1996 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1] The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.^[2]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the second time.^[3] It was the last individual championship with the final being held as a one off meeting. As from 1997 it would be contested under a Grand Prix system (a series of races).^[4]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Gerd Riss	5	5	5	5	5	25
2	Bernd Diener	5	4	5	5	4	23
3	Robert Barth	4	4	4	4	2	18
4	Marcel Gerhard	4	3	5	4	1	17
5	Kelvin Tatum	5	5	ef	3	3	16
6	Karl Maier	4	n.f	4	3	0	11
7	Simon Wigg	3	4	2	2	E	11
8	Steve Schofield	0	5	1	2	E	8
9	Jason Crump	1	3	3	1	E	8
10	Shane Parker	1	1	4	1	E	7
11	Phillipe Berge	3	0	3	0	E	6
12	Václav Milík Sr.	2	2	2	0	E	6
13	Egon Muller	3	1	1	E	E	5
14	Bohumil Brhel	2	2	1	E	E	5
15	Aleš Dryml Sr.	ef	1	3	E	E	4
16	Anne van der Helm	2	0	2	E	E	4
17	Lars Gunnestad	ef	3	0	E	E	3
18	Paul Hurry	1	2	0	E	E	3

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• ef = engine failure

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