The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

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

British/Commonwealth Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockNew Zealand Bruce CribbAustralia Peter Vandenberg
25 April United KingdomKings LynnNew Zealand Ronnie MooreNew Zealand Wayne BriggsUnited Kingdom Terry Betts
25 April United KingdomBelle VueUnited Kingdom Chris PuseyUnited Kingdom Tommy RoperUnited Kingdom Cyril Maidment
27 April United KingdomNewcastleNew Zealand Barry BriggsAustralia Jim AireyNew Zealand Rick Timmo
27 April United KingdomExeterNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyUnited Kingdom Martin Ashby
28 April United KingdomWest HamNew Zealand Ivan MaugerUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyAustralia Charlie Monk
28 April United KingdomLeicesterUnited Kingdom Ray WilsonAustralia John BoulgerUnited Kingdom Graham Plant
29 April United KingdomPooleUnited Kingdom Trevor HedgeUnited Kingdom Pete SmithAustralia Gordon Guasco
30 April United KingdomWimbledonUnited Kingdom Eric BoocockNew Zealand Ronnie MooreUnited Kingdom Trevor Hedge
30 April United KingdomSheffieldAustralia Jim AireyUnited Kingdom Les SharpeUnited Kingdom Nigel Boocock
30 April United KingdomOxfordScotland Jim McMillanAustralia John BoulgerUnited Kingdom Tony Clarke
1 May United KingdomWolverhamptonUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockUnited Kingdom Martin AshbyUnited Kingdom Norman Hunter
1 May United KingdomHackneyNew Zealand Barry BriggsNew Zealand Ronnie MooreAustralia Jimmy Gooch
1 May ScotlandGlasgowAustralia Charlie MonkUnited Kingdom Colin McKeeScotland Jim McMillan
1 May WalesNewportNew Zealand Bill AndrewUnited Kingdom Norman StrachanAustralia Jim Airey
2 May United KingdomSwindonNew Zealand Barry BriggsUnited Kingdom Bob KilbyUnited Kingdom Ray Wilson
2 May United KingdomHalifaxUnited Kingdom Arnold HaleyUnited Kingdom Les SharpeUnited Kingdom Eric Boocock
2 May United KingdomCradley HeathUnited Kingdom Colin PrattNew Zealand Bob AndrewsUnited Kingdom Jack Biggs
13 May United KingdomCoventryUnited Kingdom Nigel BoocockScotland Ken McKinlayUnited Kingdom Rick France
Semi-Finals
19 May United KingdomLeicesterNew Zealand Ivan MaugerNew Zealand Ronnie MooreWales Howard Cole
21 May United KingdomSheffieldNew Zealand Barry BriggsScotland Jim McMillanUnited Kingdom Ray Wilson

Swedish Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
26 April SwedenMalillaSweden Bengt JanssonSweden Conny SamuelssonSweden Therje Hendriksson
1 May SwedenVisbySweden Leif EnecronaSweden Göte NordinSweden Olle Nygren
3 May SwedenVetlandaSweden Anders MichanekSweden Bo JosefssonSweden Sven Inge Svensson
22 May SwedenLinköpingSweden Sören SjöstenSweden Bernt PerssonSweden Ove Fundin
Semi-Final
25 May SwedenBoråsSweden Sören SjöstenSweden Anders MichanekSweden Olle Nygren
28 May SwedenGöteborgSweden Ove FundinSweden Göte NordinSweden Bengt Brannefors

Continental Qualifying

DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
9 May East GermanyMeissenCzechoslovakia Jan Holub ISoviet Union Valery GordeevEast Germany Peter Liebing
10 May HungaryMiskolcCzechoslovakia Václav VernerCzechoslovakia Jaroslav VolfSoviet Union Viktor Trofimov
10 May AustriaGrazSoviet Union Vladimir GordeevCzechoslovakia Zdenek MajstrEast Germany Jochen Dinse
10 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZagrebCzechoslovakia Pavel MaresSoviet Union Boris CehanovichEast Germany Jürgen Hehlert
Semi-Finals
6 June CzechoslovakiaPardubiceSoviet Union Valeri KlementievSoviet Union Vladimir SmirnovSoviet Union Yury Dubinin
7 June PolandBydgoszczSoviet Union Gennady KurilenkoSoviet Union Vladimir GordeevSoviet Union Viktor Kalmykov

Second round

  • British/Commonwealth Final - 8 to British/Commonwealth/Nordic final
  • Nordic Final - 8 to British/Commonwealth/Nordic final

