1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the World Championship [1] The Championship was held on 17 and 18 February 1984 at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow in the Soviet Union.[2][3]

Anatoly Gladyshev (pictured in 1978) was killed during heat 23

The winner was Erik Stenlund of the Sweden.[4]

Anatoly Gladyshev was killed during the 23rd heat of the second day. After colliding with Vitaly Russki he fell into the path of Walter Wartbichler who ran over him. He suffered an artery rupture caused by the front tyre of the bike and died later in hospital.[5]

Classification
Pos Rider Pts
1 Erik Stenlund29
2 Vladimir Sukhov28
3 Yuri Ivanov27
4 Vitali Russkikh22
5 Roelof Thijs20
6 Helmut Weber
7 Jarmo Hirvasoja16
8 Günter Brandt
9 Valeri Ivanschenko
10 Per-Olof Serenius
11 Max Niedermaier7
12 Walter Wartbichler
13 Alexander Smyshiliaev6
14 Anatoly Gladyshev
15 Václav Verner
16 Valentino Furlanetto
17 Stanislav Dyk (res)
18 Eskil Jonsson (res)

See also

References
  1. "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "Ice Championships". Speedway.org.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Anatoly Gladyschev". motorsport memorial. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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