Speedway World Championship 1965
- Results -

 

Section 1

Individual World Championship

Section 2

Team World Championship

 

Legend
F Fell
R Retired (engine failure or whatever reason)
X Excluded
(G) Guest rider
NS or - Non-Starter
QNS Qualified Non-Starter

 

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Section 1

Individual World Championship
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Notes
1 25.04 Swedish Championround 1 Vetlanda, Sweden  
2 28.04 Swedish Championround 2 Borås, Sweden  
3 01.05 Swedish Championround 3 Visby, Sweden  
4 08.05 Continental Quarterfinal 1 Graz, Austria  
5 09.05 Continental Quarterfinal 2 Miskolc, Hungary  
6 09.05 Continental Quarterfinal 3 Neubrandeburg, East Germany  
7 09.05 Continental Quarterfinal 4 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia  
8 11.05 Scandinavian Semifinal 1 Skien, Norway  
9 23.05 Continental Semifinal 1 Abensberg, West Germany  
10 23.05 Continental Semifinal 2 Lvov, Soviet Union  
11 27.05 Scandinavian Semifinal 2 Selskov, Denmark  
12 13.06 Continental Final Wroclaw, Poland  
13 18.06 Scandinavian Final Skien, Norway  
14 26.06 European Final Slany, Czechoslovakia  
15 28.07 British Commonwealth Semifinal 1 Poole, England  
16 30.07 British Commonwealth Semifinal 2 Glasgow, Scotland  
17 31.08 British Commonwealth Final West Ham, England  
18 18.09 World Championship Final Wembley, England  

 

1

April 25
Att.: ---

Swedish Championround 1

Vetlanda
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Bo Josefsson Njudungarna             15
2   Leif Enecrona Gamarna             12
3   Rune Sörmander Dackarna             12
4   Bo Magnusson Kaparna             10
5   Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna             10
6   PeO Söderman Vargarna             10
7   Ove Fundin Kaparna             9
8   Curt Eldh Vargarna             8
9   Leif Larsson Getingarna             7
10   Göte Nordin Getingarna             7
11   Runo Wedin Vargarna             5
12   Kurt Westlund Masarna             5
13   Bengt Brannefors Kaparna             3
14   Sven Sigurd Örnarna             3
15   Hans Utterström Masarna             3
16   Arne Hansson Kaparna             1

 

2

April 28
Att.: Over 4 000

Swedish Championround 2

Borås
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Ove Fundin Kaparna             14
2   PeO Söderman Vargarna             13
3   Björn Knutsson Vargarna             13
4   Bengt Jansson Getingarna             12
5   Sören Sjösten Vargarna             11
6   Bengt Brannefors Kaparna             11
7   Bengt Svensson Örnarna             8
8   Hans Holmqvist Masarna             7
9   Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna             6
10   Rune Sörmander Dackarna             6
11   Sven Sigurd Örnarna             6
12   Hans Utterström Masarna             3
13   Arne Hansson Kaparna             3
14   Inge Gustavsson Dackarna             3
15   Karl-Erik Andersson Kaparna             1

 

3

May 1
Att.: ---

Swedish Championround 3

Visby
Sweden
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Bengt Jansson Getingarna             14
2   Bo Josefsson Njudungarna             13
3   Hans Holmqvist Masarna             12
4   Göte Nordin Getingarna             11
5   Sören Sjösten Vargarna             11
6   Björn Knutsson Vargarna             10
7   Bo Magnusson Kaparna             9
8   Runo Wedin Vargarna             8
9   Leif Enecrona Gamarna             7
10   Leif Larsson Getingarna             7
11   Bengt Svensson Örnarna             4
12   Kurt Westlund Masarna             4
13   Inge Gustavsson Dackarna             3
14   Nils Ringström Taxarna             3
15   Curt Eldh Vargarna             1
16   Leif Söderberg Taxarna             1

 

4

May 8
Att.: ---

Continental Quarterfinal 1

Graz
Austria
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland             15
2   Jaroslav Wolf Czechoslovakia             ?
3   Antoni Woryna Poland             12
4   Vladimir Sokolov Soviet Union             11
5   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union             11
6   Gabdrachman Kadyrov Soviet Union             9
7   Miroslav Smid Czechoslovakia             9
8   Stanislav Kubicek Czechoslovakia             8
    etc                

 

