1965 Speedway World ChampionshipPrevious1964Next1966 The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. Björn Knutsson 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.