{{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 = 1969 }}

The '''1969 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 24th 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>

The final was sponsored by the [[Sunday Mirror]] and held at Wembley. [[Ivan Mauger]] retained his title and won £1,000 in prize money. [[Barry Briggs]] finished second again after beating [[Sören Sjösten]] in a run-off for silver.<ref>{{cite news |title=Briggs once again |work=Sunday Mirror |date=7 September 1969 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690907/252/0034| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mauger Still King |work=Sunday Mirror |date=14 September 1969 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690914/385/0047| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Format changes== The format of the Championship changed again for the 1969 event. This time the Swedish riders were pooled with the Continental and European sections that would provide 10 riders for the World Final, while the British and Commonwealth riders would supply 6 riders for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London.

==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/69_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1969.htm |title=1969 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/69.htm#1969 |title=1969 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

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=== Norwegian qualifying === *13 October 1968 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kongsberg Idrettsparken]], [[Kongsberg]] *Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1969 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Reidar Eide]]||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Oyvind S. Berg]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Per Aulie ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Ulf Lovaas]]||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Einar Egedius||9 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Odd Fossengen]] ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Helge Langli]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Jan Terje Gravningen]]||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Thorbjorn Nygaard ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Svein Kaasa]]||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Edgar Stangeland]]||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Sverre Holm ||3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Kjell P. Skaeveland||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Per H. Hansen ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Kare Heia ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Thorbjorn Olsen||2 |} |width=50% valign=top|

=== Finnish qualifying (top 8)=== * (2 rounds) 2 Aug & 21 Sep 1968 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] & [[Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] * Top 3 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1969 {| 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 || 8+8||16 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Reima Lohkovuori || 6+4||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Jouko Naskali || 0+6||6 |- |4 ||align=left|Esko Koponen ||4+2||6 |- |5 ||align=left|Jorma Taipale || 3+0||3 |- |6 ||align=left|Kauko Reima || 0+3||3 |- |7 ||align=left|Juhani Lappi || 2+1||3 |- |8 ||align=left|Olavi Tutunen || 1+0||1 |} |}

===Swedish qualification=== *Top 8 in each heat to Nordic qualification {{col-begin}} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|25 April, [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=160|Rider !width=30|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Bo Josefsson]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Conny Samuelsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|Hans Hallberg ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Benny Lundström ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Sune Stark ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Nils Ringström ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Börje Melin ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Inge Gustafsson ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Willy Friberg ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Ryno Westergren ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Olle Åhnström ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Reine Södergren ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Sören Backlund ||0 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|27 April, [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=160|Rider !width=30|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Bengt Svensson ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Sven-Inge Svensson ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Runo Wedin ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Bo Magnusson ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Jan Simensen]]||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Sonny Widergren ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Birger Aniander ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Sixten Carlberg ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Jan Strid ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Lennart Michanek ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Arne Hansson ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Lars Jennefors ||1 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|28 April, [[Ryavallen]], [[Borås]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=160|Rider !width=30|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Bernt Persson]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Håkan Karlsson ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Börje Olsson ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Bengt Andersson ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Sigvard Johansson ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Per Sjöholm ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Allan Dahlöf ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Stig Pettersson ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Hans Johansson ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Yngve Nilsson ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Käll Haage ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Lennart Karlsson ||1 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|29 April, [[Avestavallen]], [[Avesta]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=160|Rider !width=30|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Leif Enecrona]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Sven Sigurd ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Christer Löfqvist]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Per-Åke Gerhardsson ||6 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Therje Henriksson ||6 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Tommy Bergqvist ||5 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Lars Jansson ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Egon Stengarn ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Rolf Karlsson ||3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Lars Eriksson ||2 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Hans Utterström ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Curt Nyqvist ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Jan Holmqvist ||0 |} {{col-end}}

===Continental qualifying=== *Top 32 to Continental 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| 11 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding#Sport|Speedway Stadion]], [[Ruhpolding]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Poschenreider]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], [[Krško]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zdislaw Dobrucki]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennady Kurilenko]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Waloszek]] |- |align=center| 11 May||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Paul Greifzu Stadium]], [[Stralsund]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zygmunt Pytko]] ||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Jürgen Hehlert]] |}

