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1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

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 edit

Qualification results.[8][9]

Swedish qualifying edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

Nordic qualification edit

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
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 edit

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 edit

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

Pos. Rider Points
1   Stanisław Tkocz 14
2   Igor Plekhanov 13
3   Henryk Żyto 12
4   Zdenek Kovar 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 edit

British & Commonwealth national league round edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

British & Commonwealth Finals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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  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.
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  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.
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