1968 Individual Speedway World Championship

1968 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 May Kings Lynn Malcolm Simmons Terry Betts Ray Wilson
25 May Halifax Jim Airey Dave Younghusband Greg Kentwell
25 May Coventry Nigel Boocock Norman Hunter Dave Hemus
25 May Belle Vue Ivan Mauger Tommy Roper Charlie Monk
27 May Newcastle Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Bert Harkins
27 May Exeter Martin Ashby Jimmy Squibb Eric Boocock
28 May West Ham Norman Hunter Nigel Boocock Ivan Mauger
28 May Leicester Bill Andrews Bob Kilby John Boulger
29 May Poole John Boulger Bill Andrews Geoff Mudge
30 May Oxford Colin Gooddy Terry Betts Ronnie Genz
30 May Wimbledon Martin Ashby Nigel Boocock Trevor Hedge
30 May Sheffield Charlie Monk Colin Pratt John Dews
31 May Wolverhampton James Bond Jim Airey Peter Vandenberg
31 May Hackney Barry Briggs Colin Pratt Les McGillivray
31 May Newport Cyril Francis Chris Julian Eric Boothroyd
31 May Glasgow Bob Kilby Bert Harkins Jim McMillan
1 June Cradley Heath Bill Andrews Trevor Hedge Reg Luckhurst
1 June Swindon Barry Briggs Bob Kilby Mike Broadbanks
1 June Coatbridge Martin Ashby Ray Wilson Colin Pratt
Semi-Finals
27 July Sheffield Barry Briggs Bill Andrews Norman Hunter
2 July Poole Ivan Mauger Martin Ashby Terry Betts
Final
11 July Wimbledon Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Eric Boocock
British-Nordic Final
6 August West Ham Ivan Mauger Nigel Boocock Reidar Eide

British Final
  • July 11, 1968
  • Wimbledon
  • First 10 to British-Nordic 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
(12) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(14) Barry Briggs 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
(5) Eric Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3
4 (11) Martin Ashby 10 1 3 2 3 1 10 4
5 (6) Trevor Hedge 10 2 2 3 3 0 10 5
6 (10) Nigel Boocock 9 2 1 1 2 3 9 6
7 (13) Norman Hunter 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 7
8 (4) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 2 2 0 8 8
9 (1) Terry Betts 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
10 (3) Dave Younghusband 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 10
11 (15) Geoff Mudge 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 11
12 (8) Charlie Monk 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 12
13 (16) Mike Broadbanks 3 0 0 E 0 3 3 13
14 (2) Ray Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14
15 (9) Peter Vandenberg 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 (7) Bob Andrews 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Reg Luckhurst 2 2 F 2 R1
R2 (R2) Jim Airey 0 X 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

Scandinavian Final
  • June 2, 1968
  • Hillerod
  • First 6 to British-Nordic 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
(10) Reidar Eide 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
(1) Oyvind Berg 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
(11) Odd Fossengen 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 3
4 (5) Sverre Harffeldt 11 3 1 1 3 3 11 4
5 (2) Ole Olsen 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (9) Gotfried Andersen 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 6
7 (3) Per J.Aulie 9 1 2 3 0 3 9 7
8 (16) Ole Todnem 9 3 3 1 1 1 9 8
9 (15) Kurt Bogh 7 F 1 3 2 1 7 9
10 (13) Preben Moller Christensen 6 2 0 2 0 2 6 10
11 (8) Jens Ring 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 11
12 (14) Helgie Langlie 3 F 0 - 2 1 3 12
13 (4) Matti Olin 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 13
14 (6) Eidar Egedius 2 1 1 E F - 2 14
15 (7) Timo Laine 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15
16 (12) Jouko Naskali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Per Ehlert 1 1 1 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

British-Nordic Final
  • August 6, 1968
  • West Ham
  • 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 21
(11) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(5) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 3
(16) Reidar Eide 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 3 2
4 (7) Martin Ashby 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 4
5 (15) Sverre Harffeldt 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 5
6 (9) Terry Betts 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 6
7 (1) Trevor Hedge 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 7
8 (3) Eric Boocock 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 8
9 (13) Norman Hunter 6 1 0 1 1 3 6 9
10 (12) Barry Briggs 6 1 F 2 1 2 6 10
11 (10) Odd Fossengen 5 0 3 2 0 0 5 11
12 (8) Jim McMillan 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 (6) Oyvind Berg 4 1 2 0 1 0 4 13
14 (2) Ole Olsen 4 1 1 0 2 F 4 14
15 (4) Dave Younghusband 1 0 1 0 0 F 1 15
16 (14) Gotfried Andersen 0 0 0 0 - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Per J.Aulle 1 0 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) Geoff Mudge 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

