1968 Individual Speedway World Championship

1968 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 May	Kings Lynn	Malcolm Simmons	Terry Betts	Ray Wilson
25 May	Halifax	Jim Airey	Dave Younghusband	Greg Kentwell
25 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Norman Hunter	Dave Hemus
25 May	Belle Vue	Ivan Mauger	Tommy Roper	Charlie Monk
27 May	Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	Barry Briggs	Bert Harkins
27 May	Exeter	Martin Ashby	Jimmy Squibb	Eric Boocock
28 May	West Ham	Norman Hunter	Nigel Boocock	Ivan Mauger
28 May	Leicester	Bill Andrews	Bob Kilby	John Boulger
29 May	Poole	John Boulger	Bill Andrews	Geoff Mudge
30 May	Oxford	Colin Gooddy	Terry Betts	Ronnie Genz
30 May	Wimbledon	Martin Ashby	Nigel Boocock	Trevor Hedge
30 May	Sheffield	Charlie Monk	Colin Pratt	John Dews
31 May	Wolverhampton	James Bond	Jim Airey	Peter Vandenberg
31 May	Hackney	Barry Briggs	Colin Pratt	Les McGillivray
31 May	Newport	Cyril Francis	Chris Julian	Eric Boothroyd
31 May	Glasgow	Bob Kilby	Bert Harkins	Jim McMillan
1 June	Cradley Heath	Bill Andrews	Trevor Hedge	Reg Luckhurst
1 June	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Bob Kilby	Mike Broadbanks
1 June	Coatbridge	Martin Ashby	Ray Wilson	Colin Pratt
Semi-Finals
27 July	Sheffield	Barry Briggs	Bill Andrews	Norman Hunter
2 July	Poole	Ivan Mauger	Martin Ashby	Terry Betts
Final
11 July	Wimbledon	Ivan Mauger	Barry Briggs	Eric Boocock
British-Nordic Final
6 August	West Ham	Ivan Mauger	Nigel Boocock	Reidar Eide

British Final

• July 11, 1968
• Wimbledon
• First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(12) Ivan Mauger	15			3					3		3			3						3		15	1
	(14) Barry Briggs	14				3		3					3		2							3	14	2
	(5) Eric Boocock	13		3			3					2					3					2	13	3
4	(11) Martin Ashby	10			1				3		2					3						1	10	4
5	(6) Trevor Hedge	10		2				2			3							3			0		10	5
6	(10) Nigel Boocock	9			2			1						1			2		3				9	6
7	(13) Norman Hunter	9				1	2							3		2					1		9	7
8	(4) Jim McMillan	8	3							1				2				2				0	8	8
9	(1) Terry Betts	7	2				1				1				1				2				7	9
10	(3) Dave Younghusband	6	1						0				2				1				2		6	10
11	(15) Geoff Mudge	6				2			1			1						1	1				6	11
12	(8) Charlie Monk	5		1						2			1			1			0				5	12
13	(16) Mike Broadbanks	3				0				0	E						0			3			3	13
14	(2) Ray Wilson	2	0					0				0				0				2			2	14
15	(9) Peter Vandenberg	1			0		0						0					0		1			1	15
16	(7) Bob Andrews	0		F					-					-	-					-			0	16
R1	(R1) Reg Luckhurst	2							2						F								2	R1
R2	(R2) Jim Airey	0												X						0			0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

British-Nordic Final

• August 6, 1968
• West Ham
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(11) Ivan Mauger	15			3				3		3					3						3	15	1
	(5) Nigel Boocock	13		3			3					3					2					2	13	2	3
	(16) Reidar Eide	13				2				3	2						3			3			13	3	2
4	(7) Martin Ashby	11		2					2					3	3					1			11	4
5	(15) Sverre Harffeldt	10				3			0			1						3	3				10	5
6	(9) Terry Betts	10			2		1						3					2		2			10	6
7	(1) Trevor Hedge	9	3				2				1				2				1				9	7
8	(3) Eric Boocock	7	2						1				2				1				1		7	8
9	(13) Norman Hunter	6				1	0							1		1					3		6	9
10	(12) Barry Briggs	6			1					F		2			1						2		6	10
11	(10) Odd Fossengen	5			0			3						2			0		0				5	11
12	(8) Jim McMillan	5		0						2			1			0			2				5	12
13	(6) Oyvind Berg	4		1				2			0							1			0		4	13
14	(2) Ole Olsen	4	1					1				0				2				F			4	14
15	(4) Dave Younghusband	1	0							1				0				0				F	1	15
16	(14) Gotfried Andersen	0				0		0					0		-							-	0	16
R1	(R1) Per J.Aulle	1													0							1	1	R1
R2	(R2) Geoff Mudge	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Scandinavian Qualifications

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
28 April	Malilla	Ove Fundin	Bengt Jansson	Anders Michanek
1 May	Visby	Soren Sjosten	Torbjorn Harrysson	Olle Nygren
27 May	Malmo	Gunnar Malmqvist	Anders Michanek	Hans Holmqvist
28 May	Goteborg	Bernt Persson	Gunnar Malmqvist	Torbjorn Harrysson
30 May	Linkoping	Ove Fundin	Bengt Jansson	Gunnar Malmqvist
Final
2 June	Hillerod	Reidar Eide	Oyvind Berg	Odd Fossengen