5

May 9
Att.: ---

Continental Quarterfinal 2

Miskolc
Hungary
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia             14
2   Jurij Chekranov Soviet Union             13
3   Pawel Waloszek Poland             13
4   Frantisek Ledecky Czechoslovakia             12
5   Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland             10
6   Valentin Moiseev Soviet Union             9
7   Pal Perenyi Hungary             9
8   Andrzej Domiszewski Poland             8
    etc                

 

6

May 9
Att.: ---

Continental Quarterfinal 3

Neubrandenburg
East Germany
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Zbigniew Podlecki Poland             14
2   Boris Samorodov Soviet Union             14
3   Rudolf Havelka Czechoslovakia             11
4   Miroslav Svab Czechoslovakia             10
5   Pavel Mares Czechoslovakia             9
6   Marian Rose Poland             9
7   Jurij Oleniev Soviet Union             9
8   Lev Krajev Soviet Union             8
    etc                

 

7

May 9
Att.: ---

Continental Quarterfinal 4

Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Gennadij Kurilenko Soviet Union             14
2   Jan Mucha Poland             12
3   Joachim Maj Poland             12
4   Florian Kapala Poland             12
5   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland             12
6   Antonin Kasper Czechoslovakia             11
7   Viktor Trofimov Soviet Union             10
8   Konstantin Krishtal Soviet Union             8
    etc                

 

8

May 11
Att.: ---

Scandinavian Semifinal 1

Skien
Norway
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Björn Knutsson Sweden Vargarna             15
2   Sverre Harrfeldt Norway               14
3   Leif Enecrona Sweden Gamarna             13
4   Ove Fundin Sweden Kaparna             9
5   Bengt Brannefors Sweden Kaparna             9
6   Gunnar Malmqvist Sweden Njudungarna             9
7   Bo Magnusson Sweden Kaparna             9
8   Henry Harrfeldt Norway               7
9   Torbjörn Nygaard Norway               7
10   Curt Eldh Sweden Vargarna             7
11   Niels K. Paulsen Norway               5
12   Runo Wedin Sweden Vargarna             4
13   Ivar A. Hoffgard Norway               3
14   Olavi Tourunen Finland               3
15   Timo Laine Finland               2
16   Heikki Kaprali Finland               0

 

9

May 23
Att.: ---

Continental Semifinal 1

Abensberg
West Germany
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Pawel Waloszek Poland             13
2   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union             13
3   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland             12
4   Jaroslav Wolf Czechoslovakia             11
5   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia             11
6   Antoni Woryna Poland             10
7   Valentin Moiseev Soviet Union             9
8   Stanislav Kubicek Czechoslovakia             7
    etc                

 

10

May 23
Att.: ---

Continental Semifinal 2

Lvov
Soviet Union
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Pavel Mares Czechoslovakia             15
2   Jan Mucha Poland             11
3   Zbigniew Podlecki Poland             11
4   Florian Kapala Poland             10
5   Marian Rose Poland             10
6   Joachim Maj Poland             10
7   Gennadij Kurilenko Soviet Union             10
8   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland             9
    etc                

 

11

May 27
Att.: ---

Scandinavian Semifinal 2

Selskov
Denmark
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Leif Larsson Sweden Getingarna             14
2   PeO Söderman Sweden Vargarna             13
3   Hans Holmqvist Sweden Masarna             12
4   Sören Sjösten Sweden Vargarna             12
5   Kalevi Lahtinen Finland               11
6   Bengt Jansson Sweden Getingarna             11
7   Bo Josefsson Sweden Njudungarna             10
8   Sven Sigurd Sweden Örnarna             9
9   Hans G Kristensen Norway               6
10   Bengt Svensson Sweden Örnarna             6
11   Ove Pedersen Denmark               4
12   Erik Kastebo Denmark               4
13   Matti Olin Finland               3
14   Per J. Aulie Norway               2
15   Kent Syreest Denmark               1
-   Göte Nordin Sweden Getingarna             NS

 

12

June 13
Att.: ---

Continental Final

Wroclaw
Poland
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland             12
2   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union             12
3   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland             11
4   Antoni Woryna Poland             10
5   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia             10
6   Pawel Waloszek Poland             9
7   Antonin Kasper Czechoslovakia             9
8   Marian Rose Poland             8
9   Pavel Mares Czechoslovakia             8
10   Joachim Maj Poland             8
11   Gennadij Kurilenko Soviet Union             ?
12   Zbigniew Podlecki Poland             6
13   Jan Mucha Poland             4
14   Jaroslav Wolf Czechoslovakia             3
15   Stanislav Kubicek Czechoslovakia             3
16   Valentin Moiseev Soviet Union             2

