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1961 Malmo, Sweden

Ove Fundin
Bjorn Knutsson
Gote Nordin
Barry Briggs
Bob Andrews
Ronnie Moore
Florian Kapala
Ron How
Rune Sormander
Peter Craven
Ken McKinlay
Cyril Maidment
Igor Plechanov
Ray Cresp
Stanislaw Tkocz
Mike Broadbanks
Jack Young (res)
Leif Larsson (res)

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
New Zealand
England
New Zealand
Poland
England
Sweden
England
Scotland
England
USSR
Australia
Poland
England
Australia
Sweden

14
12
12
12
10
10
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
3
3
2

1
2
3
4
5

7
8

10
11
12

14

16

3
3
2
2
2
3
0
2
2
f
3
1
1
f
0
0

3
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
1
2
f/r
0
0
1
0
1

3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0

3
f
3
2
1
2
3
1
3
0
1
2
0
f
2
1

2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
ef
0
2
2
1
0

(did not ride)

World Final Appearances

Total

Score Chart

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Heats

Time

Knutsson, Andrews, Plechanov, Kapala
Fundin, Sormander, Cresp (f), Craven (f)
McKinlay, How, Maidment, Tkocz
Moore, Nordin, Briggs, Broadbanks
How, Nordin, Cresp, Plechanov
Fundin, Andrews, Broadbanks, McKinlay (f /re)
Briggs, Kapala, Sormander, Tkocz
Knutsson, Craven, Moore, Maidment
Fundin, Moore, Plechanov, Tkocz
Briggs, Andrews, Maidment, Cresp
Craven, Kapala, How, Broadbanks
Knutsson, Nordin, McKinlay, Sormander
Sormander, Maidment, Broadbanks, Plechanov
Nordin, Tkocz, Andrews, Craven
Kapala, Moore , McKinlay, Cresp (f)
Fundin, Briggs, How, Knutsson (f)
Briggs, Plechanov, Craven, McKinlay (ef)
Andrews, Moore, Sormander, How
Nordin, Fundin, Kapala, Maidment
Knutsson, Cresp, Tkocz, Broadbanks
Knutsson beat Nordin and Briggs to decide 2nd, 3rd & 4th places

77.5s
79.1s
79.3s
78.7s
80.0s
79.2s
79.8s
78.1s
78.9s
78.7s
79.0s
78.2s
80.0s
79.8s
79.0s
79.4s
79.7s
79.7s
79.6s
79.7s
78.7s

Bob Andrews

Startgrinden har hangt sig redan i forsta heatet, Knutsson, Kapala, Andrews och Plechanov ar formodligen konfunderade ... Det blev omstart med gummiband !!!
as it appeared in MC-Nytt magazine
(can any Swedes translate for me)
(I can make out heat 1 , and tapes caught on Knutsson.)
This was the fastest race of the night.

Arriving in Sweden,
Bob, his wife Valerie and Jack Young
at top of stairs.

The first start and a failure at that. To the left Knutsson, tore the starting tapes. As can be observed on the picture the starting tapes were excessively wide but also the starting equipment failed to lift simultaneously on both sides. The photo below is that split second after.

World final appearances

1960

1961

1962