1974 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.^[7]

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 April	Quibell Park Stadium, Scunthorpe	Reg Luckhurst	Russ Osborne	Mike Hiftle
5 April	Derwent Park, Workington	Alan Cowland	Dave Gatenby	Brian Clark
21 April	Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne	Phil Herne	Mike Sampson	Mike Cake
22 April	Earle Street, Crewe	Carl Glover	Mike Broadbanks	Richard Greer
23 April	Ellesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere Port	Barry Crowson	Richard May	Ken Eyre

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
1 May	Hansa Stadium, Bremen	Jan Klokočka	Egon Müller	Henny Kroeze
5 May	La Favorita, Sarego	Sandor Csatho	Christoph Betzl	Angel Eftimov

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 April	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Ivan Mauger	Barry Briggs	Phil Herne
30 April	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	Terry Betts	Malcolm Simmons	Dave Jessup
1 May	Wimborne Road, Poole	Peter Collins	Dave Jessup	Eric Broadbelt
1 May	The Boulevard, Hull	John Boulger	Nigel Boocock	Jim McMillan
2 May	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Bob Valentine	Bob Paulson	Ray Wilson
2 May	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Bob Kilby	Malcolm Simmons	Eric Boocock
2 May	Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich	John Louis	Nigel Boocock	Billy Sanders
4 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Malcolm Simmons	Ivan Mauger	Tony Davey
4 May	The Shay, Halifax	Eric Boocock	Kevin Holden	Rick France
9 May	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Barry Briggs	Neil Cameron	Richard May
10 May	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Billy Sanders	Rick France	George Hunter
10 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Phil Crump	Ray Wilson	Geoff Mudge
10 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	John Louis	Barry Thomas	Bob Kilby
11 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Billy Sanders	Bruce Cribb	John Boulger
11 May	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Bob Valentine	Nigel Boocock	Gordon Kennett
11 May	Hyde Road, Manchester	Chris Pusey	Bob Kilby	Barry Crowson
15 May	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	John Louis	Martin Ashby	Eric Broadbelt

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
18 May	Markéta Stadium, Prague	Mikhail Krasnov	Viktor Trofimov	Vladimir Zapleshny
19 May	Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana	Zenon Plech	Edward Jancarz	Henny Kroeze
19 May	Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach	Henryk Glücklich	Jerzy Szczakiel	Manfred Poschenreider
19 May	Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen	Grigory Khlinovsky	Andrzej Jurczyński	Marek Cieślak

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) Eric Boocock	13				3		3					2		2							3	13	1
	(11) Terry Betts	12			3				3		2					2						2	12	2
	(8) Dave Jessup	11		3						1			3			1			3				11	3
4	(5) John Boulger	10		2			3					3					2					0	10	4
5	(13) Ivan Mauger	9				2	E							3		3					1		9	5
6	(1) Nigel Boocock	8	2				2				0				3				1				8	6
7	(7) Jim McMillan	8		1					2					1	1					3			8	7
8	(12) Peter Collins	8			0					3		2			0						3		8	8
9	(16) John Louis	8				0				0	3						3			2			8	9
10	(4) Ray Wilson	7	1							2				T				3				1	7	10
11	(6) Barry Briggs	6		0				1			1							2			2		6	11
12	(10) Billy Sanders	5			1			2						1			1		0				5	12
13	(15) Malcolm Simmons	5				1			E			1						1	2				5	13
14	(9) Reg Wilson	4			2		1						X					F		1			4	14
15	(2) Bob Valentine	3	3					X				F				E				-			3	15
16	(3) Martin Ashby	2	0						1				1				0				0		2	16
R1	(R1) Frank Smith	0												0									0	R1
R2	(R2) Roger Hill	0																		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

1974 Individual Speedway World Championship

Format changes

First round

British/Commonwealth preliminaries

Second round

Continental qualifying

British/Commonwealth qualifying

Third round

Norwegian qualifying

Finnish qualifying

Danish final

Continental quarter-finals

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

British/Commonwealth Final

Nordic Final

Fifth round

Swedish qualification

Continental Final

British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final

Sixth round

Swedish Finals

European Final

World Final

References

External links

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Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ole Olsen	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Dag Lövaas	3,3,3,3,2	14
3	Matti Olin	2,2,2,2,3	11
4	Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	3,1,2,2,2	10
5	Reidar Eide	ef,2,3,3,1	9
6	Kari Vuoristo	0,2,2,2,3	9
7	Øyvind S. Berg	2,1,3,1,1	8
8	Edgar Stangeland	2,3,0,1,2	8
9	Preben Rosenkilde	1,1,0,3,2	7
10	Jan Terje Gravningen	1,3,2,0,ef	6
11	Ulf Lovaas	1,ef,-,2,3	6
12	Kaj Kristensen	3,0,1,0,1	5
13	Pekka Paljakka	1,0,1,1,1	4
14	Svein Lokken	2,1,1,0,0	4
15	Kjell Gimre	0,2,1,0,0	3
16	Nils Nilsen	ef,-,-,-,-	0
R1	Antti Eklund	f,0,0,1,0	1

