1973 Individual Speedway World Championship

1973 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 28th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The 1973 World Final was won by Polish rider Jerzy Szczakiel following a run-off in with defending champion Ivan Mauger after both riders had finished on 13 points. On the second lap of the run-off, Mauger fell in turn 3 after trying a risky passing move leaving Szczakiel to win easily. Another Polish rider, Zenon Plech finished third. Rank outsider Szczakiel, who had finished last with no points scored in his only other World Final appearance in Sweden in 1971, rode the meeting of his life and was only beaten in his final two rides before defeating Mauger in the run-off. ^[7]

The final, held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, is believed to have been held in front of the largest crowd in world speedway history, estimated to be around 130,000, though some reports put the size of the crowd as anywhere from 90,000 to 120,000. ^[8] The previous record for a final was 95,000 during the 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship at Wembley.

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1973 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed five places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 11 riders for the World Final. ^{[9] [10]}

First round

British/Commonwealth premilinaries

• Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifiers

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 April	Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne	Gordon Kennett	Paul Gachet	Bobby McNeil
29 April	Boston Sports Stadium, Boston	Graeme Stapleton	John Dews	Russ Osborne
2 May	Odsal Stadium, Bradford	Neil Street	Billy Sanders	Rick France
7 May	Earle Street, Crewe	Mitch Graham	Arthur Price	Les Owen
7 May	Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham	Jim Ryman	Bob Paulson	Ted Howgego

Second round

Norwegian qualifying 10 September 1972 Gamle Stadion, Sandefjord Top 12 to Nordic qualification 1973 Pos. Rider Points 1 Ulf Lövaas 14 2 Dag Lövaas 12 3 Odd Fossengen 11 4 Helge Langli 11 5 Svein Kaasa 9 6 Oyvind S. Berg 9 7 Edgar Stangeland 9 8 Reidar Eide 9 9 Tormod Langli 8 10 Hans Erik Fuglerud 7 11 Johnny Larsen 7 12 Per Hetland 5 13 Svein Lökken 3 14 Kjell Gimre 3 15 Jan Jacobsen 2 16 Öyvind Rökeberg 0

Finnish qualifying (top 10) (3 rounds) First (+1 seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1973 R1 (? '72, Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti) R2 (26 Aug '72, Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti) R3 (? '72, Eteläpuisto, Tampere) Pos. Rider Points Total (best 2) 1 Matti Olin 8+8+0 16 2 Hannu Känkänen 4+6+8 14 3 Kalevi Lahtinen 6+0+6 12 4 Heikki Ahonen 1+3+4 7 5 Kari Vuoristo 3+2+0 5 6 Pekka Paljakka 0+4+0 4 7 Matti Touru 0+0+3 3 8 Tapio Leppasalko 2+1+0 3 9 Jouko Naskali 0+0+2 2 10 Timo Naskali 0+0+1 1

Swedish qualifying

• Top 8 in each heat to Nordic qualification

(1 May, Gamla Galgberget, Visby) Pos Rider Points 1 Lars Jansson 14 2 Bernt Persson 12 3 Christer Löfqvist 10 4 Jan Simensen 9 5 Sven Nilsson 9 6 Kenneth Selmosson 9 7 Bo Wirebrand 9 8 Karl-Erik Claesson 9 9 Conny Samuelsson 8 10 Håkan Karlsson 7 11 Sören Karlsson 6 12 Bengt Olsson 6 13 Anders Lövgren 4 14 Peter Smith 3 15 Lars Larsson 3 16 Leif Mellberg 2

(1 May, Målilla (Motorbana), Målilla) Pos Rider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 14 2 Bengt Jansson 13 3 Anders Michanek 11 4 Stefan Johansson 11 5 Tommy Johansson 10 6 Leif Johansson 10 7 Bengt Larsson 7 8 Stefan Salmonsson 7 9 Anders Jansson 6 10 Sigvard Johansson 6 11 Roy Dantanus 5 12 Lars-Inge Hultberg 5 13 Tomas Johansson 5 14 Therje Henriksson 4 15 Steve Johansson 4 16 Åke Andersson 2 17 Bertil Andersson 0

