1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

1960 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.


British Qualification


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
2 June Sheffield Dennis Newton Eric Hockaday Tink Maynard
4 June Stoke Reg Fearman Reg Luckhurst Alan Smith
4 June Edinburgh Guy Allott Gil Goldfinch Tony Robinson
6 June Liverpool Peter Vandenberg Ken Adams Nick Nicholls
10 June Rayleigh Reg Reeves Alan Smith Stan Stevens
10 June Bristol Ernie Baker Johnny Hole Maury Mattingley
11 June Cradley Heath Maury Mattingley Reg Reeves Gil Goldfinch
11 June Bradford Charlie Barsby Danny Dunton Ken Adams
15 June Poole Dennis Newton Ron Taylor Alan Kidd
First Round
2 July Belle Vue Peter Craven Dick Fisher Ronnie Genz
2 July Swindon Chum Taylor Ray Cresp Mike Broadbanks
4 July Wimbledon Ron How Jack Young Alf Hagon
5 July Southampton Neil Street Jack Biggs Bryan Elliott
6 July New Cross Barry Briggs Neil Street Ron Johnston
7 July Oxford Mike Broadbanks Ronnie Genz Les McGillivray
7 July Ipswich Peter Craven Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot
8 July Leicester Barry Briggs Ken McKinlay Jack Geran
9 July Coventry Ken McKinlay Jack Young Les Owen
9 July Norwich Ron How Billy Bales Aub Lawson
Semi-Finals
8 August Wimbledon Peter Craven Barry Briggs Eric Williams
13 August Norwich Peter Craven Ken McKinlay Bob Andrews
13 August Coventry Ron How Peter Moore Aub Lawson
16 August Southampton Ken McKinlay Jack Young Ron How

Scandinavian Qualifications
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May Visby Rune Sormander Olle Nygren Alf Jonsson
5 May Stockholm Goran Norlen Gote Nordin Bertil Strid
26 May Hillerod Alf Jonsson Bjorn Knutsson Aage Hansen
26 May Helsinki Olle Nygren Gote Nordin Curt Nuqvist
Final
16 June Oslo Olle Nygren Gote Nordin Aage Hansen


Scandinavian Final
  • 16 June 1960
  • Oslo
  • First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Olle Nygren14+3
2 Gote Nordin14+2
3 Aage Hansen13
4 Rune Sormander12
5 Curt Nyqvist10
6 Bjorn Knutsson10
7 Goran Norlen9
8 Alf Jonsson9
9 Arne Pander6
10 Sverre Harrfeldt5
11 Kjell Warenius5
12 Evert Andersson4
13 Bernt Nilsson3
14 Hans Hallberg2
15 Rolf Westerberg2
16 Joel Jannson2
R1 Bertil Strid0

Continental Round


DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
22 May Zagreb Florian Kapala Jan Malinowski Joachim Maj
22 May Liberec František Richter Stefan Kepa Stanislaw Svoboda
22 May Leszno Bernard Kacperak Konstanty Pociejkowicz Pawel Waloszek
30 May Wieden Josef Bossner Henryk Zyto Antonin Kasper, Sr.
Semi-Finals
26 June Munich Josef Hofmeister Jan Malinowski Florian Kapala
26 June Slany Stanislaw Svoboda Jaroslav Volf František Richter
Continental Final
3 July Wieden Josef Hofmeister Henryk Zyto Marian Kaiser
European Final
14 August Wroclaw Marian Kaiser Ove Fundin Stefan Kwoczala


Continental Final
  • 3 July, 1960
  • Wieden
  • First 8 to European 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
(10) Josef Hofmeister 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1
(1) Henryk Zyto 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 2 3
(9) Marian Kaiser 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 3 2
4 (6) František Richter 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 4 1
5 (2) Stefan Kwoczala 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 5
6 (5) Mieczysław Połukard 10 1 2 3 1 3 10 6
7 (7) Jan Malinowski 9 2 2 1 3 1 9 7
8 (3) Stanislaw Svoboda 9 0 3 3 2 1 9 8
9 (13) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 8 3 0 2 3 0 8 9
10 (16) Stanislaw Rurarz 7 2 2 3 0 0 7 10
11 (12) Jaroslaw Volf 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 11
12 (15) Pawel Waloszek 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 12
13 (11) Florian Kapala 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 13
14 (4) Josef Seidl 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 14
15 (14) Bedrich Slany 1 0 0 1 F - 1 15
16 (8) Joachim Maj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Ernest Luttenberger 0 1 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 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
  • 14 August 1960
  • Wroclaw
  • First 6 to World Final plis 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
(6) Marian Kaiser 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(14) Ove Fundin 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
(3) Stefan Kwoczala 11 3 3 1 3 1 11 3
4 (2) Josef Hofmeister 10 0 1 3 3 3 10 4
5 (12) Henryk Zyto 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 5
6 (1) Rune Sormander 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 6
7 (10) Mieczysław Połukard 9 3 0 3 2 1 9 7 3
8 (8) Stanislaw Svoboda 9 1 3 2 0 3 9 8 2
9 (15) Aage Hansen 8 3 2 1 2 0 8 9
10 (4) Olle Nygren 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 10
11 (5) Curt Nyqvist 5 2 1 0 0 2 5 11
12 (16) Jan Malinowski 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 12
13 (9) Frantisek Richter 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 13
14 (13) Gote Nordin 4 1 0 1 2 0 4 14
15 (7) Bjorn Knutsson 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 15
16 (11) Goran Norlen 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Alf Jonsson 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 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

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
(2) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 3
(12) Ronnie Moore 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2 2
(7) Peter Craven 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 3 1
4 (11) Peter Moore 12 2 2 3 2 3 12 4
5 (13) Ron Johnston 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 5
6 (5) Barry Briggs 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 6
7 (14) Stefan Kwoczala 8 1 2 3 1 1 8 7
8 (6) Josef Hofmeister 6 0 0 2 3 1 6 8
9 (9) Ken McKinlay 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 9
10 (4) Jack Young 6 1 2 1 2 F 6 10
11 (1) Chum Taylor 5 2 0 0 0 3 5 11
12 (16) Rune Sörmander 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 12
13 (10) Henryk Żyto 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 13
14 (8) Aub Lawson 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 14
15 (3) Marian Kaiser 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (15) Bryan Elliott 0 0 E E 0 - 0 16
R1 (R1) Bob Andrews 2 2 2 R1
R2 (R2) Mieczysław Połukard 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

See also

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