1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 21st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In the final in Göteborg New Zealander Barry Briggs equalled the record of Ove Fundin by winning his fourth World title. Norwegian Sverre Harrfeldt took silver and Pole Antoni Woryna took bronze.[7] Ivan Mauger, a 26-year-old New Zealander who had won the European Final qualifier finished fourth.

Format changes[edit]

The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final.

Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship.[8][9]

First round[edit]

Qualification results.[10][11]

British & Commonwealth qualifying[edit]

  • Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
20 May Somerton Park, Newport Nigel Boocock Jon Erskine Jack Biggs
20 May White City, Glasgow Ron Mountford Charlie Monk Eric Boocock
21 May Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh George Hunter Doug Templeton Norman Hunter
21 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot Bill Andrew
21 May Hyde Road, Manchester Brian Brett Jon Erskine Cyril Maidment
21 May Wimbledon Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Bob Dugard Bob Paulson
23 May Brough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger Brian Brett Mike Broadbank
23 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ron Mountford Martin Ashby Trevor Hedge
24 May Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Ray Wilson Eric Boothroyd Ivan Mauger
24 May West Ham Stadium, London Barry Briggs Norman Hunter Malcolm Simmons
25 May King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn David Crane Cyril Maidment Peter Moore
25 May Wimborne Road, Poole Bill Andrew Geoff Mudge Doug Templeton
26 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Eric Boocock Jimmy Gooch Jim Lightfoot
26 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Billy Bales Barry Briggs Charlie Monk
27 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Colin Pratt Mike Broadbank Ivan Mauger
27 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Terry Betts Peter Jarman
28 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Peter Vandenberg Colin Gooddy
28 May The Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Eric Boothroyd Colin Pratt
28 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Arne Pander

Second round[edit]

British & Commonwealth semi-finals[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 England Trevor Hedge 12+3
2 England Colin Pratt 12+2
3 England Mike Broadbank 11+3
4 England Norman Hunter 11+2
5 England Eric Boocock 11+1
6 England Dave Younghusband 11+0
7 England Nigel Boocock 10
8 Scotland Ken McKinlay 10
9 England Martin Ashby 9
10 England Cyril Maidment 6
11 Australia Geoff Mudge 5
12 England Reg Luckhurst 4
13 New Zealand Bill Andrew 3
14 England Bob Paulson 3
15 England Eric Boothroyd 2
16 England Ray Wilson 0
17 England Ronnie Genz (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 New Zealand Barry Briggs 15
2 England Ron Mountford 12
3 Australia Peter Moore 10+3
4 England Roy Trigg 10+2
5 England Jimmy Gooch 10+1
6 England Brian Brett 10+0
7 Scotland George Hunter 9
8 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 9
9 England Terry Betts 7
10 Australia Peter Vandenberg 6
11 Denmark Arne Pander 5
12 England Jim Lightfoot 5
13 England Jon Erskine 4
14 Australia Charlie Monk 4
15 Scotland Doug Templeton 2
16 England Colin Gooddy 2

Continental qualifying[edit]

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
8 May West Germany Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Poland Joachim Maj Poland Andrzej Wyglenda Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski
8 May East Germany Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen Poland Jan Mucha Poland Edmund Migoś Poland Marian Rose
8 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Zbigniew Podlecki Soviet Union Farid Szajnurov
8 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gradski stadion, Osijek Soviet Union Gennady Kurilenko Poland Stanisław Tkocz Poland Antoni Woryna

Norwegian qualifying[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15
2 Per Aulie 14
3 Johnny Faafeng 13
4 Thorbjorn Nygaard 12
5 Rolf Westerberg 10
6 Thorbjorn Aulie 10
7 Svein Johnsen 8
8 Ivar Arne Hoffgaard 8
9 Hans R. Gaarder 6
10 Olav Aaen 6
11 Einar Egedius 6
12 Svein Svensrud 4
13 Arne Thorbjornsen 2
14 Jan Terje Gravningen 2
15 Svein Tollefsen 2
16 Lars Skjellfoss 1

Finnish qualifying[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Kalevi Lahtinen 15
2 Matti Olin 14
3 Heikki Kaprali 12
4 Esko Koponen 12
5 Antero Salasto 10
6 Jouko Naskali 9
7 Timo Sinkkonene 8
8 Reima Lohkovuori 8
9 Veikko Vesa 7
10 Eero Mantila 6
11 Reijo Tolviander 6
12 Juhani Taipale 5
13 Toivo Skytta 3
14 Teijo Naskali 3
15 Teuvo Morjavaara 2
16 Martti Myllyntausta 0

Third round[edit]

British & Commonwealth Final[edit]

