{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1968 }}
The '''1968 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 23rd 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=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Ivan Mauger]] won his first World title. Fellow countryman [[Barry Briggs]] finished second and Pole [[Edward Jancarz]] took the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |title= Sports in Brief|work=The Times|date=7 September 1968|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS101150503/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=53c5c213| via = Gale Primary Sources|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Boocock last in Sweden |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=7 September 1968 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Format changes== The format of the Championship changed again for the 1968 event. It reverted to the 1966 system whereby six riders from the Swedish section would qualify for the World Final direct to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through various events to establish the other ten riders to qualify for the final.
==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/68_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1968.htm |title=1968 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/68.htm#1968 |title=1968 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
===British/Commonwealth qualifying=== *Top 32 to British/Commonwealth 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| 25 May |[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] ||[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] ||[[Terry Betts]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] |- |align=center| 25 May |[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] || [[Jim Airey]] || [[Dave Younghusband]] || [[Greg Kentwell]] |- |align=center| 25 May |[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] || [[Dave Hemus]] |- |align=center| 25 May |[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Tommy Roper]] ||[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] |- |align=center| 27 May |[[Brough Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Barry Briggs]] || [[Bert Harkins]] |- |align=center| 27 May |[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Jimmy Squibb]] || [[Eric Boocock]] |- |align=center| 28 May |[[West Ham Stadium]], London || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] ||[[Ivan Mauger]] |- |align=center| 28 May |[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] || [[Bill Andrew]] || [[Bob Kilby]] || [[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 29 May |[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[John Boulger]] || [[Bill Andrew]] || [[Geoff Mudge]] |- |align=center| 30 May |[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Colin Gooddy]] || [[Terry Betts]] || [[Ronnie Genz]] |- |align=center| 30 May |[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Trevor Hedge]] |- |align=center| 30 May |[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Colin Pratt]] || [[John Dews]] |- |align=center| 31 May |[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] || [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]] || [[Jim Airey]] || Peter Vandenberg |- |align=center| 31 May |[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Barry Briggs]] || [[Colin Pratt]] || [[Les McGillivray]] |- |align=center| 31 May |[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] || [[Cyril Francis (speedway rider)|Cyril Francis]] || [[Chris Julian (speedway rider)|Chris Julian]] || [[Eric Boothroyd]] |- |align=center| 31 May |[[White City Stadium, Glasgow|White City]], [[Glasgow]] || [[Bob Kilby]] || [[Bert Harkins]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] |- |align=center| 1 June |[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] ||[[Bill Andrew]] || [[Trevor Hedge]] || [[Reg Luckhurst]] |- |align=center| 1 June |[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abeey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] || [[Barry Briggs]] || [[Bob Kilby]] || [[Mike Broadbanks]] |- |align=center| 1 June |[[Cliftonhill]], [[Coatbridge]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Colin Pratt]] |}
===Continental qualifying=== *Top 32 to Continantal 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| 4 May |{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Meissen Speedway Stadium]], [[Meissen]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Holub I]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] |- |align=center| 5 May |{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Jagodina#Sport|Stadion Automoto Drustvo]] [[Svetozarevo]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennady Kurilenko]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Joachim Maj]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Chekranov]] |- |align=center| 5 May |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glucklich]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] |- |align=center| 5 May |{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Plekhanov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] |}
==Second round== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
=== Norwegian qualifying (top 8)=== *1 October 1967 (elimination format) *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sandnes Idrettspark]], [[Sandnes]] *Top 8 to Nordic final 1968 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|time/note |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] || 1.21.1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Oyvind S. Berg]]||1.22.6 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Odd Fossengen]]||1.24.0 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]]||1.24.0 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Einar Egedius ||sf 1.24.5 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Sven Svensrud||sf 1.28.2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Ulf Lovaas]] ||sf fell |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Thorbjorn Nygaard ||sf fell |} |width=50% valign=top|
=== Finnish qualifying (top 8)=== * (2 rounds) ? & 30 Aug 1967 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] & [[Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] * Top 3 to Nordic final 1968 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=60px|Points ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Matti Olin || 6+8||14+3 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Kalevi Lahtinen ||8+6||14+2 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Veikko Metsahuone || 4+3||7 |- |4 ||align=left|Jouko Naskali || 0+4||4 |- |5 ||align=left| Reijo Tolviander || 3+1||4 |- |6 ||align=left| Reima Lohkovouri || 0+2||2 |- |7 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 2+0||2 |- |8 ||align=left|Timo Sinkkonen || 1+0||1 |} |}
===British/Commonwealth semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *27 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] *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|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bill Andrew]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbank]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Vandenberg||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Younghusband]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]|| |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Airey]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Pratt]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]|| 6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Roper]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arnie Haley]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Julian (speedway rider)|Chris Julian]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Squibb]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bert Harkins]]|| 1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *2 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|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Betts]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boocock]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Hedge]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Mudge]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Luckhurst]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]]|| 7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Boulger]]||3 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wayne Briggs]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Kentwell]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boothroyd]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Kilby]]||1 |} |}
