1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

Björn Knutson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.

First round
Qualification results.

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Norwegian qualifying

 * 25 October 1964
 * 🇳🇴 Kadettangen, Sandvika
 * Top 5 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965
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Finnish qualifying

 * 28 August 1964
 * 🇫🇮 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
 * Top 3 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1965
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Swedish qualifying

 * Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

Continental qualifying

 * Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

British & Commonwealth preliminary round

 * Top 11 riders to qualifying round

British & Commonwealth qualifying round

 * Top 32 to British semi-finals

Nordic Final

 * 28 June 1965
 * 🇳🇴 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
 * First 8 to European Final

Continental Final

 * 13 June 1965
 * 🇵🇱 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
 * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

British & Commonwealth Final

 * 31 August 1965
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Ham Stadium, London
 * first 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

European Final

 * 26 June 1965
 * Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slany
 * First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

World Final

 * 18 September 1965
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wembley Stadium, London