1961 Individual Speedway World Championship

1961 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
22 May Exeter Eric Hockaday Jim Lightfoot Pete Lansdale
24 May Poole Maury Mattingley Tony Lewis Ken Middleditch
25 May Middlesbrough Dick Campbell Peter Vandenberg Geoff Mudge
26 May Wolverhampton Graham Warren Harry Edwards Eric Hockaday
26 May Rayleigh Johnny Fitzpatrick Gil Goldfinch Ken Adams
26 May Plymouth Jack Scott Tony Lewis Chris Julian
27 May Edinburgh Jim Lightfoot Doug Templeton Dick Campbell
27 May Cradley Heath Harry Bastable Ivor Brown Peter Vandenberg
1 June Sheffield Clive Featherby Clive Cox George Hunter
3 June Stoke Maury Mattingley Ken Adams Stan Stevens
Round 1
3 July Wimbledon Ronnie Moore Ron How Jim Tebby
4 July Southampton Peter Craven Barry Briggs Ray Cresp
5 July New Cross Bob Andrews Split Waterman Ken McKinlay
6 July Oxford Jack Young Ronnie Genz Mike Broadbanks
6 July Ipswich Peter Moore Johnny Chamberlain Ray Cresp
7 July Leicester Ronnie Moore Ken McKinlay Danny Dunton
8 July Swindon Cyril Maidment Tadeusz Teodorowicz Neil Street
8 July Coventry Peter Moore Bob Duckworth Bob Andrews
8 July Norwich Billy Bales Mike Broadbanks Split Waterman
8 July Belle Vue Peter Craven Gerald Jackson Eric Williams
Semi-Finals
31 July Wimbledon Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs Bob Andrews
1 August Southampton Ron How Peter Craven Cyril Maidment
5 August Belle Vue Ronnie Moore Doug Davies Nigel Boocock
5 August Norwich Barry Briggs Peter Craven Billy Bales
Final
2 September Wembley Barry Briggs Peter Craven Ronnie Moore

British Final
  • 2 September 1961
  • Wembley
  • First 8 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
(7) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(3) Peter Craven 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 2
(12) Ronnie Moore 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 3
4 (5) Ken McKinlay 9 0 3 2 1 3 9 4
5 (1) Ron How 9 2 2 2 0 3 9 5
6 (4) Bob Andrews 9 1 2 2 3 1 9 6
7 (16) Ray Cresp 8 1 1 3 2 1 8 7
8 (15) Mike Broadbanks 7 3 1 1 0 2 7 8
9 (14) Cyril Maidment 7 2 3 1 1 0 7 9
10 (9) Ronnie Genz 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 10
11 (6) Jack Young 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 11
12 (11) Doug Davies 5 0 0 0 3 2 5 12
13 (8) Neil Street 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 13
14 (2) Peter Moore 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 14
15 (10) Jack Scott 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15
16 (13) Nigel Boocock 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Chum Taylor 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Split Waterman 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

Scandinavian Qualifications
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
30 April Vetlanda ? ? ?
1 May Visby ? ? ?
4 May Göteborg ? ? ?
26 May Oslo Ove Fundin Bjorn Knutsson Aage Hansen
28 May Helsinki Per-Tage Svensson Rune Sormander Arne Pander
Final
11 June Gislaved Ove Fundin Arne Pander Bjorn Knutsson

Scandinavian Final
  • 11 June 1961
  • Gislaved
  • First 8 to European Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Ove Fundin14
2 Arne Pander13
3 Bjorn Knutsson13
4 Per-Tage Svensson12
5 Evert Andersson10
6 Gote Nordin10
7 Leif Larsson8
8 Rune Sormander8
9 Goran Norlen7
10 Arne Carlsson7
11 Soren Sjosten6
12 Joel Jansson5
13 Bernt Nilsson3
14 Timo Laine2
15 Rolf Westerberg1
16 Curt Eldh2
R1 Aage Hansendnr
R1 Kalevi Lahtinendnr