(5 May, Motorbanen Hagalund, Lindesberg) Pos Rider Points 1 Hasse Holmqvist 14 2 Tommy Jansson 12 3 Tomas Pettersson 10 4 Stephan Johansson 10 5 Leif Enecrona 9 6 Tommy Nilsson 9 7 Göte Nordin 9 8 Christer Sjösten 8 9 Rolf Johansson 7 10 Åke Dovhed 6 11 Käll Haage 6 12 Lennart Johansson 5 13 Willy Karlsson 4 14 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 4 15 Börje Klingberg 3 16 Hans Johansson 3

Continental qualifying

• Rider progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
29 April	Mladost Stadum, Prelog	Zdenek Majstr	Evzen Erban	Jozef Haider
6 May	Motodrom Halbemond, Norden	Jan Hadek	Jiri Dominik	Henny Kroeze

British/Commonwealth qualifiers

• Top riders progress to British/Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
12 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	John Louis	Terry Betts	Malcolm Simmons
14 May	Reading Stadium, Reading	Martin Ashby	Mick Bell	Geoff Curtis
16 May	Wimborne Road, Poole	Pete Smith	Ray Wilson	Terry Betts
17 May	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Jim McMillan	Arnie Haley	Doug Wyer
18 May	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	George Hunter	Ray Wilson	Gary Peterson
18 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Terry Betts	Bob Valentine	Barry Thomas
19 May	The Shay, Halifax	John Boulger	Eric Boocock	Bill Andrew
19 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	John Louis	Bruce Cribb	Colin Gooddy
19 May	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Jim McMillan	Doug Wyer	Tony Davey
19 May	Hyde Road, Manchester	Ivan Mauger	Chris Pusey	Eric Broadbelt
21 May	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Ivan Mauger	Martin Ashby	Bob Coles
22 May	Leicester Stadium, Leicester	John Boulger	Ray Wilson	Bob Kilby
23 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Eric Boocock	Roy Trigg	Gary Peterson
24 May	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Peter Collins	Norman Hunter	Ian Turner
24 May	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Bob Kilby	Malcolm Ballard	Eric Boocock
25 May	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge	Mick Bell	John Boulger	Chris Julian
26 May	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Ray Wilson	Bob Kilby
29 May	Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich	Ivan Mauger	Tony Davey	Mick Bell

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
10 May	Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice	Vladimir Zapleshny	Jiri Stancl	Miloslav Verner
20 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Grigory Khlinovsky	Viktor Trofimov	Aleksandr Pavlov
20 May	Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach	Milan Špinka	Vladimir Paznikov	Jan Holub I
20 May	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko	Anatoly Kuzmin	Vladimir Gordeev	Petr Ondrašík

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

5 June Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points 1 Ivan Mauger 14 2 John Louis 13 3 Chris Pusey 12 4 Jim Mcmillan 10 5 Rick France 9 6 Peter Collins 9 7 Bob Valentine 8 8 Tony Davey 8 9 Garry Middleton 8 10 Alan Wilkinson 7 11 Doug Wyer 7 12 Arnie Haley 6 13 Bob Humphreys 6 14 Eric Broadbelt 2 15 Bob Kilby 1 16 Nigel Boocock 0

7 June Wimbledon Stadium, London Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 John Boulger 14 2 Martin Ashby 13 3 Eric Boocock 10 4 Malcolm Simmons 10 5 Ray Wilson 10 6 Terry Betts 10 7 Mick Bell 9 8 Pete Smith 9 9 Roy Trigg 7 10 Gary Peterson 5 11 Barry Thomas 5 12 Malcolm Ballard 5 13 Geoff Maloney 4 14 George Hunter 3 15 Bruce Cribb 3 16 Bill Andrew 1

