{{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 = 1971 }}

The '''1971 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 26th 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>

[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] became the first Danish winner of the Championship. His 15-point maximum denied [[Ivan Mauger]] from winning a fourth consecutive title. Mauger won the silver medal run-off against [[Bengt Jansson]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ole Olsen wins world speedway title |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=11 September 1971 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19710911/712/0029| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Format changes== The format of the Championship changed again for the 1971 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/70_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1970.htm |title=1971 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1971.htm |title=1971 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| 17 April||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] ||[[Dave Younghusband]] || [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] || [[Bill Andrew]] |- |align=center| 17 April||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] || [[Barry Briggs]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] |- |align=center| 19 April||[[Reading Stadium (Oxford Road)|Reading Stadium]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Jim Airey]] || [[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]] |- |align=center| 19 April||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] || [[Eric Boocock]] || [[Bob Kilby]] || [[Dave Younghusband]] |- |align=center| 20 April||[[West Ham Stadium]], London || [[Reg Luckhurst]] || [[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Greg Kentwell]] |- |align=center| 20 April||[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] || [[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Tommy Roper]] || [[John Boulger]] |- |align=center| 21 April||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] || [[Tony Lomas]] ||[[Martin Ashby]] |- |align=center| 22 April||[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London || [[Garry Middleton]] || [[John Boulger]] ||[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] |- |align=center| 22 April||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] || [[Eric Boocock]] ||[[Brian Leonard (speedway rider)|Brian Leonard]] || [[Jim Airey]] |- |align=center| 22 April||[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] || [[Martin Ashby]] || [[Colin Gooddy]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] |- |align=center| 23 April||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] || [[Terry Betts]] ||[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] |- |align=center| 23 April||[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] ||[[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]] || [[Eric Broadbelt]] || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] |- |align=center| 24 April||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Ivan Mauger]] ||[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] || [[Sándor Lévai]] |- |align=center| 24 April||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Tony Lomas]] || [[Alan Cowland]] || [[Col Cottrell]] |- |align=center| 24 April||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] ||[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] || [[Terry Betts]] |- |align=center| 26 April||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Roy Trigg]] || [[Garry Middleton]] || [[Peter Jarman]] |- |align=center| 28 April||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Tony Lomas]] || [[Bruce Cribb]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Barry Thomas (speedway rider)|Barry Thomas]] ||[[Garry Middleton]] || [[Bob Kilby]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Somerton Park]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] || [[Sándor Lévai]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] || [[Bill Andrew]] |}

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

=== Norwegian qualifying === *20 September 1970 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Geiteryggen Speedwaybane]], [[Skien Municipality|Skien]] *Top 1 (+6 seeded) to Nordic final 1971 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Reidar Eide]]||15 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| Ulf Lovaas||12 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Svein Kaasa]]||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Einar Egedius||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Odd Fossengen]] ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Jan Terje Gravningen]]||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Jon Odegaard ||10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Jorn Flatha ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Dag Lovaas]]||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Dagfinn Dahl||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Johnny Larsen||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Kjell Todnem||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Nils O. Haraldsen||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Thorbjorn Nygaard||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Ragnar Olaisen ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Leif O. Jorgensen||2 |} |width=50% valign=top|

=== Finnish qualifying (top 8) === * (2 rounds) 11 Aug & 25 Aug 1970 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] & [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] * Top 2 to Nordic final 1971 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Kalevi Lahtinen || 8+8||16 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Matti Olin || 6+6||12 |- |3 ||align=left|Jouko Naskali || 2+3||5 |- |4 ||align=left| Erkki Hannula || 4+0||4 |- |5 ||align=left| Pekka Kulmala || 0+4||4 |- |6 ||align=left|Reima Lohkovuori || 3+1||4 |- |7 ||align=left| Timo Sinkkonen || 0+2||2 |- |8 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 1+0||1 |} |}

===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| 8 May |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stadio Moretti]], [[Udine]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Pavlov (speedway rider)|Aleksandr Pavlov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] |- |align=center| 9 May |{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] ||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|DDR}} [[Peter Liebing]] |- |align=center| 9 May |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Holub I]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glucklich]] |- |align=center| 9 May |{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] |}

