1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1][2] The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway.^[3]

The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark.^[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Ole Olsen	4	5	5	5	5	24
2	Hans Siegl	5	5	5	5	0	20
3	Manfred Poschenrieder	5	4	4	4	3	20
4	Don Godden	2	5	4	4	4	19
5	Jan Kater	4	4	2	3	2	15
6	Josef Angermüller	5	3	3	3	1	15
7	Runo Wedin	3	3	4	1	E	11
8	Willihard Thomsson	3	4	2	2	E	11
9	Egon Müller	2	3	5	0	E	10
10	Milan Spinka	4	2	1	0	E	7
11	Sture Lindblom	3	1	1	2	E	7
12	Einar Egedius	1	1	3	1	E	6
13	Zdenek Majstr	-	-	3	E	E	3
14	Berndt Hornfeldt	1	2	0	E	E	3
15	Bent Norgaard	0	-	2	E	E	2
16	Jon Odegard	-	0	-	E	E	0
17	Conny Samuelsson	-	0	-	E	E	0
18	Hakan Storm	0	-	-	E	E	0

Key

• E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References