1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

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Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all-time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.^[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

Qualification results.^[8][9]

Swedish qualifying

• Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals

26 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Pos Rider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 15 2 Conny Samuelsson 12 3 Therje Henriksson 11 4 Tommy Johansson 10 5 Lennart Michanek 10 6 Åke Andersson 10 7 Bengt Brannefors 9 8 Bengt Svensson 8 9 Hasse Holmqvist 7 10 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 6 11 Inge Gustafsson 5 12 Lars-Åke Andersson 5 13 Anders Jansson 3 14 Yngve Nilsson 3 15 Kenneth Selmosson 3 16 Börje Olsson 1

1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Pos Rider Points 1 Leif Enecrona 14 2 Göte Nordin 14 3 Olle Nygren 13 4 Christer Löfqvist 12 5 Lars Jansson 10 6 Tommy Bergqvist 9 7 Bo Magnusson 9 8 Rolf Johansson 7 9 Hans Hallberg 6 10 Dirk van der Voet 6 11 Benny Lundström 5 12 Håkan Karlsson 4 13 Torbjörn Karlsson 3 14 Börje Melin 3 15 Sune Stark 3 16 Roger Gullbrandsgård 2

3 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Pos Rider Points 1 Anders Michanek 15 2 Bo Josefsson 14 3 Sven-Inge Svensson 12 4 Sven Sigurd 10 5 Bengt Larsson 10 6 Bengt Andersson 9 7 Karl-Erik Claesson 9 8 Leif Johansson 8 9 Gunnar Malmqvist 8 10 Sigvard Johansson 7 11 Egon Stengarn 5 12 Per Sjöholm 3 13 Nils Ringström 3 14 Curt Nyqvist 3 15 Sonny Widergren 2 16 Torbjörn Runesson 1 17 Lars-Göran Däldebring 0

22 May, Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping Pos Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 15 2 Bernt Persson 14 3 Ove Fundin 13 4 Per-Olof Söderman 12 5 Jan Simensen 10 6 Hans Johansson 9 7 Runo Wedin 9 8 Käll Haage 8 9 Göran Jansson 8 10 Anders Jansson 8 11 Leif Söderberg 5 12 Lars Jennefors 4 13 Lars Åhnström 1 14 Benny Ekberg 1 15 Olle Åhnström 0

British/Commonwealth qualifying

• Top 32 to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
25 April	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Bruce Cribb	Peter Vandenberg
25 April	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Ronnie Moore	Wayne Briggs	Terry Betts
25 April	Hyde Road, Manchester	Chris Pusey	Tommy Roper	Cyril Maidment
27 April	Brough Park, Newcastle	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey	Rick Timmo
27 April	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Ivan Mauger	Bob Kilby	Martin Ashby
28 April	West Ham Stadium, London	Ivan Mauger	Bob Kilby	Charlie Monk
28 April	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	Ray Wilson	John Boulger	Graham Plant
29 April	Wimborne Road, Poole	Trevor Hedge	Pete Smith	Gordon Guasco
30 April	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Eric Boocock	Ronnie Moore	Trevor Hedge
30 April	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Jim Airey	Les Sharpe	Nigel Boocock
30 April	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Jim McMillan	John Boulger	Tony Clarke
1 May	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Nigel Boocock	Martin Ashby	Norman Hunter
1 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Barry Briggs	Ronnie Moore	Jimmy Gooch
1 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Colin McKee	Jim McMillan
1 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Bill Andrew	Norman Strachan	Jim Airey
2 May	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Barry Briggs	Bob Kilby	Ray Wilson
2 May	The Shay, Halifax	Arnold Haley	Les Sharpe	Eric Boocock
2 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Colin Pratt	Bob Andrews	Jack Biggs
13 May	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Ken McKinlay	Rick France

Second round

Norwegian qualifying 15 October 1969 Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen Top 2 (+2 seeded) to Nordic final 1970 Pos. Rider Points 1 Reidar Eide 15 2 Oyvind S. Berg 14 3 Edgar Stangeland 12 4 Per Aulie 12 5 Dag Lövaas 11 6 Einar Egedius 8 7 Nils Otto Haraldsen 7 8 Jon Hovind 7 9 Hans Olav Schia 6 10 Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland 5

Finnish qualifying (top 7) (2 rounds) 1 Aug & ?? 1969 Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti First to Nordic final 1970 Pos. Rider Points Total 1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+8 16 2 Matti Olin 6+6 12 3 Timo Laine 4+1 5 4 Jorma Taipale 0+4 4 5 Olavi Turunen 1+3 4 6 Reima Lohkovuori 2+2 4 7 Jouko Naskali 3+0 3