British/Commonwealth 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
1 New Zealand (13) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 New Zealand (4) Ronnie Moore 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 New Zealand (3) Roy Trigg 12+3 1 3 3 3 2 12 3
4 United Kingdom (2) Arnold Haley 12+2 2 3 3 2 2 12 4
5 New Zealand (6) Barry Briggs 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 5
6 United Kingdom (16) Trevor Hedge 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 6
7 Australia (7) Jim Airey 8 0 1 1 3 3 8 7
8 Australia (14) John Boulger 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 United Kingdom (11) Nigel Boocock 7 3 2 0 1 1 7 9
10 United Kingdom (12) Chris Pusey 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 10
11 Australia (1) Charlie Monk 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 United Kingdom (8) Martin Ashby 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 12
13 United Kingdom (10) Ray Wilson 5 0 1 0 1 3 5 13
14 Wales (5) Howard Cole 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14
15 United Kingdom (9) Terry Betts 2 1 1 0 0 X 2 15
16 United Kingdom (15) Jim McMillan 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
United Kingdom (17) Bob Kilby 0 0
United Kingdom (18) Tommy Roper 0 0
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

Nordic Final

  • June 4, 1970
  • Sweden Eskilstuna
  • First 8 to British-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 (7) Göte Nordin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (2) Sören Sjösten 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 2
3 Sweden (12) Anders Michanek 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4 Sweden (13) Bengt Larsson 10 1 3 2 3 1 10 4
5 Norway (3) Reidar Eide 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 Sweden (5) Ove Fundin 9 2 E 1 3 3 9 6
7 Denmark (16) Ole Olsen 9 3 T 3 2 1 9 7
8 Sweden (11) Bengt Jansson 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 8
9 Norway (8) Øyvind Berg 8 1 2 2 0 3 8 9
10 Norway (4) Odd Fossengen 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 10
11 Sweden (6) Bernt Brannefors 6 0 2 1 3 0 6 11
12 Denmark (15) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 12
13 Denmark (1) Niels Weis Sorensen 3 F 2 0 1 0 3 13
14 Norway (9) Dag Lovaas 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 Sweden (14) Olle Nygren 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 Finland (10) Matti Olin 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 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/Nordic Final - 8 to European Final
  • Continental Final - 8 to European Final

British 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
1 Sweden (2) Sören Sjösten 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 Denmark (13) Ole Olsen 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 2
3 New Zealand (14) Barry Briggs 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 New Zealand (11) Ronnie Moore 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 4
5 New Zealand (3) Ivan Mauger 10 0 2 3 3 2 10 5
6 Australia (5) Jim Airey 10 3 1 3 2 1 10 6
7 Sweden (1) Bengt Jansson 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 7
8 Sweden (4) Anders Michanek 9 1 3 2 3 0 9 8
9 Sweden (9) Ove Fundin 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 9
10 United Kingdom (7) Trevor Hedge 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11 Australia (12) John Boulger 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 11
12 United Kingdom (16) Arnold Haley 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13 Sweden (8) Göte Nordin 4 2 1 0 1 E 4 13
14 Norway (10) Reidar Eide 3 F 1 0 0 2 3 14
15 United Kingdom (15) Roy Trigg 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16 Sweden (6) Bengt Larsson 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 United Kingdom (R1) Nigel Boocock 0 0 R1
R2 Norway (R2) Øyvind Berg 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

Continental Final

  • June 2, 1970
  • East Germany Abensberg
  • 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
1 East Germany (9) Hans Jürgen Fritz 10 2 3 3 2 10 1
2 Soviet Union (10) Valeri Klementiev 9 3 2 1 3 9 2
3 Czechoslovakia (7) Zdenek Majstr 8 2 3 3 0 8 3
4 Soviet Union (15) Yury Dubinin 8 3 0 2 3 8 4
5 Soviet Union (1) Gennady Kurilenko 8 2 1 3 2 8 5
6 Soviet Union (2) Vladimir Kononovich 7 3 1 0 3 7 6
7 Soviet Union (12) Vladimir Gordeev 6 0 0 3 3 6 7
8 Soviet Union (16) Viktor Kalmykov 6 0 3 1 2 6 8
9 Czechoslovakia (5) Jiri Stancl 6 3 2 1 0 6 9
10 Soviet Union (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 1 2 2 1 6 10
11 East Germany (14) Dieter Tetzlaff 6 2 3 0 1 6 11
12 East Germany (8) Jürgen Hehlert 5 0 1 2 2 5 12
13 Soviet Union (13) Boris Cehanovich 4 1 0 2 1 4 13
14 Soviet Union (6) Nikolay Aksenov 1 1 0 0 0 1 14
15 Soviet Union (4) Nikolay Smirnov 0 F - - - 0 15
16 Soviet Union (3) Viktor Trofimov 0 F - - - 0 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 1 1 1 1 4 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 3 0 2 0 1 3 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

