{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1960 }} The '''1960 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=20–21|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before [[Ove Fundin]] won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] and former champion [[Peter Craven]]. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=19 September 1960 |access-date=7 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==First Round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/60_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1960.htm |title=1960 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/60.htm#1960 |title=1960 World Championship |website=Speedway.org |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
{| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| === Norwegian qualifying === *25 June 1959 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] *Top 7 to Nordic qualification 1960 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Aage Hansen]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Rolf Westerberg]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Thorbjorn Nygaard||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Reidar Kristoffersen]]||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Roger Steen||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Oddvar Kristiansen||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Arne Kristiansen||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| Oystein Mellerud||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Tore Melbye ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Roger Hansen ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]]||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Egil H. Kruke||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Gunnar Skjetne||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Egil Bratvold ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Per Aulie ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Svein Johnsen||2 |} |width=50% valign=top| === Finnish qualifying === *27 July 1959 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] * First 2 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1960 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{ {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Pertti Mikkola || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen || 13 |- |3 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 13 |- |4 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] || 9 |- |5 ||align=left| Raimo Orastie || 9 |- |6 ||align=left| Aulis Lehtonen || 9 |- |7 ||align=left|Antti Mattila || 8 |- |8 ||align=left|Esko Koponen || 7 |- |9 ||align=left| Yrjo Vuori || 7 |- |10 ||align=left|Antero Salasto || 7 |- |11 ||align=left|Pertti Petersohn || 6 |- |12 ||align=left|Valle Seliverstov || 5 |- |13 ||align=left|Martti Assinen || 4 |- |14 ||align=left| Heikki Sorri || 3 |- |15 ||align=left|Nils Staaf || 3 |- |16 ||align=left|Martti Koivuoja || 2 |} |}
===Swedish qualifying=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*1 May 1960 *[[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]] *Top 8 to Nordic qualification {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Alf Jonsson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Curt Eldh]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Evert Andersson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Björn Knutson]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Joel Jansson]] ||9 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Bert Lindarw]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Inge Gustafsson ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Thorvald Karlsson ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Olle Andersson ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Per-Åke Lundgren ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Bengt Fransson ||0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Jan Ekeroth ||0 |}
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*5 May 1960 *[[Hammarby IP]], [[Stockholm]] *Top 7 to Nordic qualification {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Göran Norlén]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Bertil Strid]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Curt Nyqvist]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Kjell Wårenius]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Hans Hallberg]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Bengt Eriksson ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Birger Forsberg]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Agnar Stenlund ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Kjell Lutteman ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Olle Segerström]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Göran Carlsson ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Thore Kindstrand ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Per-Åke Lundgren ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Åke Östblom ||0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Jan Ekeroth ||0 |} |}
===Continental quarter-finals=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=200|Winner !width=200|2nd !width=200|3rd |- |align=center| 22 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Kajzerica]], [[Zagreb]] ||[[Florian Kapała]] ||[[Jan Malinowski]] ||[[Joachim Maj]] |- |align=center| 22 May||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Liberec#Sport|Pavlovičky Stadion]], [[Liberec]] ||[[František Richter]] ||[[Stefan Kepa]] ||[[Stanislav Svoboda (speedway rider)|Stanislav Svoboda]] |- |align=center| 22 May||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]], [[Leszno]] || [[Bernard Kacperak]] ||[[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]] || [[Pawel Waloszek]] |- |align=center| 30 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Horr Stadium|ASKÖ-X-Platz]], [[Vienna]] ||[[Josef Bössner]] ||[[Henryk Żyto]] ||[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] |}
==Second round== ===British & Commonwealth qualifying=== *Top 64 riders to British second round {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=200|Venue !width=250|Winner !width=250|2nd !width=250|3rd |- |align=center| 2 June||[[Owlerton Stadium]] ||[[Dennis Newton]] ||[[Eric Hockaday]] ||[[Tink Maynard]] |- |align=center| 4 June||[[Sun Street Stadium]] ||[[Reg Fearman]] ||[[Reg Luckhurst]] ||[[Alan Smith (speedway rider)|Alan Smith]] |- |align=center| 4 June|| [[Old Meadowbank]] ||[[Guy Allott]] ||[[Gil Goldfinch]] ||[[Tony Robinson (speedway rider)|Tony Robinson]] |- |align=center| 6 June||[[Stanley Greyhound Stadium (Liverpool)|Stanley Stadium]] || Peter Vandenberg ||[[Ken Adams (speedway rider)|Ken Adams]] ||[[Nick Nicholls]] |- |align=center| 10 June||[[Rayleigh Weir Stadium]] ||[[Reg Reeves]] ||[[Alan Smith (speedway rider)|Alan Smith]] ||[[Stan Stevens (speedway rider)|Stan Stevens]] |- |align=center| 10 June||[[Knowle Stadium]] ||[[Ernie Baker (speedway rider)|Ernie Baker]] ||[[Johnny Hole]] ||[[Maury Mattingley]] |- |align=center| 11 June||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]] ||[[Maury Mattingley]] ||[[Reg Reeves]] ||[[Gil Goldfinch]] |- |align=center| 11 June||[[Odsal Stadium]] ||[[Charlie Barsby]] ||[[Danny Dunton]] ||[[Ken Adams (speedway rider)|Ken Adams]] |- |align=center| 15 June|||[[Wimborne Road]] ||[[Dennis Newton]] ||[[Ron Taylor (speedway rider)|Ron Taylor]] ||[[Alan Kidd]] |}
