FIM 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][5][6][7][8]

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

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   Solvalla   Basse Hveem   Josef Hofmeister   Eric Brafvold
1958   Mühldorf   Josef Hofmeister   Aulis Tuominen   Josef Kamper
1959   Käpylä   Josef Hofmeister   Antti Pajari   Olle Nygren
1960   Plattling   Josef Hofmeister   Josef Seidl   Josef Sinzinger
1961   Oslo   Timo Laine   Ove Fundin   Erik Simonsen
1962   Mühldorf   Bertil Stridh   Joseph Seidl   Timo Laine
1963   Malmö   Bertil Stridh   Kurt W. Petersen   Manfred Poschenreider
1964   Scheeßel   Kurt W. Petersen   Ollie Turunen   Manfred Poschenreider
1965   Seinäjoki   Björn Knutson   Timo Laine   Joseph Seidl
1966   Mühldorf   Manfred Poschenreider   Kurt W. Petersen   Jon Ødegaard
1967   Scheeßel   Manfred Poschenreider   Don Godden   Jon Ødegaard
1968   Mühldorf   Manfred Poschenreider   Don Godden   Kurt W. Petersen
1969   Oslo   Don Godden   Jon Ødegaard   Kurt W. Petersen
1970   Scheeßel   Jon Ødegaard   Don Godden   Hans Zierk

World Long Track Championship

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Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1971   Oslo   Ivan Mauger   Manfred Poschenreider   Runo Wedin
1972   Mühldorf   Ivan Mauger   Manfred Poschenreider   Jon Ødegaard
1973   Oslo   Ole Olsen   Hans Siegl   Manfred Poschenreider
1974   Scheeßel   Egon Müller   Ivan Mauger   Alois Wiesböck
1975   Gornja Radgona   Egon Müller   Ivan Mauger   Ole Olsen
1976   Mariánské Lázně   Ivan Mauger   Ole Olsen   Egon Müller
1977   Aalborg   Anders Michanek   Hans Siegl   Ole Olsen
1978   Mühldorf   Egon Müller   Alois Wiesböck   Peter Collins(*)
1979   Mariánské Lázně   Alois Wiesböck   Anders Michanek   Ole Olsen
1980   Scheeßel   Karl Maier   Egon Müller   Josef Aigner
  Christoph Betzl
1981   Gornja Radgona   Michael Lee   Christoph Betzl   Anders Michanek(*)
1982   Korskro   Karl Maier   Alois Wiesböck   Egon Müller
1983   Mariánské Lázně   Shawn Moran   Jiří Štancl   Karl Maier
1984   Herxheim   Erik Gundersen   Egon Müller   Karl Maier
1985   Korskro   Simon Wigg   Jiří Štancl   Peter Collins
1986   Pfarrkirchen   Erik Gundersen   Peter Collins(*)   Marcel Gerhard
1987   Mühldorf   Karl Maier   Simon Wigg   Shawn Moran(*)
1988   Scheeßel   Karl Maier   Klaus Lausch   Chris Morton
1989   Mariánské Lázně   Simon Wigg   Aleš Dryml Sr.   Karl Maier
1990   Herxheim   Simon Wigg   Karl Maier(*)   Hans Pingel
1991   Mariánské Lázně   Gerd Riss   Aleš Dryml Sr.(*)   Jan O. Pedersen
1992   Pfarrkirchen   Marcel Gerhard   Mitch Shirra   Karl Maier
1993   Mühldorf   Simon Wigg   Karl Maier   Marcel Gerhard(*)
1994   Mariánské Lázně   Simon Wigg   Andre Pollehn   Gerd Riss(*)
1995   Scheeßel   Kelvin Tatum(*)   Simon Wigg   Walter Scherwitzki
1996   Herxheim   Gerd Riss   Robert Barth   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   Tommy Dunker   Steve Schofield   Glenn Cunningham
1998
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five events   Kelvin Tatum   Gerd Riss   Steve Schofield
1999
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five events   Gerd Riss   Robert Barth   Kelvin Tatum
2000
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five events   Kelvin Tatum   Robert Barth   Matthias Kröger
2001
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four events   Gerd Riss   Kelvin Tatum   Robert Barth
2002
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five events   Robert Barth   Gerd Riss   Kelvin Tatum
2003
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six events   Robert Barth   Kelvin Tatum   Gerd Riss
2004
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five events   Gerd Riss   Kelvin Tatum   Bernd Diener
2005
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nine events   Robert Barth   Gerd Riss   Paul Hurry
2006
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five events   Robert Barth   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Gerd Riss
2007
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three events   Gerd Riss   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Mathieu Trésarrieu
2008
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four events   Gerd Riss   Glen Phillips   Dirk Fabriek
2009
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five events   Gerd Riss   Stephane Tresarrieu   Dirk Fabriek
2010
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six events   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Theo Pijper   Richard Speiser
2011
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six events   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Richard Speiser   Stephan Katt
2012
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six events   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Martin Smolinski   Josef Franc
2013
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six events   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Jannick de Jong   Richard Hall
2014
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five events   Erik Riss   Jannick de Jong   Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
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four events   Jannick de Jong   Erik Riss   Dimitri Bergé
2016
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five events   Erik Riss   Jannick de Jong   Mathieu Trésarrieu
2017
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five events   Mathieu Trésarrieu   Michael Hartel   Josef Franc
2018
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five events   Martin Smolinski   Dimitri Bergé   Mathieu Trésarrieu
2019
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five events   Dimitri Bergé   Martin Smolinski   Mathieu Trésarrieu
2020
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two events   Lukas Fienhage   Kenneth Kruse Hansen   Mathieu Trésarrieu
2021
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four events   Romano Hummel   Martin Smolinski   Theo Pijper
2022
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six events   Mathieu Trésarrieu   Zach Wajtknecht   Chris Harris
2023
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six events   Martin Smolinski   Chris Harris   Kenneth Kruse Hansen
2024
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five events   Martin Smolinski   Lukas Fienhage   Zach Wajtknecht

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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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