1972 British Speedway Championship
{{Short description|Speedway event}}
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|name = 1972 British Speedway Championship
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|date_start = 2 August 1972
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|venue = Brandon Stadium, Coventry
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|prev = 1971
|next = 1973
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The 1972 British Speedway Championship was the 12th edition of the British Speedway Championship.
{{cite web|url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/british-final-roll-of-honour/ |title=British Final Roll of Honour|publisher=BSPA |access-date=13 June 2024}} The final took place on 2 August at Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Ivan Mauger.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=13 June 2024}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981 |page=21 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}
The British Under 21 Championship was won by Allan Emmett.{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980 |publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}{{cite news |title=Speedway Row |work=Sunday Mirror
|date=25 June 1972 |access-date=9 June 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19720625/356/0041 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
British Final
- 2 August 1972, Brandon Stadium, Coventry
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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|6|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |3|3|3|2|3| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|ENG|Nigel Boocock| |3|2|2|3|2| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|4|NZL|Barry Briggs| |1|3|3|1|3| |x|3| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|ENG|John Louis| |2|1|3|3|2| |x|E| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|ENG|Eric Boocock| |2|2|1|3|2| |x|3| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|SCO|Jim McMillan| |3|1|3|0|3| |x|2| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|15|ENG|Terry Betts| |3|2|1|0|3| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|ENG|Ray Wilson| ||2|1|3|1| |x| |3i=T }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|ENG|Dave Jessup| |1|3||2|1| |x| |9i=T }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|AUS|John Boulger| |0|3|2|1|1| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|3|ENG|Martin Ashby| |2|1|2|1|0| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|ENG|Arnold Haley| |1|0|1|2|1| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|5|AUS|Garry Middleton| |1|1|0|0|2| |x| }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|ENG|Peter Collins| |0||2|1|0| |x| |5i=E }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |0||0|2|0| |x| |7i=E }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |2||0|0|0| |x| |6i=E }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|Pete Bailey| |3h=r |3p=0 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|Norman Hunter| |9h=y |9i=F }}
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British Under 21 final
- 24 June 1972, Kingsmead Stadium, Canterbury{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1972fixtures.pdf |title=1972 fixtures and results | website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=13 June 2024}}
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!width=200|Rider !width=30|Pts | |
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!1 | 14 |
| 2
| Gordon Kennett ||12 | |
| 3
|Tony Davey ||11+3 | |
| 4
| Trevor Barnwell ||11+2 | |
| 5
| Dave Piddock ||10 | |
| 6
| Alan Sage ||9 | |
| 7
| Dave Kennett ||9 | |
| 8
| Barney Kennett ||8 | |
| 9
| John Davis ||7 | |
| 10
| Roger Johns ||7 | |
| 11
| Robbie Gardener ||6 | |
| 12
| Bobby McNeil ||5 | |
| 13
| Carl Glover ||4 | |
| 14
| Frank Auffret ||4 | |
| 15
| Trevor Geer ||3 | |
| 16
| Mike Lanham (res) ||1 | |
| 17
| Phil Bass ||0 | |
| 18
| Rod Haynes (res) ||0 |