{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1965 }}
The '''1965 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 20th 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=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>
[[Björn Knutson]] won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian [[Igor Plekhanov]] defeating four times champion [[Ove Fundin]] in the silver medal run-off.<ref>{{cite news |title=Knutson is Champ |work=The People |date=19 September 1965 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19650919/217/0024| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/65_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1965.htm |title=1965 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/65.htm#1965 |title=1965 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
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=== Norwegian qualifying === *25 October 1964 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kadettangen]], [[Sandvika]] *Top 5 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Nils Paulsen]]||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Per Jakob Aulie||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Knut Syrrist||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Henry Harrfeldt||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Bjarne Sorenby||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Thorbjorn Aulie||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Thorbjorn Nygaard ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Ivar A. Hoffgaard||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Johnny Faafeng ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Oyvind S. Berg]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Reidar Eide]]||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Svein Johansen ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Olav Aaen ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Kjell H. Helgsen||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Hans Age Trovik||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Svein Svensrud||1 |} |width=50% valign=top|
=== Finnish qualifying === *28 August 1964 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] * Top 3 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Timo Laine || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Matti Olin|| 13 |- |4 ||align=left|Esko Koponen || 12 |- |5 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 10 |- |6 ||align=left|Antero Salasto || 9 |- |7 ||align=left|Veikko Metsahuone||8 |- |8 ||align=left| Timo Sinkkonen || 8 |- |9 ||align=left|Heikki Kaprali || 6 |- |10 ||align=left|Jouko Naskali ||6 |- |11 ||align=left| Juhani Taipale || 5 |- |12 ||align=left|Reijo Tolviander (res)||4 |- |13 ||align=left|Erkki Hannula || 3 |- |14 ||align=left|Reima Lohkovuori || 3 |- |15 ||align=left| Toimi Skytta (res)||3 |- |16 ||align=left|Veikko Vesa || 2 |- |17 ||align=left|Martti Myllynausta || 0 |- |18 ||align=left| Jarmo Bahne || 0 |} |}
===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 |- |25 April || [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] ||Bo Josefsson ||Leif Enecrona ||Rune Sörmander |- |28 April || [[Ryavallen]], [[Borås]] ||Ove Fundin ||Per Olof Söderman ||Björn Knutson |- |1 May || [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]] ||Bengt Jansson ||Bo Josefsson || Hasse Holmqvist |} {| 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|[[Bo Josefsson]] ||28 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||26 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||23 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||23 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]]||23 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||22 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Bo Magnusson||19 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||19 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|[[Leif Enecrona]] ||19 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||18 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]]||18 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |12 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |13 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |14 ||align=left|Bengt Svensson ||14 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |15 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |16 ||align=left|Runo Wedin ||13 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Curt Eldh ||9 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Sven Sigurd ||9 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|Kurt Westlund ||9 |-align=center |20 ||align=left|Hans Utterström ||6 |-align=center |21 ||align=left|Inge Gustafsson||5 |-align=center |22 ||align=left|Arne Hansson ||4 |-align=center |23 ||align=left|Nils Ringström ||3 |-align=center |24 ||align=left|Karl-Erik Andersson ||3 |-align=center |25 ||align=left|Leif Söderberg ||1 |-align=center |26 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||0 |-align=center |27 ||align=left|Lars Jansson ||0 |} |}
===Continental qualifying=== *Top 32 to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=80|Date !width=300|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Liebenauer Stadium]], [[Graz]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Jaroslav Volf ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Ilirija Sports Park]], [[Ljubljana]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennady Kurilenko]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Chekranov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Pawel Waloszek]] |- |align=center| 9 May||{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gunter Harder Stadion]], [[Neubrandenburg]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Rudolf Havelka]] |}
===British & Commonwealth preliminary round=== *Top 11 riders to qualifying round<ref>{{cite news |title=Diamonds pair take honours |work=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=14 May 1965 |access-date=26 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19650514/707/0028 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 13 May|| [[Cleveland Park Stadium|Cleveland Park]], [[Middlesbrough]] || [[Goog Allan]] || [[Russ Dent]] || [[Harry Bastable]] |- |align=center| 15 May|| [[Rayleigh Weir Stadium]], [[Rayleigh, Essex|Rayleigh]] || [[Tommy Sweetman]] || [[Ken Adams (speedway rider)|Ken Adams]] ||[[Des Lukehurst]] |- |align=center| 22 May|| [[Foxhall Stadium]], [[Ipswich]] ||[[Tommy Sweetman]] ||[[Howdy Byford]] ||[[Ken Adams (speedway rider)|Ken Adams]] |- |align=center| 26 May|| [[Central Park, Cowdenbeath|Central Park]], [[Cowdenbeath]] ||[[Russ Dent]] ||[[Bruce Ovenden]] || [[Graham Coombes]] |- |align=center| 6 June|| [[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Harry Bastable]] || [[Pete Smith (speedway rider born 1942)|Pete Smith]] || [[Maurie McDermott]] |}
==Second round== === Nordic qualification === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*11 May *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] *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]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Leif Enecrona]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Bo Magnusson ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Henry Harrfeldt ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Thorbjörn Nygaard ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Curt Eldh ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Nils Paulsen]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Runo Wedin ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Ivar Hoffgard ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Olavi Turunen ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Heikki Kaprali ||0 |}
