{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1964 }}

The '''1964 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 19th 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=https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

The final was held on 11 September at the [[Ullevi]] in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19640905/458/0036 |title=Knutsson can beat them all |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=5 September 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>

New Zealander [[Barry Briggs]] secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. [[Igor Plekhanov]] the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion [[Ove Fundin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Barry Briggs new speedway champion |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=12 September 1964|access-date=8 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19640912/297/0024| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/64_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1964.htm|title=1964 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/64.htm#1964 |title=1964 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

===Swedish qualifying=== *Top 16 to Nordic qualifying {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |26 April || [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] || Björn Knutson ||Sören Sjösten ||Arne Carlsson |- |1 May || [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]] ||Göte Nordin ||Bernt Nilsson ||Ove Fundin |- |14 May || [[Hammarby IP]], [[Stockholm]] ||Björn Knutson ||Sören Sjösten ||Göte Nordin |} {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||29 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]]||26 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||26 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||23 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] ||21 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||19 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||18 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||17 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]]||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|[[Willihard Thomsson]] ||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |12 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||15 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |13 ||align=left|Bo Magnusson||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |14 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]]||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |15 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |16 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||13 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||11 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||11 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|Lars Jansson ||9 |-align=center |20 ||align=left|Curt Eldh ||9 |-align=center |21 ||align=left|[[Leif Enecrona]] ||9 |-align=center |22 ||align=left| Inge Gustafsson ||7 |-align=center |23 ||align=left|Sven Sigurd ||5 |-align=center |24 ||align=left|Runo Wedin ||1 |} |}

{| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| === Norwegian qualifying === *20 October 1963 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kadettangen]], [[Sandvika]] * Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 {| 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| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Nils Paulsen]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Cato Agnor||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Henry Harrfeldt||8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Bjarne Sorenby||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Olav Aaen||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Johnny Faafeng ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Per Jakob Aulie ||6 |} |width=50% valign=top|

=== Finnish qualifying === *19 July 1963 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] * Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Matti Olin || 12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Esko Koponen || 8 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Antero Salasto || 8 |- |6 ||align=left| Ilkka Helminen || 7 |- |7 ||align=left|Martti Assinen || 6 |- |8 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 6 |- |9 ||align=left| Veikko Metsahuone || 5 |- |10 ||align=left|Kari Ala Sippola || 5 |} |}

===Continental qualifying=== *Top 32 to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 1 May||{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gunter Harder Stadion]], [[Neubrandenburg]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edmund Migoś]] |- |align=center| 1 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Mšeno Speedway Stadium]], [[Mšeno]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Rudolf Havelka]] |- |align=center| 10 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Rose]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Bohumír Bartoněk]] |- |align=center| 10 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Kajzerica|Igralište na Kajzerici]], [[Zagreb]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Witalij Szyło]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennady Kurilenko]] |}

==Second round== ===Nordic qualifying=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|

*31 May *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gislaved Motorbana]], [[Gislaved]] *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| [[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||5 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Bo Magnusson ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Olavi Turunen ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Jonny Faafeng ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Poul Wissing]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Henry Harrfeldt ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Per Jakob Aulie ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Niels Paulsen ||1 |}

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*31 May *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti#Sports|Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] *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|[[Björn Knutson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Willihard Thomsson||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||8 |} |}

===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *6 June *{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)|Army Sports Club Stadium]], [[Lviv]] *Top 8 to Continental final

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Andrzej Wyglenda]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Gennadij Kurilenko]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Stanislav Kubíček]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Boris Samorodov]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Jaroslav Volf||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Konstantin Krishtal]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miroslav Šmíd]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mareš]]||9 |- |10 ||align=left|[[Edmund Migoś]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Władimir Sokołow]]|| 7 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Paweł Waloszek]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Jochen Dinse]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Marian Kaiser]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Witalij Szyło]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left| Václav Průša|| 1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *7 June *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Wojska Polskiego|Army Stadium]], [[Warsaw]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Antoni Woryna]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Zbigniew Podlecki]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Igor Plechanov]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Marian Rose]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Joachim Maj]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Jurij Chekranov]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Rudolf Havelka]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Kazimierz Bentke]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Gabdrakhman Kadyrov]]|| 6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]||6 |- |12 ||align=left|[[Valentin Moiseev]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[František Ledecký]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Antonín Šváb Sr.]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| Miloslav Wagner||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Bohumír Bartoněk]] ||0 |} |}