===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| 17 May||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] || [[Eric Boocock]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Reg Luckhurst]] |- |align=center| 17 May||[[Cliftonhill]], [[Coatbridge]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] || [[Bert Harkins]] || [[Trevor Hedge]] |- |align=center| 19 May||[[Brough Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] || [[Eric Boocock]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Dave Gifford]] |- |align=center| 19 May||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Tony Clarke (speedway rider)|Tony Clarke]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] || [[Martin Ashby]] ||[[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]] || [[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 20 May||[[West Ham Stadium]], London || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] || [[Stan Stevens (speedway rider)|Stan Stevens]] || [[Ken McKinlay]] |- |align=center| 21 May||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[Geoff Mudge]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Pete Smith (speedway rider born 1942)|Pete Smith]] |- |align=center| 22 May||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Eddie Reeves (speedway rider)|Eddie Reeves]] || [[Pete Smith (speedway rider born 1942)|Pete Smith]] || [[Mike Broadbanks]] |- |align=center| 22 May||[[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], London ||[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronny Moore]] ||[[Tony Clarke (speedway rider)|Tony Clarke]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] |- |align=center| 22 May||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] ||[[Arnold Haley]] || [[Jim Airey]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] |- |align=center| 23 May||[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] || [[Sándor Lévai]] ||[[Frank Shuter (speedway rider)|Frank Shuter]] || [[Reg Luckhurst]] |- |align=center| 23 May||[[Hampden Park]], Glasgow || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] || [[Barry Briggs]] || [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] |- |align=center| 23 May||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Colin Pratt]] || [[Garry Middleton]] || [[Pete Smith (speedway rider born 1942)|Pete Smith]] |- |align=center| 23 May||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] || [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]] || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] |- |align=center| 24 May||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Chris Pusey (speedway rider)|Chris Pusey]] |- |align=center| 24 May||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] || [[Coll Cottrell]] |- |align=center| 1 June||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Terry Betts]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] || [[Martin Ashby]] |- |align=center| 9 June||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Roy Trigg]] ||[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] || [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]] |- |align=center| 11 June||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] || [[Jim Airey]] ||[[Clive Hitch (speedway rider)|Clive Hitch]] |}

==Second round== ===Nordic qualification=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|1 May, {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]]<br>[[Visby]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]]||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Gunnar Malmqvist]] ||12 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Runo Wedin ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Öyvind S. Berg]] ||10 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Therje Henriksson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Löfqvist]] ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Olsson]] ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bent Nörregaard-Jensen]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Torbjörn Karlsson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Svein Kaasa]] ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Höijvind ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Reima Lohkovuori ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|1 May, {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla Motorstadion]]<br>[[Kumla]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Simensen]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Nils Ringström ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Reidar Eide]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Michanek]] ||11 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Andersson ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven Sigurd ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Kurt Bögh]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Hallberg ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Ulf Lövaas]] ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Inge Svensson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Brannefors]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Esko Koponen ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Godtfred Andreasen]] ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Helge Langli ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|1 May, {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gislaved Motorbana]]<br>[[Gislaved]] |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Ove Fundin]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Göte Nordin]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Josefsson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Odd Fossengen]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Svensson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Benny Lundström ||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Sigvard Johansson ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Sune Stark ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Åke Gerhardsson ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Jens Ring ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Matti Olin ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Per Aulie ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Håkan Karlsson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Leif Enecrona]] ||0 |} {{col-end}}

===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *7 June *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] *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}} [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Jancarz]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanislaw Tkocz]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Pawel Waloszek]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Holub I]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Poschenreider]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miloslav Verner]] ||7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Ledecký]] ||7 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]] ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Janos Szöke]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vjatjeslav Baturin]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *8 June *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium]], [[Bydgoszcz]] *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}} [[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glucklich]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Klementiev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennadij Kurilenko]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zygmunt Pytko]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Dobrucki]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Průša ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gerhard Uhlenbrock]] ||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Tschechanvitsch]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jaroslav Volf ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||5 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Peter Liebing]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Drago Perko]] ||0 |} |}

===British semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *24 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] *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|AUS}} [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Luckhurst]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Hedge]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Garry Middleton]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arnie Haley]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]]|| 7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Clive Hitch (speedway rider)|Clive Hitch]]||6 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cyril Maidment]]||5 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Airey]]||4 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bert Harkins]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]]||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *26 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}} [[Ivan Mauger]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Roper]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock ]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Trigg]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boocock]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]]||7 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Pratt]]||7 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]]||6 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Mudge]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bruce Cribb]]|| 6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Betts]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Clarke (speedway rider)|Tony Clarke]]||5 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Pete Smith (speedway rider, born 1942)|Pete Smith]]|||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Boulger]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]|| 1 |} |}

==Third round== ===Nordic Final=== * 4 June 1969 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linköping#Speedway|Linköping Motorstadion Ryd]], [[Linköping]] * First 8 to European Final

