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1969 Individual Speedway World Championship

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 edit

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 edit

Qualification results.[9][10]

Norwegian qualifying edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Reidar Eide 15
2 Oyvind S. Berg 14
3 Per Aulie 13
4 Ulf Lovaas 10
5 Einar Egedius 9
6 Odd Fossengen 9
7 Helge Langli 9
8 Jan Terje Gravningen 8
9 Thorbjorn Nygaard 8
10 Svein Kaasa 6
11 Edgar Stangeland 6
12 Sverre Holm 3
13 Kjell P. Skaeveland 3
14 Per H. Hansen 2
15 Kare Heia 2
16 Thorbjorn Olsen 2

Finnish qualifying (top 8) edit

Pos. Rider Points Total
1 Matti Olin 8+8 16
2 Reima Lohkovuori 6+4 10
3 Jouko Naskali 0+6 6
4 Esko Koponen 4+2 6
5 Jorma Taipale 3+0 3
6 Kauko Reima 0+3 3
7 Juhani Lappi 2+1 3
8 Olavi Tutunen 1+0 1

Swedish qualification edit

  • Top 8 in each heat to Nordic qualification

Continental qualifying edit

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
11 May   Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding   Antoni Woryna   Edward Jancarz   Manfred Poschenreider
11 May   Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško   Jerzy Trzeszkowski   Zdislaw Dobrucki   Gennady Kurilenko
11 May   Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc   Vladimir Smirnov   Zbigniew Podlecki   Paweł Waloszek
11 May   Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund   Viktor Trofimov   Zygmunt Pytko   Jürgen Hehlert

British/Commonwealth qualifying edit

  • Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
17 May The Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Charlie Monk Reg Luckhurst
17 May Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Jim McMillan Bert Harkins Trevor Hedge
19 May Brough Park, Newcastle Eric Boocock Ray Wilson Dave Gifford
19 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Tony Clarke
20 May Leicester Stadium, Leicester Martin Ashby Howard Cole John Boulger
20 May West Ham Stadium, London Norman Hunter Stan Stevens Ken McKinlay
21 May Wimborne Road, Poole Geoff Mudge Ivan Mauger Pete Smith
22 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Eddie Reeves Pete Smith Mike Broadbanks
22 May Wimbledon, London Ronny Moore Tony Clarke Ivan Mauger
22 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Arnold Haley Jim Airey Nigel Boocock
23 May Somerton Park, Newport Sándor Lévai Frank Shuter Reg Luckhurst
23 May Hampden Park, Glasgow Charlie Monk Barry Briggs Jim McMillan
23 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Colin Pratt Garry Middleton Pete Smith
23 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Nigel Boocock James Bond Norman Hunter
24 May Hyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Chris Pusey
24 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Norman Hunter Coll Cottrell
1 June King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Martin Ashby
9 June Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Roy Trigg Bob Andrews James Bond
11 June Abbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Jim Airey Clive Hitch

Second round edit

Nordic qualification edit

Continental semi-finals edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Antoni Woryna 13
2   Zbigniew Podlecki 11
3   Andrzej Wyglenda 11
4   Jan Mucha 10
5   Edward Jancarz 10
6   Stanislaw Tkocz 9
7   Pawel Waloszek 9
8   Jan Holub I 9
9   Manfred Poschenreider 8
10   Vladimir Smirnov 7
11   Miloslav Verner 7
12   Frantisek Ledecky 7
13   Hans Jürgen Fritz 3
14   Janos Szöke 3
15   Vjatjeslav Baturin 2
16   Antonín Kasper Sr. 1
Pos. Rider Points
1   Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14
2   Henryk Glucklich 13
3   Andrzej Pogorzelski 11
4   Valerij Klementiev 11
5   Gennadij Kurilenko 9
6   Zygmunt Pytko 9
7   Zbigniew Dobrucki 9
8   Karel Průša 9
9   Gerhard Uhlenbrock 7
10   Václav Verner 6
11   Boris Tschechanvitsch 6
12   Jaroslav Volf 5
13   Viktor Trofimov 5
14   Jiří Štancl 4
15   Peter Liebing 2
16   Drago Perko 0

