1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship
1963 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 18th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Ove Fundin extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and Barry Briggs took the bronze medal.^[7]

First round

Qualification results.^[8]^[9]

Swedish qualifying

Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
28 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Björn Knutson	Ove Fundin	Per Tage Svensson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Rune Sörmander	Ove Fundin	Willihard Thorsson
5 May	Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla	Per Olof Söderman	Arne Carlsson	Göran Norlén

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Björn Knutson	26
2	Arne Carlsson	24
3	Ove Fundin	23
4	Per-Olof Söderman	22
5	Göran Norlén	22
6	Sören Sjösten	20
7	Willihard Thomsson	20
8	Per-Tage Svensson	19
9	Rune Sörmander	18
10	Olle Nygren	16
11	Leif Larsson	16
12	Bernt Nilsson	15

Pos.	Rider	Points
13	Bengt Brannefors	13
14	Åke Andersson	13
15	Kjell Svensson	13
16	Göte Nordin	13
17	Inge Gustafsson	13
18	Curt Eldh	13
19	Per-Åke Lundgren	9
20	Evert Andersson	9
21	Bengt Jansson	9
22	Thorvald Karlsson	8
23	Curt Nyqvist	2
24	Göran Carlsson	0

Norwegian qualifying

21 October 1962
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1963

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Sverre Harrfeldt	15
2	Aage Hansen	14
3	Jon Odegaard	12
4	Tore Svaleng	11
5	Per Jakob Aulie	10
6	Svein Johansen	9
7	Rolf Westerberg	9
8	Bjarne Sorenby	6
9	Reidar Eide	5
10	Oystein Mellerud	5
11	Reidar Larsen	4
12	Reidar Bakken	4
13	Johnny Faafeng	3
14	Egil H. Kruke	1

Finnish qualifying

27 July 1962
Eteläpuisto, Tampere
Top 4 to Nordic qualification 1963

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Timo Laine	15
2	Kalevi Lahtinen	14
3	Esko Koponen	13
4	Olavi Turunen	12
5	Martti Assinen	11
6	Antero Salasto	10
7	Yrjo Vuori	7
8	Keijo Sarubin	6
9	Seppo Virtanen	6
10	Osmo Hokkanen	5
11	Kari Ala Sippola	5

British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying

Top 16 riders to British Provincial final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
10 June	Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	Ivan Mauger	Brian Craven	Brian Brett
10 June	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Len Silver	Peter Vandenberg	Ross Gilbertson
11 June	Cornish Stadium, St Austell	George Hunter	John Hart	John Dews
11 June	New Cross Stadium, London	Ivor Brown	Reg Luckhurst	Wayne Briggs
11 June	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Charlie Monk	Graham Warren	Chris Julian
12 June	Wimborne Road, Poole	Brian Brett	Ross Gilbertson	Reg Luckhurst
12 June	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Norman Hunter	Trevor Hedge	Colin Pratt
13 June	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Jack Kitchen	Graham Warren	Clive Featherby
13 June	Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough	Peter Vandenberg	Eric Boothroyd	Eric Boocock
14 June	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Maury Mattingley
15 June	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Maury Mattingley	Cliff Cox
15 June	Sun Street Stadium, Hanley	Jack Kitchen	Colin Pratt	Peter Jarman
15 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh	Clive Featherby	Ken Adams	Tommy Roper
15 June	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	Doug Templeton	Jimmy Squibb	Wayne Briggs

Continental qualifying

Top 32 to Continental semi-final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
9 May	Great Strahov Stadium, Prague	Igor Plekhanov	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Henryk Żyto
12 May	Linzer Stadion, Linz	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Evald Babic	Manfred Poschenreider
12 May	Stroitel Stadium, Ufa	Farid Szajnurov	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Miroslav Šmíd
12 May	Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj	Boris Samorodov	Gennady Kurilenko	Marian Kaiser

