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.
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.
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.Swedish qualifying
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals
British/Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 to British semi-finals
Second round
Norwegian qualifying
- 15 October 1969
- Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen
- Top 2 to Nordic final 1970
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Reidar Eide | 15 |
| 2 | Oyvind S. Berg | 14 |
| 3 | Edgar Stangeland | 12 |
| 4 | Per Aulie | 12 |
| 5 | Dag Lövaas | 11 |
| 6 | Einar Egedius | 8 |
| 7 | Nils Otto Haraldsen | 7 |
| 8 | Jon Hovind | 7 |
| 9 | Hans Olav Schia | 6 |
| 10 | Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland | 5 |
Finnish qualifying (top 7)
- 1 Aug & ?? 1969
- Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
- First to Nordic final 1970
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Total |
| 1 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 8+8 | 16 |
| 2 | Matti Olin | 6+6 | 12 |
| 3 | Timo Laine | 4+1 | 5 |
| 4 | Jorma Taipale | 0+4 | 4 |
| 5 | Olavi Turunen | 1+3 | 4 |
| 6 | Reima Lohkovuori | 2+2 | 4 |
| 7 | Jouko Naskali | 3+0 | 3 |
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
| Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||
| 9 May |  Third roundBritish/Commonwealth Final
Nordic Final
Fourth roundBritish Nordic Final
Continental Final
Fifth roundEuropean Final
Polish qualifying
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