# 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1964_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1964_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship > Source revision: 1338822909 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Motorcycle speedway world championship season 1964 [Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) Previous [1963](/source/1963_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) Next [1965](/source/1965_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) The **1964 Individual Speedway World Championship** was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The final was held on 11 September at the [Ullevi](/source/Ullevi) in Sweden.[7] New Zealander [Barry Briggs](/source/Barry_Briggs) secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. [Igor Plekhanov](/source/Igor_Plekhanov) the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion [Ove Fundin](/source/Ove_Fundin).[8] ## First round Qualification results.[9][10] ### Swedish qualifying - Top 16 to Nordic qualifying Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 26 April Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Arne Carlsson 1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Göte Nordin Bernt Nilsson Ove Fundin 14 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Björn Knutson Sören Sjösten Göte Nordin Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 29 2 Göte Nordin 26 3 Sören Sjösten 26 4 Ove Fundin 23 5 Arne Carlsson 21 6 Bernt Nilsson 19 7 Leif Larsson 18 8 Bengt Brannefors 17 9 Per-Olof Söderman 16 10 Willihard Thomsson 16 11 Gunnar Malmqvist 16 12 Hasse Holmqvist 15 Pos. Rider Points 13 Bo Magnusson 15 14 Bengt Jansson 15 15 Rune Sörmander 13 16 Per-Tage Svensson 13 17 Åke Andersson 11 18 Olle Nygren 11 19 Lars Jansson 9 20 Curt Eldh 9 21 Leif Enecrona 9 22 Inge Gustafsson 7 23 Sven Sigurd 5 24 Runo Wedin 1 Norwegian qualifying 20 October 1963 Kadettangen, Sandvika Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points 1 Aage Hansen 15 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 14 3 Nils Paulsen 13 4 Reidar Eide 11 5 Cato Agnor 10 6 Henry Harrfeldt 8 7 Bjarne Sorenby 8 8 Olav Aaen 7 9 Johnny Faafeng 7 10 Per Jakob Aulie 6 Finnish qualifying 19 July 1963 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Riders progress to Nordic qualification 1964 Pos. Rider Points 1 Timo Laine 15 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 14 3 Matti Olin 12 4 Esko Koponen 8 5 Antero Salasto 8 6 Ilkka Helminen 7 7 Martti Assinen 6 8 Olavi Turunen 6 9 Veikko Metsahuone 5 10 Kari Ala Sippola 5 ### Continental qualifying - Top 32 to Continental semi-finals Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 1 May Gunter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg Andrzej Pogorzelski Boris Samorodov Edmund Migoś 1 May Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno Antonín Kasper Sr. Zbigniew Podlecki Rudolf Havelka 10 May Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Marian Rose Antoni Woryna Bohumír Bartoněk 10 May Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb Andrzej Wyglenda Witalij Szyło Gennady Kurilenko ## Second round ### Nordic qualifying 31 May Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Per-Olof Söderman 14 2 Sverre Harrfeldt 12 3 Ove Fundin 11 4 Göte Nordin 11 5 Bernt Nilsson 11 6 Rune Sörmander 11 7 Bengt Brannefors 9 8 Gunnar Malmqvist 8 9 Reidar Eide 5 10 Bo Magnusson 5 11 Olavi Turunen 5 12 Jonny Faafeng 4 13 Poul Wissing 4 14 Henry Harrfeldt 4 15 Per Jakob Aulie 3 16 Niels Paulsen 1 31 May Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 14 2 Arne Carlsson 12 3 Per-Tage Svensson 12 4 Sören Sjösten 12 5 Hasse Holmqvist 11 6 Leif Larsson 11 7 Willihard Thomsson 9 8 Bengt Jansson 8 ### Continental semi-finals 6 June Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrzej Wyglenda 13 2 Andrzej Pogorzelski 12 3 Gennadij Kurilenko 12 4 Stanislav Kubíček 10 5 Boris Samorodov 9 6 Jaroslav Volf 9 7 Konstantin Krishtal 9 8 Miroslav Šmíd 9 9 Pavel Mareš 9 10 Edmund Migoś 7 11 Władimir Sokołow 7 12 Paweł Waloszek 5 13 Jochen Dinse 4 14 Marian Kaiser 3 15 Witalij Szyło 2 16 Václav Průša 1 7 June Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Antoni