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1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.
First round
British/Commonwealth preliminaries
Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifying
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 1 April Quibell Park Stadium, Scunthorpe Reg Luckhurst Russ Osborne Mike Hiftle 5 April Derwent Park, Workington Alan Cowland Dave Gatenby Brian Clark 21 April Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Phil Herne Mike Sampson Mike Cake 22 April Earle Street, Crewe Carl Glover Mike Broadbanks Richard Greer 23 April Ellesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere Port Barry Crowson Richard May Ken Eyre
Second round
Continental qualifying
Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 1 May FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen CSK Jan Klokočka FRG Egon Müller NED Henny Kroeze 5 May ITA La Favorita, Sarego HUN Sandor Csatho FRG Christoph Betzl BUL Angel Eftimov
British/Commonwealth qualifying
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 29 April County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Phil Herne 30 April Leicester Stadium, Leicester Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Dave Jessup 1 May Wimborne Road, Poole Peter Collins Dave Jessup Eric Broadbelt 1 May The Boulevard, Hull John Boulger Nigel Boocock Jim McMillan 2 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Bob Valentine Bob Paulson Ray Wilson 2 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Bob Kilby Malcolm Simmons Eric Boocock 2 May Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich John Louis Nigel Boocock Billy Sanders 4 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ivan Mauger Tony Davey 4 May The Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Kevin Holden Rick France 9 May Wimbledon Stadium, London Barry Briggs Neil Cameron Richard May 10 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Billy Sanders Rick France George Hunter 10 May Somerton Park, Newport Phil Crump Ray Wilson Geoff Mudge 10 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London John Louis Barry Thomas Bob Kilby 11 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Billy Sanders Bruce Cribb John Boulger 11 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Bob Valentine Nigel Boocock Gordon Kennett 11 May Hyde Road, Manchester Chris Pusey Bob Kilby Barry Crowson 15 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon John Louis Martin Ashby Eric Broadbelt
Third round
Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Finnish qualifying
FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku)
First (+2 seeded riders) to Nordic final 1975
Pos. width=200px Rider width=80px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Danish final
Continental quarter-finals
Top 32 riders to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 18 May CSK Markéta Stadium, Prague USSR Mikhail Krasnov USSR Viktor Trofimov USSR Vladimir Zapleshny 19 May YUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana POL Zenon Plech POL Edward Jancarz NED Henny Kroeze 19 May FRG Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach POL Henryk Glücklich POL Jerzy Szczakiel FRG Manfred Poschenreider 19 May HUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen USSR Grigory Khlinovsky POL Andrzej Jurczyński POL Marek Cieślak
British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
30 May
ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final
Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Fourth round
Continental semi-finals
Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 June
FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
Top 8 to Continental final
Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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British/Commonwealth Final
12 June 1974
ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Nordic Final
9 June 1974
FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
First 6 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. width=200px Rider width=70px Heat Scores width=50px Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 R1
Fifth round
Swedish qualification
Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final
(1 May, Gamla Galgberget Visby) Pos Rider Points 1 Christer Löfqvist 15 2 Bengt Jansson 12 3 Tomas Pettersson 12 4 Sven Nilsson 11 5 Hasse Holmqvist 11 6 Tommy Nilsson 9+3 7 Bengt Larsson 9+2 8 Lars-Åke Andersson 8 9 Roy Dantanus 8 10 Jan Johansson 7 11 Sven-Olov Lindh 4 12 Benny Ekberg 4 13 Willy Karlsson 4 14 Rolf Johansson 2 15 Åke Andersson 2 16 Claes-Ingvar Svensson 1 17 Kjell Bergström 1
(1 May, Målilla (Motorbana) Målilla) Pos Rider Points 1 Tommy Johansson 15 2 Bo Wirebrand 12 3 Christer Sjösten 11 4 Tommy Jansson 10 5 Sören Karlsson 10 6 Käll Haage 9 7 Olle Nygren 7 8 Berndt Johansson 7 9 Leif Johansson 7 10 Richard Hellsén 6 11 Eddie Davidsson 6 12 Tommy Wedén 6 13 Hans Johansson 6 14 Karl-Fredrik Lindgren 4 15 Ragnar Holm 2 16 Kenneth Selmosson 1 17 Stefan Hjort 1
(1 May, Gislaved Motorbana Gislaved) Pos Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 15 2 Bernt Persson 14 3 Therje Henriksson 12 4 Leif Enecrona 11 5 Karl-Erik Claesson 11 6 Stephan Johansson 10 7 Lars Jansson 9 8 Stefan Salmonsson 8 9 Lars Larsson 6 10 Börje Klingberg 5 11 Peter Smith 5 12 Lars-Inge Hultberg 5 13 Conny Samuelsson 4 14 Leif Mellberg 2 15 Åke Dovhed 2 16 Anders Lövgren 1 17 Sven-Erik Andersson 0 18 Håkan Karlsson 0
Continental Final
23 June 1974
USSR Anatoly Stepanov Stadium, Tolyatti
First 8 to European Final
British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final
4 August 1974
DEN Speedway Center, Fredericia
First 8 to European Final
Sixth round
Swedish Finals
Top 5 from 3 meetings progress to World final
R1 (28 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm)
R2 (29 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping)
R3 (30 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg)
Pos. width=200px Rider width=20px R1 width=20px R2 width=20px R3 width=40px Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pos. width=200px Rider width=20px R1 width=20px R2 width=20px R3 width=40px Total 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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European Final
Top 11 to World final
31 August 1974
ENG Wembley Stadium, London
World Final
6 September 1974
SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg.
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