1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 17th 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 Pictorial and England's Peter Craven won his second title finishing one point ahead of two time champion Barry Briggs. Three time champion Ove Fundin defeated fellow Swede Björn Knutson in a ride off to claim the bronze medal.[7]

First round

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Qualification results.[8][9]

British & Commonwealth provincial qualifying

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  • Top 16 riders to British Provincial final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
4 June Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Brian Craven Stan Stevens Gil Goldfinch
4 June County Ground, Exeter Cliff Cox Len Silver Chris Julian
6 June Wimborne Road, Poole Tony Lewis Peter Vandenberg Geoff Mudge
7 June Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Peter Vandenberg Eric Boothroyd Wayne Briggs
7 June Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Guy Allott Clive Featherby Dick Campbell
7 June Pennycross Stadium, Plymouth Jimmy Squibb Peter Jarman Ross Gilbertson
8 June Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Willie Templeton Graham Warren Norman Hunter
8 June Leicester Stadium, Leicester Ivor Brown Harry Edwards Gil Goldfinch
8 June Greenfield Stadium, Bradford Brian Craven Cliff Cox Tommy Roper
9 June Neath Abbey Stadium, Neath Eric Boothroyd Trevor Redmond Geoff Mudge
9 June Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh Wayne Briggs Clive Featherby Doug Templeton
9 June Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Ross Gilbertson Tony Lewis
9 June Sun Street Stadium, Hanley Ken Adams Peter Jarman Tommy Roper

Norwegian qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Aage Hansen 14
2 Sverre Harrfeldt 12
3 Reidar Kristoffersen 11
4 Egil Bratvold 9
5 Svein Johnsen 9
6 Oystein Mellerud 9
7 Cato Agnor 8
8 Per Aulie 8
9 Bjarne Sorenby 7
10 Odvar Kristiansen 6
11 Jon Odegaard 6
12 Fred Roger Steen 5
13 Haavard Gulbjörnrud 5
14 Reidar Bakken 4
15 Gunnar Skjetene 4

Finnish qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Timo Laine 15
2 Antti Pajari 14
3 Ilkka Helminen 13
4 Esko Koponen 12
5 Olavi Turunen 11
6 Antero Salasto 10
7 Veikko Kirjonen 8
8 Martti Assinen 8
9 Nils Staaf 7
10 Jan Ulfingman 6
11 Reijo Saburin 5
12 Martti Koivuoja 5
13 Osmo Hokkannen 2
14 Pertti Petersohn 2
15 Bertil Kollroos 0

Swedish qualifying

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  • Top 15 to Nordic qualifying
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
29 April Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Ove Fundin Rune Sörmander Leif Larsson
1 May Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Björn Knutson Curt Eldh Göte Nordin
3 May Hammarby IP, Stockholm Ove Fundin Björn Knutson Leif Larsson
Pos. Rider Points
1 Ove Fundin 30
2 Björn Knutson 27
3 Rune Sörmander 26
4 Leif Larsson 25
5 Curt Eldh 24
6 Per-Tage Svensson 22
7 Göte Nordin 20
8 Bengt Brannefors 20
9 Evert Andersson 19
10 Sören Sjösten 18
11 Joel Jansson 17
12 Arne Carlsson 16
13 Åke Andersson 16
Pos. Rider Points
14 Göran Norlén 15
15 Kjell Svensson 12
16 Willihard Thomsson 11
17 Inge Gustafsson 10
18 Göran Carlsson 7
19 Sigvard Johansson 5
20 Jan Ekeroth 5
21 Kurt Westlund 4
22 Thore Kindstrand 2
23 Curt Nyqvist 2
24 Olle Nygren 2
25 Per-Åke Lundgren 2
26 Bengt Jansson 2

Continental qualifying

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
7 April   Praterstadion, Vienna   Luboš Tomíček Sr.   Manfred Poschenreider   Josef Bössner
13 May   Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne   Joachim Maj   Bedřich Slaný   Viktor Trofimov
13 May   Trade Union Stadium, Ostrava   Antonín Kasper Sr.   Andrzej Domiszewski   Konstanty Pociejkewicz
13 May   Gradski Stadion, Osijek   Paweł Waloszek   Florian Kapała   Igor Plekhanov

