The 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 24th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The final was sponsored by the Sunday Mirror and held at Wembley. Ivan Mauger retained his title and won £1,000 in prize money. Barry Briggs finished second again after beating Sören Sjösten in a run-off for silver.[7][8]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1969 event. This time the Swedish riders were pooled with the Continental and European sections that would provide 10 riders for the World Final, while the British and Commonwealth riders would supply 6 riders for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London.

First round

  • British/Commonwealth Qualifying - 16 to British/Commonwealth Final
  • Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
  • Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final

British Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 May United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Reg Luckhurst
17 May ScotlandCoatbridgeScotland Jim McMillanScotland Bert HarkinsUnited Kingdom Trevor Hedge
19 May United KingdomNewcastleUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonUnited Kingdom Dave Gifford
19 May United KingdomExeterNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Martin AshbyUnited Kingdom Tony Clarke
20 May United KingdomLeicesterUnited Kingdom Martin AshbyWales Howard ColeAustralia John Boulger
20 May United KingdomWest HamUnited Kingdom Norman HunterUnited Kingdom Stan StevensScotland Ken McKinlay
21 May United KingdomPooleAustralia Geoff MudgeNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Pete Smith
22 May United KingdomOxfordUnited Kingdom Eddie ReevesUnited Kingdom Pete SmithUnited Kingdom Mike Broadbanks
22 May United KingdomWimbledonNew Zealand Ronny MooreUnited Kingdom Tony ClarkeNew Zealand Ivan Mauger
22 May United KingdomSheffieldUnited Kingdom Arnold HaleyAustralia Jim AireyUnited Kingdom Nigel Boocock
23 May WalesNewportHungary Sándor LévaiNew Zealand Frank ShuterUnited Kingdom Reg Luckhurst
23 May ScotlandGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkNew Zealand Barry BriggsScotland Jim McMillan
23 May United KingdomHackneyUnited Kingdom Colin PrattAustralia Garry MiddletonUnited Kingdom Pete Smith
23 May United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom James BondUnited Kingdom Norman Hunter
24 May United KingdomBelle VueNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonUnited Kingdom Chris Pusey
24 May United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Norman HunterUnited Kingdom Coll Cottrell
1 June United KingdomKings LynnUnited Kingdom Terry BettsUnited Kingdom Malcolm SimmonsUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
9 June United KingdomCradley HeathUnited Kingdom Roy TriggNew Zealand Bob AndrewsUnited Kingdom James Bond
11 June United KingdomSwindonNew Zealand Barry BriggsAustralia Jim AireyUnited Kingdom Clive Hitch
Semi-Finals
24 June United KingdomLeicesterNew Zealand Barry BriggsAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Reg Luckhurst
26 June United KingdomSheffieldNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonUnited Kingdom Tommy Roper

Scandinavian Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
25 April SwedenGöteborgSweden Ove FundinSweden Bengt BranneforsSweden Bengt Larsson
27 April SwedenVetlandaSweden Bengt JanssonSweden Gunnar MalmqvistSweden Bengt Svensson
28 April SwedenBoråsSweden Bernt PerssonSweden Göte NordinSweden Per Olof Söderman
29 April SwedenAvestaSweden Leif EnecronaSweden Hasse HolmqvistSweden Anders Michanek
Nordic Semi-Final
1 May SwedenKumlaSweden Bengt JanssonSweden Per Olof SödermanSweden Jan Simensen
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Sören SjöstenSweden Bernt PerssonSweden Hasse Holmqvist
1 May SwedenGislavedSweden Ove FundinSweden Göte NordinDenmark Ole Olsen

Continental Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
11 May West GermanyRuhpoldingPoland Antoni WorynaPoland Edward JancarzWest Germany Manfred Poschenreider
11 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaKrskoPoland Jerzy TrzeszkowskiPoland Zdislaw DobruckiSoviet Union Gennady Kurilenko
11 May HungaryMiskolcSoviet Union Vladimir SmirnovPoland Zbigniew PodleckiPoland Paweł Waloszek
11 May East GermanyStralsundSoviet Union Viktor TrofimovPoland Zygmunt PytkoEast Germany Jürgen Hehlert
Semi-Finals
7 June CzechoslovakiaSlanyPoland Antoni WorynaPoland Zbigniew PodleckiPoland Andrzej Wyglenda
8 June PolandBydgoszczPoland Jerzy TrzeszkowskiPoland Henryk GlucklichPoland Andrzej Pogorzelski

Second round

  • Nordic Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

Nordic 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 (1) Torbjörn Harrysson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
2 Sweden (3) Sören Sjösten 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 Sweden (12) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 3 1
4 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 4
5 Sweden (6) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 5
6 Sweden (2) Hasse Holmqvist 10 1 1 2 3 3 10 6
7 Sweden (4) Bengt Jansson 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 7
8 Sweden (11) Per Olof Söderman 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 8
9 Sweden (8) Bo Josefsson 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 9 3
10 Sweden (13) Gunnar Malmqvist 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 10 2
11 Sweden (10) Bengt Larsson 5 1 0 1 2 1 5 11
12 Sweden (7) Jan Simensen 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 12
13 Denmark (16) Ole Olsen 2 2 0 - 0 - 2 13
14 Norway (5) Odd Fossengen 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 Sweden (9) Göte Nordin 1 0 1 0 - - 1 15
16 Sweden (15) Nils Ringstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Runo Wedin 3 1 2 3 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Bengt Svensson 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