===Nordic Qualification=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*26 May 1960 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Selskov Stadium]], [[Hillerød]] *Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Alf Jonsson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Aage Hansen]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Joel Jansson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Arne Pander]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Evert Andersson]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Erik Kastebo ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Nils Paulsen]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Kurt W. Petersen]]||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Arne Kristiansen||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Hans Peter Boisen]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Odvar Kristiansen ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Öystein Mellerud ||0 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Curt Eldh ||dns |}
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*26 May 1960 {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Helsinki Velodrome]], [[Helsinki]] *Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||`3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Curt Nyqvist]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Kjell Wårenius]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bertil Strid]] || |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Rolf Westerberg]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Göran Norlén]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Hans Hallberg ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Antti Pajari]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Kalevi Lahtinen ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Thorbjörn Nygaar ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Aluis Tuominen ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Valle Seliverstov ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Pertti Mikkola ||0 |} |}
===Continental semi-final=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*26 June 1960 *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Stanislav Svoboda (speedway rider)|Stanislav Svoboda]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|Jaroslav Volf ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Frantisek Richter]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Mieczyslaw Polukard]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Pawel Waloszek]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bedrich Slany]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Marian Kaiser]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Stefan Rurarz]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Bronislaw Rogal]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Kazimierz Bentke ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Bohumil Rendek ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Bernard Kasperak ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Bohumír Bartoněk]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Stefan Kępa ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Edmund Migoś]] ||2 |}
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*26 June *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Schwere-Reiter-Straße#Sports facility|BBM Stadium]], [[Munich]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Josef Hofmeister]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Jan Malinowski]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Florian Kapala]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Stefan Kwoczala]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Henryk Zyto]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Joachim Maj]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Josef Seidl (speedway rider)|Josef Seidl]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Marian Philipp]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Josef Bössner]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Józef Wieczorek||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Karel Prusa]]||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Alois Frach ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Zdenek Rott ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Fred Aberl ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Edward Luther ||0 |} |}
==Third round== *Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final ===British & Commonwealth Second round=== *To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=200|Venue !width=250|Winner !width=250|2nd !width=250|3rd |- |2 July || [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]] ||[[Peter Craven]] ||[[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]] ||[[Ronnie Genz]] |- |2 July || [[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]]||[[Chum Taylor]] ||[[Ray Cresp]] ||[[Mike Broadbank]] |- |4 July || [[Wimbledon Stadium]] ||[[Ron How]] || [[Jack Young (speedway rider)|Jack Young]] ||[[Alf Hagon]] |- |5 July || [[Banister Court Stadium]] || [[Neil Street]] || [[Jack Biggs]] ||[[Bryan Elliott]] |- |6 July || [[New Cross Stadium]] || [[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Neil Street]] ||[[Ron Johnston]] |- |7 July || [[Foxhall Stadium]] ||[[Peter Craven]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] ||[[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]] |- |7 July || [[Oxford Stadium]] || [[Mike Broadbank]] ||[[Ronnie Genz]] ||[[Les McGillivray]] |- |8 July || [[Leicester Stadium]] || [[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] ||[[Jack Geran]] |- |9 July || [[Brandon Stadium]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] ||[[Jack Young (speedway rider)|Jack Young]] || [[Les Owen (speedway rider)|Les Owen]] |- |9 July || [[The Firs Stadium]] ||[[Ron How]] ||[[Billy Bales]] ||[[Aub Lawson]] |}
===Nordic Final=== *16 June 1960 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dælenenga idrettspark]], [[Oslo]] * First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve
{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] || ||14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] || ||14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] || ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] || ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Nyqvist]] || ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] || ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göran Norlén]] || ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Alf Jonsson]] || ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Arne Pander]] || ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] || ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kjell Warenius]] || ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Evert Andersson]] || ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] || ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hans Hallberg]] || ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rolf Westerberg]] || ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Joel Jansson]] || ||2 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bertil Strid]] || ||0 |-align=center |}
===Continental Final=== * 3 July 1960 *{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wien]], [[Vienna]] * First 8 to European Final
