1963 Individual Speedway World Championship
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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]
Swedish qualifying
- Top 16 to Nordic qualifying
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 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 |
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Norwegian qualifying
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Finnish qualifying
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British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying
- Top 16 riders to British Provincial final
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-final
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 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 |
Second round
Nordic qualification
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British Provincial final
- 22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
- Top 9 riders to British national league round[10]
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Continental semi-finals
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3 June
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Third round
British & Commonwealth national league round
- Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 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 |
Nordic Final
- 9 June 1963
Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö- First 8 to European Final
| Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
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| 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 | |
Continental Final
- 23 June 1963
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław- First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
| 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 |
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(13) Stanisław Tkocz |
15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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(9) Boris Samorodov |
12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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(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 |
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 |