Second Round

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Nordic Qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Björn Knutson 14
2 Ove Fundin 13
3 Leif Larsson 11
4 Göran Norlén 11
5 Sören Sjösten 11
6 Kurt W Petersen 10
7 Sverre Harrfeldt 9
8 Willihard Thomsson 8
Pos. Rider Points
1 Göte Nordin 15
2 Åke Andersson 12
3 Bengt Brannefors 12
4 Arne Carlsson 11
5 Rune Sörmander 11
6 Inge Gustafsson 9
7 Per-Tage Svensson 9
8 Aage Hansen 9
9 Evert Andersson 8
10 Paul Wissing 6
11 Kalevi Lahtinen 5
12 Esko Koponen 3
13 Timo Laine 4
14 Göran Carlsson 3
15 Olavi Turunen 3
16 Illka Helminen 0
17 Antti Pajari 0

British Provincial final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Peter Vandenberg 14
2 Jimmy Squibb 10+3
3 Doug Templeton 10+2
4 Brian Craven 10+1
5 Gil Goldfinch 10+0
6 Trevor Redmond 9
7 Geoff Mudge 9
8 Ivor Brown 8
9 Cliff Cox 8
Pos. Rider Points
10 Wayne Briggs 7
11 Ken Adams 6
12 Eric Boothroyd 5
13 Ross Gilbertson 2
14 Stan Stevens 2
15 Tony Lewis 0
16 Pete Jarman 0
17 Tommy Roper 0

Continental semi-finals

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3 June

Pos. Rider Points
1 Bedřich Slaný 13
2 Janusz Suchecki 12
3 Jaroslav Volf 11
4 Boris Samorodov 11
5 Joachim Maj 9
6 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 9
7 Bronislaw Rogal 9
8 Antonin Novak 8
9 Farid Szajnurov 7
10 Leonid Drobiazko 7
11 Norbert Świtała 7
12 Wiktor Kuzniecow 5
13 Viktor Trofimov 5
14 Antonín Kasper Sr. 4
15 Andrzej Domiszewski 2
16 Jurij Olenew 1
17 Mieczysław Połukard 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Marian Kaiser 14
2 Henryk Zyto 13
3 Florian Kapala 12
4 Stanislaw Tkocz 11
5 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 11
6 Pawel Waloszek 10
7 Igor Plechanov 9
8 Stanislav Kubicek 8
9 Jan Malinowski 6
10 Jan Kusiak 6
11 Karel Průša 6
12 Drago Perko 5
13 Josef Bössner 3
14 Valent Medved 3
15 Kurt Wilder 3
16 Alfred Sitzwohl 0

Third round

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British & Commonwealth national league round

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  • Top 16 to British & Commonwealth final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
30 June Brandon Stadium, Coventry Ken McKinlay Ron Mountford Barry Briggs
30 June Abbey Stadium, Swindon Ronnie Moore Les Owen Bob Andrews
2 July Wimbledon Stadium, London Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs Peter Moore
3 July Banister Court Stadium, Southampton Alby Golden Neil Street Ronnie Genz
5 July Oxford Stadium, Oxford Peter Craven Billy Bales Mike Broadbanks
6 July Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich Barry Briggs Dick Fisher Peter Moore
6 July Leicester Stadium, Leicester Peter Craven Ron How Ian Williams
7 July The Firs Stadium, Norwich Ron How Bob Andrews Billy Bales
7 July Hyde Road, Manchester Peter Craven Dick Fisher Gerald Jackson

Nordic Final

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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 21
    (13) Björn Knutson 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
    (10) Göte Nordin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
    (4) Ove Fundin 12 3 3 0 3 3 12 3
4   (6) Sören Sjösten 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 4
5   (1) Bengt Brannefors 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 5
6   (9) Arne Carlsson 9 0 1 3 2 3 9 6
7   (2) Aage Hansen 8.5 1 1/2 3 2 2 8.5 7
8   (7) Rune Sörmander 8 2 3 1 2 T 8 8
9   (15) Leif Larsson 8 2 2 2 0 2 8 9
10   (5) Kurt W. Petersen 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 10
11   (12) Sverre Harrfeldt 5 2 2 0 1 F 5 11
12   (11) Per Tage Svensson 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 12
13   (8) Inge Gustafsson 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
14   (16) Willihard Thomsson 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 14
15   (14) Åke Andersson 2.5 1 1/2 1 0 - 2.5 15
16   (3) Goran Norlen 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1   (R1) Evert Andersson 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