Scandinavian Final

• June 2, 1968
• Hillerod
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(10) Reidar Eide	14			3			3						3			2		3				14	1
	(1) Oyvind Berg	13	3				3				2				3				2				13	2
	(11) Odd Fossengen	12			1				3		3					3						2	12	3
4	(5) Sverre Harffeldt	11		3			1					1					3					3	11	4
5	(2) Ole Olsen	11	2					2				2				2				3			11	5
6	(9) Gotfried Andersen	11			2		2						2					3		2			11	6
7	(3) Per J.Aulie	9	1						2				3				0				3		9	7
8	(16) Ole Todnem	9				3				3	1						1			1			9	8
9	(15) Kurt Bogh	7				F			1			3						2	1				7	9
10	(13) Preben Moller Christensen	6				2	0							2		0					2		6	10
11	(8) Jens Ring	6		2						2			1			1			0				6	11
12	(14) Helgie Langlie	3				F		0					-		2							1	3	12
13	(4) Matti Olin	3	0							1				1				1				0	3	13
14	(6) Eidar Egedius	2		1				1			E							F			-		2	14
15	(7) Timo Laine	1		0					0					0	1					0			1	15
16	(12) Jouko Naskali	0			0					0		0			0						0		0	16
R1	(R1) Per Ehlert	1																			1		1	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
4 May	Meissen	Boris Samorodov	Jan Holub I	Antoni Woryna
5 May	Svetozarevo	Gennadij Kurilenko	Joachim Maj	Jurij Chekranov
5 May	Miskolc	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Henryk Glucklich	Viktor Trofimov
5 May	Abensberg	Jan Mucha	Igor Plechanov	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.
Semi-Finals
26 May	Mseno	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Jerzy Trzeszkowski
27 May	Rybnik	Antoni Woryna	Joachim Maj	Andrzej Wyglenda
Continental Final
21 June	Ufa	Gennadij Kurilenko	Pawel Waloszek	Vladimir Smirnov
European Final
25 August	Wroclaw	Pawel Waloszek	Antoni Woryna	Jerzy Trzeszkowski

Continental Final

• June 21, 1968
• Ufa
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(2) Gennadij Kurilenko	12	3					1				3				3				2			12	1
	(6) Pawel Waloszek	10		2				3			3							2			0		10	2
	(16) Vladimir Smirnov	10				3				0	2						2			3			10	3
4	(15) Edward Jancarz	10				2			1			1						3	3				10	4
5	(13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	10				1	3							3		2					1		10	5
6	(12) Antoni Woryna	9			2					2		2			1						2		9	6
7	(11) Igor Plechanov	8			3				3		0					0						2	8	7	3
8	(3) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	8	2						0				F				3				3		8	8	2
9	(7) Jerzy Padewski	8		3					2					0	3					F			8	9	1
10	(9) Jan Holub I	7			1		1						3					1		1			7	10
11	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	7	1				2				1				2				1				7	11
12	(8) Zygmunt Pytko	6		0						3			2			1			0				6	12
13	(10) Boris Samorodov	6			0			2						1			1		2				6	13
14	(5) Jan Mucha	4		1			0					0					0					3	4	14
15	(4) Joachim Maj	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	15
16	(14) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	1				0		0					1		0							0	1	16
R1	(R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Vaclav Verner	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

European Final

• August 25, 1968
• Wroclaw
• First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(3) Pawel Waloszek	13	3						2				3				2				3		13	1
	(5) Antoni Woryna	11		3			3					3					X					2	11	2
	(16) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	11				2				2	2						3			2			11	3
4	(11) Ivan Mauger	10			1				3		1					2						3	10	4
5	(8) Barry Briggs	9		1						3			1			3			1				9	5
6	(1) Gennadij Kurilenko	9	2				2				3				0				2				9	6
7	(14) Reidar Eide	8				3		1					0		3							1	8	7
8	(10) Edward Jancarz	8			3			3						2			F		-				8	8
9	(12) Nigel Boocock	7			2					1		0			2						2		7	9
10	(2) Martin Ashby	6	1					2				1				1				1			6	10	3
11	(9) Igor Plechanov	6			0		0						2					3		1			6	11	2
12	(6) Vladimir Smirnov	5		2				0			E							2			1		5	12
13	(4) Trevor Hedge	3	0							0				3				0				0	3	13
14	(7) Terry Betts	2		0					0					1	1					0			2	14
15	(13) Sverre Harrfeldt	2				1	1							F		-					-		2	15
16	(15) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	0				0			-			-						-	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Jerzy Padewski	7							1			2						1	3				7	R1
R2	(R2) Vaclav Verner	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

World Final

• September 6, 1968
• Göteborg, Ullevi^[1]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(6) Ivan Mauger	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(5) Barry Briggs	12		2			2					3					3					2	12	2
	(7) Edward Jancarz	11		1					3					1	3					3			11	3	3
4	(9) Gennady Kurilenko	11			2		3						3					1		2			11	4	2
5	(4) Paweł Waloszek	10	F							2				3				2				3	10	5
6	(12) Torbjörn Harrysson	10			3					3		2			1						1		10	6
7	(1) Anders Michanek	9	3				1				2				2				1				9	7
8	(10) Hasse Holmqvist	9			1			2						2			2		2				9	8
9	(15) Ove Fundin	7				3			0			1						0	3				7	9
10	(11) Gunnar Malmqvist	7			0				2		1					3						1	7	10
11	(2) Martin Ashby	5	2					1				0				2				0			5	11
12	(15) Antoni Woryna	5				2			1									1	1				5	12
13	(8) Reidar Eide	3		0						0			2			1			F				3	13
14	(3) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	3							1				0				0				2		3	14
15	(14) Bernt Persson	1				E		0					1		0							0	1	15
16	(13) Nigel Boocock	1				1	0							0		X					E		1	16
R1	(R1) Igor Plechanov	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Bengt Jansson	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

References

1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5