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) Vladimir Gordeev	12			3			3						1			3		2				12	1
	(1) Mikhail Starostin	11	3				3				0				2				3				11	2
	(4) Zenon Plech	11	F							3				3				3				2	11	3
4	(11) Mikhail Krasnov	10			2				3		2					3						0	10	4
5	(3) Anatoly Kuzmin	10	2						2				3				0				3		10	5
6	(7) Jan Mucha	9		2					1					E	3					3			9	6
7	(13) Edward Jancarz	9				3	X							2		2					2		9	7
8	(14) Grigory Khlinovsky	8				1		1					2		1							3	8	8
9	(5) Ryszard Fabiszewski	8		3			2					1					1					1	8	9
10	(15) Valery Gordeev	7				2			0			3						2	E				7	10
11	(6) Vladimir Zapleshny	6		1				0			3							1			1		6	11
12	(16) Marek Cieślak	5				0				1	1						2			1			5	12
13	(8) Henryk Glücklich	3		0						2			X			1			X				3	13
14	(9) Aleksandr Pavlov	3			0		1						0					E		2			3	14
15	(12) Bernard Jąder	3			1					0		2			0						0		3	15
16	(2) Zbigniew Filipiak	2	E					2				0				0				0			2	16
R1	(R1) Josef Angermüller	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
	(8) Ole Olsen	14		3						3			3			3			2				14	1
	(5) Ivan Mauger	13		2			2					3					3					3	13	2
	(16) John Louis	10				3				0	3						2			2			10	3
4	(2) Terry Betts	10	3					3				1				2				1			10	4
5	(12) Peter Collins	10			3					1		2			3						1		10	5
6	(9) Dave Jessup	10			2		E						2					3		3			10	6
7	(4) Scott Autrey	9	2							2				1				2				2	9	7
8	(7) Dag Lovaas	9		1					3					3	2					E			9	8
9	(1) John Boulger	8	1				3				1				E				3				8	9
10	(6) Jim McMillan	8		0				2			2							1			3		8	10
11	(13) Reidar Eide	7				1	1							2		1					2		7	11
12	(14) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	6				2		1					1		1							1	6	12
13	(15) Nigel Boocock	2				0			1			0						E	1				2	13
14	(11) Matti Olin	1			1				0		0					0						0	1	14
15	(3) Eric Boocock	0	F						-				-				-				-		0	15
16	(10) Kari Vuoristo	0			0			0						0			0		-				0	16
R1	(R1) Ray Wilson	3							2								1						3	R1
R2	(R2) Øyvind S. Berg	0											0								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

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
	(15) Peter Collins	13				3			2			3						3	2				13	1	3
	(2) Ole Olsen	13	3					3				2				3				2			13	2	2
	(4) Ivan Mauger	13	2							3				3				2				3	13	3	1
4	(8) Vladimir Gordeev	11		2						2			3			1			3				11	4
5	(12) John Louis	10			3					0		1			3						3		10	5
6	(14) Zenon Plech	10				2		2					2		2							2	10	6
7	(11) Dave Jessup	8			E				3		3					2						0	8	7
8	(7) Dag Lovaas	7		3					1					0	E					3			7	8
9	(16) Grigory Khlinovsky	7				F				1	2						3			1			7	9
10	(5) Terry Betts	6		0			3					0					2					1	6	10
11	(13) Mikhail Krasnov	6				1	1							2		0					2		6	11
12	(10) Edward Jancarz	5			2			1						1			1		0				5	12
13	(6) Scott Autrey	3		1				0			1							0			1		3	13
14	(9) Mikhail Starostin	2			1		0						0					1		0			2	14
15	(3) Anatoly Kuzmin	1	0						0				1				0				0		1	15
16	(1) Jan Mucha	0	-				-				-				-				-				0	16
R1	(R1) Jim McMillan	2	1								0								1				2	R1
R2	(R2) John Boulger	3					2								1								3	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

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) Anders Michanek	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(1) Ivan Mauger	11	2				2				3				2				2				11	2	3
	(13) Sören Sjösten	11				3	3							1		1					3		11	3	2
4	(16) John Louis	9				1				3	0						2			3			9	4
5	(8) Bengt Jansson	9		2						1			3			3			R				9	5
6	(15) Peter Collins	9				2			2			2						2	1				9	6
7	(7) Tommy Johansson	8		3					0					0	3					2			8	7
8	(11) Zenon Plech	8			0				3		1					2						2	8	8
9	(4) Christer Löfqvist	8	3							2				2				1				R	8	9
10	(6) Grigory Khlinovsky	6		1				0			2							3			F		6	10
11	(12) Dag Lövaas	6			1					0		3			1						1		6	11
12	(5) Terry Betts	6		0			1					1					1					3	6	12
13	(14) Dave Jessup	5				0		2					2		0							1	5	13
14	(2) Mikhail Krasnov	3	1					1				R				0				1			3	14
15	(9) Ole Olsen	2			2		F						-					-		-			2	15
16	(3) Vladimir Gordeev	0	0						F				-				-				-		0	16
R1	(R1) Tommy Jansson	3							1				0				0				2		3	R1
R2	(R2) Edward Jancarz	1											1					0		0			1	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