1963_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 18th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Ove Fundin extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and Barry Briggs took the bronze medal.^[7]

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
28 April	Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda	Björn Knutson	Ove Fundin	Per Tage Svensson
1 May	Gamla Speedway Track, Visby	Rune Sörmander	Ove Fundin	Willihard Thorsson
5 May	Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla	Per Olof Söderman	Arne Carlsson	Göran Norlén

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
10 June	Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	Ivan Mauger	Brian Craven	Brian Brett
10 June	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Len Silver	Peter Vandenberg	Ross Gilbertson
11 June	Cornish Stadium, St Austell	George Hunter	John Hart	John Dews
11 June	New Cross Stadium, London	Ivor Brown	Reg Luckhurst	Wayne Briggs
11 June	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Charlie Monk	Graham Warren	Chris Julian
12 June	Wimborne Road, Poole	Brian Brett	Ross Gilbertson	Reg Luckhurst
12 June	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Norman Hunter	Trevor Hedge	Colin Pratt
13 June	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Jack Kitchen	Graham Warren	Clive Featherby
13 June	Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough	Peter Vandenberg	Eric Boothroyd	Eric Boocock
14 June	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Maury Mattingley
15 June	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Maury Mattingley	Cliff Cox
15 June	Sun Street Stadium, Hanley	Jack Kitchen	Colin Pratt	Peter Jarman
15 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh	Clive Featherby	Ken Adams	Tommy Roper
15 June	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	Doug Templeton	Jimmy Squibb	Wayne Briggs

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
9 May	Great Strahov Stadium, Prague	Igor Plekhanov	Antonín Kasper Sr.	Henryk Żyto
12 May	Linzer Stadion, Linz	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	Evald Babic	Manfred Poschenreider
12 May	Stroitel Stadium, Ufa	Farid Szajnurov	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Miroslav Šmíd
12 May	Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj	Boris Samorodov	Gennady Kurilenko	Marian Kaiser

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 June	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Ron Mountford	Doug Templeton	Jack Geran
1 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Bob Andrews
2 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Craven
4 July	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
5 July	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Nigel Boocock
10 July	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ken McKinlay	Dick Fisher	Brian Brett
12 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Peter Craven	Peter Moore	Jimmy Gooch

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Björn Knutson		12
3	Göte Nordin		12
4	Sverre Harrfeldt		11
5	Arne Carlsson		9
6	Per Tage Svensson		9
7	Bernt Nilsson		9
8	Per Olof Söderman		8
9	Göran Norlén		8
10	Timo Laine		8
11	Rune Sörmander		7
12	Sören Sjösten		5
13	Leif Larsson		3
14	Åke Andersson		2
15	Kurt W. Petersen		1
16	Olle Nygren		0
R1	Arne Pander		0

1963_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

First round

Swedish qualifying

Norwegian qualifying

Finnish qualifying

British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying

Continental qualifying

Second round

Nordic qualification

British Provincial final

Continental semi-finals

Third round

British & Commonwealth national league round

Nordic Final

Continental Final

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth Finals

European Final

World Final

References

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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
	(13) Stanisław Tkocz	15				3	3							3		3					3		15	1
	(9) Boris Samorodov	12			2		2						3					3		2			12	2
	(14) Antonín Kasper Sr.	11				2		3					1		3							2	11	3
4	(16) Joachim Maj	9				0				3	3						3			E			9	4
5	(1) Marian Kaiser	9	3				1				2				E				3				9	5
6	(2) Igor Plekhanov	9	0					2				2				2				3			9	6
7	(12) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	9			1					2		3			2						1		9	7
8	(10) Henryk Żyto	9			3			1						1			2		2				9	8
9	(4) Josef Hofmeister	9	1							1				2				2				3	9	9
10	(3) Stanislav Kubíček	8	2						2				2				F				2		8	10
11	(7) Pawel Waloszek	6		3					1					E	1					1			6	11
12	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	4				1			3			E						0					4	12
13	(8) Marian Rose	4		2						0			0			1			1				4	13
14	(6) Manfred Poschenreider	3		1				0			1							1			0		3	14
15	(5) Yuri Chekranov	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	15
16	(11) Vitalij Shilo	1			0				0		0					0						1	1	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

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 July	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Nigel Boocock
23 July	Banister Court Stadium, Southampton	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Peter Moore
26 July	The Firs Stadium, Norwich	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Leo McAuliffe

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
	(8) Björn Knutson	15		3						3			3			3			3				15	1
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		1			3					3					3					3	13	2
	(2) Per Olof Söderman	10	3					2				2				1				2			10	3
4	(1) Arne Carlsson	10	2				2				3				1				2				10	4
5	(11) Boris Samorodov	9			3				3		1					2						0	9	5
6	(14) Sverre Harrfeldt	9				F		3					1		3							2	9	6
7	(7) Göte Nordin	9		2					2					0	2					3			9	7
8	(16) Per Tage Svensson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	8
9	(3) Antonín Kasper Sr.	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(13) Henryk Żyto	7				1	X							3		0					3		7	10
11	(6) Igor Plekhanov	4		0				1			0							3			0		4	11
12	(4) Bernt Nilsson	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	12
13	(12) Stanisław Tkocz	4			2					0		1			F						1		4	13
14	(15) Marian Kaiser	4				2			0			0						1	1				4	14
15	(9) Luboš Tomíček Sr.	3			0		1						0					2		0			3	15
16	(10) Joachim Maj	2			1			0						1			0		0				2	16
R1	(R1) Josef Hofmeister	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

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
	(9) Ove Fundin	14			3		3						2					3		3			14	1
	(8) Björn Knutson	13		2						2			3			3			3				13	2
	(12) Barry Briggs	12			1					3		3			3						2		12	3
4	(11) Boris Samorodov	11			0				3		3					2						3	11	4
5	(13) Göte Nordin	10				3	2							3		1					1		10	5
6	(3) Sverre Harrfeldt	10	2						2				1				2				3		10	6
7	(1) Nigel Boocock	8	3				1				1				2				1				8	7
8	(16) Leo McAuliffe	7				2				E	2						3			0			7	8
9	(10) Ron How	7			2			3						F			F		2				7	9
10	(6) Peter Craven	6		3				1			F							2			0		6	10
11	(7) Peter Moore	6		1					1					1	1					2			6	11
12	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			0					2					1					2	5	12
13	(4) Dick Fisher	5	1							1				2				0				1	5	13
14	(2) Jim Lightfoot	4	E					2				1				0				1			4	14
15	(14) Per Tage Svensson	1				1		F					0		0							0	1	15
16	(15) Arne Carlsson	1				0			0			0						1	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Ron Mountford	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