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]

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

British/Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 AprilBrandon Stadium, CoventryNigel BoocockBruce CribbPeter Vandenberg
25 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's LynnRonnie MooreWayne BriggsTerry Betts
25 AprilHyde Road, ManchesterChris PuseyTommy RoperCyril Maidment
27 AprilBrough Park, NewcastleBarry BriggsJim AireyRick Timmo
27 AprilCounty Ground Stadium, ExeterIvan MaugerBob KilbyMartin Ashby
28 AprilWest Ham Stadium, LondonIvan MaugerBob KilbyCharlie Monk
28 AprilLeicester Stadium, LeicesterRay WilsonJohn BoulgerGraham Plant
29 AprilWimborne Road, PooleTrevor HedgePete SmithGordon Guasco
30 AprilWimbledon Stadium, LondonEric BoocockRonnie MooreTrevor Hedge
30 AprilOwlerton Stadium, SheffieldJim AireyLes SharpeNigel Boocock
30 AprilOxford Stadium, OxfordJim McMillanJohn BoulgerTony Clarke
1 MayMonmore Green, WolverhamptonNigel BoocockMartin AshbyNorman Hunter
1 MayHackney Wick Stadium, LondonBarry BriggsRonnie MooreJimmy Gooch
1 MayHampden Park, GlasgowCharlie MonkColin McKeeJim McMillan
1 MaySomerton Park, NewportBill AndrewNorman StrachanJim Airey
2 MayAbbey Stadium, SwindonBarry BriggsBob KilbyRay Wilson
2 MayThe Shay, HalifaxArnold HaleyLes SharpeEric Boocock
2 MayDudley Wood Stadium, DudleyColin PrattBob AndrewsJack Biggs
13 MayBrandon Stadium, CoventryNigel BoocockKen McKinlayRick France

Second round

Norwegian qualifying

Pos.RiderPoints
1Reidar Eide15
2Oyvind S. Berg14
3Edgar Stangeland12
4Per Aulie12
5Dag Lövaas11
6Einar Egedius8
7Nils Otto Haraldsen7
8Jon Hovind7
9Hans Olav Schia6
10Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland5

Finnish qualifying (top 7)

Pos.RiderPointsTotal
1Kalevi Lahtinen8+816
2Matti Olin6+612
3Timo Laine4+15
4Jorma Taipale0+44
5Olavi Turunen1+34
6Reima Lohkovuori2+24
7Jouko Naskali3+03

Swedish semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Sören Sjösten14
2Anders Michanek14
3Olle Nygren14
4Bengt Larsson12
5Per-Olof Söderman10
6Käll Haage10
7Lars Jansson10
8Leif Enecrona9
9Conny Samuelsson9
10Sven-Inge Svensson5
11Karl-Erik Claesson5
12Rolf Johansson4
13Sigvard Johansson4
14Hans Johansson3
15Åke Andersson1
16Bo Magnusson0
17Egon Stengarn (res)0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Ove Fundin14
2Göte Nordin14
3Bengt Brannefors13
4Bengt Jansson12
5Bo Josefsson10
6Therje Henriksson9
7Bernt Persson9
8Jan Simensen9
9Bengt Svensson6
10Christer Löfqvist6
11Tommy Bergqvist5
12Runo Wedin5
13Sven Sigurd3
14Tommy Johansson3
15Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res)2
16Lennart Michanek1
17Bengt Andersson1

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

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Ivan Mauger15
2 Ronnie Moore14
3 Howard Cole12
4 Nigel Boocock10
5 Trevor Hedge10
6 Terry Betts10
7 Jim Airey9
8 Arnie Haley9
9 Bob Kilby8
10 Reg Luckhurst5
11 George Hunter4
12 Bill Andrew (res)4
13 Wayne Briggs3
14 Cyril Maidment2
15 John Dews2
16 Rick Timmo2
17 Jack Biggs1
18 Gordon Guasco2
  • 21 May
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Barry Briggs13
2 Jim McMillan11
3 Ray Wilson11
4 Roy Trigg10
5 Charlie Monk10
6 Chris Pusey10
7 John Boulger9
8 Martin Ashby9
9 Bob Andrews8
10 Tommy Roper8
11 Les Sharpe7
12 Ken McKinlay4
13 Eric Boocock3
14 Tony Clarke3
15 Colin MCKee2
16 Colin Pratt2

Third round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Valerij Klementiev15
2 Vladimir Smirnov11
3 Yury Dubinin10
4 Viktor Trofimov10
5 Jiří Štancl10
6 Hans Jürgen Fritz9
7 Nikołaj Aksenov9
8 Grigory Khlinovsky9
9 Antonín Šváb Sr.8
10 Václav Verner8
11 Jaroslav Volf5
12 Viktor Pavlov5
13 Jan Holub I5
14 Hans Martens2
15 Peter Liebing1
16 Pal Perenyi0
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Gennadij Kurilenko14
2 Valerij Gordeev12
3 Vladimir Kononovich11
4 Viktor Kalmykov11
5 Zdeněk Majstr10
6 Jürgen Hehlert10
7 Dieter Tetzlaff10
8 Boris Cehanovich9
9 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov7
10 Gerhard Uhlenbrock6
11 Josef Bössner5
12 Jochen Dinse4
13 Miloslav Verner4
14 Jurij Lambotskij1
15 Pavel Marešdns
16 Frantisek Ledeckydns

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
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

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

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

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

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

Pos.Rider12345678Total
1 Jan Mucha614121312861372
2 Pawel Waloszek9121161211121371
3 Andrzej Wyglenda81291414510968
4 Antoni Woryna95141081210563
5 Henryk Glucklich129399612758
6 Jerzy Szczakiel1112811673ns58
7 Zygfryd Friedek7797101211ns56
8 Jozef Jarmula61110866ns1354
9 Stanislaw Kasa10489877649
10 Edmund Migoś74597911148
11 Zygmunt Pytko7383ns710+038
12 Stanislaw Skowron64530116ns35
13 Henryk Żyto8845ns50434
14 Jerzy Trzeszkowski07705nsns1231
15 Piotr Bruzda7221753529
16 Stanisław Tkocz54593nsnsns26
17 Zbigniew Podleckinsnsnsnsns251118
18 Jerzy Grytnsnsnsnsns65ns11
19 Wiktor Waloszeknsnsnsnsnsns3710
20 Jerzy Padewskinsnsnsns8nsnsns8
21 Leszek Marsznsnsnsnsnsnsns88

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
(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

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