The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth place position the previous year.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted back to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final.

First round

  • British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi finals
  • Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
12 May United KingdomNewportUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Ray Wilson
12 May United KingdomHackneyNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Colin PrattUnited Kingdom Malcolm Brown
12 May United KingdomKings LynnUnited Kingdom Terry BettsUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Dave Younghusband
13 May United KingdomEdinburghUnited Kingdom George HunterUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonUnited Kingdom Bert Harkins
13 May United KingdomSwindonAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Martin AshbyUnited Kingdom Geoff Mudge
13 May United KingdomCradley HeathUnited Kingdom Ivor BrownUnited Kingdom Chris JulianUnited Kingdom Norman Hunter
15 May United KingdomExeterUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
16 May United KingdomWest HamUnited Kingdom Rick FranceUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlay
17 May United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzUnited Kingdom Geoff MudgeNew Zealand Barry Briggs
18 May United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom John DewsUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
18 May United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Roy TriggUnited Kingdom Eddie ReevesUnited Kingdom Peter Moore
18 May United KingdomWimbledonUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Dave Younghusband
19 May United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlayNew Zealand Barry BriggsAustralia Jim Airey
19 May United KingdomGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyUnited Kingdom Maury Mattingley
20 May United KingdomBelle VueUnited Kingdom Ronnie GenzUnited Kingdom Cyril MaidmentUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt
20 May United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Rick FranceUnited Kingdom Alf Wells
20 May United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Dave YounghusbandUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Ken McKinlay
22 May United KingdomNewcastleNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom George HunterUnited Kingdom Bob Kilby
23 May United KingdomLong Eatonrained

Scandinavian Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
23 April SwedenMalillaSweden Ove FundinSweden Olle NygrenSweden Per Olof Söderman
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Bernt PerssonSweden Göte NordinSweden Hasse Holmqvist
4 May DenmarkHillerodSweden Olle NygrenSweden Bengt LarssonSweden Bengt Jansson
4 May SwedenVetlandaSweden Ove FundinSweden Per Olof SödermanSweden Göte Nordin

Continental Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 May East GermanyMeissenEast Germany Jürgen HehlertCzechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr.Poland Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May HungaryMiskolcPoland Edmund MigośCzechoslovakia Jan Holub IPoland Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May West GermanyAbensbergPoland Joachim MajPoland Pawel WaloszekSoviet Union Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
7 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMariborPoland Andrzej WyglendaPoland Jerzy TrzeszkowskiSoviet Union Sergej Lyatosinsky
Semi-Finals
21 May Soviet UnionBalakovoPoland Andrzej WyglendaSoviet Union Boris SamorodovSoviet Union Gennady Kurilenko
21 May CzechoslovakiaSlanyPoland Antoni WorynaSoviet Union Igor PlechanovCzechoslovakia Jan Holub I

Second round

  • British/Commonwealth semi finals - 16 to British/Commonwealth Final
  • Scandinavian Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British/Commonwealth semi finals

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
13 July United KingdomWimbledonNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Terry Betts
13 July United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Reg LuckhurstUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Colin Pratt

Nordic Final

  • June 4, 1967
  • Denmark Hillerød
  • 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
1 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Norway (11) Sverre Harrfeldt 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 Sweden (8) Leif Enecrona 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 3
4 Sweden (13) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 0 3 10 4
5 Sweden (2) Olle Nygren 9 2 3 3 1 0 9 5
6 Sweden (9) Bengt Jansson 9 1 3 1 3 1 9 6
7 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 7
8 Sweden (12) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 Sweden (1) Lars Jansson 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 Sweden (15) Bengt Larsson 7 F 1 2 2 2 7 10
11 Sweden (3) Per Olof Söderman 6 - 0 2 2 2 6 11
12 Sweden (4) Göte Nordin 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 12
13 Denmark (6) Ole Olsen 3 2 X 0 1 0 3 13
14 Sweden (14) Sven Sigurd 3 1 2 F - - 3 14
15 Sweden (10) Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 F - - - 3 15
16 Norway (5) Per J.Aulie 2 0 - 0 1 1 2 16
R1 Norway (R1) Johnny Faafeng 0 1 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Kurt Bøgh 0 0 0 0 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

