1982 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1982 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1982 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] The event was held on 19 September 1982 at the Korskro Motor Center in Esbjerg in Denmark. [2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the second time. [3] [4]

Final Classification

PosRiderHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsTotal Pts
1 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier 4555524
2 Flag of Germany.svg Alois Wiesböck 5554322
3 Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller 3455421
4 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Gilgenreiner 1543215
5 Flag of England.svg Peter Collins 5343015
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger 5134114
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen 3422E11
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek 2232E9
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 0341E8
10 Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Betzl 1231E7
11 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Hack 2320E7
12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Gerhard 1410E6
13 Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg 41efEE5
14 Flag of England.svg Chris Morton 022EE4
15 Flag of Germany.svg Josef Aigner 211EE4
16 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Schwartz 40f/xEE4
17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl 301EE4
18 Flag of England.svg Phil Collins 00efEE0

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References

  1. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN   0-316-72946-9.