Woryna 15 2 Zbigniew Podlecki 12 3 Igor Plechanov 11 4 Marian Rose 11 5 Joachim Maj 11 6 Jurij Chekranov 10 7 Antonín Kasper Sr. 9 8 Rudolf Havelka 9 9 Kazimierz Bentke 8 10 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 6 11 Viktor Kuznetsov 6 12 Valentin Moiseev 4 13 František Ledecký 3 14 Antonín Šváb Sr. 3 15 Miloslav Wagner 2 16 Bohumír Bartoněk 0 ## Third round ### British & Commonwealth Qualifying - Top 16 to British & Commonwealth Final Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd 21 June Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Les Owen Tich Read Sándor Lévai 18 July Abbey Stadium, Swindon Brian Brett Jimmy Gooch Barry Briggs 23 July Oxford Stadium, Oxford Ron How Ken McKinlay Jimmy Gooch 25 July Brandon Stadium, Coventry Bryan Elliott Mike Broadbank Bob Andrews 27 July Wimbledon Stadium, London Ron How Bob Andrews Nigel Boocock 1 August Hyde Road, Manchester Barry Briggs Cyril Maidment Trevor Hedge 1 August The Firs Stadium, Norwich Brian Brett Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot 4 August West Ham Stadium, London Barry Briggs Brian Brett Nigel Boocock Pos. Rider Points 1 Brian Brett 43 2 Barry Briggs 42 3 Nigel Boocock 39 4 Bob Andrews 38 5 Mike Broadbank 37 6 Cyril Maidment 36 7 Ron How 34 8 Ken McKinlay 32 9 Dick Fisher 32 10 Trevor Hedge 31 11 Bryan Elliott 30 12 Jim Lightfoot 30 13 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 30 14 Ron Mountford 30 15 Jimmy Gooch 29 16 Billy Bales 28 17 Ronnie Genz 26 Pos. Rider Points 18 Colin Gooddy 26 19 Leo McAuliffe 25 20 Norman Hunter 22 21 Gordon McGregor 21 22 Martin Ashby 20 23 Alf Hagon 19 24 Ray Cresp 16 25 Gerry Jackson 15 26 Reg Luckhurst 15 27 Rick France 12 28 Reg Trott 11 29 Les Owen 11 30 John Debbage 11 31 Jack Geran 10 32 Bob Dugard 8 33 Sándor Lévai 8 34 Tich Read 5 ### Nordic Final - 14 June 1964 - [Odense Athletics Stadium](/source/Odense_Athletics_Stadium), [Odense](/source/Odense) - First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total 1 Björn Knutson | 15 2 Ove Fundin 14 3 Göte Nordin 11 4 Arne Karlson 10 5 Per Olof Söderman 10 6 Rune Sörmander 9 7 Per Tage Svensson 9 8 Sören Sjösten 8 9 Gunnar Malmqvist 8 10 Leif Larsson 7 11 Hasse Holmqvist 5 12 Bernt Nilsson 4 13 Willihard Thomsson 3 14 Bengt Jansson 3 15 Bengt Brannefors 2 16 Sverre Harrfeldt 2 ### Continental Final - 20 June 1964 - [Slaný Speedway Stadium](/source/Slan%C3%BD_Speedway_Stadium), [Slaný](/source/Slan%C3%BD) - 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 (10) Igor Plekhanov 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 (11) Jaroslav Volf 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 2 (12) Boris Samorodov 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 3 4 (2) Zbigniew Podlecki 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4 5 (16) Yuri Chekranov 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 5 6 (7) Gennady Kurilenko 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 6 7 (15) Antonín Kasper Sr. 9 2 0 1 3 3 9 7 8 (4) Andrzej Wyglenda 8 3 2 0 1 2 8 8 9 (1) Stanislav Kubíček 8 2 1 1 3 1 8 9 10 (3) Marian Rose 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 10 11 (9) Andrzej Pogorzelski 5 0 2 3 0 0 5 11 12 (13) Antoni Woryna 5 0 3 1 1 0 5 12 13 (6) Miroslav Šmíd 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 13 14 (5) Rudolf Havelka 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 14 15 (14) Joachim Maj 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15 16 (8) Konstantin Kristal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 R1 (R1) Pavel Mareš 0 0 R1 R2 (R2) František Ledecký 0 0 R2 R3 (R3) Milan Wágner 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 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 ## Fourth round ### British & Commonwealth Final - Top 8 to World Final - 29 August 1964 - [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)), London - 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 (15) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (9) Ken McKinlay 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2 (7) Ron How 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3 4 (6) Cyril Maidment 11 1 3 3 1 3 