1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date31 August 1996
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London
Event5 of 6 (11)
Referee Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Jensen
Stadium details
Stadium London Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 August in the London Stadium in London, Great Britain [1] [2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by Australian rider Jason Crump, being the first win of his career.

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Starting positions draw

injury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Gary Havelock was replaced

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
114 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Jason Crump 25222131033
29 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 20313231212
32 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Billy Hamill 18312221041
46 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 16133131120
515 Flag of Poland.svg (19) Tomasz Gollob 1400333953
65 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Peter Karlsson 133303T962
712 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Mark Loram 1222122971
813 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Henrik Gustafsson 113E311880
97 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Sam Ermolenko 9211318103
104 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Joe Screen 813202892
111 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Tony Rickardsson 7221027111
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Chris Louis 6030205120
138 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (17) Craig Boyce 40013X4143
1410 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Leigh Adams 3100012162
1511 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith 2022015131
1616 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Tommy Knudsen 111010315X
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Marvyn Cox -17
1818 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Jan Stæchmann -18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints POL
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ITA
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GER
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SWE
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GBR
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DEN
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1 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 97182525920 
2 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Billy Hamill 88162092518 
3 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Tony Rickardsson 75201816147 
4 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 701213131616 
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Henrik Gustafsson 67144182011 
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Peter Karlsson 507320713 
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Chris Louis 45891486 
8 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Tomasz Gollob 4311ns1814 
9 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Tommy Knudsen 4225161 
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Jason Crump 391ns7625 
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Mark Loram 386261212 
12 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Sam Ermolenko 36914139 
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Joe Screen 31371128 
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Gary Havelock 271314 
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Leigh Adams 242ns8113 
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (17) Craig Boyce 22ns12244 
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith 19ns11332 
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Marvyn Cox 144811ns 
19 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Gerd Riss 1212 
20 Flag of Italy.svg (16) Stefano Alfonso 66 
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Jan Stæchmann nsns 
Flag of Sweden.svg (21) Mikael Karlsson ns 
Pos. RiderPoints POL
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ITA
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GER
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SWE
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GBR
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DEN
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See also

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References

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  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.