British semi-finals edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Barry Briggs 14
2   Charlie Monk 11
3   Reg Luckhurst 11
4   Jim McMillan 10
5   Trevor Hedge 10
6   Garry Middleton 9
7   Howard Cole 8
8   Norman Hunter 8
9   Ronnie Moore 7
10   Arnie Haley 7
11   James Bond 7
12   Clive Hitch 6
13   Cyril Maidment 5
14   Jim Airey 4
15   Bert Harkins 2
16   Colin Gooddy 1
Pos. Rider Points
1   Ivan Mauger 14
2   Ray Wilson 14
3   Tommy Roper 12
4   Nigel Boocock 11
5   Roy Trigg 11
6   Eric Boocock 11
7   Ken McKinlay 7
8   Colin Pratt 7
9   Martin Ashby 6
10   Geoff Mudge 6
11   Bruce Cribb 6
12   Terry Betts 5
13   Tony Clarke 5
14   Pete Smith 3
15   John Boulger 1
16   Bob Andrews 1

Third round edit

Nordic Final edit

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

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

Fourth round edit

British/Commonwealth Final edit

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
    (9) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
    (3) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 3
    (6) Ronnie Moore 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 2
4   (2) Ivan Mauger 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4
5   (4) Ken McKinlay 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 5
6   (11) Howard Cole 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 6
7   (16) Arnold Haley 8 3 2 1 2 X 8 7 3
8   (7) Eric Boocock 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9   (13) Garry Middleton 8 2 2 3 1 T 8 9 1
10   (10) Charlie Monk 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 10
11   (8) Martin Ashby 4 0 1 1 X 2 4 11
12   (5) Trevor Hedge 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 12
13   (14) Jim McMillan 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 13
14   (15) Colin Pratt 3 E T 2 0 1 3 14
15   (1) Ray Wilson 3 1 F 1 1 0 3 15
16   (12) Roy Trigg 1 0 E 0 0 1 1 16
R1   (R1) James Bond 0 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Clive Hitch 0 0 R2
R3   (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 edit

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
    (13) Valeri Klementiev 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
    (15) Edward Jancarz 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
    (2) Torbjörn Harrysson 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 3
4   (4) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5   (5) Andrzej Wyglenda 9 3 1 1 1 3 9 5
6   (3) Sören Sjösten 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 6
7   (16) Henryk Glucklich 8 1 0 1 3 3 8 7
8   (6) Hasse Holmqvist 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 8
9   (7) Ove Fundin 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 9
10   (8) Jan Mucha 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11   (14) Zbigniew Podlecki 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11
12   (11) Bengt Jansson 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 12
13   (1) Antoni Woryna 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 13
14   (12) Bernt Persson 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 14
15   (10) Reidar Eide 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15
16   (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 edit

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
    (11) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
    (16) Barry Briggs 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 2 3
    (5) Sören Sjösten 11 3 F 2 3 3 11 3 2
4   (2) Nigel Boocock 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 4
5   (9) Hasse Holmqvist 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 5
6   (6) Edward Jancarz 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 6
7   (7) Ove Fundin 9 2 2 2 3 0 9 7
8   (13) Ken McKinlay 7 1 3 3 0 0 7 8
9   (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10   (3) Jan Mucha 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 10
11   (15) Ronnie Moore 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 11
12   (8) Henryk Glücklich 5 0 0 0 2 3 5 12
13   (12) Valeri Klementiev 4 0 3 X F 1 4 13
14   (1) Torbjörn Harrysson 4 2 2 F - - 4 14
15   (4) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16   (10) Howard Cole 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1   (R1) Zbigniew Podlecki 3 1 2 3 R1
R2   (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 edit

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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  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. ^ "1969 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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  11. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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