1968 Polish speedway season explained

1968 Polish speedway season
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The 1968 Polish Speedway season was the 1968 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1968 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 September at Rybnik.^[3]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Rybnik	14	(3,3,3,3,2)
2		Gorzów Wlkp.	12+3	(2,2,3,2,3)
3		Gorzów Wlkp.	12+2	(3,3,2,2,2)
4		Gorzów Wlkp.	11	(2,2,3,3,1)
5		Rybnik	10	(0,1,3,3,3)
6		Wrocław	9	(1,1,1,3,3)
7		Rybnik	9	(2,3,2,1,1)
8		Gdańsk	8	(3,2,0,2,1)
9		Świętochłowice	8	(1,3,1,2,1)
10		Gorzów Wlkp.	7	(3,1,2,1,u)
11		Wrocław	6	(1,2,0,0,3)
12		Wrocław	4	(2,0,2,0,0)
13		Tarnów	4	(1,d,0,1,2)
14		Bydgoszcz	3	(0,1,0,0,2)
15		Świętochłowice	2	(u,0,1,1,0)
16		Zielona Góra	1	(w,0,1,0,0)
17	Stanisław Skowron (res)	Opole	ns
18		Rybnik	ns

Golden Helmet

The 1968 Golden Golden Helmet (pl|Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1968 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

width=40px	Date	width=110px	Venue	Winner
19 IV	Rybnik	Antoni Woryna (Rybnik)
31 V	Wrocław	Jerzy Trzeszkowski (Wrocław)
13 VI	Tarnów	Andrzej Tanaś (Unia Tarnów)
2 VIII	Gdańsk	Konstanty Pociejkowicz (Wrocław)
16 VIII	Toruń	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)
30 VIII	Gorzów Wlkp.	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)
13 IX	Ostrów Wlkp.	Andrzej Wyglenda (Rybnik)
27 IX	Bydgoszcz	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)

Final classificationNote: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.

width=20px	Pos.	width=150px	Rider	width=170px	Club	width=50px	Total	width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px	BYD
1			74	12	11	10	7	15	14	-	12
2			61	10	2	8	10	12	9	12	-
3			58	12	6	14	8	8	8	8	8
4			56	12	5	0	9	9	7	8	11
5			55	10	11	6	5	0	9	14	-
6			54	9	12	11	11	4	-	-	7
7			53	3	8	2	10	1	13	8	11
8			53	7	9	12	7	7	10	4	8
9			48	7	6	9	5	8	9	2	9
10			46	3	7	9	5	4	12	9	1
11			43	-	8	8	6	8	7	6	0
12			40	3	15	2	10	5	3	-	4
13			36	7	8	2	7	7	4	-	3

Junior Championship

• winner - Zdzisław Dobrucki

Silver Helmet

• winner - Piotr Bruzda

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1968 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 21st edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

KS ROW Rybnik won the gold medal for the seventh consecutive season.^{[5] [6]} The team included Joachim Maj, Antoni Woryna, Andrzej Wyglenda and Stanisław Tkocz.^[7]

First League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		21	10	1	3	+203
2		19	9	1	4	+115
3		18	9	0	5	+80
4		12	6	0	8	–144
5		11	5	1	8	–39
6		10	5	0	9	–53
7		10	5	0	9	–124
8		9	4	1	9	–38

Second League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Śląsk Świętochłowice	28	14	0	2	+336
2	Unia Leszno	26	13	0	3	+241
3	Motor Lublin	22	11	0	5	+76
4	Kolejarz Opole	18	9	0	7	+13
5	Start Gniezno	16	8	0	8	–40
6	Gwardia Łódź	13	6	1	9	–17
7	Stal Toruń	11	5	1	10	–165
8	Karpaty Krosno	6	3	0	13	–222
9	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	4	2	0	14	–222

Two year tables

An additional award was given to the team that topped the league tables over a two year period.

First League 1967-1968

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		46	22	2	4	+451
2		34	17	0	11	+125
3		33	16	1	11	+129
4		26	12	2	14	–16
5		26	13	0	15	–155
6		20	10	0	18	–267
7		19	9	1	18	–112
8		18	9	0	19	–155

Second League 1967-1968

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Śląsk Świętochłowice	60	30	0	4	+697
2	Unia Leszno	48	29	0	5	+596
3	Kolejarz Opole	38	19	0	15	+109
4	Motor Lublin	36	18	0	16	–42
5	Gwardia Łódź	31	15	1	18	–8
6	Start Gniezno	30	15	0	19	–121
7	Stal Toruń	26	12	2	20	–289
8	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	24	12	0	22	–275
9	Karpaty Krosno	17	8	1	25	–439
10	Polonia Piła	4	2	0	16	–228

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 23 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1968 . Historia Speedway . 23 February 2023.
3. Web site: Polish final 1968 . WWOS Backup . 23 February 2023.
4. Web site: 1968 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 23 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1968.htm . dead .
5. Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 23 February 2023.
6. Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 3 March 2023.
7. Web site: 1968 Rybnik team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 3 March 2023.