1969 Individual Speedway World Championship

1969 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 May	Halifax	Eric Boocock	Charlie Monk	Reg Luckhurst
17 May	Coatbridge	Jim McMillan	Bert Harkins	Trevor Hedge
19 May	Newcastle	Eric Boocock	Ray Wilson	Dave Gifford
19 May	Exeter	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby	Tony Clarke
20 May	Leicester	Martin Ashby	Howard Cole	John Boulger
20 May	West Ham	Norman Hunter	Stan Stevens	Ken McKinlay
21 May	Poole	Geoff Mudge	Ivan Mauger	Pete Smith
22 May	Oxford	Eddie Reeves	Pete Smith	Mike Broadbanks
22 May	Wimbledon	Ronny Moore	Tony Clarke	Ivan Mauger
22 May	Sheffield	Amie Haley	Jim Airey	Nigel Boocock
23 May	Newport	Sandor Levai	Frank Shuter	Reg Luckhurst
23 May	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Barry Briggs	Jim McMillan
23 May	Hackney	Colin Pratt	Garry Middleton	Pete Smith
23 May	Wolverhampton	Nigel Boocock	James Bond	Norman Hunter
24 May	Belle Vue	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Chris Pusey
24 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Norman Hunter	Coll Cottrell
1 June	Kings Lynn	Terry Betts	Malcolm Simmons	Martin Ashby
9 June	Cradley Heath	Roy Trigg	Bob Andrews	James Bond
11 June	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey	Clive Hitch
Semi-Finals
24 June	Leicester	Barry Briggs	Charlie Monk	Reg Luckhurst
26 June	Sheffield	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Tommy Roper
Final
5 August	West Ham	Barry Briggs	Nigel Boocock	Ronnie Moore

British Final

• August 5, 1969
• West Ham
• 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
	(9) Barry Briggs	15			3		3						3					3		3			15	1
	(3) Nigel Boocock	13	3						3				2				3				2		13	2	3
	(6) Ronnie Moore	13		3				2			3							2			3		13	3	2
4	(2) Ivan Mauger	11	0					3				3				3				2			11	4
5	(4) Ken McKinlay	11	2							3				2				1				3	11	5
6	(11) Howard Cole	9			2				1		2					2						2	9	6
7	(16) Arnold Haley	8				3				2	1						2			X			8	7	3
8	(7) Eric Boocock	8		1					2					1	3					1			8	8	2
9	(13) Garry Middleton	8				2	2							3		1					T		8	9	1
10	(10) Charlie Monk	6			1			1						0			1		3				6	10
11	(8) Martin Ashby	4		0						1			1			X			2				4	11
12	(5) Trevor Hedge	4		2			1					1					0					0	4	12
13	(14) Jim McMillan	4				1		0					0		2							1	4	13
14	(15) Colin Pratt	3				E			T			2						0	1				3	14
15	(1) Ray Wilson	3	1				F				1				1				0				3	15
16	(12) Roy Trigg	1			0					E		0			0						1		1	16
R1	(R1) James Bond	0							0														0	R1
R2	(R2) Clive Hitch	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Martin Ashby	0																					0	R3
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
25 April	Goteborg	Ove Fundin	Bengt Brannefors	Bengt Larsson
27 April	Vetlanda	Bengt Jansson	Gunnar Malmqvist	Bengt Svensson
28 April	Boras	Bernt Persson	Gote Nordin	Per Olof Soderman
29 April	Avesta	Leif Enecrona	Hans Holmqvist	Anders Michanek
Nordic Semi-Final
1 May	Kumla	Bengt Jansson	Per Olof Soderman	Jan Simensen
1 May	Visby	Soren Sjosten	Bernt Persson	Hans Holmqvist
1 May	Gislaved	Ove Fundin	Gote Nordin	Ole Olsen
Nordic Final
4 June	Linkoping	Tornbjorn Harrysson	Soren Sjosten	Ove Fundin

Nordic Final

• June 4, 1969
• Linkoping
• First 8 to European 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
	(1) Torbjorn Harrysson	14	3				3				3				2				3				14	1	3
	(3) Soren Sjosten	14	2						3				3				3				3		14	2	2
	(12) Ove Fundin	14			3					3		3			3						2		14	3	1
4	(14) Reidar Eide	12				3		3					2		1							3	12	4
5	(6) Bernt Persson	10		3				2			2							2			1		10	5
6	(2) Hans Holmqvist	10	1					1				2				3				3			10	6
7	(4) Bengt Jansson	9	0							2				3				3				1	9	7
8	(11) Per Olof Soderman	9			2				2		1					2						2	9	8
9	(8) Bo Josefsson	6		2						1			1			0			2				6	9	3
10	(13) Gunnar Malmqvist	6				1	2							2		1					0		6	10	2
11	(10) Bengt Larsson	5			1			0						1			2		1				5	11
12	(7) Jan Simensen	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	12
13	(16) Ole Olsen	2				2				0	-						0			-			2	13
14	(5) Odd Fossengen	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	14
15	(9) Gote Nordin	1			0		1						0					-		-			1	15
16	(15) Nils Ringstrom	0				0			0			0						0	0				0	16
R1	(R1) Runo Wedin	3																1		2			3	R1
R2	(R2) Bengt Svensson	0									0									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