 

13

June 18
Att.: ---

Scandinavian Final

Skien
Norway
Pos # Rider Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Sören Sjösten Sweden             14
2   Ove Fundin Sweden             12
3   Leif Enecrona Sweden             11
4   Björn Knutsson Sweden             11
5   Bengt Jansson Sweden             11
6   Gunnar Malmqvist Sweden             11
7   Sverre Harrfeldt Norway             10
8   Leif Larsson Sweden             9
9   PeO Söderman Sweden             7
10   Bo Magnusson Sweden             5
11   Kalevi Lahtinen Finland             4
12   Henry Harrfeldt Norway             4
13   Bo Josefsson Sweden             3
14   Sven Sigurd Sweden             2
15   Bengt Brannefors Sweden             0
16   Hans Holmqvist Sweden             0

 

14

June 26
Att.: 30 000

European Final

Slany
Czechoslovakia
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Ove Fundin Sweden Kaparna             14
2   Björn Kutsson Sweden Vargarna             14
3   Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik             11
4   Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Rybnik             10
5   Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa             10
6   Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik             9
7   Bengt Jansson Sweden Getingarna             8
8   Sören Sjösten Sweden Vargarna             8
9   Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia Ruda Hvezda Praga             7
10   Leif Larsson Sweden Getingarna             7
11   Marian Rose Poland Torun             7
12   Antonin Kasper Czechoslovakia               6
13   PeO Söderman Sweden Vargarna             5
14   Gunnar Malmqvist Sweden Njudungarna             3
15   Leif Enecrona Sweden Gamarna             1
16   Pawel Waloszek Poland Swietochlowice             0

 

15

July 28
Att.: ---

British Commonwealth Semifinal 1

Poole
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 12 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 3 2 3 2 3   13
2 16 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 1 3 3 1 3   11
3 14 Jimmy Gooch England Oxford 2 2 3 3 1   11
4 6 Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham 2 3 1 3 2   11
5 10 Ronnie Genz England Poole 2 0 2 3 3   10
6 11 Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 1 2 2 2 3   10
7 13 Mike Broadbanks England Swindon 0 3 3 3 1   10
8 15 Gordon Guasco Australia Wolverhampton 3 3 F 2 1   9
9 5 Norman Hunter England West Ham 3 2 2 0 2   9
10 1 Geoff Mudge Australia Poole 3 1 0 1 2   7
11 2 Jack Kitchen England Sheffield 1 1 1 1 2   6
12 3 Jim Airey Australia Wolverhampton 2 1 1 2 F   6
13 8 Colin Pratt England Hackney 0 1 2 0 0   3
14 7 Clive Featherby England Sheffield 1 R 0 0 1   2
15 4 Bluey Scott Scotland ? Glasgow 0 0 1 0 0   1
16 9 Gordon McGregor Scotland Belle Vue 1 R 0 0 1   1

 

16

July 30
Att.: ---

British Commonwealth Semifinal 2

Glasgow
Scotland
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 10 Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 2 Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon 3 2 3 3 3   14
3 8 Brian Brett England Newcastle 3 3 3 2 2   13
4 12 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 2 2 2 3 2   11
5 6 Colin Gooddy England Exeter 2 1 3 3 1   10
6 14 Bill Andrew New Zealand Poole 1 0 2 2 3   8
7 13 Bob Andrews England Wolverhampton 3 1 1 0 3   8
8 11 Peter Vandenberg Australia Newport 1 3 2 1 1   8
9 5 Cyril Maidment England Belle Vue F 2 1 2 2   7
10 7 Dave Younghusband England Halifax 1 2 2 1 1   7
11 9 Roy Trigg England Hackney 0 3 1 1 2   7
12 3 Eric Boocock England Halifax 2 1 0 1 0   4
13 1 Jim Lightfoot England Coventry 1 0 1 0 1   3
14 16 Alan Cowland England Exeter 2 1 0 0 0   3
15 15 Rick France England Coventry 0 0 0 2 0   2
16 4 Billy Bales England Sheffield 0 0 N N 0   0
17 Res   Martin Ashby England Swindon 0 0 0       0

