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]

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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

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

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

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

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

1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

First round

British & Commonwealth provincial qualifying

Norwegian qualifying

Finnish qualifying

Swedish qualifying

Continental qualifying

Second Round

Nordic Qualifying

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	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

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

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

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