1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.

First Round

Qualification results.

Norwegian qualifying

25 June 1959
Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
Top 7 to Nordic qualification 1960

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Aage Hansen	15
2	Rolf Westerberg	14
3	Thorbjorn Nygaard	12
4	Reidar Kristoffersen	10
5	Roger Steen	10
6	Oddvar Kristiansen	9
7	Arne Kristiansen	9
8	Oystein Mellerud	8
9	Tore Melbye	6
10	Roger Hansen	5
11	Sverre Harrfeldt	5
12	Egil H. Kruke	4
13	Gunnar Skjetne	4
14	Egil Bratvold	2
15	Per Aulie	2
16	Svein Johnsen	2

Finnish qualifying

27 July 1959
Eteläpuisto, Tampere
First 2 to Nordic qualification 1960

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Pertti Mikkola	15
2	Kalevi Lahtinen	13
3	Olavi Turunen	13
4	Timo Laine	9
5	Raimo Orastie	9
6	Aulis Lehtonen	9
7	Antti Mattila	8
8	Esko Koponen	7
9	Yrjo Vuori	7
10	Antero Salasto	7
11	Pertti Petersohn	6
12	Valle Seliverstov	5
13	Martti Assinen	4
14	Heikki Sorri	3
15	Nils Staaf	3
16	Martti Koivuoja	2

Second round

British & Commonwealth qualifying

Top 64 riders to British second round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 June	Owlerton Stadium	Dennis Newton	Eric Hockaday	Tink Maynard
4 June	Sun Street Stadium	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst	Alan Smith
4 June	Old Meadowbank	Guy Allott	Gil Goldfinch	Tony Robinson
6 June	Stanley Stadium	Peter Vandenberg	Ken Adams	Nick Nicholls
10 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Reg Reeves	Alan Smith	Stan Stevens
10 June	Knowle Stadium	Ernie Baker	Johnny Hole	Maury Mattingley
11 June	Dudley Wood Stadium	Maury Mattingley	Reg Reeves	Gil Goldfinch
11 June	Odsal Stadium	Charlie Barsby	Danny Dunton	Ken Adams
15 June	Wimborne Road	Dennis Newton	Ron Taylor	Alan Kidd

Third round

Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Second round

To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 July	Hyde Road	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
2 July	Abbey Stadium	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbank
4 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Banister Court Stadium	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliott
6 July	New Cross Stadium	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Foxhall Stadium	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
7 July	Oxford Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Ronnie Genz	Les McGillivray
8 July	Leicester Stadium	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Brandon Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Les Owen
9 July	The Firs Stadium	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson

Nordic Final

16 June 1960
Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.

Rider

Heat Scores

Total

Continental Final

3 July 1960
Stadion Wien, Vienna
First 8 to European Final

Fourth round

Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Eric Williams
13 August	Brandon Stadium	Ron How	Peter Moore	Aub Lawson
13 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven	Ken McKinlay	Bob Andrews
16 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young]	Ron How

European Final

14 August 1960
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

17 September 1960
Wembley Stadium, London,