Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship

This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

World Longtrack Championship
CategoryMotorcycle Racing
CountryInternational
RegionVarious
Inaugural season1957

Medalists

European Long Track Championship

(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1957 Solvalla  NOR Basse Hveem  GER Josef Hofmeister  NOR Eric Brafvold
1958 Mühldorf  GER Josef Hofmeister  FIN Aulis Tuominen  AUT Josef Kamper
1959 Käpylä  GER Josef Hofmeister  FIN Atti Pajari  SWE Olle Nygren
1960 Plattling  GER Josef Hofmeister  GER Josef Seidl  GER Josef Sinzinger
1961 Oslo  FIN Timo Laine  SWE Ove Fundin  NOR Erik Simonsen
1962 Mühldorf  SWE Bertil Stridh  GER Joseph Seidl  FIN Timo Laine
1963 Malmö  SWE Bertil Stridh  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1964 Scheeßel  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  FIN Ollie Turunen  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1965 Seinäjoki  SWE Björn Knutsson  FIN Timo Laine  GER Joseph Seidl
1966 Mühldorf  GER Manfred Poschenreider  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  NOR Jon Ødegaard
1967 Scheeßel  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Ødegaard
1968 Mühldorf  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1969 Oslo  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Ødegaard  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1970 Scheeßel  NOR Jon Ødegaard  ENG Don Godden  GER Hans Zierk

World Long Track Championship
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1971 Oslo  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Manfred Poschenreider  SWE Runo Wedin
1972 Mühldorf  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Manfred Poschenreider  NOR Jon Ødegaard
1973 Oslo  DEN Ole Olsen  GER Hans Siegl  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1974 Scheeßel  GER Egon Müller  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Alois Wiesböck
1975 Gornja Radgona  GER Egon Müller  NZL Ivan Mauger  DEN Ole Olsen
1976 Mariánské Lázně  NZL Ivan Mauger  DEN Ole Olsen  GER Egon Müller
1977 Aalborg  SWE Anders Michanek  GER Hans Siegl  DEN Ole Olsen
1978 Mühldorf  GER Egon Müller  GER Alois Wiesböck  ENG Peter Collins(*)
1979 Mariánské Lázně  GER Alois Wiesböck  SWE Anders Michanek  DEN Ole Olsen
1980 Scheeßel  GER Karl Maier  GER Egon Müller  GER Josef Aigner
 GER Christoph Betzl
1981 Gornja Radgona  ENG Michael Lee  GER Christoph Betzl  SWE Anders Michanek(*)
1982 Korskro  GER Karl Maier  GER Alois Wiesböck  GER Egon Müller
1983 Mariánské Lázně  USA Shawn Moran  CZE Jiří Štancl  GER Karl Maier
1984 Herxheim  DEN Erik Gundersen  GER Egon Müller  GER Karl Maier
1985 Korskro  ENG Simon Wigg  CZE Jiří Štancl  ENG Peter Collins
1986 Pfarrkirchen  DEN Erik Gundersen  ENG Peter Collins(*)   SWI Marcel Gerhard
1987 Mühldorf  GER Karl Maier  ENG Simon Wigg  USA Shawn Moran(*)
1988 Scheeßel  GER Karl Maier  GER Klaus Lausch  ENG Chris Morton
1989 Mariánské Lázně  ENG Simon Wigg  CZE Aleš Dryml Sr.  GER Karl Maier
1990 Herxheim  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Karl Maier(*)  GER Hans Pingel
1991 Mariánské Lázně  GER Gerd Riss  CZE Aleš Dryml Sr.(*)  DEN Jan O. Pedersen
1992 Pfarrkirchen   SWI Marcel Gerhard  NZL Mitch Shirra  GER Karl Maier
1993 Mühldorf  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Karl Maier   SWI Marcel Gerhard(*)
1994 Mariánské Lázně  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Andre Pollehn  GER Gerd Riss(*)
1995 Scheeßel  ENG Kelvin Tatum(*)  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Walter Scherwitzki
1996 Herxheim  GER Gerd Riss  GER Robert Barth  GER Bernd Diener

Grand Prix Series (since 1997)
Year Venues Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1997
details		 five events Tommy Dunker Steve Schofield Glenn Cunningham
1998
details		 five events Kelvin Tatum Gerd Riss Steve Schofield
1999
details		 five events Gerd Riss Robert Barth Kelvin Tatum
2000
details		 five events Kelvin Tatum Robert Barth Matthias Kröger
2001
details		 four events Gerd Riss Kelvin Tatum Robert Barth
2002
details		 five events Robert Barth Gerd Riss Kelvin Tatum
2003
details		 six events Robert Barth Kelvin Tatum Gerd Riss
2004
details		 five events Gerd Riss Kelvin Tatum Roberto Diener
2005
details		 nine events Robert Barth Gerd Riss Paul Hurry
2006
details		 five events Robert Barth Joonas Kylmäkorpi Gerd Riss
2007
details		 three events Gerd Riss Joonas Kylmäkorpi Mathieu Trésarrieu
2008
details		 four events Gerd Riss Glen Phillips Dirk Fabriek
2009
details		 five events Gerd Riss Stephane Tresarrieu Dirk Fabriek
2010
details		 six events Joonas Kylmäkorpi Theo Pijper Richard Speiser
2011
details		 six events Joonas Kylmäkorpi Richard Speiser Stephan Katt
2012
details		 six events Joonas Kylmäkorpi Martin Smolinski Josef Franc
2013
details		 six events Joonas Kylmäkorpi Jannick de Jong Richard Hall
2014
details		 five events Erik Riss Jannick de Jong Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
details		 four events Jannick de Jong Erik Riss Dimitri Bergé
2016
details [9]		 five events Erik Riss Jannick de Jong Mathieu Trésarrieu
2017
details		 five events Mathieu Trésarrieu Michael Hartel Josef Franc
2018
details		 five events Martin Smolinski Dimitri Bergé Mathieu Trésarrieu
2019
details		 five events Dimitri Bergé Martin Smolinski Mathieu Trésarrieu
2020
details		 two events Lukas Fienhage Kenneth Kruse Hansen Mathieu Trésarrieu
2021
details		 four events Romano Hummel Martin Smolinski Theo Pijper

Riders

There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.

Main article: List of Speedway Long Track World Championship riders

Records

See also

References
  1. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  3. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
  5. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  6. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  7. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  8. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. pp. 511–512. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  9. "World Longtrack Championship 2016 Overall Standings - Grasstrack GB". grasstrackgb.co.uk.
Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33. ISSN 1036-4404.
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