1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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Anatoly Gladyshev (pictured in 1978) was killed during heat 23

The 1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the World Championship ^[1] The Championship was held on 17 and 18 February 1984 at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow in the Soviet Union. ^{[2] [3]}

The winner was Erik Stenlund of the Sweden. ^[4] This was the first time since 1974 when the Championship was won by a rider not representing the Soviet Union. ^[5]

Anatoly Gladyshev was killed during the 23rd heat of the second day. After colliding with Vitaly Russkikh he fell into the path of Walter Wartbichler who ran over him. He suffered an artery rupture caused by the front tyre of the bike and died later in hospital. ^[6]

Classification

Pos	Rider	Pts
1	Erik Stenlund	29
2	Vladimir Sukhov	28
3	Yuri Ivanov	27
4	Vitali Russkikh	22
5	Roelof Thijs	20
6	Helmut Weber
7	Jarmo Hirvasoja	16
8	Günter Brandt
9	Valeri Ivanschenko
10	Per-Olof Serenius
11	Max Niedermaier	7
12	Walter Wartbichler
13	Alexander Smyshiliaev	6
14	Anatoly Gladyshev
15	Václav Verner
16	Valentino Furlanetto
17	Stanislav Dyk (res)
18	Eskil Jonsson (res)

See also

• 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship in classic speedway
• 1984 Team Ice Racing World Championship

References

1. "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. "Ice Championships". Speedway.org. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 290–291. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
5. "1984 Ice Speedway World Final". You Tube. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
6. "Anatoly Gladyschev". motorsport memorial. Retrieved 17 July 2021.