1964 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

New Zealander Barry Briggs secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. Igor Plekhanov the Soviet Union captain won the silver medal after winning the ride off against four times champion Ove Fundin.^[7]

First round

Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

Scandinavian Qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
26 April	Vetlanda	Björn Knutsson	Sören Sjösten	Arne Karlson
1 May	Visby	Göte Nordin	Bernt Nilsson	Ove Fundin
14 May	Stockholm	Björn Knutsson	Sören Sjösten	Göte Nordin
31 May	Gislaved	Per Olof Söderman	Sverre Harrfeldt	Ove Fundin
31 May	Lahti	Björn Knutsson	Arne Karlson	Per Tage Svensson

Continental Qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 May	Neubrandenburg	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Boris Samorodov	Edmund Migoś
1 May	Mseno	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki	Rudolf Havelka
10 May	Miskolc	Marian Rose	Antoni Woryna	Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May	Zagreb	Andrzej Wyglenda	Vitalij Shilo	Gennady Kurilenko
Semi-Finals
6 June	Lvov	Andrzej Wyglenda	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Gennady Kurilenko
7 June	Warsaw	Antoni Woryna	Zbigniew Podlecki	Igor Plekhanov

Second round

British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 16 to British & Commonwealth Final
Scandinavian Final - 8 to European Final
Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
21 June	Rye House	Les Owen	Tich Read	Sándor Lévai
18 July	Swindon	Brian Brett	Jimmy Gooch	Barry Briggs
23 July	Oxford	Ron How	Ken McKinlay	Jimmy Gooch
25 July	Coventry	Bryan Elliott	Mike Broadbanks	Bob Andrews
27 July	Wimbledon	Ron How	Bob Andrews	Nigel Boocock
1 August	Belle Vue	Barry Briggs	Cyril Maidment	Trevor Hedge
1 August	Norwich	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
4 August	West Ham	Barry Briggs	Brian Brett	Nigel Boocock

Nordic Final

June 14, 1964
Odense
First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Björn Knutsson	15
2	Ove Fundin	14
3	Göte Nordin	11
4	Arne Karlson	10
5	Per Olof Söderman	10
6	Rune Sörmander	9
7	Per Tage Svensson	9
8	Sören Sjösten	8
9	Gunnar Malmqvist	8
10	Leif Larsson	7
11	Hasse Holmqvist	5
12	Bernt Nilsson	4
13	Willihard Thomsson	3
14	Bengt Jansson	3
15	Bengt Brannefors	2
16	Sverre Harrfeldt	2

Continental Final

June 20, 1964
Slany
First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
	(10) Igor Plekhanov	13			3			3						3			2		2				13	1
	(11) Jaroslav Volf	12			1				3		2					3						3	12	2
	(12) Boris Samorodov	12			2					3		2			2						3		12	3
4	(2) Zbigniew Podlecki	11	1					2				3				2				3			11	4
5	(16) Yuri Chekranov	10				3				0	3						3			1			10	5
6	(7) Gennady Kurilenko	10		3					2					2	1					2			10	6
7	(15) Antonín Kasper Sr.	9				2			0			1						3	3				9	7
8	(4) Andrzej Wyglenda	8	3							2				0				1				2	8	8
9	(1) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2				1				1				3				1				8	9
10	(3) Marian Rose	6	0						1				2				1				2		6	10
11	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	5			0		2						3					0		0			5	11
12	(13) Antoni Woryna	5				0	3							1		1					0		5	12
13	(6) Miroslav Šmíd	5		1				1			0							2			1		5	13
14	(5) Rudolf Havelka	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	14
15	(14) Joachim Maj	2				1		0					1		0							0	2	15
16	(8) Konstantin Kristal	1		0						1			0			0			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Pavel Mareš	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Frantisek Ledecky	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Milan Wagner	0																					0	R3
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Third round

British & Commonwealth Final - 8 to World Final
European Final - 8 to World Final