Swedish Qualifications
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
28 April Malilla Ove Fundin Bengt Jansson Anders Michanek
1 May Visby Soren Sjosten Torbjorn Harrysson Olle Nygren
27 May Malmö Gunnar Malmqvist Anders Michanek Hasse Holmqvist
28 May Göteborg Bernt Persson Gunnar Malmqvist Torbjorn Harrysson
30 May Linköping Ove Fundin Bengt Jansson Gunnar Malmqvist

Top 6 scorers qualify for World Final: Ove Fundin, Torbjorn Harrysson, Hasse Holmqvist, Gunnar Malmqvist, Anders Michanek, Bernt Persson

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
4 May Meissen Boris Samorodov Jan Holub I Antoni Woryna
5 May Svetozarevo Gennadij Kurilenko Joachim Maj Jurij Chekranov
5 May Miskolc Konstanty Pociejkowicz Henryk Glucklich Viktor Trofimov
5 May Abensberg Jan Mucha Igor Plechanov Luboš Tomíček, Sr.
Semi-Finals
26 May Mseno Luboš Tomíček, Sr. Konstanty Pociejkowicz Jerzy Trzeszkowski
27 May Rybnik Antoni Woryna Joachim Maj Andrzej Wyglenda
Continental Final
21 June Ufa Gennadij Kurilenko Pawel Waloszek Vladimir Smirnov
European Final
25 August Wroclaw Pawel Waloszek Antoni Woryna Jerzy Trzeszkowski

Continental Final
  • June 21, 1968
  • Ufa
  • 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 21
(2) Gennadij Kurilenko 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 1
(6) Pawel Waloszek 10 2 3 3 2 0 10 2
(16) Vladimir Smirnov 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 3
4 (15) Edward Jancarz 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4
5 (13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 10 1 3 3 2 1 10 5
6 (12) Antoni Woryna 9 2 2 2 1 2 9 6
7 (11) Igor Plechanov 8 3 3 0 0 2 8 7 3
8 (3) Konstanty Pociejkowicz 8 2 0 F 3 3 8 8 2
9 (7) Jerzy Padewski 8 3 2 0 3 F 8 9 1
10 (9) Jan Holub I 7 1 1 3 1 1 7 10
11 (1) Andrzej Wyglenda 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 11
12 (8) Zygmunt Pytko 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 12
13 (10) Boris Samorodov 6 0 2 1 1 2 6 13
14 (5) Jan Mucha 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 14
15 (4) Joachim Maj 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 15
16 (14) Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Václav Verner 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
  • August 25, 1968
  • Wroclaw
  • First 10 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
(3) Pawel Waloszek 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 1
(5) Antoni Woryna 11 3 3 3 X 2 11 2
(16) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 3
4 (11) Ivan Mauger 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 4
5 (8) Barry Briggs 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 5
6 (1) Gennadij Kurilenko 9 2 2 3 0 2 9 6
7 (14) Reidar Eide 8 3 1 0 3 1 8 7
8 (10) Edward Jancarz 8 3 3 2 F - 8 8
9 (12) Nigel Boocock 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 9
10 (2) Martin Ashby 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 10 3
11 (9) Igor Plechanov 6 0 0 2 3 1 6 11 2
12 (6) Vladimir Smirnov 5 2 0 E 2 1 5 12
13 (4) Trevor Hedge 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 13
14 (7) Terry Betts 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 (13) Sverre Harrfeldt 2 1 1 F - - 2 15
16 (15) Konstanty Pociejkowicz 0 0 - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Jerzy Padewski 7 1 2 1 3 7 R1
R2 (R2) Václav Verner 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

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
(6) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(5) Barry Briggs 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 2
(7) Edward Jancarz 11 1 3 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 (9) Gennady Kurilenko 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 4 2
5 (4) Paweł Waloszek 10 F 2 3 2 3 10 5
6 (12) Torbjörn Harrysson 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 6
7 (1) Anders Michanek 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 (10) Hasse Holmqvist 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 8
9 (15) Ove Fundin 7 3 0 1 0 3 7 9
10 (11) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 2 1 3 1 7 10
11 (2) Martin Ashby 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 11
12 (15) Antoni Woryna 5 2 1 1 1 5 12
13 (8) Reidar Eide 3 0 0 2 1 F 3 13
14 (3) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 1 0 0 2 3 14
15 (14) Bernt Persson 1 E 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 (13) Nigel Boocock 1 1 0 0 X E 1 16
R1 (R1) Igor Plechanov 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Bengt Jansson 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
  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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