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*27 May *{{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|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Kalevi Lahtinen]]||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Bo Josefsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Sven Sigurd]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Hans G. Kristensen ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Bengt Svensson ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Ove Pedersen ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Erik Kastebo ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Matti Olin||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Per Jakob Aulie ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Jens Ring (res) ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Knut Syrrist ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Bent Jensen ||0 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||dns |} |}
===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *23 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] *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| [[Pawel Waloszek]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Igor Plekhanov]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Andrzej Wyglenda]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Jaroslav Volf||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Antoni Woryna]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Valentin Moiseev]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Stanislav Kubicek]]||7 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Jurij Chekranov]]|| |- |10 ||align=left| [[Vladimir Sokolov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Sokolov]] || |- |11 ||align=left| [[František Ledecký]]|| |- |12 ||align=left| [[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]] || |- |13 ||align=left| [[Gabdrakhman Kadyrov]]|| |- |14 ||align=left|[[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miloslav Šmíd]] || |- |15 ||align=left| [[Pal Perenyi]]|| |} |width=50% valign=top| *23 May *{{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| [[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mareš]]||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Zbigniew Podlecki]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Florian Kapala]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Marian Rose]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Joachim Maj]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Gennadij Kurilenko]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Boris Samorodov]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Antonín Šváb Sr.]] || 6 |- |12 ||align=left| Jurij Olenev ||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Rudolf Havelka]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left|Lew Krajev ||3 |- |15 ||align=left| Konstantij Krishtal||0 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Viktor Trofimov]] ||0 |} |}
===British & Commonwealth qualifying round=== *Top 32 to British semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 12 June |[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Jack Kitchen]] ||[[Rick France]] |- |align=center| 12 June |[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Mike Broadbanks]] ||[[Martin Ashby]] |- |align=center| 12 June |[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester || [[Cyril Maidment]] ||[[Gordon McGregor (speedway rider)|Gordon McGregor]] || [[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]] |- |align=center| 14 June |[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Trevor Hedge]] ||[[Geoff Mudge]] |- |align=center| 14 June |[[Brough Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] ||[[Ivan Mauger]] |- |align=center| 15 June |[[West Ham Stadium]], London ||[[Roy Trigg]] ||[[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] |- |align=center| 16 June |[[Long Eaton Stadium]], [[Long Eaton]]||[[Barry Briggs]] || [[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]] ||[[Jack Kitchen]] |- |align=center| 17 June |[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] ||[[Clive Featherby]] ||[[Billy Bales]] |- |align=center| 17 June |[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] ||[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]] || [[Ron How]] || [[Colin Pratt]] |- |align=center| 18 June |[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] ||Peter Vandenberg ||[[Reg Luckhurst]] ||[[Cyril Maidment]] |- |align=center| 18 June |[[White City Stadium, Glasgow|White City]], Glasgow ||[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Bluey Scott]] ||[[Ivan Mauger]] |- |align=center| 18 June |[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Ron How]] ||[[Roy Trigg]] || [[Colin Pratt]] |- |align=center| 18 June |[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] ||[[Trevor Hedge]] ||[[Peter Jarman]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] |- |align=center| 19 June |[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London|| [[Trevor Hedge]] ||[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] ||[[Jack Biggs]] |- |align=center| 19 June |[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] ||[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]] ||[[Ronnie Genz]] ||[[Eric Boocock]] |- |align=center| 19 June |[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] ||[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Jim Airey]] ||[[John Hart (speedway rider)|John Hart]] |- |align=center| 19 July |[[Old Meadowbank]], [[Edinburgh]] ||[[Maury Mattingley]] ||[[Gordon Guasco]] ||[[Brian Craven]] |- |align=center| 23 July |[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] ||[[Ronnie Genz]] ||[[Geoff Mudge]] ||[[Roy Trigg]] |}
==Third round== ===British & Commonwealth semi finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *28 July *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] *Top 8 to British final
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Genz]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Luckhurst]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbanks]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gordon Guasco]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]||9 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Mudge]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Kitchen]]|| 6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Airey]] ||6 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Pratt]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Clive Featherby]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bluey Scott]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon McGregor (speedway rider)|Gordon McGregor]]|| 1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *30 July *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[White City Stadium, Glasgow|White City]], Glasgow *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Hedge]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bill Andrew]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] ||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Vandenberg ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cyril Maidment]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Younghusband]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Trigg]] || 7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boocock]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]] ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Cowland]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rick France]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Bales]] ||0 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]] ||0 |} |}