 

17

August 31
Att.: ---

British Commonwealth Final

West Ham
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 8 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 2 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 3 3 R 2 3   11
3 4 Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham 2 2 3 2 2   11
4 10 Brian Brett England Newcastle 3 2 1 2 2   10
5 12 Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 2 0 3 2 3   10
6 11 Jimmy Gooch England Oxford 1 2 3 1 3   10
7 7 Mike Broadbanks England Swindon 2 0 2 3 2   9
8 15 Gordon Guasco Australia Wolverhampton 3 1 1 3 1   9
9 5 Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow 3 2 2 1 X   8
10 16 Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon 2 1 F 3 1   7
11 3 Bob Andrews England Wolverhampton R 3 1 0 1   5
12 14 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle 1 0 2 1 1   5
13 6 Colin Gooddy England Exeter 0 1 N 1 2   4
14 9 Peter Vandenberg Australia Newport 0 3 0 0 0   3
15 1 Bill Andrew New Zealand Poole 1 0 1 0 0   2
16 13 Ronnie Genz England Poole F 1 0 X 0   1
17 Res   Norman Hunter England West Ham 2           2

 

18

September 18
Att.: 75 000

World Championship Final

Wembley
England
Pos # Rider Nationality Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 12 Björn Knutsson Sweden Vargarna 2 3 3 3 3   14
2 15 Igor Plechanov Soviet Union Ufa 3 3 2 2 3 3 13+3
3 4 Ove Fundin Sweden Kaparna 2 2 3 3 3 2 13+2
4 13 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon 2 3 1 3 1   10
5 10 Bengt Jansson Sweden Getingarna 3 1 2 2 2   10
6= 14 Sören Sjösten Sweden Vargarna 1 3 3 2 0   9
6= 5 Brian Brett England Newcastle 3 0 1 3 2   9
8 2 Nigel Boocock England Coventry 3 0 0 2 3   8
9 6 Andrzej Pogorzelski Poland Rybnik 2 2 3 0 0   7
10 11 Antoni Woryna Poland Rybnik 1 2 2 0 1   6
11 3 Leif Larsson Sweden Getingarna 1 0 2 F 2   5
12 9 Reg Luckhurst England Wimbledon 0 2 1 1 1   5
13 7 Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham 0 1 0 1 2   4
14 8 Jimmy Gooch England Oxford 1 1 0 1 0   3
15= 16 Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Rybnik 0 0 1 1 0   2
15= 1 Lubos Tomicek Czechoslovakia Ruda Hvezda Praga 0 1 0 0 1   2
Res   Mike Broadbanks England Swindon             NS
Res   Marion Rose Poland Torun             NS

 

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Section 2

Team World Championship
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
1 14.05 Scandinavian Qualification Odense, Denmark Denmark - Finland - Norway - Sweden  
2 01.08 Continental Semifinal 1 Meissen, East Germany East Germany - Soviet Union - Bulgaria - Yugoslavia  
3 01.08 Continental Semifinal 2 Olching, West Germany West Germany - Poland - Czechoslovakia - Austria  
4 22.08 Continental Final Ufa, Soviet Union Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Poland - East Germany  
5 05.09 World Final Kempten, West Germany Sweden - Poland - Soviet Union - Great Britain  

 

1

May 14
Att: ---

Scandinavian Qualification
Denmark - Finland - Norway - Sweden

Odense
Denmark
Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
1. SWEDEN           45   2. NORWAY           23   3. FINLAND           19   4. DENMARK           9
Bengt Jansson 3 3 3 3   12   Henry Harrfeldt           7   Timo Laine           8   Erik Kastebo           5
Bo Josefsson 3 3 3 3   12   Per J. Aulie           6   Kalevi Lahtinen           7   Svend Nissen           2
PeO Söderman 3 3 3 3   12   Sverre Harrfeldt           6   Matti Olin           3   John S. Andersen           1
Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 R   9   Niels K. Paulsen           4   Olavi Turunen           1   Einar Hansen           1
Ove Fundin           NS                   Heikki Kaprali           0                

 

2

August 1
Att: ---

Continental Semifinal 1
East Germany - Soviet Union - Bulgaria - Yugoslavia
*Bulgaria and Yugoslavia did not start and was replaced by a East German B-team and Polish League team Wroclaw.

