Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 23rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ivan Mauger won his first World title. Fellow countryman Barry Briggs finished second and Pole Edward Jancarz took the bronze medal.[7][8]
The format of the Championship changed again for the 1968 event. It reverted back to the 1966 system whereby six riders from the Swedish section would qualify for the World Final direct to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through various events to establish the other ten riders to qualify for the final.
First round
Qualification results.[9][10]
British/Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
25 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Malcolm Simmons | Terry Betts | Ray Wilson |
25 May | The Shay, Halifax | Jim Airey | Dave Younghusband | Greg Kentwell |
25 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Norman Hunter | Dave Hemus |
25 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Ivan Mauger | Tommy Roper | Charlie Monk |
27 May | Brough Park, Newcastle | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Bert Harkins |
27 May | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Martin Ashby | Jimmy Squibb | Eric Boocock |
28 May | West Ham Stadium, London | Norman Hunter | Nigel Boocock | Ivan Mauger |
28 May | Leicester Stadium, Leicester | Bill Andrew | Bob Kilby | John Boulger |
29 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | John Boulger | Bill Andrew | Geoff Mudge |
30 May | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Colin Gooddy | Terry Betts | Ronnie Genz |
30 May | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Martin Ashby | Nigel Boocock | Trevor Hedge |
30 May | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Charlie Monk | Colin Pratt | John Dews |
31 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | James Bond | Jim Airey | Peter Vandenberg |
31 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Barry Briggs | Colin Pratt | Les McGillivray |
31 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Cyril Francis | Chris Julian | Eric Boothroyd |
31 May | White City, Glasgow | Bob Kilby | Bert Harkins | Jim McMillan |
1 June | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Bill Andrew | Trevor Hedge | Reg Luckhurst |
1 June | Abeey Stadium, Swindon | Barry Briggs | Bob Kilby | Mike Broadbanks |
1 June | Cliftonhill, Coatbridge | Martin Ashby | Ray Wilson | Colin Pratt |
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continantal semi-finals
Second round
Norwegian qualifying (top 8) | Finnish qualifying (top 8) Pos. | Rider | Points | Total | 1 | Matti Olin | 6+8 | 14+3 | 2 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 8+6 | 14+2 | 3 | Veikko Metsahuone | 4+3 | 7 | 4 | Jouko Naskali | 0+4 | 4 | 5 | Reijo Tolviander | 3+1 | 4 | 6 | Reima Lohkovouri | 0+2 | 2 | 7 | Olavi Turunen | 2+0 | 2 | 8 | Timo Sinkkonen | 1+0 | 1 | |
British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Third round
British/Commonwealth Final
- 11 July 1968
Wimbledon Stadium, London - First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
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
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) Øyvind S. Berg | 13 | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 13 | 2 | |
| (11) Odd Fossengen | 12 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | 12 | 3 | |
4 | (5) Sverre Harrfeldt | 11 | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | 11 | 4 | |
5 | (2) Ole Olsen | 11 | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | 11 | 5 | |
6 | (9) Godtfred Andreasen | 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 Bøgh | 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 |
Continental semi-finals
Fourth round
Swedish Qualifying
British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final
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
- 21 June 1968
Stroitel Stadium, Ufa - First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
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 |
Fifth round
Swedish Final
- Top 6 to World final, 1 reserve
European Final
- 25 August 1968
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław - First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve
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
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
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Sports in Brief". The Times. 7 September 1968. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
- ^ "Boocock last in Sweden". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 September 1968. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1968 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "1968 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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