  • 27 June 1966
  • England Wimbledon Stadium, London
  • First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian 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 (3) Barry Briggs 12 3 3 3 3 F 12 1
2 New Zealand (8) Ivan Mauger 11 3 1 2 3 2 11 2
3 England (7) Colin Pratt 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 3
4 England (9) Mike Broadbank 9 3 3 0 1 2 9 4
5 Scotland (1) George Hunter 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 5
6 England (6) Nigel Boocock 9 2 0 2 2 3 9 6
7 England (15) Brian Brett 8 0 1 1 3 3 8 7 3
8 Scotland (4) Ken McKinlay 8 2 3 0 0 3 8 8 2
9 England (16) Eric Boocock 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 9 1
10 England (2) Trevor Hedge 8 1 2 3 2 F 8 10 0
11 England (5) Ron Mountford 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 11
12 England (13) Roy Trigg 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 12
13 England (14) Norman Hunter 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 13
14 England (10) Jimmy Gooch 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 14
15 England (12) Dave Younghusband 2 0 E E 1 1 2 15
16 Australia (11) Peter Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 England (R1) Martin Ashby 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Terry Betts 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

Nordic Final[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Finland Kalevi Lahtinen 14
2 Denmark Ole Olsen 13
3 Norway Sverre Harrfeldt 12
4 Denmark Paul Wissing 12
5 Finland Matti Olin 12
6 Norway Nils Paulsen 8
7 Norway Jonny Faafeng 8
8 Norway Torbjörn Nygaard 7
9 Norway Per Aulie 7
10 Denmark Börge Christiansen 7
11 Denmark Jan Holm-Nielsen 4
12 Denmark Preben Andreasen 4
13 Finland Heikki Kaprali 4
14 Denmark Jörgen Mogensen 3
15 Denmark Kurt Bøgh 2
16 Finland Jouko Naskali 1
17 Denmark Erik Kastebo 1

Continental Semi-finals[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Soviet Union Gennady Kurilenko 13
2 Poland Antoni Woryna 11
3 Poland Marian Rose 10
4 Poland Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10
5 Poland Stanislaw Tkocz 10
6 Poland Edmund Migos 10
7 Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov 10
8 Soviet Union Boris Samorodov 9
9 Poland Marian Kaiser 8
10 Soviet Union Vladimir Sokolov 7
11 Poland Jan Mucha 6
12 East Germany Peter Leibing 4
13 Czechoslovakia Antonín Šváb Sr. 4
14 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3
15 Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I 3
16 East Germany Hans Jürgen Fritz 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski 14
2 Poland Joachim Maj 12
3 Czechoslovakia Pavel Mares 12
4 Poland Pawel Waloszek 10
5 Poland Andrzej Wyglenda 10
6 Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kubicek 9
7 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf 8
8 Soviet Union Igor Plechanov 8
9 Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski
10 Poland Zbigniew Podlecki
11 Soviet Union Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
12 Soviet Union Farid Szajnurov
13 Czech Republic Bohumír Bartoněk
14 West Germany Manfred Poschenreider
15 Czech Republic Vaclav Prusa
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Kornev

Fourth round[edit]

Swedish Qualifying[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Per Olof Söderman 15
2 Karl-Erik Andersson 13
3 Olle Nygren 13
4 Bengt Brannefors 10
5 Bo Josefsson 10
6 Gunnar Malmqvist 8
7 Willy Friberg 7
8 Bengt Larsson
9 Bo Magnusson 6
10 Therje Henriksson 6
11 Sune Stark 5
12 Jan Simensen 5
13 Bengt Svensson 5
14 Conny Samuelsson 4
15 Arne Hansson 3
16 Sven Sigurd 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Leif Enecrona 14
2 Göte Nordin 15
3 Leif Larsson 11
4 Torbjörn Harrysson 10
5 Arne Carlsson 10
6 Björn Knutson 9
7 Bengt Jansson 9
8 Kurt Westlund 8
9 Bernt Persson 7
10 Anders Michanek 7
11 Nils Ringström 5
12 Hasse Holmqvist 4
13 Yngve Nilsson 3
14 Ryno Westergren 3
15 Sture Lindblom 2
16 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 2
17 Leif Söderberg 1
18 Lars Jansson 1

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
1 Poland (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 12 3 3 1 2 3 12 1
2 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 2
3 Poland (13) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 11 2 2 3 2 2 11 3
4 Poland (11) Marian Kaiser 10 0 3 2 3 2 10 4
5 Poland (2) Edmund Migoś 10 3 2 3 0 2 10 5
6 Soviet Union (1) Igor Plechanov 10 2 3 1 1 3 10 6
7 Poland (9) Pawel Waloszek 10 3 1 2 3 1 10 7
8 Poland (7) Stanisław Tkocz 9 3 1 2 0 3 9 8 3
9 Czechoslovakia (6) Pavel Mares 9 2 1 3 X 3 9 9 2
10 Poland (8) Marian Rose 9 1 2 3 1 2 9 10
11 Soviet Union (3) Viktor Trofimov 5 1 2 0 2 0 5 11
12 Poland (16) Joachim Maj 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 12
13 Poland (10) Andrzej Wyglenda 3 1 F 1 1 0 3 13
14 Czechoslovakia (4) Stanislav Kubíček 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 14
15 Soviet Union (5) Boris Samorodov 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 Soviet Union (15) Gennady Kurilenko 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Czechoslovakia (R1) Jaroslav Volf 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

