1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final.

Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship.^[8][9]

Qualification results.^[10][11]

• Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals

13 June Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Trevor Hedge 12+3 2 Colin Pratt 12+2 3 Mike Broadbank 11+3 4 Norman Hunter 11+2 5 Eric Boocock 11+1 6 Dave Younghusband 11+0 7 Nigel Boocock 10 8 Ken McKinlay 10 9 Martin Ashby 9 10 Cyril Maidment 6 11 Geoff Mudge 5 12 Reg Luckhurst 4 13 Bill Andrew 3 14 Bob Paulson 3 15 Eric Boothroyd 2 16 Ray Wilson 0 17 Ronnie Genz (res) 0

15 June The Shay, Halifax Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Barry Briggs 15 2 Ron Mountford 12 3 Peter Moore 10+3 4 Roy Trigg 10+2 5 Jimmy Gooch 10+1 6 Brian Brett 10+0 7 George Hunter 9 8 Ivan Mauger 9 9 Terry Betts 7 10 Peter Vandenberg 6 11 Arne Pander 5 12 Jim Lightfoot 5 13 Jon Erskine 4 14 Charlie Monk 4 15 Doug Templeton 2 16 Colin Gooddy 2

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 May	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Andrzej Wyglenda	Andrzej Pogorzelski
8 May	Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen	Jan Mucha	Edmund Migoś	Marian Rose
8 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Zbigniew Podlecki	Farid Szajnurov
8 May	Gradski stadion, Osijek	Gennady Kurilenko	Stanisław Tkocz	Antoni Woryna

• 27 June 1966
• Wimbledon Stadium, London
• First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian 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	21
	(3) Barry Briggs	12	3						3				3				3				F		12	1
	(8) Ivan Mauger	11		3						1			2			3			2				11	2
	(7) Colin Pratt	10		0					2					3	2					3			10	3
4	(9) Mike Broadbank	9			3		3						0					1		2			9	4
5	(1) George Hunter	9	0				2				3				3				1				9	5
6	(6) Nigel Boocock	9		2				0			2							2			3		9	6
7	(15) Brian Brett	8				0			1			1						3	3				8	7	3
8	(4) Ken McKinlay	8	2							3				0				0				3	8	8	2
9	(16) Eric Boocock	8				3				2	1						1			1			8	9	1
10	(2) Trevor Hedge	8	1					2				3				2				F			8	10	0
11	(5) Ron Mountford	7		1			0					2					2					2	7	11
12	(13) Roy Trigg	7				2	1							1		1					2		7	12
13	(14) Norman Hunter	6				1		3					1		0							1	6	13
14	(10) Jimmy Gooch	5			2			1						2			0		0				5	14
15	(12) Dave Younghusband	2			0					E		E			1						1		2	15
16	(11) Peter Moore	1			1				0		0					0						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Martin Ashby	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Terry Betts	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

• 19 May 1966
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
• First 7 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kalevi Lahtinen	14
2	Ole Olsen	13
3	Sverre Harrfeldt	12
4	Paul Wissing	12
5	Matti Olin	12
6	Nils Paulsen	8
7	Jonny Faafeng	8
8	Torbjörn Nygaard	7
9	Per Aulie	7
10	Börge Christiansen	7
11	Jan Holm-Nielsen	4
12	Preben Andreasen	4
13	Heikki Kaprali	4
14	Jörgen Mogensen	3
15	Kurt Bøgh	2
16	Jouko Naskali	1
17	Erik Kastebo	1

22 May Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Gennady Kurilenko 13 2 Antoni Woryna 11 3 Marian Rose 10 4 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10 5 Stanislaw Tkocz 10 6 Edmund Migos 10 7 Viktor Trofimov 10 8 Boris Samorodov 9 9 Marian Kaiser 8 10 Vladimir Sokolov 7 11 Jan Mucha 6 12 Peter Leibing 4 13 Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 14 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 15 Jan Holub I 3 16 Hans Jürgen Fritz 0

22 May Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrzej Pogorzelski 14 2 Joachim Maj 12 3 Pavel Mareš 12 4 Pawel Waloszek 10 5 Andrzej Wyglenda 10 6 Stanislav Kubíček 9 7 Jaroslav Volf 8 8 Igor Plechanov 8 9 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 10 Zbigniew Podlecki 11 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 12 Farid Szajnurov 13 Bohumír Bartoněk 14 Manfred Poschenreider 15 Václav Průša 16 Vladimir Kornev

• 25 June 1966
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
• First 9 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	21
	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	12				3		3					1		2							3	12	1
	(12) Antoni Woryna	11			2					3		2			3						1		11	2
	(13) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	11				2	2							3		2					2		11	3
4	(11) Marian Kaiser	10			0				3		2					3						2	10	4
5	(2) Edmund Migoś	10	3					2				3				0				2			10	5
6	(1) Igor Plechanov	10	2				3				1				1				3				10	6
7	(9) Pawel Waloszek	10			3		1						2					3		1			10	7
8	(7) Stanisław Tkocz	9		3					1					2	0					3			9	8	3
9	(6) Pavel Mareš	9		2				1			3							X			3		9	9	2
10	(8) Marian Rose	9		1						2			3			1			2				9	10
11	(3) Viktor Trofimov	5	1						2				0				2				0		5	11
12	(16) Joachim Maj	4				0				1	0						3			0			4	12
13	(10) Andrzej Wyglenda	3			1			F						1			1		0				3	13
14	(4) Stanislav Kubíček	2	0							0				0				2				0	2	14
15	(5) Boris Samorodov	2		0			0					1					0					1	2	15
16	(15) Gennady Kurilenko	1				1			0			0						0	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Jaroslav Volf	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

• 14 July 1966
• Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
• First 7 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	21
	(14) Barry Briggs	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
	(11) Ivan Mauger	13			3				3		3					3						1	13	2
	(8) Nigel Boocock	12		3						3			2			1			3				12	3
4	(13) Sverre Harrfeldt	10				E	3							2		2					3		10	4
5	(12) George Hunter	10			2					2		3			1						2		10	5
6	(7) Ken McKinlay	10		1					1					3	2					3			10	6
7	(15) Colin Pratt	10				2			2			2						3	1				10	7
8	(5) Mike Broadbank	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	8
9	(6) Brian Brett	6		0				2			1							2			1		6	9
10	(4) Kalevi Lahtinen	6	2							1				1				1				1	6	10
11	(3) Ole Olsen	5	3						F				0				2				0		5	11
12	(2) Torbjörn Nygaard	3	1					1				0				1				0			3	12
13	(16) Nils Paulsen	3				1				0	0						E			2			3	13
14	(9) Jonny Faafeng	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	14
15	(10) Paul Wissing	1			0			0						0			1		E				1	15
16	(1) Börge Christiansen	0	F				-				-				-				-				0	16
R1	(R1) Eric Boocock	0					2				2				0				2				0	R1
R2	(R2) Gordon Guasco	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