Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Ice Speedway
Established	1966
Administrator	Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Website	https://www.fim-moto.com/en/

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships. ^{[5] [6]} The event has been dominated by the Soviet Union/Russia, who have won all but seven of the World Championship titles since 1966. Sweden has won five times, Czechoslovakia twice and Finland once. ^[7]

Medalists

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
1966	2 rounds	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Viktor Kuznetsov	Antonín Šváb Sr.
1967	3 rounds	Boris Samorodov	Vyacheslav Dubinin	Vladimir Tsybrov
1968	2 rounds	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Vladimir Tsybrov	Boris Samorodov
1969	Inzell	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Yury Lombotsky	Vladimir Tsybrov
1970	Nässjö	Antonín Šváb Sr.	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Kurt Westlund
1971	Inzell	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Vladimir Chekushev	Milan Špinka
1972	Nässjö	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Antonín Šváb Sr.	Vladimir Paznikov
1973	Inzell	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov	Boris Samorodov	Vladimir Paznikov
1974	Nässjö	Milan Špinka	Vladimir Tsybrov	Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
1975	Moscow	Sergey Tarabanko	Vladimir Tsybrov	Sergey Kazakov
1976	Assen	Sergey Tarabanko	Milan Špinka	Conny Samuelsson
1977	Inzell	Sergey Tarabanko	Conny Samuelsson	Zdeněk Kudrna
1978	Assen	Sergey Tarabanko	Anatoly Bondarenko	Anatoly Gladyshev
1979	Inzell	Anatoly Bondarenko	Vladimir Lyubich	Zdeněk Kudrna
1980	Kalinin	Anatoly Bondarenko	Sergey Tarabanko	Vladimir Sukhov
1981	Assen	Vladimir Lyubich	Vladimir Sukhov	Anatoly Gladyshev
1982	Inzell	Sergey Kazakov	Per-Olof Serenius	Vladimir Subbotin
1983	Eindhoven	Sergey Kazakov	Anatoly Bondarenko	Erik Stenlund
1984	Moscow	Erik Stenlund	Vladimir Sukhov	Yuri Ivanov
1985	Assen	Vladimir Sukhov	Jarmo Hirvasoja	Yuri Ivanov
1986	Stockholm	Yuri Ivanov	Vladimir Sukhov	Erik Stenlund
1987	Berlin	Yuri Ivanov	Vladimir Sukhov	Vitaly Russkikh
1988	Eindhoven	Erik Stenlund	Yuri Ivanov	Sergey Ivanov
1989	Almaty	Nikolay Nishchenko	Yuri Ivanov	Vladimir Sukhov
1990	Göteborg	Jarmo Hirvasoja	Nikolay Nishchenko	Sergey Ivanov
1991	Assen	Sergey Ivanov	Per-Olof Serenius	Michael Lang
1992	Frankfurt	Yuri Ivanov	Antonín Klatovský	Stefan Svensson
1993	Saransk	Vladimir Fadeev	Alexander Balashov	Michael Lang
1994	10 Rounds GP	Alexander Balashov	Per-Olof Serenius	Vyacheslav Nikulin
1995	10 Rounds GP	Per-Olof Serenius	Alexander Balashov	Vyacheslav Nikulin
1996	10 Rounds GP	Alexander Balashov	Yury Polikarpov	Vyacheslav Nikulin
1997	Assen	Kirilł Drogalin	Alexander Balashov	Jari Ahlbom
1998	10 Rounds GP	Alexander Balashov	Kirilł Drogalin	Vyacheslav Nikulin
1999	10 Rounds GP	Vladimir Fadeev	Alexander Balashov	Vyacheslav Nikulin
2000	Assen	Kirilł Drogalin	Franz Zorn	Vladimir Fadeev
2001	8 Rounds GP	Kirilł Drogalin	Vladimir Fadeev	Vyacheslav Nikulin
2002	8 Rounds GP	Per-Olof Serenius	Vyacheslav Nikulin	Yury Polikarpov
2003	6 Rounds GP	Vitaly Khomitsevich	Günther Bauer	Vladimir Lumpov
2004	8 Rounds GP	Dmitry Bulankin	Vitaly Khomitsevich	Nikolay Krasnikov
2005	6 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Vitaly Khomitsevich	Ivan Ivanov
2006	4 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Yunir Bazeyev	Mikhail Bogdanov
2007	6 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Vitaly Khomitsevich	Ivan Ivanov
2008	6 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Vitaly Khomitsevich	Franz Zorn
2009	8 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov [8]	Daniil Ivanov	Franz Zorn
2010	9 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2011	8 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Igor Kononov	Daniil Ivanov
2012	8 Rounds GP	Nikolay Krasnikov	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2013	10 Rounds GP	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Koltakov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2014	8 Rounds GP	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Koltakov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2015	10 Rounds GP	Dmitry Koltakov	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2016	10 Rounds GP	Dmitry Khomitsevich	Dmitry Koltakov	Daniil Ivanov
2017	10 Rounds GP	Dmitry Koltakov	Igor Kononov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2018	10 Rounds GP	Dmitry Koltakov	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2019	10 Rounds GP	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Koltakov	Dinar Valeev
2020	6 Rounds GP	Daniil Ivanov	Dmitry Khomitsevich	Dinar Valeev
2021	Tolyatti	Dinar Valeev	Igor Kononov	Dmitry Khomitsevich
2022	4 Rounds GP	Martin Haarahiltunen	Johann Weber	Nikita Bogdanov
2023	2 Rounds GP	Martin Haarahiltunen	Franz Zorn	Harald Simon
2024	4 Rounds GP	Martin Haarahiltunen	Max Niedermayer	Heikki Huusko

In 2021 and 2022 Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes. ^[9]

See also

• Ice speedway
• Ice racing
• Team Ice Racing World Championship

References

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2. "HISTORY OF ICE RACING". FIM.
3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
5. "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk.
6. "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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8. "Nikołaj Krasnikow zdominował cykl Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
9. Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press . Retrieved 17 December 2020.