk |
| 27 May | Brough Park, Newcastle | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Bert Harkins |
| 27 May | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Martin Ashby | Jimmy Squibb | Eric Boocock |
| 28 May | West Ham Stadium, London | Norman Hunter | Nigel Boocock | Ivan Mauger |
| 28 May | Leicester Stadium, Leicester | Bill Andrew | Bob Kilby | John Boulger |
| 29 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | John Boulger | Bill Andrew | Geoff Mudge |
| 30 May | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Colin Gooddy | Terry Betts | Ronnie Genz |
| 30 May | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Martin Ashby | Nigel Boocock | Trevor Hedge |
| 30 May | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Charlie Monk | Colin Pratt | John Dews |
| 31 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | James Bond | Jim Airey | Peter Vandenberg |
| 31 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Barry Briggs | Colin Pratt | Les McGillivray |
| 31 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Cyril Francis | Chris Julian | Eric Boothroyd |
| 31 May | White City, Glasgow | Bob Kilby | Bert Harkins | Jim McMillan |
| 1 June | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Bill Andrew | Trevor Hedge | Reg Luckhurst |
| 1 June | Abeey Stadium, Swindon | Barry Briggs | Bob Kilby | Mike Broadbanks |
| 1 June | Cliftonhill, Coatbridge | Martin Ashby | Ray Wilson | Colin Pratt |
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continantal semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May | DDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen | USSR Boris Samorodov | CSK Jan Holub I | POL Antoni Woryna |
| 5 May | YUG Stadion Automoto Drustvo Svetozarevo | USSR Gennady Kurilenko | POL Joachim Maj | USSR Yuri Chekranov |
| 5 May | HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc | POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz | POL Henryk Glucklich | USSR Viktor Trofimov |
| 5 May | FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg | POL Jan Mucha | USSR Igor Plekhanov | CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. |
Second round
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- (2 rounds) ? & 30 Aug 1967
- FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
- Top 3 to Nordic final 1968
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- 2 July
- ENG Wimborne Road, Poole
- Top 8 to British final
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Third round
British/Commonwealth Final
- 11 July 1968
- ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London
- First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Nordic Final
- 2 June 1968
- DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
- First 6 to British-Nordic Final, plus 1 reserve
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- 26 May
- POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
- Top 8 to Continental final
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Fourth round
Swedish Qualifying
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- 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby
- Top 8 to Swedish final
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British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final
- 6 August 1968
- ENG West Ham Stadium, London
- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Continental Final
- 21 June 1968
- USSR Stroitel Stadium, Ufa
- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Fifth round
Swedish Final
- Top 6 to World final, 1 reserve
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 27 May | Malmö Stadion, Malmö | Gunnar Malmqvist | Anders Michanek | Hasse Holmqvist |
| 28 May | Ullevi, Gothenburg | Bernt Persson | Gunnar Malmqvist | Torbjörn Harrysson |
| 30 May | Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping | Ove Fundin | Bengt Jansson | Gunnar Malmqvist |
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European Final
- 25 August 1968
- POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
- First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve
World Final
- 6 September 1968
- SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg
References
References
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- "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
- "Speedway riders, history and results".
- "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
- (7 September 1968). "Sports in Brief". The Times.
- (7 September 1968). "Boocock last in Sweden". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
- "1968 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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