==Third round== ===British & Commonwealth Qualifying=== *Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=80|Date !width=250|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 21 June||[[Rye House Stadium]], [[Hoddesdon]] ||Les Owen || Tich Read || Sándor Lévai |- |align=center| 18 July||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] ||Brian Brett ||Jimmy Gooch ||Barry Briggs |- |align=center| 23 July||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] ||Ron How || Ken McKinlay ||Jimmy Gooch |- |align=center| 25 July||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] ||Bryan Elliott ||Mike Broadbank || Bob Andrews |- |align=center| 27 July||[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London||Ron How || Bob Andrews ||Nigel Boocock |- |align=center| 1 August||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||Barry Briggs ||Cyril Maidment ||Trevor Hedge |- |align=center| 1 August||[[The Firs Stadium]], [[Norwich]] ||Brian Brett || Nigel Boocock ||Jim Lightfoot |- |align=center| 4 August||[[West Ham Stadium]], London ||Barry Briggs ||Brian Brett||Nigel Boocock |} {| width=100% |- |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]]||43 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]]||42 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]]||39 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]||38 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbank]]||37 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cyril Maidment]]||36 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron How]] ||34 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]]||32 |-{{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]]||32 |-{{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Hedge]]||31 |-{{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bryan Elliott]]||30 |-{{speedway color|7}} |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]]||30 |-{{speedway color|7}} |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]]||30 |-{{speedway color|7}} |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Mountford]]||30 |-{{speedway color|7}} |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]]||29 |-{{speedway color|7}} |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Bales]]||28 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Genz]]||26 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]]||26 |- |19 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Leo McAuliffe]]||25 |- |20 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]||22 |- |21 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon McGregor (speedway rider)|Gordon McGregor]]||21 |- |22 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]]||20 |- |23 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alf Hagon]]||19 |- |24 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ray Cresp]]||16 |- |25 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerry Jackson]]||15 |- |26 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Luckhurst]]||15 |- |27 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rick France]]||12 |- |28 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Trott]]||11 |- |29 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les Owen (speedway rider)|Les Owen]]||11 |- |30 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Debbage]]||11 |- |31 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Geran]] ||10 |- |32 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Dugard]]||8 |- |33 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Lévai]]||8 |- |34 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tich Read]]||5 |} |}

===Nordic Final=== *14 June 1964 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Odense Athletics Stadium]], [[Odense]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] | ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Karlson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Tage Svensson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Willihard Thomsson]] ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Brannefors]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||2 |}

===Continental Final=== * 20 June 1964 * {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |3|3|3|2|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|CSK|Jaroslav Volf| |1|3|2|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|USSR|[[Boris Samorodov]]| |2|3|2|2|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |1|2|3|2|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|16|USSR|[[Yuri Chekranov]]| |3|0|3|3|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |3|2|2|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|15|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]| |2|0|1|3|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |3|2|0|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|1|CSK|[[Stanislav Kubíček]]| |2|1|1|3|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|POL|[[Marian Rose]]| |0|1|2|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |0|2|3|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |0|3|1|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|CSK|[[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miroslav Šmíd]]| |1|1|0|2|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|CSK|[[Rudolf Havelka]]| |2|0|0|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|POL|[[Joachim Maj]]| |1|0|1|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|USSR|[[Konstantin Kristal]]| |0|1|0|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|CSK|[[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mareš]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[František Ledecký]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|CSK|[[Milan Wágner]]| }} }}

==Fourth round== ===British & Commonwealth Final=== *Top 8 to World Final *29 August 1964 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London * First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|15|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|9|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|ENG|[[Ron How]]| |3|2|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|6|ENG|[[Cyril Maidment]]| |1|3|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|16|ENG|[[Mike Broadbanks]]| |2|3|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|NZL|[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]| |3|1|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |2|1|0|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|5|ENG|[[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]]| ||2|1|1|3| |x| |2i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|ENG|[[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]]| |2|0|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |2|2|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|ENG|[[Ron Mountford]]| |1|0|2|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|10|ENG|[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]]| |0|2|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|AUS|[[Bryan Elliott]]| ||1|1|1|1| |x| |4i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|ENG|[[Billy Bales]]| |1|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|ENG|[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]]| |0||0|2|0| |x| |5i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|GBR|[[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]]| |1|1|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Ronnie Genz]]| |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Colin Gooddy]]| |21h=x }} }}

===European Final=== *28 June 1964 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Wrocław]] * First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |3|3|3|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|SWE|[[Björn Knutson]]| |3|2|3|2|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|3|USSR|[[Boris Samorodov]]| |3|3|3|1|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |2|3|1|3|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |2|2|2|3|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |0|2|2|3|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|CSK|Jaroslav Volf| |1|2|3|2|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|9|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |0|3|2|2|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|SWE|[[Göte Nordin]]| |1|1|1|2|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|SWE|[[Rune Sörmander]]| |2|0|1|0|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|13|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]| |3|0|2|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|4|SWE|[[Per Tage Svensson]]| |2|1|0|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |1|1|1|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|USSR|[[Yuri Chekranov]]| |1|0|0|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|SWE|[[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Karlson]]| |0|1|0|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|SWE|[[Per Olof Söderman]]| |0|0|0|1|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|CSK|[[Stanislav Kubíček]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]| }} }}

==World Final== *11 September 1964 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]<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|6|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |3|2|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |2|3|2|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|USSR|[[Boris Samorodov]]| |1|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|SWE|[[Björn Knutson]]| |3|2|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|ENG|[[Ron How]]| |2|3|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|ENG|[[Cyril Maidment]]| |2|1|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |3|2||1|1| |x| |11i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |0|1|0|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|ENG|[[Mike Broadbank]]| |2||3||1| |x| |6i=E |15i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |1||1|2|2| |x| |8i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|13|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |0|0|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|NZL|[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]| |1|2|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |0|1|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|CSK|Jaroslav Volf| |0|1|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|ENG|[[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]]| |1|0|0||0| |x| |13i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]]| |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Göte Nordin]]| |21h=x }} }}

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