Fourth round

  • European Final - 10 to World Final
  • Polish Qualifications - 6 to World Final

European Final

  • July 20, 1970
  • Soviet Union Leningrad
  • First 8 to 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
1 New Zealand (4) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Soviet Union (1) Vladimir Gordeev 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 2
3 Soviet Union (10) Gennady Kurilenko 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 3
4 Sweden (12) Sören Sjösten 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 4
5 Denmark (5) Ole Olsen 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 5
6 New Zealand (11) Barry Briggs 10 3 3 1 3 0 10 6
7 Sweden (3) Anders Michanek 9 0 2 3 1 3 9 7
8 Soviet Union (2) Valeri Klementiev 8 1 2 1 1 3 8 8
9 United Kingdom (15) Trevor Hedge 6 3 0 0 2 1 6 9
10 Soviet Union (13) Yury Dubinin 6 2 2 0 2 0 6 10
11 New Zealand (7) Ronnie Moore 5 3 1 1 F - 5 11
12 East Germany (6) Hans Jürgen Fritz 5 0 1 2 0 2 5 12
13 Soviet Union (14) Vladimir Kononovich 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 13
14 Soviet Union (9) Viktor Kalmykov 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 14
15 Australia (8) Jim Airey 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 Czechoslovakia (16) Zdenek Majstr 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Bengt Jansson 0 0 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Yury Lombockiy 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

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

Polish Qualifications

  • Marked in green to World Final
Pos.RiderRound ScoresTotal
1Poland Jan Mucha6+14+12+13+12+8+6+1372
2Poland Pawel Waloszek9+12+11+6+12+11+12+1371
3Poland Andrzej Wyglenda8+12+9+14+14+5+10+968
4Poland Antoni Woryna9+5+14+10+8+12+10+563
5Poland Henryk Glucklich12+9+3+9+9+6+12+758
6Poland Jerzy Szczakiel11+12+8+11+6+7+9+ns58
7Poland Zygfryd Friedek7+7+9+7+10+12+11+ns56
8Poland Jozef Jarmula6+11+10+8+6+6+ns+1354
9Poland Stanislaw Kasa10+4+8+9+8+7+7+649
10Poland Edmund Migoś7+4+5+9+7+9+11+148
11Poland Zygmunt Pytko7+3+8+3+ns+7+10+038
12Poland Stanislaw Skowron6+4+5+3+0+11+6+ns35
13Poland Henryk Żyto8+8+4+5+ns+5+0+434
14Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski0+7+7+0+5+ns+ns+1231
15Poland Piotr Bruzda7+2+2+1+7+5+3+529
16Poland Stanisław Tkocz5+4+5+9+3+ns+ns+ns26
17Poland Zbigniew Podleckins+ns+ns+ns+ns+2+5+1118
18Poland Jerzy Grytns+ns+ns+ns+ns+6+5+ns11
19Poland Wiktor Waloszekns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+3+710
20Poland Jerzy Padewskins+ns+ns+ns+8+ns+ns+ns8
21Poland Leszek Marszns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+88

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
1 New Zealand (10) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Poland (16) Paweł Waloszek 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
3 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3
4 Sweden (15) Sören Sjösten 9 2 3 1 3 0 9 4
5 Poland (2) Henryk Glücklich 9 2 2 3 2 0 9 5
6 Soviet Union (13) Valeri Klementiev 8 0 1 1 3 3 8 6
7 New Zealand (11) Barry Briggs 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 7
8 Poland (14) Andrzej Wyglenda 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 8
9 Sweden (4) Anders Michanek 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 9
10 Denmark (7) Ole Olsen 6 3 2 0 E 1 6 10
11 Poland (9) Jan Mucha 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12 East Germany (3) Hans Jürgen Fritz 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 12
13 Soviet Union (6) Vladimir Gordeev 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 13
14 Soviet Union (12) Gennady Kurilenko 2 F 2 F - - 2 14
15 Poland (8) Zygfryd Friedek 2 F 0 2 F - 2 15
16 United Kingdom (5) Trevor Hedge 0 E E F R - 0 16
R1 Poland (R1) Edmund Migoś 4 2 1 1 F 0 4 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Jerzy Szczakiel 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

  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. ↑ "Champion Ivan makes History". Newcastle Journal. 7 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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