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
28 May Poznan Bohumil Bartonek Bedzich Slany Stanislaw Tkocz
28 May Liberec Bronislaw Idzikowski Farid Shajnurov Igor Plechanov
28 May Krsko Konstanty Pociejkowicz Bohumil Rednek Henryk Zyto
28 May Abensberg Josef Hofmeister Marian Kaiser Antonin Kasper, Sr.
Semi-Finals
17 June Linz Josef Hofmeister Antonin Kasper, Sr. Marian Kaiser
18 June Warsaw Stanislaw Tkocz Mieczysław Połukard Florian Kapala
Continental Final
23 July Slany Florian Kapala Igor Plechanov Stanislaw Tkocz
European Final
26 August Wieden Ove Fundin Bjorn Knutsson Igor Plechanov

Continental Final
  • 23 July 1961
  • Slany
  • 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 21
(2) Florian Kapala 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
(1) Igor Plechanov 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2
(6) Stanislaw Tkocz 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3
4 (8) Henryk Zyto 10 3 1 3 1 2 10 4
5 (7) Josef Hofmeister 9 1 3 3 0 2 9 5
6 (12) Konstanty Pociejkowicz 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 6
7 (4) Kaziemirz Bentke 8 1 X 2 2 3 8 7
8 (15) Marian Kaiser 7 3 2 2 X - 7 8
9 (11) Mieczysław Połukard 7 X 1 1 3 2 7 9
10 (14) Joachim Maj 7 2 1 2 1 1 7 10
11 (16) Antonin Kasper, Sr. 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 11
12 (10) Bedrich Slany 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 12
13 (9) Stanislaw Rurarz 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 13
14 (3) Bronislaw Idzikowski 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 14
15 (13) Bohumil Bartonek 1 X 0 0 E 1 1 15
16 (5) Bernard Kacperak 1 0 1 E 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Stefan Kepa 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

European Final
  • 26 August 1961
  • Wieden
  • First 8 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
(8) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(11) Björn Knutsson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
(3) Igor Plechanov 11 3 2 1 3 2 11 3
4 (4) Rune Sormander 10 2 1 3 3 1 10 4
5 (6) Florian Kapala 10 2 3 2 2 1 10 5
6 (12) Stanislaw Tkocz 10 1 0 3 3 3 10 6
7 (15) Gote Nordin 9 3 1 2 1 2 9 7
8 (16) Josef Hofmeister 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 8
9 (5) Leif Larsson 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 9
10 (9) Henryk Zyto 7 2 3 2 F - 7 10
11 (2) Evert Andersson 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12 (10) Per-Tage Svensson 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 12
13 (14) Goran Norlen 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 13
14 (7) Mieczysław Połukard 1 0 0 1 - - 1 14
15 (13) Marian Kaiser 1 1 F E E 0 1 15
16 (1) Kaziemirz Bentke 0 NS NS NS NS NS 0 16
R1 (R1) Josef Bossner 3 1 1 1 3 R1
R2 (R2) Johan Hartl 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

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 21
(6) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(4) Björn Knutsson 12 3 3 3 F 3 12 2 3
(13) Göte Nordin 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3 2
4 (15) Barry Briggs 12 1 3 3 2 3 12 4 1
5 (2) Bob Andrews 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 5
6 (16) Ronnie Moore 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 6
7 (3) Florian Kapala 8 0 2 2 3 1 8 7
8 (7) Rune Sörmander 7 2 1 0 3 1 7 8
9 (9) Ron How 7 2 3 1 1 0 7 9
10 (8) Peter Craven 6 F 2 3 0 1 6 10
11 (10) Ken McKinlay 5 3 F 1 1 E 5 11
12 (12) Cyril Maidment 4 1 0 1 2 0 4 12
13 (1) Igor Plechanov 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 13
14 (5) Ray Cresp 3 F 1 0 F 2 3 14
15 (11) Stanislav Tkocz 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 15
16 (14) Mike Broadbank 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Jack Young 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Leif Larsson 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
  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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