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FIM Long Track World Championship

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World Longtrack Championship
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded1957
Most titlesGerd Riss (8 times)

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]

Medalists

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European Long Track Championship

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

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1957 Sweden Solvalla Norway Basse Hveem Germany Josef Hofmeister Norway Eric Brafvold
1958 Germany Mühldorf Germany Josef Hofmeister Finland Aulis Tuominen Austria Josef Kamper
1959 Finland Käpylä Germany Josef Hofmeister Finland Antti Pajari Sweden Olle Nygren
1960 Germany Plattling Germany Josef Hofmeister Germany Josef Seidl Germany Josef Sinzinger
1961 Norway Oslo Finland Timo Laine Sweden Ove Fundin Norway Erik Simonsen
1962 Germany Mühldorf Sweden Bertil Stridh Germany Joseph Seidl Finland Timo Laine
1963 Sweden Malmö Sweden Bertil Stridh Denmark Kurt W. Petersen Germany Manfred Poschenreider
1964 Germany Scheeßel Denmark Kurt W. Petersen Finland Ollie Turunen Germany Manfred Poschenreider
1965 Finland Seinäjoki Sweden Björn Knutson Finland Timo Laine Germany Joseph Seidl
1966 Germany Mühldorf Germany Manfred Poschenreider Denmark Kurt W. Petersen Norway Jon Ødegaard
1967 Germany Scheeßel Germany Manfred Poschenreider England Don Godden Norway Jon Ødegaard
1968 Germany Mühldorf Germany Manfred Poschenreider England Don Godden Denmark Kurt W. Petersen
1969 Norway Oslo England Don Godden Norway Jon Ødegaard Denmark Kurt W. Petersen
1970 Germany Scheeßel Norway Jon Ødegaard England Don Godden Germany Hans Zierk

World Long Track Championship

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Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1971 Norway Oslo New Zealand Ivan Mauger Germany Manfred Poschenreider Sweden Runo Wedin
1972 West Germany Mühldorf New Zealand Ivan Mauger Germany Manfred Poschenreider Norway Jon Ødegaard
1973 Norway Oslo Denmark Ole Olsen Germany Hans Siegl Germany Manfred Poschenreider
1974 West Germany Scheeßel Germany Egon Müller New Zealand Ivan Mauger Germany Alois Wiesböck
1975 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gornja Radgona Germany Egon Müller New Zealand Ivan Mauger Denmark Ole Olsen
1976 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně New Zealand Ivan Mauger Denmark Ole Olsen Germany Egon Müller
1977 Denmark Aalborg Sweden Anders Michanek Germany Hans Siegl Denmark Ole Olsen
1978 West Germany Mühldorf Germany Egon Müller Germany Alois Wiesböck England Peter Collins(*)
1979 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně Germany Alois Wiesböck Sweden Anders Michanek Denmark Ole Olsen
1980 West Germany Scheeßel Germany Karl Maier Germany Egon Müller Germany Josef Aigner
Germany Christoph Betzl
1981 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gornja Radgona England Michael Lee Germany Christoph Betzl Sweden Anders Michanek(*)
1982 Denmark Korskro Germany Karl Maier Germany Alois Wiesböck Germany Egon Müller
1983 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně United States Shawn Moran Czech Republic Jiří Štancl Germany Karl Maier
1984 West Germany Herxheim Denmark Erik Gundersen Germany Egon Müller Germany Karl Maier
1985 Denmark Korskro England Simon Wigg Czech Republic Jiří Štancl England Peter Collins
1986 West Germany Pfarrkirchen Denmark Erik Gundersen England Peter Collins(*) Switzerland Marcel Gerhard
1987 West Germany Mühldorf Germany Karl Maier England Simon Wigg United States Shawn Moran(*)
1988 West Germany Scheeßel Germany Karl Maier Germany Klaus Lausch England Chris Morton
1989 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně England Simon Wigg Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Sr. Germany Karl Maier
1990 Germany Herxheim England Simon Wigg Germany Karl Maier(*) Germany Hans Pingel
1991 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně Germany Gerd Riss Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Sr.(*) Denmark Jan O. Pedersen
1992 Germany Pfarrkirchen Switzerland Marcel Gerhard New Zealand Mitch Shirra Germany Karl Maier
1993 Germany Mühldorf England Simon Wigg Germany Karl Maier Switzerland Marcel Gerhard(*)
1994 Czech Republic Mariánské Lázně England Simon Wigg Germany Andre Pollehn Germany Gerd Riss(*)
1995 Germany Scheeßel England Kelvin Tatum(*) England Simon Wigg Germany Walter Scherwitzki
1996 Germany Herxheim Germany Gerd Riss Germany Robert Barth Germany Bernd Diener