Nordic qualification

• Top 5 from each meeting to Nordic final

(17 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm) Pos Rider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 15 2 Anders Michanek 14 3 Göte Nordin 13 4 Dag Lövaas 12 5 Lars Jansson 11 6 Karl-Erik Claesson 9 7 Kenneth Selmosson 8 8 Sören Sjösten 8 9 Arne Andreasen 7 10 Erik Tillgaard 6 11 Sven Nilsson 4 12 Hans Fuglerud 4 13 Svein Lökken 4 14 Jörn Mogensen 3 15 Rolf Johansson (res) 1 16 Heikki Ahonen 1 17 Öystein Mellerud 0

(27 May, Grenland Arena, Skien) Pos Rider Points 1 Bernt Persson 15 2 Tommy Jansson 13 3 Odd Fossengen 12 4 Öyvind Berg 12 5 Tommy Johansson 11 6 Leif Enecrona 11 7 Tomas Pettersson 8 8 Krause Kjaer 8 9 Bengt Larsson 7 10 Ulf Lövaas 7 11 Helge Langli 5 12 Preben Bollerup 4 13 Stefan Johansson 3 14 Stefan Salmonsson 3

(27 May, Selskov Stadium, Hillerod) Pos Rider Points 1 Ole Olsen 15 2 Christer Löfqvist 14 3 Jan Simensen 13 4 Hasse Holmqvist 11 5 Christer Sjösten 11 6 Edgar Stangeland 11 7 Bo Wirebrand 7 8 Jan Terje Gravningen 7 9 Stephan Johansson 7 10 Kurt Bögh 6 11 Tommy Nilsson 6 12 Bent Nörregaard-Jensen 4 13 Leif Johansson 3 14 Tormod Langli 2 15 Per Herland 1 16 Matti Olin 1

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

2 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Grigory Khlinovsky 13 2 Valerij Gordeev 13 3 Václav Verner 12 4 Milan Špinka 12 5 Vladimir Paznikov 12 6 Viktor Trofimov 7 7 Alexander Pavlov 7 8 Josef Angermüller 7 9 Oleg Dziadyk 7 10 Jan Klokocka 7 11 Manfred Poschenreider 6 12 Jan Holub I 6 13 Georgij Ivanov 4 14 Miroslav Rosulek 3 15 Vladimir Tchistiakov (res) 1 16 Yury Dubinin 0 17 Petr Safarik 0 18 Otto Barth (res) 0

2 June Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Vladimir Gordeev 15 2 Jiří Štancl 13 3 Anatolij Kuzmin 12 4 Vladimir Zaplechny 11 5 Zdeněk Majstr 11 6 Karel Vobornik 10 7 Miroslav Verner 10 8 Petr Ondrašík 8 9 Petr Kucera 6 10 Nikolai Aksjonov 5 11 Gregorij Markatanov 4 12 Henny Kroeze 4 13 Nikolaj Kornev 4 14 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 3 15 Josef Bössner 2 16 Pal Pereny 1

British/Commonwealth Final

• 21 June 1973
• Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(15) Ray Wilson	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(10) Bob Valentine	12			3			3						2			2		2				12	2	3
	(13) Peter Collins	12				2	3							3		2					2		12	3	2
4	(3) John Boulger	12	2						1				3				3				3		12	4	1
5	(2) Ivan Mauger	10	3					1				3				3				T			10	5
6	(7) Eric Boocock	9		2					2					0	3					2			9	6
7	(8) Tony Davey	9		3						2			2			1			1				9	7
8	(16) Rick France	9				1				2	2						1			3			9	8
9	(6) John Louis	7		F				0			3							3			1		7	9
10	(4) Martin Ashby	6	1							3				1				1				0	6	10
11	(5) Garry Middleton	5		1			0					1					0					3	5	11
12	(14) Peter Smith	5				0		2					1		1							1	5	12
13	(9) Terry Betts	4			1		2						F					F		1			4	13
14	(11) Mick Bell	4			2				0		0					0						2	4	14
15	(1) Malcolm Simmons	2	0				1				1				0				0				2	15
16	(12) Jim McMillan	2			0					0		0			2						0		2	16
R1	(R1) Chris Pusey	0																					0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Nordic Final