===British/Commonwealth semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *18 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[West Ham Stadium]], London *Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Boulger]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Kilby]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arnie Haley]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Ashby]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Curtis]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Garry Middleton]]||7 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Roper]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bruce Cribb]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Trigg]]|| 5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]]||3 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]||2 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Gooddy]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Turner (speedway rider)|Ian Turner]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stan Stevens (speedway rider)|Stan Stevens]] (res)|| 0 |- |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Sage]] (res)|| 0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *20 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] *Top 8 to British/Commonwealth 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}} [[Nigel Boocock]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Boocock]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bert Harkins]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Lomas]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Younghusband]]||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcom Simmons]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Betts]]|| 4 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Norman Storer]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Lévai]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Cowland]]||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Clarke (speedway rider)|Tony Clarke]]|| |} |}

== Third round == === British/Commonwealth Final === *16 June 1971 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] * First 12 to British-Nordic Final {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|7|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|2| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|2|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |3|2|2|3|3| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|6|ENG|[[Tony Lomas]]| |0|3|3|3|3| pts=12 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|SCO|[[Bert Harkins]]| |2|2|2|3|0| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|15|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |3|1|3|1|0| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |2|2|1|1|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|9|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |1|0|3|2|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|ENG|[[Dave Younghusband]]| |0|3|1|2|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|ENG|[[Bob Kilby]]| |2|2|1|1|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |0|3|0||3| |16i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|AUS|[[Jim Airey]]| |3|1|0|2|0| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |1||2|0|3| |8i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|WAL|[[Howard Cole (speedway rider)|Howard Cole]]| |0|1|2|2|1| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|AUS|[[Geoff Curtis]]| |2|1|0|1|2| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |1|0|1|0|2| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|ENG|[[Arnold Haley]]| |1|0|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|NZL|[[Bill Andrew]] | |16h=w |16p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|AUS|[[Garry Middleton]] | pts=0 }} }}

===Nordic Final=== * 6 June 1971 *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Selskov Stadium]], [[Hillerød]] * First 4 to British/Commonwealth-Nordic Final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|5|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |3|2|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|11|DEN|[[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]]| |2||3|3|3| |x| |7i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|DEN|[[Kurt Bøgh]]| |3|3|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|NOR|[[Odd Fossengen]]| |2|2|3|3|| |x| |20i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|DEN|[[Niels Weiss Sorensen]]| |1|2|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|NOR|[[Øyvind S. Berg]]| |2|2|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|DEN|[[Jorn Morgensen]]| |0|3|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|2|DEN|[[Bjarne Nyegaard]]| |1|3|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|DEN|[[Preben Rosenkilde]]| |1|0|1|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|NOR|[[Svein Kaasa]]| |0|1|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|FIN|[[Kalevi Lahtinen]]| |3|1|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|NOR|[[Edgar Stangeland]]| |0|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|13|NOR|[[Dag Lovaas]]| |2|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|16|FIN|[[Matti Olin]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|NOR|[[Jan Terje Gravningen]]| |0|1|||| |x| |10i=F |16i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|[[Flemming Larsen]]| |16h=y |16p=0 |17h=w |17p=0 }} }}

===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *5 June *{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Güstrow Speedway Stadium]], [[Güstrow]] *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|GDR}} [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Glücklich]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Holub I]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Bruzda]] ||10.5 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanislaw Kasa]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Dieter Tetzlaff]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Horst Krüger (speedway rider)|Horst Krüger]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||8 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Smirnov (speedway rider)|Vladimir Smirnov]] ||7.5 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kalmykov]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Janos Szöke]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Peter Liebing]] ||6 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Clemens Bever]] ||6 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zbynek Novotny]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Radacsi]] ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *6 June *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stadion żużlowy Gorzów|Stadion żużlowy]], [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]] *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|USSR}} [[Gennadij Kurilenko]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Gordeev]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigorij Khlynovski]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatolij Kuzmin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Trofimov]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Waloszek]] ||9+3 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Pavlov (speedway rider)|Alexander Pavlov]] ||9+2 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Wyglenda]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Mareš (speedway rider)|Pavel Mares]] ||6 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miroslav Verner]] ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Woryna]] ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Trzeszkowski]] ||3 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Milan Špinka]] ||0 |} |}