Swedish semi-finals

25 May, Ryavallen, Borås Top 4 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 14 2 Anders Michanek 14 3 Olle Nygren 14 4 Bengt Larsson 12 5 Per-Olof Söderman 10 6 Käll Haage 10 7 Lars Jansson 10 8 Leif Enecrona 9 9 Conny Samuelsson 9 10 Sven-Inge Svensson 5 11 Karl-Erik Claesson 5 12 Rolf Johansson 4 13 Sigvard Johansson 4 14 Hans Johansson 3 15 Åke Andersson 1 16 Bo Magnusson 0 17 Egon Stengarn (res) 0

28 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg Top 4 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ove Fundin 14 2 Göte Nordin 14 3 Bengt Brannefors 13 4 Bengt Jansson 12 5 Bo Josefsson 10 6 Therje Henriksson 9 7 Bernt Persson 9 8 Jan Simensen 9 9 Bengt Svensson 6 10 Christer Löfqvist 6 11 Tommy Bergqvist 5 12 Runo Wedin 5 13 Sven Sigurd 3 14 Tommy Johansson 3 15 Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res) 2 16 Lennart Michanek 1 17 Bengt Andersson 1

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
9 May	Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen	Jan Holub I	Valery Gordeev	Peter Liebing
10 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Václav Verner	Jaroslav Volf	Viktor Trofimov
10 May	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz	Vladimir Gordeev	Zdenek Majstr	Jochen Dinse
10 May	Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb	Pavel Mares	Boris Cehanovich	Jürgen Hehlert

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

19 May Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ivan Mauger 15 2 Ronnie Moore 14 3 Howard Cole 12 4 Nigel Boocock 10 5 Trevor Hedge 10 6 Terry Betts 10 7 Jim Airey 9 8 Arnie Haley 9 9 Bob Kilby 8 10 Reg Luckhurst 5 11 George Hunter 4 12 Bill Andrew (res) 4 13 Wayne Briggs 3 14 Cyril Maidment 2 15 John Dews 2 16 Rick Timmo 2 17 Jack Biggs 1 18 Gordon Guasco 2

21 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Barry Briggs 13 2 Jim McMillan 11 3 Ray Wilson 11 4 Roy Trigg 10 5 Charlie Monk 10 6 Chris Pusey 10 7 John Boulger 9 8 Martin Ashby 9 9 Bob Andrews 8 10 Tommy Roper 8 11 Les Sharpe 7 12 Ken McKinlay 4 13 Eric Boocock 3 14 Tony Clarke 3 15 Colin MCKee 2 16 Colin Pratt 2

Third round

Continental semi-finals

6 June Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Valerij Klementiev 15 2 Vladimir Smirnov 11 3 Yury Dubinin 10 4 Viktor Trofimov 10 5 Jiří Štancl 10 6 Hans Jürgen Fritz 9 7 Nikołaj Aksenov 9 8 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 9 Antonín Šváb Sr. 8 10 Václav Verner 8 11 Jaroslav Volf 5 12 Viktor Pavlov 5 13 Jan Holub I 5 14 Hans Martens 2 15 Peter Liebing 1 16 Pal Perenyi 0

7 June Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Gennadij Kurilenko 14 2 Valerij Gordeev 12 3 Vladimir Kononovich 11 4 Viktor Kalmykov 11 5 Zdeněk Majstr 10 6 Jürgen Hehlert 10 7 Dieter Tetzlaff 10 8 Boris Cehanovich 9 9 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 7 10 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 6 11 Josef Bössner 5 12 Jochen Dinse 4 13 Miloslav Verner 4 14 Jurij Lambotskij 1 15 Pavel Mareš dns 16 Frantisek Ledecky dns

British/Commonwealth Final

• 9 June 1970
• West Ham Stadium, London
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

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
1	(13) Ivan Mauger	14				2	3							3		3					3		14	1
2	(4) Ronnie Moore	13	3							3				2				2				3	13	2
3	(3) Roy Trigg	12+3	1						3				3				3				2		12	3
4	(2) Arnold Haley	12+2	2					3				3				2				2			12	4
5	(6) Barry Briggs	10		3				0			3							3			1		10	5
6	(16) Trevor Hedge	9				3				1	2						2			1			9	6
7	(7) Jim Airey	8		0					1					1	3					3			8	7
8	(14) John Boulger	8				1		2					1		2							2	8	8
9	(11) Nigel Boocock	7			3				2		0					1						1	7	9
10	(12) Chris Pusey	6			2					2		2			0						0		6	10
11	(1) Charlie Monk	5	0				2				1				1				1				5	11
12	(8) Martin Ashby	5		1						0			2			0			2				5	12
13	(10) Ray Wilson	5			0			1						0			1		3				5	13
14	(5) Howard Cole	2		2			0					0					0					0	2	14
15	(9) Terry Betts	2			1		1						0					0		X			2	15
16	(15) Jim McMillan	2				0			0			1						1	0				2	16
	(17) Bob Kilby	0																					0
	(18) Tommy Roper	0																					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