• 6 June 1973
• Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(6) Ole Olsen	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(5) Bengt Jansson	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	2
	(7) Anders Michanek	13		1					3					3	3					3			13	3
4	(8) Bernt Persson	12		0						3			3			3			3				12	4
5	(3) Tommy Jansson	10	3						1				2				2				2		10	5
6	(4) Jan Simensen	9	1							2				2				2				2	9	6
7	(13) Reidar Eide	9				3	2							1		2					1		9	7
8	(11) Göte Nordin	8			3				2		1					1						1	8	8	3
9	(1) Christer Löfqvist	8	2				1				2				1				2				8	9	F
10	(9) Lars Jansson	5			2		0						1					0		2			5	10
11	(12) Christer Sjösten	4			F					E		2			2						0		4	11
12	(10) Øyvind S. Berg	4			1			1						0			1		1				4	12
13	(2) Dag Lovaas	3	F					2				1				0				0			3	13
14	(15) Hasse Holmqvist	3				2			0			0						1	0				3	14
15	(16) Tommy Johansson	1				1				E	E						-			-			1	15
16	(14) Odd Fossengen	0				0		0					0		0							0	0	16
R1	(R1) Leif Enecrona	1															0			1			1	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Fifth round

British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final

• 1 August 1973
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry
• First 8 to European Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(13) Anders Michanek	14				3	3							2		3					3		14	1
	(8) Ole Olsen	11		T						3			3			2			3				11	2
	(4) Ivan Mauger	11	1							2				3				3				2	11	3
4	(2) Tommy Jansson	10	2					3				2				1				2			10	4
5	(7) John Boulger	10		2					3					1	3					1			10	5
6	(11) Peter Collins	9			3				2		3					0						1	9	6
7	(16) Ray Wilson	9				E				1	2						3			3			9	7
8	(15) Bernt Persson	9				2			E			3						2	2				9	8
9	(1) Bob Valentine	8	3				2				0				2				1				8	9
10	(6) Reidar Eide	5		1				2			1							1			0		5	10
11	(14) Göte Nordin	5				1		1					2		1							0	5	11
12	(10) Bengt Jansson	3			2			F						F			1		E				3	12
13	(9) Jan Simensen	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	13
14	(12) Tony Davey	1			0					0		0			0						1		1	14
15	(3) Eric Boocock	0	0						T				-				-				-		0	15
DQ	(5) John Louis	10		3			1					1					2					3	10	DQ
R1	(R1) Garry Middleton	2											T				0				2		2	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Continental Final

• 23 June 1973
• Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(15) Valery Gordeev	13				3			3			2						2	3				13	1
	(4) Grigory Khlinovsky	12	2							3				3				1				3	12	2
	(16) Vladimir Zapleshny	12				2				2	2						3			3			12	3
4	(6) Vladimir Gordeev	11.5		3				3			1/2							3			2		11.5	4
5	(1) Viktor Trofimov	11.5	3				3				1/2				3				2				11.5	5
6	(12) Aleksandr Pavlov	11			3					0		3			2						3		11	6
7	(8) Anatoly Kuzmin	10		2						1			3			3			1				10	7
8	(11) Vladimir Paznikov	10			1				2		3					2						2	10	8
9	(9) Jiri Stancl	8			2		2						2					0		2			8	9
10	(3) Petr Ondrašík	5	1						1				0				2				1		5	10
11	(14) Milan Špinka	5				1		2					1		X							1	5	11
12	(13) Václav Verner	4				0	1							2		1					0		4	12
13	(5) Miloslav Verner	3		1			0					1					1					0	3	13
14	(7) Josef Angermüller	3		0					0					1	1					1			3	14
15	(10) Karol Vobornik	1			0			1						0			0		0				1	15
16	(2) Petr Kučera	0	0					0				0				0				0			0	16
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Sixth round

Polish qualifiers

• The top five finishers in the Golden Helmet, during the 1973 Polish speedway season gained nominations for the World final.

