Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Björn Knutson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.[7]
First round
Qualification results.[8][9]
Norwegian qualifying
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
1 |
Sverre Harrfeldt |
15
|
2 |
Nils Paulsen |
13
|
3 |
Per Jakob Aulie |
13
|
4 |
Knut Syrrist |
12
|
5 |
Henry Harrfeldt |
10
|
6 |
Bjarne Sorenby |
9
|
7 |
Thorbjorn Aulie |
7
|
8 |
Thorbjorn Nygaard |
7
|
9 |
Ivar A. Hoffgaard |
7
|
10 |
Johnny Faafeng |
6
|
11 |
Oyvind S. Berg |
5
|
12 |
Reidar Eide |
5
|
13 |
Svein Johansen |
3
|
14 |
Olav Aaen |
3
|
15 |
Kjell H. Helgsen |
2
|
16 |
Hans Age Trovik |
1
|
17 |
Svein Svensrud |
1
|
|
Finnish qualifying
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
1 |
Kalevi Lahtinen |
15
|
2 |
Timo Laine |
14
|
3 |
Matti Olin |
13
|
4 |
Esko Koponen |
12
|
5 |
Olavi Turunen |
10
|
6 |
Antero Salasto |
9
|
7 |
Veikko Metsahuone |
8
|
8 |
Timo Sinkkonen |
8
|
9 |
Heikki Kaprali |
6
|
10 |
Jouko Naskali |
6
|
11 |
Juhani Taipale |
5
|
12 |
Reijo Tolviander (res) |
4
|
13 |
Erkki Hannula |
3
|
14 |
Reima Lohkovuori |
3
|
15 |
Toimi Skytta (res) |
3
|
16 |
Veikko Vesa |
2
|
17 |
Martti Myllynausta |
0
|
18 |
Jarmo Bahne |
0
|
|
Swedish qualifying
- Top 16 to Nordic qualifying
|
Pos. |
Rider |
Points
|
15 |
Bengt Brannefors |
14
|
16 |
Runo Wedin |
13
|
17 |
Curt Eldh |
9
|
18 |
Sven Sigurd |
9
|
19 |
Kurt Westlund |
9
|
20 |
Hans Utterström |
6
|
21 |
Inge Gustafsson |
5
|
22 |
Arne Hansson |
4
|
23 |
Nils Ringström |
3
|
24 |
Karl-Erik Andersson |
3
|
25 |
Leif Söderberg |
1
|
26 |
Per-Tage Svensson |
0
|
27 |
Lars Jansson |
0
|
|
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
British & Commonwealth preliminary round
- Top 11 riders to qualifying round[10]
Second round
Nordic qualification