British & Commonwealth Final

August 29, 1964
Wembley
First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(15) Barry Briggs	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(9) Ken McKinlay	14			3		3						3					2		3			14	2
	(7) Ron How	12		3					2					3	2					2			12	3
4	(6) Cyril Maidment	11		1				3			3							1			3		11	4
5	(16) Mike Broadbanks	11				2				3	2						3			1			11	5
6	(3) Bob Andrews	10	3						1				2				2				2		10	6
7	(8) Nigel Boocock	8		2						1			0			3			2				8	7
8	(5) Dick Fisher	7		F			2					1					1					3	7	8
9	(2) Jim Lightfoot	6	2					0				2				2				0			6	9
10	(12) Trevor Hedge	5			2					2		0			0						1		5	10
11	(4) Ron Mountford	5	1							0				2				0				2	5	11
12	(10) Jimmy Gooch	4			0			2						1			0		1				4	12
13	(14) Bryan Elliott	4				F		1					1		1							1	4	13
14	(11) Billy Bales	3			1				0		1					1						0	3	14
15	(1) Brian Brett	2	0				X				0				2				0				2	15
16	(13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	2				1	1							0		0					0		2	16
R1	(R1) Ronnie Genz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Colin Gooddy	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

European Final

June 28, 1964
Wroclaw
First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
	(10) Zbigniew Podlecki	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(5) Björn Knutsson	13		3			2					3					2					3	13	2
	(3) Boris Samorodov	11	3						3				3				1				1		11	3
4	(8) Ove Fundin	11		2						3			1			3			2				11	4
5	(12) Igor Plekhanov	11			2					2		2			3						2		11	5
6	(6) Andrzej Wyglenda	10		0				2			2							3			3		10	6
7	(11) Jaroslav Volf	10			1				2		3					2						2	10	7
8	(9) Gennady Kurilenko	9			0		3						2					2		2			9	8
9	(7) Göte Nordin	6		1					1					1	2					1			6	9
10	(16) Rune Sörmander	6				2				0	1						0			3			6	10
11	(13) Antonín Kasper Sr.	6				3	0							2		1					0		6	11
12	(4) Per Tage Svensson	3	2							1				0				0				0	3	12
13	(2) Sören Sjösten	3	1					1				1				0				0			3	13
14	(15) Yuri Chekranov	2				1			0			0						1	0				2	14
15	(1) Arne Karlson	2	0				1				0				0				1				2	15
16	(14) Per Olof Söderman	2				0		0					0		1							1	2	16
R1	(R1) Stanislav Kubíček	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Gunnar Malmqvist	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

World Final

September 11, 1964
Göteborg, Ullevi^[8]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(6) Barry Briggs	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(14) Igor Plekhanov	13				3		2					3		3							2	13	2	3
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		2			3					2					3					3	13	3	2
4	(15) Boris Samorodov	11				1			3			3						2	2				11	4
5	(9) Björn Knutsson	10			3		2						1					1		3			10	5
6	(16) Ron How	10				2				3	2						2			1			10	6
7	(1) Cyril Maidment	8	2				1				1				1				3				8	7
8	(3) Gennady Kurilenko	7	3						2				F				1				1		7	8
9	(2) Nigel Boocock	6	0					1				0				3				2			6	9
10	(10) Mike Broadbank	6			2			E						3			E		1				6	10
11	(12) Ken McKinlay	6			1					E		1			2						2		6	11
12	(13) Andrzej Wyglenda	4				0	0							2		2					0		4	12
13	(4) Bob Andrews	4	1							2				1				0				0	4	13
14	(8) Zbigniew Podlecki	3		0						1			2			0			0				3	14
15	(11) Jaroslav Volf	3			0				1		0					1						1	3	15
16	(7) Dick Fisher	1		1					0					0	E					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Jim Lightfoot	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Göte Nordin	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Barry Briggs new speedway champion". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 September 1964. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[1] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[2] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Barry Briggs new speedway champion". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 September 1964. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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