# 1962 Motocross World Championship

The 1962 Motocross World Championship was the 6th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
The FIM upgraded the 250cc European Motocross Championship to World Championship status for the 1962 season.

## Summary

The Husqvarna team's Rolf Tibblin won five Grand Prix races en route to claiming the first 500cc motocross world championship of his career. Swedish competitors dominated the championship with Swedes taking the top five places in the championship.
Husqvarna also triumphed in the new 250cc motocross world championship with Torsten Hallman winning his first world title ahead of BSA teammates Jeff Smith and Arthur Lampkin. The Greeves factory chose not to compete in the new championship, keeping two-time European motocross champion, Dave Bickers, at home to compete in the British championship. However, Bickers did compete in the British round of the 250cc motocross World Championship, claiming the victory at the British Grand Prix. Future six-time World Champion Joël Robert makes his first World Championship appearance with a fourth place at the 250cc Swiss Grand Prix. The ČZ factory takes its first victory when factory sponsored Vlastimil Valek wins the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix, heralding a decade of dominance by the Czechoslovakian manufacturer.

## Grands Prix
### 500cc

| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Overall Winner | Report |
| 1 | April 15 | Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf | Rolf Tibblin | Ove Lundell | Rolf Tibblin | Report |
| 2 | May 20 | French Grand Prix | Pernes-les-Fontaines | Rolf Tibblin | Rolf Tibblin | Rolf Tibblin | Report |
| 3 | June 3 | Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | Gunnar Johansson | Rolf Tibblin | Gunnar Johansson | Report |
| 4 | June 10 | Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Gunnar Johansson | Bill Nilsson | Rolf Tibblin | Report |
| 5 | June 24 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | Přerov | Gunnar Johansson | Ove Lundell | Gunnar Johansson | Report |
| 6 | July 1 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Rolf Tibblin | Rolf Tibblin | Rolf Tibblin | Report |
| 7 | July 29 | Dutch Grand Prix | Lichtenvoorde | Gunnar Johansson | Rolf Tibblin | Rolf Tibblin | Report |
| 8 | August 5 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | Gunnar Johansson | John Burton | John Burton | Report |
| 9 | August 12 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Bill Nilsson | Gunnar Johansson | Bill Nilsson | Report |
| 10 | August 19 | Swedish Grand Prix | Knutstorp | Jeff Smith | Bill Nilsson | Jeff Smith | Report |
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### 250cc

| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Overall Winner | Report |
| 1 | February 26 | Spanish Grand Prix | Ruta | Don Rickman | Jeff Smith | Arthur Lampkin | Report |
| 2 | April 8 | Swiss Grand Prix | Lausanne | Arthur Lampkin | Jeff Smith | Jeff Smith | Report |
| 3 | April 29 | Belgian Grand Prix | Loppem | Torsten Hallman | Arthur Lampkin | Arthur Lampkin | Report |
| 4 | May 6 | French Grand Prix | Saint Quentin | Torsten Hallman | Jeff Smith | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 5 | May 20 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | Divoká Šárka | Vlastimil Valek | Vlastimil Valek | Vlastimil Valek | Report |
| 6 | May 27 | Polish Grand Prix | Katowice-Zabrze | Jeff Smith | Jeff Smith | Jeff Smith | Report |
| 7 | June 3 | Dutch Grand Prix | Bergharen | Jeff Smith | Jeff Smith | Jeff Smith | Report |
| 8 | June 10 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Schifflange | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 9 | June 17 | Finnish Grand Prix | Ruskeasanta | Aarno Erola | Jeff Smith | Aarno Erola | Report |
| 10 | June 24 | Russian Grand Prix | Leningrad | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 11 | July 1 | West German Grand Prix | Bielstein | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 12 | July 8 | Italian Grand Prix | Gallarate | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 13 | July 15 | British Grand Prix | Glastonbury | Dave Bickers | Dave Bickers | Dave Bickers | Report |
| 14 | September 2 | Swedish Grand Prix | Enköping | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
| 15 | September 9 | East German Grand Prix | Apolda | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Torsten Hallman | Report |
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## Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 10 500cc Grand Prix, the 6 best results are retained, and with 15 250cc Grand Prix, the 7 best results are retained.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### 500cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)
| Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT | AUT | FRA | FRA | CH | CH | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | UK | UK | NED | NED | BEL | BEL | LUX | LUX | SWE | SWE | Pts |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| 1 | Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 45 |
| 2 | Gunnar Johansson | Lito | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Sten Lundin | Lito | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Ove Lundell | Monark | 4 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Bill Nilsson | Lito | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | John Burton | BSA | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 11 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 14 |
| 7 | Jeff Smith | BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Broer Dirk | BSA | 5 | 5 | 26 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 9 | Per Olaf Persson | Monark | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | 5 |
| 9 | Lars Gustavsson | Lito | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Don Rickman | Triumph-Métisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 12 | Miloslav Soucek | ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 12 | Arthur Lampkin | BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 14 | Walter Baeten | ESO | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 14 | Hubert Scaillet | Triumph-Métisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | Ervín Krajčovič | ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 14 | Dave Bickers | Greeves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 18 | Mogens Rasmussen | BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 19 | Albert Courajod | Norton | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 19 | Gordon Blakeway | Triumph | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| - | André Chuchart | Triumph | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pierre André Rapin | BSA | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Josef Hrebecek | ESO | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Rickman | Triumph-Métisse | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Vanderbeken | Triumph | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herman De Soete | Matchless | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Karl Ingemar Larsson | Lito | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| *An FIM Jury at the Dutch Grand Prix ruled that Tibblin and Johansson should be awarded 7 points each by combining first and second place points then dividing by two. 8+6= 14 ; 14/2 = 7 points. Sources: ||||||||||||||||||||||||

### 250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)
| Pos | Rider | Machine | ESP | ESP | CH | CH | BEL | BEL | FRA | FRA | CZE | CZE | POL | POL | NED | NED | LUX | LUX | FIN | FIN | USSR | USSR | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | UK | UK | SWE | SWE | GDR | GDR | Pts |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| 1 | Torsten Hallman | Husqvarna | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| 2 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 48 |
| 3 | Arthur Lampkin | BSA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 17 | - | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 |
| 4 | Vlastimil Valek | ČZ | - | - | 4 | 28 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Karel Pilar | ČZ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 6 | Aarno Erola | Husqvarna | 4 | - | 27 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 7 | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | - | - | 5 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 8 | Olle Pettersson | Husqvarna | - | - | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 8 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| 9 | Lanfranco Angelini | Aermacchi | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 10 | Dave Bickers | Greeves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 11 | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | Fritz Selling | Greeves | 2 | - | 19 | 7 | - | - | 16 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 13 | Christoph Specht | Maico | 8 | - | - | - | 15 | 11 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 14 | Andrei Dezhinov | ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 4 |
| 14 | Igor Grigoriev | Kovrovec | - | - | 11 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 9 | 7 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 14 | Joël Robert | Greeves | - | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | - | 11 | 5 | - | - | 8 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 4 |
| 17 | Ernst Wolff | MZ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 17 | Sivert Eriksson | Husqvarna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | Alan Clough | Dot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | Stig Rickardsson | Husqvarna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | 5 | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | Rainis Resetniks | ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 18 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | Oriol Puig Bulto | Bultaco | 11 | 3 | 15 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | Nic Jansen | Greeves | - | - | 26 | 8 | - | 7 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 13 | 9 | - | - | 3 |
| 24 | Vladimír Dubšík | ČZ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | Don Rickman | Bultaco-Métisse | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 24 | André Piron | Greeves | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 24 | Simon Schram | Maico | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 24 | Frantisek Ron | Jawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 24 | Tore Lundby | Husqvarna | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 24 | Franck Lucas | Greeves | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 31 | Jan Johansson | Husqvarna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | Sergei Kaduskin | ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | Jan Blomqvist | Husqvarna | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 14 | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | Gerhard Stauch | Maico | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| - | Paul Friedrichs | MZ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | 4 | - | 0 |
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