Continental Final

  • August 20, 1967
  • Germany Kempten
  • 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
1 Poland (9) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Poland (6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 Soviet Union (13) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4 Poland (8) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 5
6 Czechoslovakia (7) Jan Holub I 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 6
7 Czechoslovakia (11) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 East Germany (3) Jochen Dinse 8 2 3 X 3 0 8 8
9 Poland (14) Stanislaw Rurarz 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 Poland (12) Edmund Migoś 6 1 1 3 E 1 6 10
11 Poland (15) Pawel Waloszek 5 3 0 1 1 E 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (16) Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (5) Miroslav Verner 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
14 East Germany (2) Jürgen Hehlert 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 Soviet Union (4) Boris Samorodov 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Soviet Union (10) Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 X - - - 0 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Antonín Kasper Sr. 4 2 1 E 1 4 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

Third round

  • British/Commonwealth Final - 6 to World Final
  • European Final - 10 to World Final

British/Commonwealth Final

  • August 22, 1967
  • United Kingdom West Ham
  • First 6 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 (6) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (12) Ivan Mauger 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 2
3 United Kingdom (13) Eric Boocock 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 3
4 United Kingdom (11) Colin Pratt 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 4
5 United Kingdom (2) Rick France 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 United Kingdom (16) Ray Wilson 10 0 2 2 3 3 10 6
7 United Kingdom (15) Mike Broadbank 9 2 1 1 2 3 9 7
8 Australia (14) Jim Airey 8 1 1 3 1 2 8 8
9 United Kingdom (1) Nigel Boocock 7 3 2 0 0 2 7 9
10 United Kingdom (5) Reg Luckhurst 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 10
11 United Kingdom (3) Martin Ashby 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 11
12 United Kingdom (10) Roy Trigg 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 United Kingdom (7) Terry Betts 3 E 0 E 2 1 3 13
14 United Kingdom (4) Trevor Hedge 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 United Kingdom (9) Cyril Maidment 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 United Kingdom (8) George Hunter 1 1 0 0 E 0 1 16
R1 Australia (R1) Charlie Monk 0 0 R1
R2 Australia (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

European Final

  • August 27, 1967
  • Poland 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
1 Poland (11) Andrzej Wyglenda 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Poland (5) Andrzej Pogorzelski 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 Soviet Union (9) Igor Plechanov 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 10 3 1 1 2 3 10 4
5 Sweden (16) Bernt Persson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 5
6 Poland (7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 8 2 1 E 3 2 8 6
7 Sweden (10) Ove Fundin 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7
8 Sweden (6) Anders Michanek 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 8
9 Sweden (3) Bengt Jansson 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9
10 East Germany (2) Jochen Dinse 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 10 3
11 Czechoslovakia (12) Jan Holub I 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11 2
12 Sweden (14) Leif Enecrona 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 Norway (8) Sverre Harrfeldt 3 0 3 E E E 3 13
14 Sweden (4) Olle Nygren 3 1 0 2 F 0 3 14
15 Sweden (15) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 Czechoslovakia (13) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Lars Jansson 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Stanislaw Rurarz 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
1 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
2 Sweden (5) Bengt Jansson 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 New Zealand (16) Ivan Mauger 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 Soviet Union (14) Igor Plechanov 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 New Zealand (6) Barry Briggs 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 5
6 Sweden (8) Anders Michanek 9 0 2 2 3 2 9 6
7 United Kingdom (11) Eric Boocock 9 3 2 1 1 2 9 7
8 United Kingdom (3) Ray Wilson 7 3 1 1 2 7 8
9 Poland (9) Andrzej Pogorzelski 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 9
10 Sweden (2) Bernt Persson 6 2 1 1 2 X 6 10
11 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 11
12 United Kingdom (15) Rick France 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 12
13 United Kingdom (10) Colin Pratt 4 0 0 1 0 3 4 13
14 Poland (13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 F 0 2 0 1 3 14
15 Poland (1) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 East Germany (4) Jochen Dinse 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Mike Broadbank 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Leif Enecrona 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. ↑ 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 9 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "World title for Fundin". The Times. 18 September 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  8. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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