==Third round== ===British/Commonwealth Final=== * 11 July 1968 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wimbledon Stadium]], London * First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|12|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |3|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |1|3|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |2|2|3|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |2|1|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|ENG|[[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]| |1|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |3|1|2|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|1|ENG|[[Terry Betts]]| |2|1|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|ENG|[[Dave Younghusband]]| |1|0|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|AUS|[[Geoff Mudge]]| |2|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|AUS|[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]]| |1|2|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|ENG|[[Mike Broadbanks]]| |0|0||0|3| |x| 9i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|2|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |0|0|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|AUS|Peter Vandenberg| |0|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|NZL|[[Bill Andrew]]| |||||| |x| |2i=F |7i=- |12i=- |13i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Reg Luckhurst]]| 7h=w |7p=2 |13h=b |13i=F |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|AUS|[[Jim Airey]]| |12h=y |12i=X |18h=w |18p=0 |21h=x }} }}
=== Nordic Final === * 2 June 1968 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Selskov Stadium]], [[Hillerød]] * First 6 to British-Nordic Final, plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|NOR|[[Øyvind S. Berg]]| |3|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|11|NOR|[[Odd Fossengen]]| |1|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|NOR|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]]| |3|1|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|DEN|[[Godtfred Andreasen]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|NOR|[[Per J.Aulie]]| |1|2|3|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|NOR|[[Ole Todnem]]| |3|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|DEN|[[Kurt Bøgh]]| ||1|3|2|1| |x| |4i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|DEN|[[Preben Moller Christensen]]| |2|0|2|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|8|DEN|[[Jens Ring]]| |2|2|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|NOR|[[Helgie Langlie]]| ||0||2|1| |x| |4i=F |11i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|FIN|[[Matti Olin]]| |0|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|NOR|[[Eidar Egedius]]| |1|1|||| |x| |9i=E |16i=F |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|FIN|[[Timo Laine]]| |0|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|FIN|[[Jouko Naskali]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|[[Per Ehlert]]| |19h=y |19p=1 }} }}
===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *26 May *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Mšeno Speedway Stadium]], [[Mšeno]] *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|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Pawel Waloszek]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Plechanov]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Pytko]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miloslav Verner]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gabdrachman Kadyrov]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glücklich]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Zechanovitsch]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miroslav Šmíd]] ||2 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]] (res)||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Barnabas Gyepes]] ||1 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jaroslav Volf (res)||1 |- |18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *26 May *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]], [[Rybnik]] *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|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Joachim Maj]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennadij Kurilenko]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Padewski]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Holub I]] ||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gerhard Uhlenbrock]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Jurij Chekranov]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Jochen Dinse]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Farid Szajnurov]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Jürgen Hehlert]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Šváb Sr.]] ||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanislaw Tkocz]] ||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Frantisek Ledecky]] ||1 |} |}
==Fourth round== ===Swedish Qualifying=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*28 April, [[Målilla#Speedway|Gamla Motorstadion]], [[Målilla]] *Top 8 to Swedish final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Bernt Persson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Bengt Svensson ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Conny Samuelsson]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Sven-Inge Svensson ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Sören Enander ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Allan Dahlöf ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Runo Wedin ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Jan Holmqvist ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Bo Magnusson ||0| |}
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*1 May, [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]] *Top 8 to Swedish final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Christer Löfqvist]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Bo Josefsson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Therje Henriksson ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Sven Sigurd||4 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Jan Svensson ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Lars Jansson ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Karl-Erik Andersson ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Sixten Karlberg ||2 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Jan Stridh ||2 |} |}