British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian 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 New Zealand (14) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 New Zealand (11) Ivan Mauger 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 England (8) Nigel Boocock 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 Norway (13) Sverre Harrfeldt 10 E 3 2 2 3 10 4
5 Scotland (12) George Hunter 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 Scotland (7) Ken McKinlay 10 1 1 3 2 3 10 6
7 England (15) Colin Pratt 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 7
8 England (5) Mike Broadbank 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 8
9 England (6) Brian Brett 6 0 2 1 2 1 6 9
10 Finland (4) Kalevi Lahtinen 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 10
11 Denmark (3) Ole Olsen 5 3 F 0 2 0 5 11
12 Norway (2) Torbjörn Nygaard 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 12
13 Denmark (16) Nils Paulsen 3 1 0 0 E 2 3 13
14 Norway (9) Jonny Faafeng 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 14
15 Denmark (10) Paul Wissing 1 0 0 0 1 E 1 15
16 Denmark (1) Börge Christiansen 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Eric Boocock 0 2 2 0 2 0 R1
R2 Australia (R2) Gordon Guasco 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

Fifth round[edit]

Swedish Final[edit]

  • Top 6 to World final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
31 May Ryavallen, Borås Bengt Brannefors Björn Knutson Karl-Erik Andersson
1 June Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping Björn Knutson Per-Olof Söderman Torbjörn Harrysson
2 June Ullevi, Göteborg Björn Knutson Torbjörn Harrysson Leif Larsson
Pos. Rider Points
1 Björn Knutson 41
2 Torbjörn Harrysson 35
3 Leif Enecrona 33
4 Leif Larsson 33
5 Per Olof Söderman 32
6 Göte Nordin 31
7 Bengt Brannefors 27
8 Olle Nygren 26
9 Gunnar Malmqvist 25
Pos. Rider Points
10 Bernt Persson 18
11 Karl-Erik Andersson 14
12 Bengt Larsson 13
13 Therje Henriksson 7
14 Bo Josefsson 5
15 Bengt Jansson 4
16 Willy Friberg 4
17 Kurt Westlund 4
18 Arne Carlsson 3

European Final[edit]

  • 3 September 1966
  • England Wembley Stadium, London
  • 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 New Zealand (14) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 New Zealand (16) Barry Briggs 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 Poland (12) Antoni Woryna 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 3
4 Norway (11) Sverre Harrfeldt 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 4
5 England (1) Nigel Boocock 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 5
6 Soviet Union (5) Igor Plechanov 10 1 3 2 2 2 10 6
7 England (10) Mike Broadbank 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8 Poland (13) Stanisław Tkocz 8 F 1 3 1 3 8 8
9 Poland (15) Andrzej Pogorzelski 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 9
10 Poland (8) Marian Kaiser 7 3 E 2 2 0 7 10
11 Scotland (6) Ken McKinlay 6 2 1 0 3 0 6 11
12 Poland (3) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 5 3 F 1 0 1 5 12
13 Poland (2) Edmund Migoś 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 13
14 England (7) Brian Brett 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 14
15 Scotland (4) George Hunter 2 0 1 0 1 E 2 15
16 England (9) Colin Pratt 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 16
R1 Poland (R1) Pawel Waloszek 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

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
1 New Zealand (16) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Norway (11) Sverre Harrfeldt 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 3
4 New Zealand (9) Ivan Mauger 11 2 1 3 3 2 11 4
5 Sweden (4) Torbjörn Harrysson 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 5
6 Sweden (7) Göte Nordin 9 3 2 3 F 1 9 6
7 Sweden (14) Leif Enecrona 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 7
8 Soviet Union (13) Igor Plechanov 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 Poland (2) Stanisław Tkocz 7 1 3 2 1 0 7 9
10 Sweden (3) Björn Knutson 5 E 1 1 E 3 5 10
11 Poland (12) Marian Kaiser 5 0 0 3 1 1 5 11
12 Poland (6) Andrzej Pogorzelski 5 2 2 0 1 0 5 12
13 England (8) Mike Broadbank 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 13
14 Sweden (10) Leif Larsson 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 14
15 England (15) Nigel Boocock 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 Sweden (5) Per Olof Söderman 1 0 X 0 1 0 1 16
R1 Scotland (R1) Ken McKinlay 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Bengt Brannefors 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

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