The 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 24th 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 Mirror and held at Wembley. Ivan Mauger retained his title and won £1,000 in prize money. Barry Briggs finished second again after beating Sören Sjösten in a run-off for silver.[7][8]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1969 event. This time the Swedish riders were pooled with the Continental and European sections that would provide 10 riders for the World Final, while the British and Commonwealth riders would supply 6 riders for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London.

First round

Qualification results.[9][10]

Norwegian qualifying[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Reidar Eide 15
2 Oyvind S. Berg 14
3 Per Aulie 13
4 Ulf Lovaas 10
5 Einar Egedius 9
6 Odd Fossengen 9
7 Helge Langli 9
8 Jan Terje Gravningen 8
9 Thorbjorn Nygaard 8
10 Svein Kaasa 6
11 Edgar Stangeland 6
12 Sverre Holm 3
13 Kjell P. Skaeveland 3
14 Per H. Hansen 2
15 Kare Heia 2
16 Thorbjorn Olsen 2

Finnish qualifying (top 8)[edit]

Pos. Rider Points Total
1 Matti Olin 8+8 16
2 Reima Lohkovuori 6+4 10
3 Jouko Naskali 0+6 6
4 Esko Koponen 4+2 6
5 Jorma Taipale 3+0 3
6 Kauko Reima 0+3 3
7 Juhani Lappi 2+1 3
8 Olavi Tutunen 1+0 1

Swedish qualification

Continental qualifying

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
11 May West Germany Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding Poland Antoni Woryna Poland Edward Jancarz West Germany Manfred Poschenreider
11 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski Poland Zdislaw Dobrucki Soviet Union Gennady Kurilenko
11 May Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov Poland Zbigniew Podlecki Poland Paweł Waloszek
11 May East Germany Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov Poland Zygmunt Pytko East Germany Jürgen Hehlert

British/Commonwealth qualifying

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
17 May The Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Charlie Monk Reg Luckhurst
17 May Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Jim McMillan Bert Harkins Trevor Hedge
19 May Brough Park, Newcastle Eric Boocock Ray Wilson Dave Gifford
19 May County Ground Stadium, Exeter Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Tony Clarke
20 May Leicester Stadium, Leicester Martin Ashby Howard Cole John Boulger
20 May West Ham Stadium, London Norman Hunter Stan Stevens Ken McKinlay
21 May Wimborne Road, Poole Geoff Mudge Ivan Mauger Pete Smith
22 May Oxford Stadium, Oxford Eddie Reeves Pete Smith Mike Broadbanks
22 May Wimbledon, London Ronny Moore Tony Clarke Ivan Mauger
22 May Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Arnold Haley Jim Airey Nigel Boocock
23 May Somerton Park, Newport Sándor Lévai Frank Shuter Reg Luckhurst
23 May Hampden Park, Glasgow Charlie Monk Barry Briggs Jim McMillan
23 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Colin Pratt Garry Middleton Pete Smith
23 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Nigel Boocock James Bond Norman Hunter
24 May Hyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Chris Pusey
24 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Norman Hunter Coll Cottrell
1 June King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Martin Ashby
9 June Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Roy Trigg Bob Andrews James Bond
11 June Abbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Jim Airey Clive Hitch

Second round

Nordic qualification

Continental semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Antoni Woryna 13
2 Poland Zbigniew Podlecki 11
3 Poland Andrzej Wyglenda 11
4 Poland Jan Mucha 10
5 Poland Edward Jancarz 10
6 Poland Stanislaw Tkocz 9
7 Poland Pawel Waloszek 9
8 Czechoslovakia Jan Holub I 9
9 West Germany Manfred Poschenreider 8
10 Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov 7
11 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Verner 7
12 Czechoslovakia Frantisek Ledecky 7
13 East Germany Hans Jürgen Fritz 3
14 Hungary Janos Szöke 3
15 Soviet Union Vjatjeslav Baturin 2
16 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr. 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Jerzy Trzeszkowski 14
2 Poland Henryk Glucklich 13
3 Poland Andrzej Pogorzelski 11
4 Soviet Union Valerij Klementiev 11
5 Soviet Union Gennadij Kurilenko 9
6 Poland Zygmunt Pytko 9
7 Poland Zbigniew Dobrucki 9
8 Czechoslovakia Karel Průša 9
9 East Germany Gerhard Uhlenbrock 7
10 Czechoslovakia Václav Verner 6
11 Soviet Union Boris Tschechanvitsch 6
12 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf 5
13 Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov 5
14 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 4
15 East Germany Peter Liebing 2
16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Drago Perko 0

British semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 New Zealand Barry Briggs 14
2 Australia Charlie Monk 11
3 England Reg Luckhurst 11
4 Scotland Jim McMillan 10
5 England Trevor Hedge 10
6 Australia Garry Middleton 9
7 Wales Howard Cole 8
8 England Norman Hunter 8
9 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 7
10 England Arnie Haley 7
11 England James Bond 7
12 England Clive Hitch 6
13 England Cyril Maidment 5
14 Australia Jim Airey 4
15 Scotland Bert Harkins 2
16 England Colin Gooddy 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 14
2 England Ray Wilson 14
3 England Tommy Roper 12
4 England Nigel Boocock 11
5 England Roy Trigg 11
6 England Eric Boocock 11
7 Scotland Ken McKinlay 7
8 England Colin Pratt 7
9 England Martin Ashby 6
10 Australia Geoff Mudge 6
11 New Zealand Bruce Cribb 6
12 England Terry Betts 5
13 England Tony Clarke 5
14 England Pete Smith 3
15 Australia John Boulger 1
16 England Bob Andrews 1