Grand Prix Series (since 1997)

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Year Venues Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1997
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five events Germany Tommy Dunker England Steve Schofield England Glenn Cunningham
1998
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five events England Kelvin Tatum Germany Gerd Riss England Steve Schofield
1999
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five events Germany Gerd Riss Germany Robert Barth England Kelvin Tatum
2000
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five events England Kelvin Tatum Germany Robert Barth Germany Matthias Kröger
2001
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four events Germany Gerd Riss England Kelvin Tatum Germany Robert Barth
2002
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five events Germany Robert Barth Germany Gerd Riss England Kelvin Tatum
2003
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six events Germany Robert Barth England Kelvin Tatum Germany Gerd Riss
2004
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five events Germany Gerd Riss England Kelvin Tatum Germany Bernd Diener
2005
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nine events Germany Robert Barth Germany Gerd Riss England Paul Hurry
2006
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five events Germany Robert Barth Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi Germany Gerd Riss
2007
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three events Germany Gerd Riss Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi France Mathieu Trésarrieu
2008
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four events Germany Gerd Riss England Glen Phillips Netherlands Dirk Fabriek
2009
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five events Germany Gerd Riss France Stephane Tresarrieu Netherlands Dirk Fabriek
2010
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six events Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi Netherlands Theo Pijper Germany Richard Speiser
2011
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six events Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi Germany Richard Speiser Germany Stephan Katt
2012
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six events Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi Germany Martin Smolinski Czech Republic Josef Franc
2013
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six events Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi Netherlands Jannick de Jong England Richard Hall
2014
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five events Germany Erik Riss Netherlands Jannick de Jong Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
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four events Netherlands Jannick de Jong Germany Erik Riss France Dimitri Bergé
2016
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five events Germany Erik Riss Netherlands Jannick de Jong France Mathieu Trésarrieu
2017
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five events France Mathieu Trésarrieu Germany Michael Hartel Czech Republic Josef Franc
2018
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five events Germany Martin Smolinski France Dimitri Bergé France Mathieu Trésarrieu
2019
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five events France Dimitri Bergé Germany Martin Smolinski France Mathieu Trésarrieu
2020
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two events Germany Lukas Fienhage Denmark Kenneth Kruse Hansen France Mathieu Trésarrieu
2021
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four events Netherlands Romano Hummel Germany Martin Smolinski Netherlands Theo Pijper
2022
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six events France Mathieu Trésarrieu England Zach Wajtknecht England Chris Harris
2023
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six events Germany Martin Smolinski England Chris Harris Denmark Kenneth Kruse Hansen
2024
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five events Germany Martin Smolinski Germany Lukas Fienhage England Zach Wajtknecht

Riders

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Classification

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Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.

No. Rider Nationality
1. Gerd Riss  Germany 8 3 3
2. Simon Wigg  England 5 2
3. Robert Barth  Germany 4 3 1
4. Karl Maier  Germany 4 2 4
5. Joonas Kylmäkorpi  Finland 4 2 1
6. Kelvin Tatum  England 3 3 2
7. Martin Smolinski  Germany 3 3
8. Egon Müller  Germany 3 2 2
9. Ivan Mauger  New Zealand 3 2
10. Erik Riss  Germany 2 1
11. Mathieu Trésarrieu  France 2 5
12. Erik Gundersen  Denmark 2
13. Jannick de Jong  Netherlands 1 3
14. Alois Wiesböck  Germany 1 2 1
15. Lukas Fienhage  Germany 1 1
16. Ole Olsen  Denmark 1 1 3
17. Anders Michanek  Sweden 1 1 1
18. Marcel Gerhard   Switzerland 1 2
19. Shawn Moran  United States 1 1
20. Michael Lee  England 1
Tommy Dunker  Germany 1
Romano Hummel  Netherlands 1

Records

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Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  2. ^ "Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ^ "World Longtrack finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  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.
  10. ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2022 Overall Standings" (PDF). FIM.
  11. ^ "King Mat, champ Zach". Speedway Star. 17 September 2022. p. 20.
Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33. ISSN 1036-4404.
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