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|SWE|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |2|3|3|3|3| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |3|3|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|2|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |1|1|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |0|2|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|11|SWE|[[Per Olof Söderman]]| |2|2|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|SWE|[[Bo Josefsson]]| |2|1|1|0|2| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|SWE|[[Gunnar Malmqvist]]| |1|2|2|1|0| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|SWE|[[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]]| |1|0|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|7|SWE|[[Jan Simensen]]| |0|1|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|0||0|| |x| |9i=- |18i=-}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|NOR|[[Odd Fossengen]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|SWE|[[Göte Nordin]]| |0|1|0||| |x| |16i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|SWE|[[Nils Ringstrom]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Runo Wedin]]| |16h=r |16p=1 |18h=r |18p=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Bengt Svensson (speedway rider)|Bengt Svensson]]| |9h=b |9p=0 |18h=y |18p=0 }} }}

===Continental Final=== * 27 June 1969 * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Stroitel Stadium (Ufa)|Stroitel Stadion]], [[Ufa]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |2|3|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|16|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |0|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|2|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |3|2|3|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|USSR|[[Valeri Klementiev]]| |3||0|3|3| |x| |6i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|POL|[[Henryk Glucklich]]| |0|3|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |3|2|3|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |1|3|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |2|0|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |3|2|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|POL|[[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]]| |2|1|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|5|POL|[[Stanisław Tkocz]]| ||1|2|3|2| |x| |2i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|CSK|[[Jan Holub I]]| |1|1|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|3|POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]| |1|2|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|POL|[[Zygmunt Pytko]]| |2|1||0|| |x| |12i=E |17i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|12|POL|[[Zdislaw Dobrucki]]| ||0|||| |x| |3i=F |10i=E |13i=E |19i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|CSK|[[Karel Prusa]]| ||0|||| |x| |3i=E |9i=E |14i=- |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DDR|[[Gerhard Ulenbrock]]| |14h=y |14p=0 |20h=w |20p=0}} }}

==Fourth round== ===British/Commonwealth Final=== * 5 August 1969 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[West Ham Stadium]], London * First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|3|2|3|2| |x|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|6|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |3|2|3|2|3| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |0|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |2|3|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|WAL|[[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]]| |2|1|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|ENG|[[Arnold Haley]]| |3|2|1|2|| |x|3| |18i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|7|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |1|2|1|3|1| |x|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|AUS|[[Garry Middleton]]| |2|2|3|1|| |x|1| |19i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|AUS|[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]]| |1|1|0|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|8|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |0|1|1||2| |x| |14i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|5|ENG|[[Trevor Hedge]]| |2|1|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |1|0|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|ENG|[[Colin Pratt]]| |||2|0|1| |x| |4i=E |7i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|1|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |1||1|1|0| |x| |5i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|ENG|[[Roy Trigg]]| |0||0|0|1| |x| |8i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]]| 7h=b |7p=0 |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Clive Hitch (speedway rider)|Clive Hitch]]| |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |21h=x }} }}

===European Final=== * 24 August 1969 * {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Olching Speedwaybahn]], [[Olching]] * First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|13|USSR|[[Valeri Klementiev]]| |0|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |2|3|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|2|SWE|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]]| |3|3|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|4|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |1|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |3|1|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |2|0|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|POL|[[Henryk Glucklich]]| |1|0|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |2|2|3|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |1|1|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |0|2|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|14|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |3|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |3|2|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|1|POL|[[Antoni Woryna]]| |0|2|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |1|1|0|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|10|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |2|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|SWE|[[Per Olof Söderman]]| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} }}

==World Final== *13 September 1969 *{{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|11|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|16|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|2|2|1|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |3||2|3|3| |x|2 |5i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|2|3|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|SWE|[[Hasse Holmqvist]]| |2|1|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|1|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|SWE|[[Ove Fundin]]| |2|2|2|3|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|SCO|[[Ken McKinlay]]| |1|3|3|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|14|POL|[[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]| |0|3|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |1|0|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |2|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|POL|[[Henryk Glücklich]]| |0|0|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|USSR|[[Valeri Klementiev]]| |0|3|||1| |x| |10i=X |13i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|SWE|[[Torbjörn Harrysson]]| |2|2|||| |x| |9i=F |13i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|POL|[[Andrzej Wyglenda]]| |0|1|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|WAL|[[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]| |13h=y |13p=1 |17h=r |17p=2 |21h=x }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Arnold Haley]]| |21h=x }} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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