1965 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship.
World final
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, Wembley Stadium
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
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1 | Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965.-World Final Appearances:* 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts* 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts... |
(2,3,3,3,3) | 14 |
2 | Igor Plechanov Igor Plechanov Igor Alexandrovich Plechanov is a former Soviet speedway rider who finished second in the Speedway World Championship in 1964 and 1965. He was the first Soviet rider to appear in a World Final. He was the USSR National Champion in 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1968... |
(3,3,2,2,3) | 13+3 |
3 | Ove Fundin Ove Fundin Ove Fundin is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship five times... |
(2,2,3,3,3) | 13+2 |
4 | Barry Briggs Barry Briggs Barry Briggs MBE from Christchurch, New Zealand is a former Speedway rider.He won the World Individual Championship title four times - in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966. He appeared in a record 17 consecutive World Individual finals , and a record 18 in all, during which he scored a record 201 points... |
(2,3,1,3,1) | 10 |
5 | Bengt Jansson Bengt Jansson Bengt Gustaf Jansson is a former Swedish international speedway rider."Banger" was runner up in the 1967 World Final to fellow countryman Ove Fundin after losing a race-off and finished third in 1971, again after a run-off.He rode in Britain for West Ham Hammers, Edinburgh Monarchs, Hackney Hawks,... |
(3,1,2,2,2) | 10 |
6 | Brian Brett | (3,0,1,3,2) | 9 |
7 | Sören Sjösten Sören Sjösten Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten was a motorcycle speedway rider. He won the world pairs championship in 1974 with Anders Michanek and became world team champion three times representing Sweden, in 1962, 1964 and 1970. Sjösten also appeared in six individual World Championship Finals with two bronze... |
(1,3,3,2,0) | 9 |
8 | Nigel Boocock Nigel Boocock Nigel Boocock is a former speedway rider who appeared in eight Speedway World Championship finals and was a reserve in one other .-Career:... |
(3,0,0,2,3) | 8 |
9 | Andrzej Pogorzelski | (2,2,3,0,F) | 7 |
10 | Antoni Woryna Antoni Woryna Antoni Woryna was an international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times, and was the first Polish rider to win a medal at that level when he won the bronze medal in 1966... |
(1,2,2,0,1) | 6 |
11 | Leif Larsson | (1,0,2,F,2) | 5 |
12 | Reg Luckhurst | (0,2,1,1,1) | 5 |
13 | Ken McKinlay Ken McKinlay John Robert Vickers McKinlay was an international speedway rider, captaining Scotland, England, Great Britain and Europe teams. He also finished on the rostrum of the British Speedway Championship finals twice, second in 1964 and third in 1965... |
(0,1,0,1,2) | 4 |
14 | Jimmy Gooch | (1,1,0,1,0) | 3 |
15 | Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Wyglenda is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times... |
(0,0,1,1,0) | 2 |
16 | Luboš Tomíček, Sr. | (0,1,0,0,1) | 2 |
R1 | Mike Broadbank Mike Broadbank Michael Broadbank is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who made 560 appearances for the Swindon Robins, scoring over 4,200 points.-Rye House:... |
did not ride | |
R2 | Marian Rose | did not ride | |