Second round

Nordic qualification

10 May
Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
Top 8 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Ove Fundin	14
2	Per-Olof Söderman	12
3	Olle Nygren	12
4	Sören Sjösten	10
5	Åke Andersson	10
6	Kurt W. Petersen	10
7	Arne Pander	9
8	Timo Laine	7
9	Willihard Thomsson	7
10	Kjell Svensson	7
11	Kalevi Lahtinen	6
12	Bengt Brannefors	5
13	Jon Ödegaard	4
14	Erik Kastebo	4
15	Martti Assinen	3
16	Olavi Turunen	0

6 June
Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
Top 8 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Göte Nordin	14
2	Björn Knutson	13
3	Göran Norlén	11
4	Bernt Nilsson	11
5	Arne Carlsson	10
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	9
7	Per-Tage Svensson	8
8	Leif Larsson	8
9	Rune Sörmander	8
10	Paul Wissing	8
11	Per Aulie	6
12	Nils Paulsen	5
13	Reidar Eide	4
14	Cato Agner	2

British Provincial final

22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
Top 9 riders to British national league round^[10]

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Ivan Mauger	14
2	Eric Boothroyd	13
3	George Hunter	12
4	Jack Kitchen	11
5	Brian Brett	10
6	Len Silver	9
7	Peter Vandenberg	9
8	Maury Mattingley	8
9	Doug Templeton	7

Pos.	Rider	Points
10	Eric Boocock	6
11	Charlie Monk	6
12	Reg Luckhurst	5
13	Ivor Brown	5
14	Ross Gilbertson	3
15	Clive Featherby	1
16	Cliff Cox	1
17	Colin Pratt	0

Continental semi-finals

3 June
Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Josef Hofmeister	15
2	Boris Samorodov	14
3	Pawel Waloszek	12
4	Marian Kaiser	10
5	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9
6	Vitalij Sjilo	8
7	Marian Rose	8
8	Manfred Poschenreider	8
9	Franc Babic	8
10	Bohumír Bartoněk	6
11	Heinrich Sprenger	6
12	Marek Kepa	5
13	Karel Průša	5
14	Borek Regvart	3
15	Antonin Novak	3
16	Alfred Aberl	0

3 June

Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Stanisław Tkocz	14
2	Igor Plekhanov	13
3	Henryk Żyto	12
4	Zdeněk Kovář	10
5	Antonín Kasper Sr.	10
6	Joachim Maj	9
7	Andrzej Pogorzelski	9
8	Yuri Chekranov	8
9	Stanislav Kubicek	7
10	Mieczyslaw Polukard	6
11	Farid Szajnurov	6
12	Viktor Kuznecov	5
13	Miroslav Smid	4
14	Bronislaw Rogal	3
15	Jan Holub I (res)	3
16	Edmund Migos	2
17	Frantisek Ledecky	dns

Third round

British & Commonwealth national league round

Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 June	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Ron Mountford	Doug Templeton	Jack Geran
1 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Bob Andrews
2 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Craven
4 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
5 July	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Nigel Boocock
10 July	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ken McKinlay	Dick Fisher	Brian Brett
12 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Peter Craven	Peter Moore	Jimmy Gooch

Nordic Final

9 June 1963
Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Björn Knutson		12
3	Göte Nordin		12
4	Sverre Harrfeldt		11
5	Arne Carlsson		9
6	Per Tage Svensson		9
7	Bernt Nilsson		9
8	Per Olof Söderman		8
9	Göran Norlén		8
10	Timo Laine		8
11	Rune Sörmander		7
12	Sören Sjösten		5
13	Leif Larsson		3
14	Åke Andersson		2
15	Kurt W. Petersen		1
16	Olle Nygren		0
R1	Arne Pander		0

Continental Final

23 June 1963
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
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
	(13) Stanisław Tkocz	15				3	3							3		3					3		15	1
	(9) Boris Samorodov	12			2		2						3					3		2			12	2
	(14) Antonín Kasper Sr.	11				2		3					1		3							2	11	3
4	(16) Joachim Maj	9				0				3	3						3			E			9	4
5	(1) Marian Kaiser	9	3				1				2				E				3				9	5
6	(2) Igor Plekhanov	9	0					2				2				2				3			9	6
7	(12) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9			1					2		3			2						1		9	7
8	(10) Henryk Żyto	9			3			1						1			2		2				9	8
9	(4) Josef Hofmeister	9	1							1				2				2				3	9	9
10	(3) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2						2				2				F				2		8	10
11	(7) Pawel Waloszek	6		3					1					E	1					1			6	11
12	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	4				1			3			E						0					4	12
13	(8) Marian Rose	4		2						0			0			1			1				4	13
14	(6) Manfred Poschenreider	3		1				0			1							1			0		3	14
15	(5) Yuri Chekranov	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	15
16	(11) Vitalij Shilo	1			0				0		0					0						1	1	16
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