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

Nordic Final

• 4 June 1970
• Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

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
	(7) Göte Nordin	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(2) Sören Sjösten	12	3					3				3				1				2			12	2
	(12) Anders Michanek	11			3					1		2			2						3		11	3
4	(13) Bengt Larsson	10				1	3							2		3					1		10	4
5	(3) Reidar Eide	10	2						2				3				1				2		10	5
6	(5) Ove Fundin	9		2			E					1					3					3	9	6
7	(16) Ole Olsen	9				3				T	3						2			1			9	7
8	(11) Bengt Jansson	9			2				1		2					2						2	9	8
9	(8) Øyvind Berg	8		1						2			2			0			3				8	9
10	(4) Odd Fossengen	7	1							3				1				1				1	7	10
11	(6) Bengt Brannefors	6		0				2			1							3			0		6	11
12	(15) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	6				2			0			0						2	2				6	12
13	(1) Niels Weis Sorensen	3	F				2				0				1				0				3	13
14	(9) Dag Lovaas	3			1		1						1					0		0			3	14
15	(14) Olle Nygren	1				0		1					0		0							0	1	15
16	(10) Matti Olin	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	21

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

Fourth round

British Nordic Final

• 1 July 1970
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry
• First 8 to European Final

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
	(2) Sören Sjösten	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1
	(13) Ole Olsen	13				2	3							3		2					3		13	2
	(14) Barry Briggs	12				3		2					1		3							3	12	3
4	(11) Ronnie Moore	11			3				3		3					0						2	11	4
5	(3) Ivan Mauger	10	0						2				3				3				2		10	5
6	(5) Jim Airey	10		3			1					3					2					1	10	6
7	(1) Bengt Jansson	10	2				2				2				1				3				10	7
8	(4) Anders Michanek	9	1							3				2				3				0	9	8
9	(9) Ove Fundin	7			1		0						2					2		2			7	9
10	(7) Trevor Hedge	6		1					1					1	2					1			6	10
11	(12) John Boulger	4			2					0		1			0						1		4	11
12	(16) Arnold Haley	4				0				2	1						1			0			4	12
13	(8) Göte Nordin	4		2						1			0			1			E				4	13
14	(10) Reidar Eide	3			F			1						0			0		2				3	14
15	(15) Roy Trigg	2				1			0			0						0	1				2	15
16	(6) Bengt Larsson	1		0				0			0							1			0		1	16
R1	(R1) Nigel Boocock	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Øyvind Berg	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

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

Continental Final

• 2 June 1970
• Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg
• First 8 to European Final

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
	(9) Hans Jürgen Fritz	10			2		3						3					2					10	1
	(10) Valeri Klementiev	9			3			2						1			3						9	2
	(7) Zdenek Majstr	8		2					3					3	0								8	3
4	(15) Yury Dubinin	8				3			0			2						3					8	4
5	(1) Gennady Kurilenko	8	2				1				3				2								8	5
6	(2) Vladimir Kononovich	7	3					1				0				3							7	6
7	(12) Vladimir Gordeev	6			0					0		3			3								6	7
8	(16) Viktor Kalmykov	6				0				3	1						2						6	8
9	(5) Jiri Stancl	6		3			2					1					0						6	9
10	(11) Grigory Khlinovsky	6			1				2		2					1							6	10
11	(14) Dieter Tetzlaff	6				2		3					0		1								6	11
12	(8) Jürgen Hehlert	5		0						1			2			2							5	12
13	(13) Boris Cehanovich	4				1	0							2		1							4	13
14	(6) Nikolay Aksenov	1		1				0			0							0					1	14
15	(4) Nikolay Smirnov	0	F							-				-				-					0	15
16	(3) Viktor Trofimov	0	F						-				-				-						0	16
R1	(R1) Antonín Šváb Sr.	4	1						1				1				1						4	R1
R2	(R2) Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	3	0							2				0				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

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

Fifth round

European Final

• 20 July 1970
• Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad
• First 10 to World Final