11 4 5 (16) Mike Broadbanks 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 5 6 (3) Bob Andrews 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 6 7 (8) Nigel Boocock 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 7 8 (5) Dick Fisher 7 F 2 1 1 3 7 8 9 (2) Jim Lightfoot 6 2 0 2 2 0 6 9 10 (12) Trevor Hedge 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 10 11 (4) Ron Mountford 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 11 12 (10) Jimmy Gooch 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 12 13 (14) Bryan Elliott 4 F 1 1 1 1 4 13 14 (11) Billy Bales 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 14 15 (1) Brian Brett 2 0 X 0 2 0 2 15 16 (13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 R1 (R1) Ronnie Genz 0 0 R1 R2 (R2) Colin Gooddy 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 - 28 June 1964 - [Olympic Stadium](/source/Stadion_Olimpijski_(Wroc%C5%82aw)), [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw) - 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 (10) Zbigniew Podlecki 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (5) Björn Knutson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2 (3) Boris Samorodov 11 3 3 3 1 1 11 3 4 (8) Ove Fundin 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4 5 (12) Igor Plekhanov 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 6 (6) Andrzej Wyglenda 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 6 7 (11) Jaroslav Volf 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 7 8 (9) Gennady Kurilenko 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 8 9 (7) Göte Nordin 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 9 10 (16) Rune Sörmander 6 2 0 1 0 3 6 10 11 (13) Antonín Kasper Sr. 6 3 0 2 1 0 6 11 12 (4) Per Tage Svensson 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 12 13 (2) Sören Sjösten 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 13 14 (15) Yuri Chekranov 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 15 (1) Arne Karlson 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 15 16 (14) Per Olof Söderman 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 16 R1 (R1) Stanislav Kubíček 0 0 R1 R2 (R2) Gunnar Malmqvist 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 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 - 11 September 1964 - [Ullevi](/source/Ullevi), [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg)[11] 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) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 (14) Igor Plekhanov 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 3 (5) Ove Fundin 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 3 2 4 (15) Boris Samorodov 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 5 (9) Björn Knutson 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 5 6 (16) Ron How 10 2 3 2 2 1 10 6 7 (1) Cyril Maidment 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 7 8 (3) Gennady Kurilenko 7 3 2 F 1 1 7 8 9 (2) Nigel Boocock 6 0 1 0 3 2 6 9 10 (10) Mike Broadbank 6 2 E 3 E 1 6 10 11 (12) Ken McKinlay 6 1 E 1 2 2 6 11 12 (13) Andrzej Wyglenda 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 12 13 (4) Bob Andrews 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 13 14 (8) Zbigniew Podlecki 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14 15 (11) Jaroslav Volf 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15 16 (7) Dick Fisher 1 1 0 0 E 0 1 16 R1 (R1) Jim Lightfoot 0 0 R1 R2 (R2) Göte Nordin 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 - 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[ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7524-2402-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7524-2402-5) v t e Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons Speedway World Championship 1936 1937 1938 1939 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 See also Medalists Medal Classification Grands Prix SGP riders Super Prix SGP Statistics --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1964 Individual Speedway World Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship?action=history)). 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