Third round

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
1 Sweden (1) Torbjörn Harrysson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 3
2 Sweden (3) Sören Sjösten 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 Sweden (12) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 3 1
4 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 4
5 Sweden (6) Bernt Persson 10 3 2 2 2 1 10 5
6 Sweden (2) Hasse Holmqvist 10 1 1 2 3 3 10 6
7 Sweden (4) Bengt Jansson 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 7
8 Sweden (11) Per Olof Söderman 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 8
9 Sweden (8) Bo Josefsson 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 9 3
10 Sweden (13) Gunnar Malmqvist 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 10 2
11 Sweden (10) Bengt Larsson 5 1 0 1 2 1 5 11
12 Sweden (7) Jan Simensen 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 12
13 Denmark (16) Ole Olsen 2 2 0 - 0 - 2 13
14 Norway (5) Odd Fossengen 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 14
15 Sweden (9) Göte Nordin 1 0 1 0 - - 1 15
16 Sweden (15) Nils Ringstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Runo Wedin 3 1 2 3 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Bengt Svensson 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

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

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 Poland (7) Antoni Woryna 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 1
2 Poland (16) Andrzej Wyglenda 10 0 3 3 2 2 10 2
3 Poland (2) Edward Jancarz 10 3 2 3 2 0 10 3
4 Soviet Union (14) Valeri Klementiev 9 3 E 0 3 3 9 4
5 Poland (1) Henryk Glucklich 9 0 3 2 1 3 9 5
6 Poland (9) Zbigniew Podlecki 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 Poland (6) Jan Mucha 9 1 3 1 1 3 9 7
8 Poland (13) Andrzej Pogorzelski 9 2 0 2 3 2 9 8
9 Soviet Union (8) Gennady Kurilenko 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 9
10 Poland (4) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 9 2 1 3 2 1 9 10
11 Poland (5) Stanisław Tkocz 8 E 1 2 3 2 8 11
12 Czechoslovakia (15) Jan Holub I 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 12
13 Poland (3) Paweł Waloszek 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 13
14 Poland (10) Zygmunt Pytko 3 2 1 E 0 E 3 14
15 Poland (12) Zdislaw Dobrucki 0 F 0 E E E 0 15
16 Czechoslovakia (11) Karel Prusa 0 E 0 E - - 0 16
R1 East Germany (R1) Gerhard Ulenbrock 0 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

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/Commonwealth 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
1 New Zealand (9) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (3) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 3
3 New Zealand (6) Ronnie Moore 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 2
4 New Zealand (2) Ivan Mauger 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4
5 Scotland (4) Ken McKinlay 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 5
6 Wales (11) Howard Cole 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 6
7 England (16) Arnold Haley 8 3 2 1 2 X 8 7 3
8 England (7) Eric Boocock 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9 Australia (13) Garry Middleton 8 2 2 3 1 T 8 9 1
10 Australia (10) Charlie Monk 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 10
11 England (8) Martin Ashby 4 0 1 1 X 2 4 11
12 England (5) Trevor Hedge 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 12
13 Scotland (14) Jim McMillan 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 13
14 England (15) Colin Pratt 3 E T 2 0 1 3 14
15 England (1) Ray Wilson 3 1 F 1 1 0 3 15
16 England (12) Roy Trigg 1 0 E 0 0 1 1 16
R1 England (R1) James Bond 0 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Clive Hitch 0 0 R2
R3 England (R3) Martin Ashby 0 0 R3
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

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 21
1 Soviet Union (13) Valeri Klementiev 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 Poland (15) Edward Jancarz 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 2
3 Sweden (2) Torbjörn Harrysson 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 3
4 Poland (4) Andrzej Pogorzelski 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (5) Andrzej Wyglenda 9 3 1 1 1 3 9 5
6 Sweden (3) Sören Sjösten 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 6
7 Poland (16) Henryk Glucklich 8 1 0 1 3 3 8 7
8 Sweden (6) Hasse Holmqvist 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 8
9 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 9
10 Poland (8) Jan Mucha 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11 Poland (14) Zbigniew Podlecki 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 11
12 Sweden (11) Bengt Jansson 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 12
13 Poland (1) Antoni Woryna 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 13
14 Sweden (12) Bernt Persson 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 14
15 Norway (10) Reidar Eide 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 15
16 Sweden (9) Per Olof Söderman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 21
1 New Zealand (11) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 New Zealand (16) Barry Briggs 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 2 3
3 Sweden (5) Sören Sjösten 11 3 F 2 3 3 11 3 2
4 England (2) Nigel Boocock 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 4
5 Sweden (9) Hasse Holmqvist 10 2 1 3 2 2 10 5
6 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 9 1 1 1 3 3 9 6
7 Sweden (7) Ove Fundin 9 2 2 2 3 0 9 7
8 Scotland (13) Ken McKinlay 7 1 3 3 0 0 7 8
9 Poland (14) Andrzej Pogorzelski 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 9
10 Poland (3) Jan Mucha 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 10
11 New Zealand (15) Ronnie Moore 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 11
12 Poland (8) Henryk Glücklich 5 0 0 0 2 3 5 12
13 Soviet Union (12) Valeri Klementiev 4 0 3 X F 1 4 13
14 Sweden (1) Torbjörn Harrysson 4 2 2 F - - 4 14
15 Poland (4) Andrzej Wyglenda 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Wales (10) Howard Cole 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Poland (R1) Zbigniew Podlecki 3 1 2 3 R1
R2 England (R2) Arnold Haley 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

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

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