===British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final=== * 6 August 1968 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[West Ham Stadium]], London * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|11|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|3|3|2|2| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |2|3|2|3|3| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|7|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |2|2|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|15|NOR|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]]| |3|0|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|ENG|[[Terry Betts]]| |2|1|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |3|2|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |2|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|ENG|[[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]| |1|0|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1||2|1|2| |x| |8i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|NOR|[[Odd Fossengen]]| |0|3|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |0|2|1|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|NOR|[[Øyvind S. Berg]]| |1|2|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|2|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |1|1|0|2|| |x| |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Dave Younghusband]]| |0|1|0|0|| |x| |20i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|NOR|[[Godtfred Andreasen]]| |0|0|0||| |x| |13i=- |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|NOR|[[Per J.Aulle]]| |13h=w |13p=0 |20h=b |20p=1 |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|AUS|[[Geoff Mudge]]| |21h=x }} }}
===Continental Final=== * 21 June 1968 * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Stroitel Stadium (Ufa)|Stroitel Stadium]], [[Ufa]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |3|1|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|6|POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]| |2|3|3|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|USSR|[[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]]| |3|0|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |2|1|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|POL|[[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]]| |1|3|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |2|2|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |3|3|0|0|2| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|POL|[[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]]| |2|0||3|3| |x|2| |11i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|POL|[[Jerzy Padewski]]| |3|2|0|3|| |x|1| |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|9|CSK|[[Jan Holub I]]| |1|1|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |1|2|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|POL|[[Zygmunt Pytko]]| |0|3|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|USSR|[[Boris Samorodov]]| |0|2|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |1|0|0|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|POL|[[Joachim Maj]]| |0|1|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|CSK|[[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]]| |0|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DDR|[[Gerhard Ulenbrock]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| }} }}
==Fifth round== ===Swedish Final=== *Top 6 to World final, 1 reserve {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |27 May || [[Malmö Stadion]], [[Malmö]] ||Gunnar Malmqvist ||Anders Michanek ||Hasse Holmqvist |- |28 May || [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]] ||Bernt Persson || Gunnar Malmqvist ||Torbjörn Harrysson |- |30 May || [[Linköping#Speedway|Ryd Motorstadion]], [[Linköping]] ||Ove Fundin ||Bengt Jansson ||Gunnar Malmqvist |} {| 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|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]||38 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]]||35 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]]||31 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Bernt Persson]]||30 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] ||29 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]||28 |-align=center {{speedway color|6}} |7 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]]||27 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]]||25 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]]||23 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Therje Henriksson]]||22 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Bo Josefsson]]||15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Bengt Svensson (speedway rider)|Bengt Svensson]] ||15 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Christer Löfqvist]]||14 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]]||10 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]]||9 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Per Olof Söderman]]||8 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Conny Samuelsson]]||2 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|[[Runo Wedin]]||1 |} |}
===European Final=== * 25 August 1968 * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Wrocław]] * First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|3|POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]| |3|2|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |3|3|3||2| |x| |15i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|POL|[[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]]| |2|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |1|3|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|8|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1|3|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|1|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |2|2|3|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|14|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |3|1|0|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |3|3|2||| |x| |15i=F |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|12|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |2|1|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |1|2|1|1|1| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |0|0|2|3|1| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|USSR|[[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]]| |2|0||2|1| |x| |9i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |0|0|3|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|7|ENG|[[Terry Betts]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|13|NOR|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]]| |1|1|||| |x| |12i=F |14i=- |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|POL|[[Konstanty Pociejkewicz]]| |0||||| |x| |7i=- |10i=- |16i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Jerzy Padewski]]| |7h=b |7p=1 |10h=w |10p=2 |16h=y |16p=1 |17h=w |17p=3}} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| }} }}
==World Final== *6 September 1968 *{{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|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |2|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|3|1|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|9|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |2|3|3|1|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]| ||2|3|2|3| |x| |1i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|SWE|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]]| |3|3|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |3|1|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |1|2|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |3|0|1|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|SWE|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]| |0|2|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|2|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |2|1|0|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |2|1||1|1| |x| |9i=R }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |0|0|2|1|| |x| |17i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|3|POL|[[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]]| |1|1|0|0|2| |x| |4i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| ||0|1|0|0| |x| |4i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |1|0|0||| |x| |14i=X |19i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|USSR|[[Igor Plekhanov]]| |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |21h=x }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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