===Nordic Final=== *28 June 1965 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] * First 8 to European Final
{| 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}} [[Soren Sjosten]] || ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] || ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Enecrona]] || ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] || ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] || ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Malmqvist]] || ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] || ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] || ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] || ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bo Magnusson]] || ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kalevi Lahtinen]] || ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Henry Harrfeldt]] || ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bo Josefsson]] || ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sven Sigurd]] || ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Brannefors]] || ||0 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hasse Holmqvist]] || ||0 |}
===Continental Final=== * 13 June 1965 * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Wrocław]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|15|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |1|3|2|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|2|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |2|3|1|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |0|2|3|3|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |3|3|0|2|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|CSK|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]]| |3|3|1|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|POL|[[Pawel Waloszek]]| |3|2|3|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]| |3|2|1|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|POL|[[Marian Rose]]| |1|1|3|0|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|CSK|[[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mareš]]| |2|0|3|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|9|POL|[[Joachim Maj]]| |2|1|0|2|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |1|1|1|3|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |0|1|2|2|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |1|0|2|2|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|CSK|Jaroslav Volf| |0|0|2|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|CSK|[[Stanislav Kubíček]]| |0|2|0|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|USSR|[[Valentin Moiseev]]| |2|0|0|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Florian Kapała]]| }} }}
==Fourth round== ===British & Commonwealth Final=== * 31 August 1965 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[West Ham Stadium]], London * first 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|8|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|2|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|3||2|3| |x|3| 10i=E}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |2|2|3|2|2| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|ENG|[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]]| |3|2|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|12|ENG|[[Reg Luckhurst]]| |2|0|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|ENG|[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]]| |1|2|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|ENG|[[Mike Broadbanks]]| |2|0|2|3|2| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|AUS|[[Gordon Guasco]]| |3|1|1|3|1| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|AUS|[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]]| |3|2|2|1|| |x| |20i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |2|1||3|1| |x| |9i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|NZL|[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]| |1|3|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |1|0|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|ENG|[[Colin Gooddy]]| |0|1||1|2| |x| |9i=M }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|AUS|Peter Vandenberg| ||3|0|0|0| |x| |3i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|NZL|[[Bill Andrew]]| ||0|1|0|0| |x| |1i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|ENG|[[Ronnie Genz]]| ||1|0||0| |x| |4i=E |14i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]| |21h=x }} }}
===European Final=== * 26 June 1965 *{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] * First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|3|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|8|SWE|[[Björn Knutson]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |3|1|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |3|3|0|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |2|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |3|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |0|3|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|SWE|[[Soren Sjosten]]| |2|2|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|CSK|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]]| |1|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|15|SWE|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]]| |1|2|3|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|POL|[[Marian Rose]]| |1||3|2|1| |x| |5i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|4|CSK|[[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]| |2|1|0|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|5|SWE|[[Per Olof Söderman]]| |0|2|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|SWE|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]| |1||2|0|0| |x| |8i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|2|SWE|[[Leif Enecrona]]| |0|0||1|0| |x| |10i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|POL|[[Pawel Waloszek]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|CSK|[[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mareš]]| |21h=x }} }}
==World Final== *18 September 1965 *{{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|12|SWE|[[Björn Knutson]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |3|3|2|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |2|2|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|13|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |2|3|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |3|1|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|ENG|[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]]| |3|0|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |1|3|3|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|2|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|0|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|6|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |2|2|3|0|| |x| |19i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |1|2|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|SWE|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]]| |1|0|2||2| |x| |15i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|9|ENG|[[Reg Luckhurst]]| |0|2|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |0|1|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|ENG|[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]]| |1|1|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|16|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|1|CSK|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]]| |0|1|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Mike Broadbank]]| |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|[[Marian Rose]]| |21h=x }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
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