Continental Final

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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 21
    (1) Marian Kaiser 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
    (13) Paweł Waloszek 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
    (15) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 3
4   (10) Florian Kapała 11 3 3 0 3 2 11 4
5   (7) Igor Plekhanov 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 5
6   (9) Henryk Żyto 9 2 1 F 3 3 9 6
7   (2) Farid Szajnurov 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 7
8   (4) Stanisław Tkocz 8 1 2 1 1 3 8 8
9   (5) Bedřich Slaný 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 9 3
10   (12) Jaroslav Volf 6 0 3 1 0 2 6 10 2
11   (3) Jerzy Suchecki 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 11 F
12   (14) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 5 1 0 3 1 0 5 12
13   (11) Antonin Novak 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 13
14   (6) Joachim Maj 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15   (16) Boris Samorodov 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 15
16   (8) Stanislav Kubíček 2 0 1 1 0 X 2 16
R1   (R1) Bronislaw Rogal 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

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British & Commonwealth Finals

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Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World final.[11]

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
23 July Wimbledon Stadium, London Peter Craven Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs
24 July Banister Court Stadium, Southampton Peter Craven Barry Briggs Ken McKinlay
27 July The Firs Stadium, Norwich Barry Briggs Ronnie Moore Peter Craven
Pos. Rider Points
1   Peter Craven 41+3
2   Barry Briggs 41+2
3   Ronnie Moore 38
4   Ken McKinlay 33
5   Ron How 30
6   Ron Mountford 29
7   Bob Andrews 29
8   Mike Broadbanks 26
Pos. Rider Points
9   Nigel Boocock 22
10   Peter Moore 19
11   Dick Fisher 11
12   Peter Vandenberg 11
13   Cyril Roger 10
14   Brian Craven 7
15   Ian Williams 7
16   Billy Bales 3
17   Ronnie Genz 3

European Final

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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 21
    (12) Björn Knutson 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
    (1) Ove Fundin 12 3 3 3 E 3 12 2
    (10) Göte Nordin 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 3
4   (13) Sören Sjösten 10 3 2 1 2 2 10 4
5   (14) Igor Plekhanov 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 5
6   (2) Arne Carlsson 9 F 1 2 3 3 9 6
7   (3) Paweł Waloszek 9 2 1 2 3 1 9 7
8   (7) Rune Sörmander 9 2 2 2 1 2 9 8
9   (11) Henryk Żyto 7 1 3 0 1 2 7 9
10   (5) Aage Hansen 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 10
11   (8) Marian Kaiser 6 0 2 3 0 1 6 11
12   (9) Florian Kapała 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 12
13   (6) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 1 0 2 E E 3 13
14   (15) Bengt Brannefors 3 1 0 0 2 E 3 14
15   (16) Stanisław Tkocz 2 F 1 1 0 0 2 15
16   (4) Farid Szajnurov 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 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

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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 21
    (14) Peter Craven 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
    (2) Barry Briggs 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
    (10) Ove Fundin 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 3 3
4   (6) Björn Knutson 10 3 1 E 3 3 10 4 2
5   (3) Ronnie Moore 9 3 3 E 2 1 9 5
6   (9) Bob Andrews 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 6
7   (7) Ken McKinlay 9 2 2 3 2 F 9 7
8   (1) Göte Nordin 9 2 2 2 1 2 9 8
9   (4) Sören Sjösten 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 9
10   (11) Igor Plekhanov 7 1 1 3 1 1 7 10
11   (13) Rune Sörmander 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 11
12   (12) Ron How 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 12
13   (16) Arne Carlsson 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 13
14   (5) Paweł Waloszek 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 14
15   (15) Mike Broadbank 2 1 E 0 0 1 2 15
16   (8) Ron Mountford 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 16
R1   (R1) Nigel Boocock 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Henryk Żyto 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

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  7. ^ "Craven had no time to worry". Daily Mirror. 10 September 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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