==Fourth round== ===Swedish qualifying=== *Top 4 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Leif Enecrona]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Jansson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ohlsson ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Therje Henriksson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Selmosson ||7 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Olsson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Svensson ||5 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Bertil Andersson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Casimir Nilsson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Egon Stengarn ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Roger Gullbrandsgård ||0 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Gislaved Motorbana]], [[Gislaved]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Göte Nordin]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Rolf Johansson ||10 |- |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Käll Haage ||9 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Claes Löfstrand ||9 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]]||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Johansson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Magnusson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Göran Jansso ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Torbjörn Karlsson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Nils Eriksson ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Meli ||5 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Torbjörn Runesson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Engzell ||1 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(2 May, [[Målilla#Speedway|Gamla Motorstadion]], [[Målilla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Anders Michanek]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Runo Wedin]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sven-Inge Svensson]] ||10 |- |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Löfqvist]] ||10 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Simensen]] ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Johansson ||10 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Sune Stark ||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Inge Gustavsson ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Bergqvist ||8 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Ingemar Thillander ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Jansson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Lennart Johansson ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Ove Helander ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Lövgre ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||1 |} {{col-4}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(3 May, [[Malmö Stadion]], [[Malmö]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Olle Nygren]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Josefsson]] || 13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars Jansson (speedway rider)|Lars Jansson]] ||13 |- |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)|Bengt Larsson]] ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Willy Karlsson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Berndt Johansson ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Sigvard Johansson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Håkan Karlsson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan-Inge Karlsson ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Wedén ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Harald Andersson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Jennefors ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Roland Karlsson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Arne Hansson (res) ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Ragnar Holm||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Olov Lindh ||0 |} {{col-end}}

===British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final=== *30 July 1971 *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] * First 8 to European Final {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|3|3|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|6|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |3|2|3|2|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |2|3|2|3|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |3|3|2|2|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|AUS|[[Jim Airey]]| |2|2|0|3|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |1|1|2|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|ENG|[[Tony Lomas]]| |1|2|3|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|11|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |0|3|1|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |1|0||3|3 |12i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|8|ENG|[[Dave Younghusband]]| |2|0|3|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|13|DEN|[[Kurt Bøgh]]| |2|0|2|0|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |3|1|0||0 |13i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|ENG|[[Martin Ashby]]| |0|2|1|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|SCO|[[Bert Harkins]]| |0|1|1|1|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|5|ENG|[[Bob Kilby]]| |1|1|0|0| |20i=-}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|7|DEN|[[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]]| |0|0|1|0|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|NOR|[[Odd Fossengen]]| |13h=w |13p=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|AUS|[[John Boulger]]| |20h=r |20p=1 }} }}

===Continental Final=== *26 June 1971 *{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|14|POL|[[Henryk Glucklich]]| |1|3|3|3|0| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| |0|3|3|2|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |1|3|2|1|3| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|POL|[[Jerzy Szczakiel]]| |2|1|1|3|3| |x|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|USSR|[[Grigory Khlinovsky]]| |3|0|0|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|USSR|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| |0|2|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |3|1|3|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |3|2|3|1|| |x| |19i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|POL|[[Pawel Waloszek]]| |2|2|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|5|USSR|[[Anatoly Kuzmin (speedway rider)|Anatoly Kuzmin]]| |2|3|2||1| |x| |15i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|2|CSK|[[Jan Holub I]]| |1|2|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|DDR|[[Horst Krüger (speedway rider)|Horst Krüger]]| |3|0|2|1|| |x| 19i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|DDR|[[Dieter Tetzlaff]]| |0|1|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|POL|[[Stanislaw Kasa]]| |2|1|||| |x| |12i=F |15i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|16|DDR|[[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]| |0|0|1||| |x| |15i=F |18i=-}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|POL|[[Piotr Bruzda]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|CSK|[[Miloslav Verner]]| 15h=w |15p=2 |17h=y |17p=0 |18h=y |18p=1 |21h=x }} }}