  • June 27, 1969
  • Soviet Union 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
1 Poland (7) Antoni Woryna 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 1
2 Poland (16) Andrzej Wyglenda 10 0 3 3 2 2 10 2
3 Poland (2) Edward Jancarz 10 3 2 3 2 0 10 3
4 Soviet Union (14) Valeri Klementiev 9 3 E 0 3 3 9 4
5 Poland (1) Henryk Glucklich 9 0 3 2 1 3 9 5
6 Poland (9) Zbigniew Podlecki 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 Poland (6) Jan Mucha 9 1 3 1 1 3 9 7
8 Poland (13) Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 8
9 Soviet Union (8) Gennady Kurilenko 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 9
10 Poland (4) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 9 2 1 3 2 1 9 10
11 Poland (5) Stanisław Tkocz 8 E 1 2 3 2 8 11
12 Czechoslovakia (15) Jan Holub I 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 12
13 Poland (3) Paweł Waloszek 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 13
14 Poland (10) Zygmunt Pytko 3 2 1 E 0 E 3 14
15 Poland (12) Zdislaw Dobrucki 0 F 0 E E E 0 15
16 Czechoslovakia (11) Karel Prusa 0 E 0 E - - 0 16
R1 East Germany (R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock 0 0 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

Third round

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

British/Commonwealth Final

  • August 5, 1969
  • 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 (9) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United Kingdom (3) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 3
3 New Zealand (6) Ronnie Moore 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 2
4 New Zealand (2) Ivan Mauger 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4
5 Scotland (4) Ken McKinlay 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 5
6 Wales (11) Howard Cole 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 6
7 United Kingdom (16) Arnold Haley 8 3 2 1 2 X 8 7 3
8 United Kingdom (7) Eric Boocock 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9 Australia (13) Garry Middleton 8 2 2 3 1 T 8 9 1
10 Australia (10) Charlie Monk 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 10
11 United Kingdom (8) Martin Ashby 4 0 1 1 X 2 4 11
12 United Kingdom (5) Trevor Hedge 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 12
13 Scotland (14) Jim McMillan 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 13
14 United Kingdom (15) Colin Pratt 3 E T 2 0 1 3 14
15 United Kingdom (1) Ray Wilson 3 1 F 1 1 0 3 15
16 United Kingdom (12) Roy Trigg 1 0 E 0 0 1 1 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) James Bond 0 0 0 R1
R2 United Kingdom (R2) Clive Hitch 0 0 R2
R3 United Kingdom (R3) Martin Ashby 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 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 24, 1969
  • West Germany Olching
  • 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 Soviet Union (13) Valeri Klementiev 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 Poland (15) Edward Jancarz 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
3 Sweden (2) Torbjörn Harrysson 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 3
4 Poland (4) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (5) Andrzej Wyglenda 9 3 1 1 1 3 9 5
6 Sweden (3) Sören Sjösten 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 6
7 Poland (16) Henryk Glucklich 8 1 0 1 3 3 8 7
8 Sweden (6) Hasse Holmqvist 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 8
9 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 9
10 Poland (8) Jan Mucha 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11 Poland (14) Zbigniew Podlecki 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11
12 Sweden (11) Bengt Jansson 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 12
13 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 13
14 Sweden (12) Bernt Persson 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 14
15 Norway (10) Reidar Eide 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15
16 Sweden (9) Per Olof Söderman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 New Zealand (11) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 New Zealand (16) Barry Briggs 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 2 3
3 Sweden (5) Sören Sjösten 11 3 F 2 3 3 11 3 2
4 United Kingdom (2) Nigel Boocock 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 4
5 Sweden (9) Hasse Holmqvist 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 5
6 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 6
7 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 9 2 2 2 3 0 9 7
8 Scotland (13) Ken McKinlay 7 1 3 3 0 0 7 8
9 Poland (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10 Poland (3) Jan Mucha 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 10
11 New Zealand (15) Ronnie Moore 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 11
12 Poland (8) Henryk Glücklich 5 0 0 0 2 3 5 12
13 Soviet Union (12) Valeri Klementiev 4 0 3 X F 1 4 13
14 Sweden (1) Torbjörn Harrysson 4 2 2 F - - 4 14
15 Poland (4) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Wales (10) Howard Cole 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Poland (R1) Zbigniew Podlecki 3 1 2 3 R1
R2 United Kingdom (R2) Arnold Haley 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. ↑ "Briggs once again". Sunday Mirror. 7 September 1969. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Mauger Still King". Sunday Mirror. 14 September 1969. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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