1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
Placing Rider Total Pts Pos
( 10 ) Anders Michanek 15 15 1
( 1 ) Ivan Mauger 11 11 2
( 13 ) Sören Sjösten 11 11 3
4 ( 16 ) John Louis 9 9 4
5 ( 8 ) Bengt Jansson 9 9 5
6 ( 15 ) Peter Collins 9 9 6
7 ( 7 ) Tommy Johansson 8 8 7
8 ( 11 ) Zenon Plech 8 8 8
9 ( 4 ) Christer Löfqvist 8 8 9
10 ( 6 ) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 6 10
11 ( 12 ) Dag Lövaas 6 6 11
12 ( 5 ) Terry Betts 6 6 12
13 ( 14 ) Dave Jessup 5 5 13
14 ( 2 ) Mikhail Krasnov 3 3 14
15 ( 9 ) Ole Olsen 2 2 15
16 ( 3 ) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 16
R1 ( R1 ) Tommy Jansson 3 3 R1
R2 ( R2 ) Edward Jancarz 1 1 R2
Placing Rider Total Pts Pos
World Final
September 6 , 1974 Göteborg , Ullevi [ 2 ]
The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship. Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Göteborg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.