==Fifth round== ===Swedish Finals=== *Three races held on *R1, 1 June at [[Snälltorpet]], [[Eskilstuna]] *R2, 2 June at [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]] *R3, 3 June in [[Gubbängens IP]], [[Stockholm]] *Top 6 to World Final & 1 reserve {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider||width=20px|R1 ||width=20px|R2||width=20px|R3||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1|| [[Anders Michanek]]||14||15||12||41 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2|| [[Bengt Jansson]]||11||11||14||36 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3|| [[Bernt Persson]]||11||14||9||34 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4|| [[Leif Enecrona]]||12||8||11||31 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5|| [[Tommy Jansson]] ||10||10||10||30 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6|| [[Sören Sjösten]]||8||7||14||29 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7|| [[Göte Nordin]]||3||12||13||28 |- |8|| [[Hasse Holmqvist]]||8||10||8||26 |- |9|| [[Lars Jansson (speedway rider)|Lars Jansson]] ||9||7||7||23 |- |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider||width=20px|R1 ||width=20px|R2||width=20px|R3||width=40px|Total |- |10|| [[Olle Nygren]]||8||5||6||19 |- |11|| [[Bo Wirebrand]]||4||4||7||15 |- |12|| [[Runo Wedin]]||4||7||4||15 |- |13|| [[Bo Josefsson]]||5||4||2||11 |- |14|| [[Sven-Inge Svensson]]||5||2||3||10 |- |15|| [[Per Olof Söderman]]||5||3||1||9 |- |16|| [[Herje Henriksson]]||-||1||0||1 |- |17|| [[Rolf Johansson (speedway rider)|Rolf Johansson]]||0||0||-||0 |} |}

===European Final=== * 21 August 1971 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London * First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|13|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|7|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |3|3||3|3| |x|3 |12i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|| |x|2 |18i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |2|3|3|2|2| |x|X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |2|2|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|AUS|[[Jim Airey]]| |2|2|3||2| |x| |13i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|POL|[[Jerzy Szczakiel]]| |3|1|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |1|3|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|USSR|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |2|0|0|1|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |0|2|1|2|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|11|ENG|[[Tony Lomas]]| |1|0|2|1|2| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|POL|[[Henryk Glucklich]]| |1||0|0|3| |x| |8i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|USSR|[[Grigory Khlinovsky]]| |0|1|1|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|USSR|[[Viktor Trofimov]]| |1|1|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|15|POL|[[Jan Mucha (speedway rider)|Jan Mucha]]| ||1|2||1| |x| |4i=F |16i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|USSR|[[Gennady Kurilenko]]| |0|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|NZL|[[Barry Briggs]]| |13h=b |13p=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|[[Pawel Waloszek]]| |21h=x }} }}

==World Final== *10 September 1971 *{{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> *Referee: {{flagicon|FRG}} Georg Traunspurger

{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|14|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| pts=15 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|7|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|1|3|2|3| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|13|SWE|[[Bengt Jansson]]| |2|3|1|3|3| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|ENG|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]]| |3|3|1|3|1| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |2|2|2|3|2| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |3|1|2|1|2| pts=9 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|AUS|[[Jim Airey]]| |2|1|3|2|0| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|11|SWE|[[Sören Sjösten]]| |2|2|2|1|1| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|1|ENG|[[Nigel Boocock]]| |1|2|1|0|2| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|NZL|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]]| |1|2|0|1|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|ENG|[[Eric Boocock]]| |0|0|3|1|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|9|SWE|[[Leif Enecrona]]| |0|0|0|2|2| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|CZE|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |0|1|1|0|1| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|16|SWE|[[Tommy Jansson]]| |1|0|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|15|POL|[[Jerzy Szczakiel]]| |0|0|0|0|0| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|8|SUN|[[Vladimir Gordeev]]| |1|3|2|2|3| pts=Dsq }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|SWE|[[Göte Nordin]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|ENG|[[Tony Lomas]] | pts=0 }} }}

'''Note :''' <small>[[Vladimir Gordeev]] was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel.</small>

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