1968 Individual Speedway World Championship

1968 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.

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
New Zealand (6) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
New Zealand (5) Barry Briggs 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 2
Poland (7) Edward Jancarz 11 1 3 1 3 3 11 3 3
4 Soviet Union (9) Gennady Kurilenko 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 4 2
5 Poland (4) Paweł Waloszek 10 F 2 3 2 3 10 5
6 Sweden (12) Torbjörn Harrysson 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 6
7 Sweden (1) Anders Michanek 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 Sweden (10) Hasse Holmqvist 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 8
9 Sweden (15) Ove Fundin 7 3 0 1 0 3 7 9
10 Sweden (11) Gunnar Malmqvist 7 0 2 1 3 1 7 10
11 England (2) Martin Ashby 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 11
12 Poland (15) Antoni Woryna 5 2 1 1 1 5 12
13 Norway (8) Reidar Eide 3 0 0 2 1 F 3 13
14 Poland (3) Jerzy Trzeszkowski 3 1 0 0 2 3 14
15 Sweden (14) Bernt Persson 1 E 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 England (13) Nigel Boocock 1 1 0 0 X E 1 16
R1 Soviet Union (R1) Igor Plechanov 0 0 R1
R2 Sweden (R2) Bengt Jansson 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

References

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