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
11 May	Ruhpolding	Antoni Woryna	Edward Jancarz	Manfred Poschenrieder
11 May	Krsko	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Zdislaw Dobrucki	Gennadij Kurilenko
11 May	Miskolc	Vladimir Smirnov	Zbigniew Podlecki	Pawel Waloszek
11 May	Stralsund	Viktor Trofimov	Zygmunt Pytko	Jurgen Hehlert
Semi-Finals
7 June	Slany	Antoni Woryna	Zbigniew Podlecki	Andrzej Wyglenda
8 June	Bydgoszcz	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Henryk Glucklich	Andrzej Pogorzelski
Continental Final
27 June	Ufa	Antoni Woryna	Andrzej Wyglenda	Edward Jancarz
European Final
24 August	Olching	Valeriy Klementiev	Edward Jancarz	Torbjorn Harrysson

Continental Final

• June 27, 1969
• 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
	(7) Antoni Woryna	11		2					3					1	2					3			11	1
	(16) Andrzej Wyglenda	10				0				3	3						2			2			10	2
	(2) Edward Jancarz	10	3					2				3				2				0			10	3
4	(14) Valeriy Klementiev	9				3		E					0		3							3	9	4
5	(1) Henryk Glucklich	9	0				3				2				1				3				9	5
6	(9) Zbigniew Podlecki	9			3		2						3					0		1			9	6
7	(6) Jan Mucha	9		1				3			1							1			3		9	7
8	(13) Andrzej Pogorzelski	9				2	0							2		3					2		9	8
9	(8) Gennadij Kurilenko	9		3						2			2			1			1				9	9
10	(4) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	9	2							1				3				2				1	9	10
11	(5) Stanislaw Tkocz	8		E			1					2					3					2	8	11
12	(15) Jan Holub I	8				1			1			1						3	2				8	12
13	(3) Pawel Waloszek	6	1						2				1				1				1		6	13
14	(10) Zygmunt Pytko	3			2			1						E			0		E				3	14
15	(12) Zdislaw Dobrucki	0			F					0		E			E						E		0	15
16	(11) Karel Prusa	0			E				0		E					-						-	0	16
R1	(R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock	0														0						0	0	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

European Final

• August 24, 1969
• Olching
• 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
	(13) Valeriy Klementiev	12				0	3							3		3					3		12	1
	(15) Edward Jancarz	12				2			3			3						2	2				12	2
	(2) Tornbjorn Harrysson	11	3					3				2				2				1			11	3
4	(4) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11	1							3				2				3				2	11	4
5	(5) Andrzej Wyglenda	9		3			1					1					1					3	9	5
6	(3) Soren Sjosten	9	2						0				3				2				2		9	6
7	(16) Henryk Glucklich	8				1				0	1						3			3			8	7
8	(6) Hans Holmqvist	8		2				2			3							1			0		8	8
9	(7) Ove Fundin	8		1					1					1	3					2			8	9
10	(8) Jan Mucha	8		0						2			2			1			3				8	10
11	(14) Zbigniew Podlecki	7				3		1					1		1							1	7	11
12	(11) Bengt Jansson	5			3				2		0					0						0	5	12
13	(1) Antoni Woryna	5	0				2				2				0				1				5	13
14	(12) Bernt Persson	5			1					1		0			2						1		5	14
15	(10) Reidar Eide	2			2			0						0			0		0				2	15
16	(9) Per Olaf Soderman	0			0		0						0					0		0			0	16
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 5, 1969
• London, Wembley Stadium^[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
	(11) Ivan Mauger	14			3				3		3					3						2	14	1
	(16) Barry Briggs	11				3				2	2						1			3			11	2	3
	(5) Sören Sjösten	11		3			F					2					3					3	11	3	2
4	(2) Nigel Boocock	10	3					2				3				1				1			10	4
5	(9) Hasse Holmqvist	10			2		1						3					2		2			10	5
6	(6) Edward Jancarz	9		1				1			1							3			3		9	6
7	(7) Ove Fundin	9		2					2					2	3					0			9	7
8	(13) Ken McKinlay	7				1	3							3		0					0		7	8
9	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	7				0		3					1		2							1	7	9
10	(3) Jan Mucha	7	1						0				2				2				2		7	10
11	(15) Ronnie Moore	6				2			1			1						1	1				6	11
12	(8) Henryk Glücklich	5		0						0			0			2			3				5	12
13	(12) Valery Klementiev	4			0					3		X			F						1		4	13
14	(1) Torbjörn Harrysson	4	2				2				F				-				-				4	14
15	(4) Andrzej Wyglenda	2	0							1				1				0				0	2	15
16	(10) Howard Cole	1			1			0						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Zbigniew Podlecki	3													1				2				3	R1
R2	(R2) Arnold Haley	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