1980 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship

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European Under-21 Championship
Tommy Knudsen.jpg
Tommy Knudsen won the 1980 event
Venue Rottalstadion
Location Pocking, West Germany
Start date20 July 1980
  1979
1981  

The 1980 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was the fourth edition of the European Under-21 Championships. [1] [2] [3]

The Championship was won by Tommy Knudsen. [4]

European final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Tommy Knudsen 1433233141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg (1) Tony Briggs 1233222122
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (15) Dennis Sigalos 11X23331133
4 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Erik Gundersen 11331311142
5 Flag of Finland.svg (10) Ari Koponen 91233095
6 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Marek Kępa 92130396
7 Flag of England.svg (4) Neil Evitts 92212297
8 Flag of England.svg (12) Nigel Flatman 80321288
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6E032169
10 Flag of Germany.svg (3) Josef Aigner 6F0123610
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Lars Hammarberg 531X01511
12 Flag of Germany.svg (13) Christian Brandt 512011512
13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (2) Rif Saitgareev 511102513
14 Flag of Poland.svg (6) Mirosław Berliński 32E01X314
15 Flag of the United States.svg (9) Shawn Moran 2200E-215
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (7) Klaus Lohmann 0F----016
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Hans Albert Klinge 41120X417
18 Flag of Hungary.svg (18) Zoltan Hajdu 0E018
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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

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References

  1. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  2. "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. "1980 results". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.