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Finals

Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World Final.^[11]

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Nigel Boocock
23 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Peter Moore
26 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Leo McAuliffe

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Peter Craven	42
2	Barry Briggs	41
3	Nigel Boocock	31
4	Leo McAuliffe	31
5	Ron How	29
6	Jim Lightfoot	27
7	Dick Fisher	27
8	Peter Moore	26

Pos.	Rider	Points
9	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	23
10	Ron Mountford	18
11	Bob Andrews	17
12	Mike Broadbanks	15
13	Cyril Maidment	13
14	Ken McKinlay	12
15	Neil Street	6
16	Doug Templeton	2

European Final

28 August 1963
Ullevi, Gothenburg
First 8 to World Final

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
	(8) Björn Knutson	15		3						3			3			3			3				15	1
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		1			3					3					3					3	13	2
	(2) Per Olof Söderman	10	3					2				2				1				2			10	3
4	(1) Arne Carlsson	10	2				2				3				1				2				10	4
5	(11) Boris Samorodov	9			3				3		1					2						0	9	5
6	(14) Sverre Harrfeldt	9				F		3					1		3							2	9	6
7	(7) Göte Nordin	9		2					2					0	2					3			9	7
8	(16) Per Tage Svensson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	8
9	(3) Antonín Kasper Sr.	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(13) Henryk Żyto	7				1	X							3		0					3		7	10
11	(6) Igor Plekhanov	4		0				1			0							3			0		4	11
12	(4) Bernt Nilsson	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	12
13	(12) Stanisław Tkocz	4			2					0		1			F						1		4	13
14	(15) Marian Kaiser	4				2			0			0						1	1				4	14
15	(9) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	3			0		1						0					2		0			3	15
16	(10) Joachim Maj	2			1			0						1			0		0				2	16
R1	(R1) Josef Hofmeister	0																					0	R1
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

14 September 1963
Wembley Stadium, London^[12]

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
	(9) Ove Fundin	14			3		3						2					3		3			14	1
	(8) Björn Knutson	13		2						2			3			3			3				13	2
	(12) Barry Briggs	12			1					3		3			3						2		12	3
4	(11) Boris Samorodov	11			0				3		3					2						3	11	4
5	(13) Göte Nordin	10				3	2							3		1					1		10	5
6	(3) Sverre Harrfeldt	10	2						2				1				2				3		10	6
7	(1) Nigel Boocock	8	3				1				1				2				1				8	7
8	(16) Leo McAuliffe	7				2				E	2						3			0			7	8
9	(10) Ron How	7			2			3						F			F		2				7	9
10	(6) Peter Craven	6		3				1			F							2			0		6	10
11	(7) Peter Moore	6		1					1					1	1					2			6	11
12	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			0					2					1					2	5	12
13	(4) Dick Fisher	5	1							1				2				0				1	5	13
14	(2) Jim Lightfoot	4	E					2				1				0				1			4	14
15	(14) Per Tage Svensson	1				1		F					0		0							0	1	15
16	(15) Arne Carlsson	1				0			0			0						1	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Ron Mountford	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

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.
↑ "Fundin champ again". The People. 15 September 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "1963 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
↑ "1963 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
↑ "Mauger the top points scorer". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 23 June 1963. Retrieved 25 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Coventry pair in Speedway Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 27 July 1963. 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] "Fundin champ again". The People. 15 September 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "1963 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[9] "1963 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[10] "Mauger the top points scorer". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 23 June 1963. Retrieved 25 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Coventry pair in Speedway Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 27 July 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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

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