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]

World Longtrack Championship
CategoryMotorcycle Racing
CountryInternational
RegionVarious
Inaugural season1957

Medalists

European Long Track Championship
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 Joseph 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 Bertl Strid  GER Joseph Seidl  FIN Timo Laine
1963 Malmö  SWE Bertl Strid  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 Odegard
1967 Scheeßel  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Odegard
1968 Mühldorf  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1969 Oslo  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Odegard  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1970 Scheeßel  NOR Jon Odegard  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 Odegard
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 Joseph Aigner
 GER Christop Betzl
1981 Gornja Radgona  ENG Michael Lee  GER Christop 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 Ales Dryml snr  GER Karl Maier
1990 Herxheim  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Karl Maier  GER Hans Pingel
1991 Mariánské Lázně  GER Gerd Riss  CZE Ales Dryml snr  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  GER Tommy Dunker  ENG Steve Schofield  ENG Glenn Cunningham
1998
details		 five events  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Steve Schofield
1999
details		 five events  GER Gerd Riss  GER Robert Barth  ENG Kelvin Tatum
2000
details		 five events  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Robert Barth  GER Matthias Kröger
2001
details		 four events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Robert Barth
2002
details		 five events  GER Robert Barth  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum
2003
details		 six events  GER Robert Barth  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Gerd Riss
2004
details		 five events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Roberto Diener
2005
details		 nine events  GER Robert Barth  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Paul Hurry
2006
details		 five events  GER Robert Barth  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  GER Gerd Riss
2007
details		 three events  GER Gerd Riss  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu
2008
details		 four events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Glen Phillips  NED Dirk Fabriek
2009
details		 five events  GER Gerd Riss  FRA Stephane Tresarrieu  NED Dirk Fabriek
2010
details		 six events  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  NED Theo Pijper  GER Richard Speiser
2011
details		 six events  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  GER Richard Speiser  GER Stephan Katt
2012
details		 six events  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  GER Martin Smolinski  CZE Josef Franc
2013
details		 six events  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  NED Jannick de Jong  ENG Richard Hall
2014
details		 five events  GER Erik Riss  NED Jannick de Jong  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
details		 four events  NED Jannick de Jong  GER Erik Riss  FRA Dimitri Bergé
2016
details [5]		 five events  GER Erik Riss  NED Jannick de Jong  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu
2017
details		 five events  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu  GER Michael Hartel  CZE Josef Franc
2018
details		 five events  GER Martin Smolinski  FRA Dimitri Bergé  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu
2019
details		 five events  FRA Dimitri Bergé  GER Martin Smolinski  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu

Riders

There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.

Main article: List of Speedway Long Track World Championship riders

Records
  • Most One Day Finals: Egon Muller 20.
  • Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
  • Most Grand-Prix Podiums Gerd Riss 34.
  • Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmakorpi 16

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. http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/2016-world-longtrack-overall-standings/
Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33. ISSN 1036-4404.
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