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

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
26 April SwedenVetlandaSweden Björn KnutsonSweden Sören SjöstenSweden Arne Karlson
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Göte NordinSweden Bernt NilssonSweden Ove Fundin
14 May SwedenStockholmSweden Björn KnutsonSweden Sören SjöstenSweden Göte Nordin
31 May SwedenGislavedSweden Per Olof SödermanNorway Sverre HarrfeldtSweden Ove Fundin
31 May FinlandLahtiSweden Björn KnutsonSweden Arne KarlsonSweden Per Tage Svensson

Continental Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
1 May West GermanyNeubrandenburgPoland Andrzej PogorzelskiSoviet Union Boris SamorodovPoland Edmund Migoś
1 May CzechoslovakiaMsenoCzechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr.Poland Zbigniew PodleckiCzechoslovakia Rudolf Havelka
10 May HungaryMiskolcPoland Marian RosePoland Antoni WorynaCzechoslovakia Bohumír Bartoněk
10 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZagrebPoland Andrzej WyglendaSoviet Union Vitalij ShiloSoviet Union Gennady Kurilenko
Semi-Finals
6 June Soviet UnionLvovPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Andrzej PogorzelskiSoviet Union Gennady Kurilenko
7 June PolandWarsawPoland Antoni WorynaPoland Zbigniew PodleckiSoviet Union 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

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
21 June United KingdomRye HouseUnited Kingdom Les OwenUnited Kingdom Tich ReadHungary Sándor Lévai
18 July United KingdomSwindonUnited Kingdom Brian BrettUnited Kingdom Jimmy GoochNew Zealand Barry Briggs
23 July United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Ron HowScotland Ken McKinlayUnited Kingdom Jimmy Gooch
25 July United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Bryan ElliottUnited Kingdom Mike BroadbanksNew Zealand Bob Andrews
27 July United KingdomWimbledonUnited Kingdom Ron HowNew Zealand Bob AndrewsUnited Kingdom Nigel Boocock
1 August United KingdomBelle VueNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Cyril MaidmentUnited Kingdom Trevor Hedge
1 August United KingdomNorwichUnited Kingdom Brian BrettUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Jim Lightfoot
4 August United KingdomWest HamNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Brian BrettUnited Kingdom Nigel Boocock

Nordic Final

  • June 14, 1964
  • Denmark Odense
  • First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Sweden Björn Knutson15
2Sweden Ove Fundin14
3Sweden Göte Nordin11
4Sweden Arne Karlson10
5Sweden Per Olof Söderman10
6Sweden Rune Sörmander9
7Sweden Per Tage Svensson9
8Sweden Sören Sjösten8
9Sweden Gunnar Malmqvist8
10Sweden Leif Larsson7
11Sweden Hasse Holmqvist5
12Sweden Bernt Nilsson4
13Sweden Willihard Thomsson3
14Sweden Bengt Jansson3
15Sweden Bengt Brannefors2
16Norway Sverre Harrfeldt2

Continental Final

  • June 20, 1964
  • Czechoslovakia 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
1 Soviet Union (10) Igor Plekhanov 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 1
2 Czechoslovakia (11) Jaroslav Volf 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 2
3 Soviet Union (12) Boris Samorodov 12 2 3 2 2 3 12 3
4 Poland (2) Zbigniew Podlecki 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5 Soviet Union (16) Yuri Chekranov 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 5
6 Soviet Union (7) Gennady Kurilenko 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 6
7 Czechoslovakia (15) Antonín Kasper Sr. 9 2 0 1 3 3 9 7
8 Poland (4) Andrzej Wyglenda 8 3 2 0 1 2 8 8
9 Czechoslovakia (1) Stanislav Kubíček 8 2 1 1 3 1 8 9
10 Poland (3) Marian Rose 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 10
11 Poland (9) Andrzej Pogorzelski 5 0 2 3 0 0 5 11
12 Poland (13) Antoni Woryna 5 0 3 1 1 0 5 12
13 Czechoslovakia (6) Miroslav Šmíd 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 13
14 Czechoslovakia (5) Rudolf Havelka 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 14
15 Poland (14) Joachim Maj 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 Soviet Union (8) Konstantin Kristal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Pavel Mareš 0 0 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Frantisek Ledecky 0 0 R2
R3 Czechoslovakia (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
  • United Kingdom 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
1 New Zealand (15) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Scotland (9) Ken McKinlay 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 United Kingdom (7) Ron How 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3
4 United Kingdom (6) Cyril Maidment 11 1 3 3 1 3 11 4
5 United Kingdom (16) Mike Broadbanks 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 5
6 New Zealand (3) Bob Andrews 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 6
7 United Kingdom (8) Nigel Boocock 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 7
8 United Kingdom (5) Dick Fisher 7 F 2 1 1 3 7 8
9 United Kingdom (2) Jim Lightfoot 6 2 0 2 2 0 6 9
10 United Kingdom (12) Trevor Hedge 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 10
11 United Kingdom (4) Ron Mountford 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 11
12 United Kingdom (10) Jimmy Gooch 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 12
13 Australia (14) Bryan Elliott 4 F 1 1 1 1 4 13
14 United Kingdom (11) Billy Bales 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 14
15 United Kingdom (1) Brian Brett 2 0 X 0 2 0 2 15
16 United Kingdom (13) Tadeusz Teodorowicz 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Ronnie Genz 0 0 R1
R2 United Kingdom (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
  • Poland 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
1 Poland (10) Zbigniew Podlecki 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (5) Björn Knutson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
3 Soviet Union (3) Boris Samorodov 11 3 3 3 1 1 11 3
4 Sweden (8) Ove Fundin 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 Soviet Union (12) Igor Plekhanov 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 Poland (6) Andrzej Wyglenda 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 6
7 Czechoslovakia (11) Jaroslav Volf 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 7
8 Soviet Union (9) Gennady Kurilenko 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 8
9 Sweden (7) Göte Nordin 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 9
10 Sweden (16) Rune Sörmander 6 2 0 1 0 3 6 10
11 Czechoslovakia (13) Antonín Kasper Sr. 6 3 0 2 1 0 6 11
12 Sweden (4) Per Tage Svensson 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 12
13 Sweden (2) Sören Sjösten 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 13
14 Soviet Union (15) Yuri Chekranov 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 14
15 Sweden (1) Arne Karlson 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 15
16 Sweden (14) Per Olof Söderman 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Stanislav Kubíček 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (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

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
1 New Zealand (6) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Soviet Union (14) Igor Plekhanov 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 3
3 Sweden (5) Ove Fundin 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 3 2
4 Soviet Union (15) Boris Samorodov 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4
5 Sweden (9) Björn Knutson 10 3 2 1 1 3 10 5
6 United Kingdom (16) Ron How 10 2 3 2 2 1 10 6
7 United Kingdom (1) Cyril Maidment 8 2 1 1 1 3 8 7
8 Soviet Union (3) Gennady Kurilenko 7 3 2 F 1 1 7 8
9 United Kingdom (2) Nigel Boocock 6 0 1 0 3 2 6 9
10 United Kingdom (10) Mike Broadbank 6 2 E 3 E 1 6 10
11 Scotland (12) Ken McKinlay 6 1 E 1 2 2 6 11
12 Poland (13) Andrzej Wyglenda 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 12
13 New Zealand (4) Bob Andrews 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 13
14 Poland (8) Zbigniew Podlecki 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (11) Jaroslav Volf 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15
16 United Kingdom (7) Dick Fisher 1 1 0 0 E 0 1 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Jim Lightfoot 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (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

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