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
	(4) Ivan Mauger	14	2							3				3				3				3	14	1
	(1) Vladimir Gordeev	11	3				0				3				2				3				11	2
	(10) Gennady Kurilenko	11			1			3						2			3		2				11	3
4	(12) Sören Sjösten	11			2					2		3			3						1		11	4
5	(5) Ole Olsen	11		2			3					2					2					2	11	5
6	(11) Barry Briggs	10			3				3		1					3						0	10	6
7	(3) Anders Michanek	9	0						2				3				1				3		9	7
8	(2) Valeri Klementiev	8	1					2				1				1				3			8	8
9	(15) Trevor Hedge	6				3			0			0						2	1				6	9
10	(13) Yury Dubinin	6				2	2							0		2					0		6	10
11	(7) Ronnie Moore	5		3					1					1	F					-			5	11
12	(6) Hans Jürgen Fritz	5		0				1			2							0			2		5	12
13	(14) Vladimir Kononovich	5				1		0					2		1							1	5	13
14	(9) Viktor Kalmykov	5			0		1						1					1		2			5	14
15	(8) Jim Airey	2		1						1			0			0			0				2	15
16	(16) Zdenek Majstr	1				0				0	0						0			1			1	16
R1	(R1) Bengt Jansson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Yury Lombockiy	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

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

Polish qualifying

• 6 seeded to World Final
• 1 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, 14 Jun; 2 Hasiok, Świętochłowice, 16 June; 3 Rybnik Municipal Stadium, 26 Jun; 4 Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, 3 Jul,; 5 Stadion żużlowy Gorzów, 10 Jul; 6 Stadion Kolejarz, Opole, 31 Jul; 7 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, 7 Aug; 8 Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk, 9 Aug

Pos.	Rider	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Jan Mucha	6	14	12	13	12	8	6	13	72
2	Pawel Waloszek	9	12	11	6	12	11	12	13	71
3	Andrzej Wyglenda	8	12	9	14	14	5	10	9	68
4	Antoni Woryna	9	5	14	10	8	12	10	5	63
5	Henryk Glucklich	12	9	3	9	9	6	12	7	58
6	Jerzy Szczakiel	11	12	8	11	6	7	3	ns	58
7	Zygfryd Friedek	7	7	9	7	10	12	11	ns	56
8	Jozef Jarmula	6	11	10	8	6	6	ns	13	54
9	Stanislaw Kasa	10	4	8	9	8	7	7	6	49
10	Edmund Migoś	7	4	5	9	7	9	11	1	48
11	Zygmunt Pytko	7	3	8	3	ns	7	10	+0	38
12	Stanislaw Skowron	6	4	5	3	0	11	6	ns	35
13	Henryk Żyto	8	8	4	5	ns	5	0	4	34
14	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	0	7	7	0	5	ns	ns	12	31
15	Piotr Bruzda	7	2	2	1	7	5	3	5	29
16	Stanisław Tkocz	5	4	5	9	3	ns	ns	ns	26
17	Zbigniew Podlecki	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	2	5	11	18
18	Jerzy Gryt	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	6	5	ns	11
19	Wiktor Waloszek	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	3	7	10
20	Jerzy Padewski	ns	ns	ns	ns	8	ns	ns	ns	8
21	Leszek Marsz	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	8	8

World Final

• 6 September 1970
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław^[10]

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
	(10) Ivan Mauger	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(16) Paweł Waloszek	14				3				3	3						2			3			14	2
	(1) Antoni Woryna	13	3				3				2				3				2				13	3
4	(15) Sören Sjösten	9				2			3			1						3	0				9	4
5	(2) Henryk Glücklich	9	2					2				3				2				0			9	5
6	(13) Valeri Klementiev	8				0	1							1		3					3		8	6
7	(11) Barry Briggs	7			2				1		0					1						3	7	7
8	(14) Andrzej Wyglenda	7				1		0					3		2							1	7	8
9	(4) Anders Michanek	7	0							1				2				2				2	7	9
10	(7) Ole Olsen	6		3					2					0	E					1			6	10
11	(9) Jan Mucha	6			1		2						0					1		2			6	11
12	(3) Hans Jürgen Fritz	5	1						0				1				1				2		5	12
13	(6) Vladimir Gordeev	5		2				1			1							0			1		5	13
14	(12) Gennady Kurilenko	2			F					2		F			-						-		2	14
15	(8) Zygfryd Friedek	2		F						0			2			F			-				2	15
16	(5) Trevor Hedge	0		E			E					F					R					-	0	16
R1	(R1) Edmund Migoś	4										2			1				1		F	0	4	R1
R2	(R2) Jerzy Szczakiel	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

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