Meissen
East Germany
Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
1. SOVIET UNION           45   2. WROCLAW           25   3. EAST GERMANY A           13   4. EAST GERMANY B           11
Igor Plechanov 3 3 3 3   12   Adolf Slabon           9   Jochen Dinse           6   Bruno Bülau           5
Gennadij Kurilenko 3 3 3 3   12   Konstanty Pociejkowicz           8   Jürgen Hehlert           4   Günter Schelenz           4
Vladimir Sokolov 3 3 3 3   12   Bogdan Jaroszewicz           5   Hans-Jürgen Fritz           2   Jürgen Rudolph           1
Jurij Chekranov           9   Piotr Bruzda           3   Heino Niemann           1   Peter Hehlert           1
Gabdrachman Kadyrov           NS   Wladyslaw Wawszczyk           0   Peter Liebing           0   Jochen Hetmank           NS

 

3

August 1
Att: ---

Continental Semifinal 2
West Germany - Poland - Czechoslovakia - Austria

Olching
West Germany
Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
1. POLAND           39   2. CZECHOLOVAKIA           32   3. WEST GERMANY           19   4. AUSTRIA           4
Zbigniew Podlecki           11   Lubos Tomicek           10   Manfred Poschenrieder           5   Kurt Schwingenschlögl           2
Jan Mucha           10   Antonin Kasper           8   Heinrich Sprenger           ?   Johann Kuhr           2
Pawel Waloszek           10   Jaroslav Volf           7   Otto Lantenhammer           ?   Alfred Rinzner           0
Joachim Maj           8   Pavel Mares           7   Rainer Jungling           ?   Günther Walla           0
                Frantisek Ledecky           NS   Fred Aberl           ?                

 

4

August 22
Att: ---

Continental Final
Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Poland - East Germany

Ufa
Soviet Union
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
  1. POLAND           37     2. SOVIET UNION           30     3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA           27     4. EAST GERMANY           2
1 Andrzej Wyglenda 3 2 3 3   11   1 Gennadij Kurilenko 1 1 2 1   5   1 Jaroslav Volf 2 3 2 3   10   1 Jochen Dinse 0 0 1 0   1
2 Zbigniew Podlecki 2 3 3 1   9   2 Igor Plechanov 3 2 2 3   10   2 Lubos Tomicek 1 2 3 1   7   2 Hans-Jürgen Fritz 0 0 0 0   0
3 Antoni Woryna 3 1 0 2   6   3 Vladimir Sokolov 1 - - -   1   3 Stanislav Kubicek 2 1 1 1   5   3 Jürgen Hehlert 0 0 0 0   0
4 Andrzej Pogorzelski 3 3 3 2   11   4 Jurij Chekranov 2 3 2 2   9   4 Antonin Kasper 0 1 1 3   5   4 Günter Schelenz 1 0 0 0   1
5 Pawel Waloszek           NS   5 Viktor Trofimov 2 1 2     5   5 Pavel Mares           NS   5 Heino Niemann           NS

 

5

September 5
Att: ---

World Final
Sweden - Poland - Soviet Union - Great Britain

Kempten
West Germany
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
  1. POLAND           38     2. SWEDEN           33     3. GREAT BRITAIN           18     4. SOVIET UNION           7
1 Andrzej Wyglenda 3 3 3 2   11   1 Bengt Jansson 1 2 3 2   8   1 Ken McKinlay 2 1 1 3   7   1 Vladimir Sokolov 0 1 1 0   2
2 Antoni Woryna 1 2 3 3   9   2 Ove Fundin R 3 2 3   8   2 Nigel Boocock 3 2 0 1   6   2 Gennadij Kurilenko 2 0 0 0   2
3 Andrzej Pogorzelski 3 3 3 2   11   3 Göte Nordin 2 1 2 1   6   3 Charlie Monk 1 0 - -   1   3 Igor Plechanov 0 F 1 0   1
4 Zbigniew Podlecki 1 2 2 2   7   4 Björn Knutsson 3 3 2 3   11   4 Barry Briggs F 1 0 -   1   4 Jurij Chekranov 2 X - -   2
5 Pawel Waloszek           NS   5 Leif Larsson           NS   5 Jimmy Gooch 1 1 1     3   5 Viktor Trofimov 0 0       0

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