1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.


Overseas Series

Scandinavian Final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Sweden Ove Fundin 3,3,3,3,3 15
2 Sweden Bjorn Knutsson 12
3 Sweden Gote Nordin 12
4 Norway Sverre Hartfeldt 11
5 Sweden Arne Carlsson 9
6 Sweden Per-Tage Svensson 9
7 Sweden Bernt Nilsson 9
8 Sweden Per-Olaf Soderman 8
9 Sweden Goran Norlen 8
10 Finland Timo Laine 8
11 Sweden Rune Sormander 7
12 Sweden GSoren Sjosten 5
13 Sweden Leif Larsson 3
14 Sweden Ake Andersson 2
15 Denmark Knut W.Petersen 1
16 Sweden Olle Nygren 0
R1 Denmark Arne Pander 0

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
Sweden (8) Bjorn Knutsson 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
Sweden (5) Ove Fundin 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
Sweden (2) Per-Olof Soderman 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 3
4 Sweden (1) Arne Carlsson 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 4
5 Soviet Union (11) Boris Samorodov 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 5
6 Norway (14) Sverre Harrfeldt 9 F 3 1 3 2 9 6
7 Sweden (7) Gote Nordin 9 2 2 0 2 3 9 7
8 Sweden (16) Per-Tage Svensson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 8
9 Czechoslovakia (3) Antonín Kasper, Sr. 8 1 1 2 2 2 8 9
10 Poland (13) Henryk Zyto 7 1 X 3 0 3 7 10
11 Soviet Union (6) Igor Plechanov 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 11
12 Sweden (4) Bernt Nilsson 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 12
13 Poland (12) Stanislaw Tkocz 4 2 0 1 F 1 4 13
14 Poland (15) Marian Kaiser 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 14
15 Czechoslovakia (9) Lubos Tomicek, Sr. 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 15
16 Poland (10) Joachim Maj 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 16
R1 East Germany (R1) Josef Hoffmeister 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

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
Sweden (9) Ove Fundin 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
Sweden (8) Björn Knutsson 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
New Zealand (12) Barry Briggs 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 3
4 Soviet Union (11) Boris Samorodov 11 0 3 3 2 3 11 4
5 Sweden (13) Göte Nordin 10 3 2 3 1 1 10 5
6 Norway (3) Sverre Harrfeldt 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 6
7 England (1) Nigel Boocock 8 3 1 1 2 1 8 7
8 Wales (16) Leo McAuliffe 7 2 E 2 3 0 7 8
9 England (10) Ron How 7 2 3 F F 2 7 9
10 England (6) Peter Craven 6 3 1 F 2 0 6 10
11 Australia (7) Peter Moore 6 1 1 1 1 2 6 11
12 Sweden (5) Per Olof Söderman 5 0 0 2 1 2 5 12
13 England (4) Dick Fisher 5 1 1 2 0 1 5 13
14 England (2) Jim Lightfoot 4 E 2 1 0 1 4 14
15 Sweden (14) Per Tage Svensson 1 1 F 0 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (15) Arne Carlsson 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1 England (R1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Ron Mountford 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

References

  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5