1962 Motocross World Championship

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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

500cc[5]

Pos	Rider	Machine	AUT	FRA	CH	ITA	CZE	UK	NED	BEL	LUX	SWE	Points
1	Rolf Tibblin	Husqvarna	1	1	2	1		1	1*	2			45
2	Gunnar Johansson	Lito	6	6	1	2	1	2	1*	3	2		41
3	Sten Lundin	Lito	4	2	3	6	3		6	5	3	2	27
4	Ove Lundell	Monark	2		4		2		3		5	3	25
5	Bill Nilsson	Lito	3	3		3				6	1	5	23
6	John Burton	BSA		4						1	4		14
7	Jeff Smith	BSA									6	1	9
8	Broer Dirk	BSA	5			4			4				8
9	Per Olaf Persson	Monark		5				4					5
	Lars Gustavsson	Lito							5			4	5
11	Don Rickman	Triumph-Métisse						3					4
12	Miloslav Soucek	ESO					4						3
	Arthur Lampkin	BSA								4			3
14	Walter Baeten	ESO			5								2
	Hubert Scaillet	Triumph-Métisse				5							2
	Ervín Krajčovič	ESO					5						2
	Dave Bickers	Greeves						5					2
18	Mogens Rasmussen	BSA					6					6	2
19	Albert Courajod	Norton			6								1
	Gordon Blakeway	Triumph						6					1

• A FIM Jury rule 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.

250cc[6]

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