1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.^[7]

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 May	Kajzerica, Zagreb	Florian Kapała	Jan Malinowski	Joachim Maj
22 May	Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec	František Richter	Stefan Kepa	Stanislav Svoboda
22 May	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno	Bernard Kacperak	Konstanty Pociejkewicz	Pawel Waloszek
30 May	ASKÖ-X-Platz, Vienna	Josef Bössner	Henryk Żyto	Antonín Kasper Sr.

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 June	Owlerton Stadium	Dennis Newton	Eric Hockaday	Tink Maynard
4 June	Sun Street Stadium	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst	Alan Smith
4 June	Old Meadowbank	Guy Allott	Gil Goldfinch	Tony Robinson
6 June	Stanley Stadium	Peter Vandenberg	Ken Adams	Nick Nicholls
10 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Reg Reeves	Alan Smith	Stan Stevens
10 June	Knowle Stadium	Ernie Baker	Johnny Hole	Maury Mattingley
11 June	Dudley Wood Stadium	Maury Mattingley	Reg Reeves	Gil Goldfinch
11 June	Odsal Stadium	Charlie Barsby	Danny Dunton	Ken Adams
15 June	Wimborne Road	Dennis Newton	Ron Taylor	Alan Kidd

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 July	Hyde Road	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
2 July	Abbey Stadium	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbank
4 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Banister Court Stadium	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliott
6 July	New Cross Stadium	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Foxhall Stadium	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
7 July	Oxford Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Ronnie Genz	Les McGillivray
8 July	Leicester Stadium	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Brandon Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Les Owen
9 July	The Firs Stadium	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Olle Nygren	14+3
2	Göte Nordin	14+2
3	Aage Hansen	13
4	Rune Sörmander	12
5	Curt Nyqvist	10
6	Björn Knutson	10
7	Göran Norlén	9
8	Alf Jonsson	9
9	Arne Pander	6
10	Sverre Harrfeldt	5
11	Kjell Warenius	5
12	Evert Andersson	4
13	Bernt Nilsson	3
14	Hans Hallberg	2
15	Rolf Westerberg	2
16	Joel Jansson	2
R1	Bertil Strid	0

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
	(10) Josef Hofmeister	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	1
	(1) Henryk Żyto	11	3				3				2				2				1				11	2	3
	(9) Marian Kaiser	11			3		1						2					2		3			11	3	2
4	(6) František Richter	11		3				1			1							3			3		11	4	1
5	(2) Stefan Kwoczała	10	2					2				2				2				2			10	5
6	(5) Mieczysław Połukard	10		1			2					3					1					3	10	6
7	(7) Jan Malinowski	9		2					2					1	3					1			9	7
8	(3) Stanislav Svoboda	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(13) Luboš Tomíček	8				3	0							2		3					0		8	9
10	(16) Stanislaw Rurarz	7				2				2	3						0			0			7	10
11	(12) Jaroslaw Volf	6			2					1		0			1						2		6	11
12	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				1			0			1						1	2				5	12
13	(11) Florian Kapała	4			0				1		0					1						2	4	13
14	(4) Josef Seidl	4	1							3				0				0				0	4	14
15	(14) Bedřich Slaný	1				0		0					1		F							-	1	15
16	(8) Joachim Maj	0		0						0			0			0			0				0	16
R1	(R1) Ernest Luttenberger	0																				1	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

1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

First Round

Norwegian qualifying

Finnish qualifying

Swedish qualifying

Continental quarter-finals

Second round

British & Commonwealth qualifying

Nordic Qualification

Continental semi-final

Third round

British & Commonwealth Second round

Nordic Final

Continental Final

Fourth round

British & Commonwealth semi finals

European Final

World Final

See also

References

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Eric Williams
13 August	Brandon Stadium	Ron How	Peter Moore	Aub Lawson
13 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven	Ken McKinlay	Bob Andrews
16 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young]	Ron How

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) Marian Kaiser	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(14) Ove Fundin	13				2		2					3		3							3	13	2
	(3) Stefan Kwoczała	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	3
4	(2) Josef Hofmeister	10	0					1				3				3				3			10	4
5	(12) Henryk Żyto	10			2					2		2			1						3		10	5
6	(1) Rune Sörmander	10	2				2				2				2				2				10	6
7	(10) Mieczysław Połukard	9			3			0						3			2		1				9	7	3
8	(8) Stanislav Svoboda	9		1						3			2			0			3				9	8	2
9	(15) Aage Hansen	8				3			2			1						2	0				8	9
10	(4) Olle Nygren	6	1							1				2				1				1	6	10
11	(5) Curt Nyqvist	5		2			1					0					0					2	5	11
12	(16) Jan Malinowski	4				0				0	1						1			2			4	12
13	(9) František Richter	4			1		3						0					0		0			4	13
14	(13) Göte Nordin	4				1	0							1		2					0		4	14
15	(7) Björn Knutson	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	15
16	(11) Göran Norlén	1			0				0		0					1						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Alf Jonsson	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

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) Ove Fundin	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1	3
	(12) Ronnie Moore	14			3					3		3			2						3		14	2	2
	(7) Peter Craven	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	3	1
4	(11) Peter Moore	12			2				2		3					2						3	12	4
5	(13) Ron Johnston	10				3	2							2		1					2		10	5
6	(5) Barry Briggs	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Stefan Kwoczała	8				1		2					3		1							1	8	7
8	(6) Josef Hofmeister	6		0				0			2							3			1		6	8
9	(9) Ken McKinlay	6			0		3						2					1		0			6	9
10	(4) Jack Young	6	1							2				1				2				F	6	10
11	(1) Chum Taylor	5	2				0				0				0				3				5	11
12	(16) Rune Sörmander	5				2				0	1						1			1			5	12
13	(10) Henryk Żyto	4			1			1						0			2		0				4	13
14	(8) Aub Lawson	4		1						1			1			0			1				4	14
15	(3) Marian Kaiser	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(15) Bryan Elliott	0				0			E			E						0	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Bob Andrews	2																	2				2	R1
R2	(R2) Mieczysław Połukard	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