1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

Sweden 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date 28 August 1998
City Sweden Linköping
Event 5 of 6 (23)
Referee Germany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Motorstadium
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Winner Sweden Tony Rickardsson
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up United Kingdom Chris Louis
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place Sweden Peter Karlsson

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fifth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1] It was fourth Swedish SGP and was won by World Champion Tony Rickardsson. It was third win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic), Peter Karlsson (Sweden) and Lars Gunnestad (Norway) as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 1 1 1 1
2 12 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 20 1 3 1 4T 2 2 2 2
3 23 Sweden (23) Peter Karlsson 18 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
4 5 United States (1) Greg Hancock 16 3 2 2 1 4
5 2 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 15 1 3 1 3 1
6 3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 14 2 1 4R 2
7 15 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 12 1 2 2 4 1 3 3
8 4 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 10 1 2 4 4
9 10 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 8 2 1 3 1 3
10 11 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 2 1 2 4 3
11 9 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 7 2 4 1 1 3 4
12 1 Australia (10) Jason Crump 7 4 1 4
13 17 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 6 1 2 3 3
14 16 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 6 3 2 2 3 3
15 6 United States (2) Billy Hamill 5 4 4
16 7 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 5 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 4 4 1 3
18 21 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 4 2 4 3
19 19 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 1 3 4
20 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 3 4R 1 4
21 13 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 2 3 3
22 14 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 3 3
23 18 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 1 4 4
24 24 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 1 4 4T
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 101 252518825 
2 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 81 182082015 
3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 72 161681814 
4 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 69 15820620 
5 United States (1) Greg Hancock 61 610141516 
6 United States (2) Billy Hamill 61 20186125 
7 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 60 8122578 
8 Australia (10) Jason Crump 54 3316257 
9 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 48 12731610 
10 Czech Republic (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 43 7415143 
11 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 42 1467105 
12 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 38 671078 
13 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 37 815662 
14 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 36 1064412 
15 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 31 214546 
16 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 27 5787 
17 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1818 
18 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 18 15336 
19 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 18 75231 
20 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 21523 
21 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 13 34114 
22 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 12 4152 
23 Denmark (22) Brian Karger 12 12 
24 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 8 1214 
25 Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 42 
26 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5 
26 United Kingdom (23) Joe Screen 5 5 
28 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 41 
29 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3 
30 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 2 
31 United Kingdom (24) Martin Dugard 2 2 
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-07-11 at Archive.is. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
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