European Final

• 19 August 1973
• Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg
• First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(7) Anders Michanek	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(5) Ivan Mauger	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	2
	(13) Vladimir Paznikov	12				3	2							1		3					3		12	3
4	(4) Bernt Persson	10	0							3				2				3				2	10	4
5	(9) Vladimir Zapleshny	9			3		0						2					2		2			9	5
6	(16) Peter Collins	9				2				2	3						2			E			9	6
7	(14) Valery Gordeev	8				F		3					3		1							1	8	7
8	(11) Ole Olsen	8			2				2		2					2						-	8	8
9	(1) Grigory Khlinovsky	7	1				1				0				2				3				7	9
10	(3) John Boulger	7	3						1				1				1				1		7	10
11	(2) Ray Wilson	6	2					2				F				1				1			6	11
12	(6) Bengt Jansson	6		1				1			1							1			2		6	12
13	(15) Aleksandr Pavlov	4				1			0			2						0	1				4	13
14	(8) Jiri Stancl	2		0						0			0			0			2				2	14
15	(12) Viktor Trofimov	2			0					1		1			0						0		2	15
16	(10) Anatoly Kuzmin	1			1			0						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Otto Barth	0																				0	0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

World Final

Final Controversy

The Final was surrounded by controversy, with decisions made by Georg Traunspurger, the referee assigned to the meeting by the FIM, seeming to favour the Polish riders. One of his decisions was to have 2nd reserve Andrzej Wyglenda of Poland race in Heat 16 in front of 1st reserve Tommy Jansson of Sweden (after Bernt Persson of Sweden was unable to ride), making it four Polish riders in the race. In the race, second placed Edward Jancarz, who led for the first three laps, seemed to let Zenon Plech take the lead in the final turn, allowing Plech, who had more points at that stage of the meeting, to collect another three points for the win.

His most controversial decision was to exclude Soviet rider Grigory Khlinovsky from heat 19. Khlinovsky had attempted to pass on the inside of Zenon Plech for the lead going into the back straight of the last lap. As he was passed by the Russian, Plech lost control of his bike and fell. Despite protests from riders and the Soviet officials Khlinovsky was excluded and England's Peter Collins, who was in 3rd place at the time of the crash, was awarded the heat win, Plech, who didn't actually finish the race, was awarded 2nd. The result of the two points he gained for second place allowed Plech to finish a clear third in the championship. Had Khlinovsky been the winner of the heat, he would have ended on 13 points, which would have put him in the run-off for the title with Szczakiel and Mauger. ^[11]

British television commentator Dave Lanning called the ruling "The craziest piece of speedway regulations in the history of World Championship racing", before adding that "It seems to me that the authorities here in Katowice are making up the rules to suit themselves to get their boys a world title."

Final result

• 2 September 1973
• Silesian Stadium, Chorzów ^[12]
• Referee: Georg Traunspurger

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(16) Jerzy Szczakiel	13				3				3	3						2			2			13	1	3
	(8) Ivan Mauger	13		3						1			3			3			3				13	2	F
	(6) Zenon Plech	12		2				3			2							3			2		12	3
4	(7) Ole Olsen	11		1					2					3	2					3			11	4
5	(3) Grigory Khlinovsky	10	2						3				2				3				X		10	5
6	(2) Vladimir Paznikov	8	3					1				2				1				1			8	6
7	(4) Paweł Waloszek	8	1							2				1				1				3	8	7
8	(12) Valery Gordeev	7			2					0		1			3						1		7	8
9	(11) Jan Mucha	7			1				1		1					2						2	7	9
10	(1) Anders Michanek	6	0				3				X				1				2				6	10
11	(9) Edward Jancarz	6			3		1						0					2		0			6	11
12	(13) Peter Collins	6				1	0							2		0					3		6	12
13	(14) John Boulger	6				2		2					1		0							1	6	13
14	(5) Ray Wilson	5		F			2					3					0					F	5	14
15	(10) Vladimir Zapleshny	2			0			0						0			1		1				2	15
16	(15) Bernt Persson	0				F			0			R						-	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Andrzej Wyglenda	0																0					0	R1
R2	(R2) Tommy Jansson	0																	0				0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

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