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|FRG|[[Josef Hofmeister]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|POL|[[Henryk Żyto]]| |3|3|2|2|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|POL|[[Marian Kaiser]]| |3|1|2|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|6|CSK|[[František Richter]]| |3|1|1|3|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|POL|[[Stefan Kwoczała]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|POL|[[Mieczysław Połukard]]| |1|2|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|POL|[[Jan Malinowski]]| |2|2|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|CSK|[[Stanislav Svoboda (speedway rider)|Stanislav Svoboda]]| |0|3|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|CSK|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.|Luboš Tomíček]]| |3|0|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|POL|[[Stanislaw Rurarz]]| |2|2|3|0|0| |x| | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|CSK|Jaroslaw Volf| |2|1|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|POL|[[Pawel Waloszek]]| |1|0|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|11|POL|[[Florian Kapała]]| |0|1|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|4|FRG|[[Josef Seidl (speedway rider)|Josef Seidl]]| |1|3|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|CSK|[[Bedřich Slaný]]| |0|0|1||| |x| |13i=F |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|POL|[[Joachim Maj]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|AUT|[[Ernest Luttenberger]]| |20h=b |20i=1 }} }}
==Fourth round== *Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final
===British & Commonwealth semi finals=== Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=200|Venue !width=200|Winner !width=200|2nd !width=200|3rd |- |8 August || [[Wimbledon Stadium]] || Peter Craven ||Barry Briggs ||Eric Williams |- |13 August|| [[Brandon Stadium]] || Ron How ||Peter Moore ||Aub Lawson |- |13 August || [[The Firs Stadium]] || Peter Craven || Ken McKinlay ||Bob Andrews |- |16 August || [[Banister Court Stadium]] || Ken McKinlay ||Jack Young] || Ron How |} {| width=100% |- |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Craven]] || 30 |-{{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron How]]|| 28 |-{{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]] || 28 |-{{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]]|| 24 |-{{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Moore (speedway rider)|Peter Moore]]|| 24 |-{{speedway color|g}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[jack Young (speedway rider)|Jack Young]]|| 24 |-{{speedway color|g}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ron Johnston]] || 23 |-{{speedway color|g}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Eric Williams (speedway rider)|Eric Williams]]|| 23 |-{{speedway color|g}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aub Lawson]] || 23 |-{{speedway color|r}} |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bryan Elliott]] || 22 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chum Taylor]] || 20 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] || 19 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Biggs]] || 17 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]] ||15 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbank]] ||15 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]] || 15 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les McGillivray]] || 14 |- |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Split Waterman]]|| 13 |- |19 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George White (speedway rider)|George White]] || 13 |- |20 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Williams (speedway rider)|Ian Williams]] || 12 |- |21 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Unstead]] || 11 |- |22 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les Owen (speedway rider)|Les Owen]] ||10 |- |23 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ray Cresp]] || 8 |- |24 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Bales]] || 8 |- |25 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alf Hagon]] || 7 |- |26 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Geran]] || 7 |- |27 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Street]]|| 7 |- |28 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Genz]]|| 5 |- |29 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerry Jackson]] || 5 |- |30 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]]|| 4 |- |31 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Mountford]]|| 4 |- |32 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon McGregor (speedway rider)|Gordon McGregor]] || 3 |} |}
===European Final=== * 14 August 1960 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Wrocław]] * First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|6|POL|[[Marian Kaiser]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |2|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|3|POL|[[Stefan Kwoczała]]| |3|3|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|FRG|[[Josef Hofmeister]]| |0|1|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|POL|[[Henryk Żyto]]| |2|2|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|1|SWE|[[Rune Sörmander]]| |2|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|10|POL|[[Mieczysław Połukard]]| |3|0|3|2|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|8|CSK|[[Stanislav Svoboda (speedway rider)|Stanislav Svoboda]]| |1|3|2|0|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|NOR|[[Aage Hansen]]| |3|2|1|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|SWE|[[Olle Nygren]]| |1|1|2|1|1| |x| | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|5|SWE|[[Curt Nyqvist]]| |2|1|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|POL|[[Jan Malinowski]]| |0|0|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|9|CSK|[[František Richter]]| |1|3|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|13|SWE|[[Göte Nordin]]| |1|0|1|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|SWE|[[Björn Knutson]]| |0|1|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|SWE|[[Göran Norlén]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| | }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Alf Jonsson]]| }} }}
==World Final== *17 September 1960 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London,<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref>
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|ENG|[[Peter Craven]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|AUS|[[Peter Moore (speedway rider)|Peter Moore]]| |2|2|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|NZL|[[Ron Johnston]]| |3|2|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |2|1|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|POL|[[Stefan Kwoczała]]| |1|2|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|FRG|[[Josef Hofmeister]]| |0|0|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |0|3|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|AUS|[[Jack Young (speedway rider)|Jack Young]]| |1|2|1|2|| |x| |20i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|AUS|[[Chum Taylor]]| |2|0|0|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|SWE|[[Rune Sörmander]]| |2|0|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|POL|[[Henryk Żyto]]| |1|1|0|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|AUS|[[Aub Lawson]]| |1|1|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|POL|[[Marian Kaiser]]| |0|1|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|ENG|[[Bryan Elliott]]| |0|||0|| |x| |7i=E |10i=E |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]| |17h=w |17p=2 |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|[[Mieczysław Połukard]]| |21h=x }} }}
==See also== * [[motorcycle speedway]] * [[1960 Speedway World Team Cup]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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