| 2002 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | May 11 - October 26 |
| Events | 10 |
| Cities | 10 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Riders | 22 permanents 2 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 250 (in 10 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  SWE Tony Rickardsson |
| Runner-up |  AUS Jason Crump |
| 3rd place | AUS Ryan Sullivan |
The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championship [1] [2] [3] and the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
The 2002 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
Calendar
| Date | Grand Prix | Venue | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May | Norway | Vikingskipet, Hamar | Tony Rickardsson | results |
| 25 May | Poland | Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz | Tomasz Gollob  | results |
| 8 June | Great Britain | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Ryan Sullivan | results |
| June 22 | Slovenia | Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško | Ryan Sullivan | results |
| July 6 | Sweden | Olympiastadion, Stockholm | Tony Rickardsson | results |
| July 20 | Czech Republic | Markéta Stadium, Prague | Jason Crump | results |
| August 31 | Scandinavia | Ullevi, Gothenburg | Leigh Adams | results |
| 14 September | Europe | Stadion Śląski, Chorzów | Nicki Pedersen  | results |
| 28 September | Denmark | Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens | Tony Rickardsson | results |
| 26 October | Australia | Stadium Australia, Sydney | Greg Hancock  | results |
Final 2002 standings
| Pos. | Rider Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Rickardsson | 181 | (25,20,13,13,25,16,20,16,25,8) |
| 2 | Jason Crump | 162 | (16,16,11,11,16,25,13,20,16,18) |
| 3 | Ryan Sullivan | 158 | (20,13,25,25,11,18,11,11,13,11) |
| 4 | Leigh Adams | 127 | (13,13,16,13,13,11,25,11,7,5) |
| 5 | Mikael Karlsson | 122 | (18,7,18,11,11,7,13,18,6,13) |
| 6 | Greg Hancock | 122 | (8,4,4,8,18,20,16,6,13,25) |
| 7 | Tomasz Gollob | 117 | (7,25,11,20,8,8,5,5,20,8) |
| 8 | Mark Loram  | 97 | (8,18,8,18,13,13,6,7,5,1) |
| 9 | Billy Hamill | 95 | (11,11,7,7,7,13,6,8,18,7) |
| 10 | Lukáš Dryml  | 95 | (5,1,6,7,20,11,18,8,8,11) |
| 11 | Rune Holta  | 80 | (1,11,5,5,6,7,11,7,11,16) |
| 12 | Nicki Pedersen | 73 | (2,4,2,5,4,6,8,25,11,6) |
| 13 | Scott Nicholls | 72 | (3,5,8,4,-,4,7,13,8,20) |
| 14 | Andreas Jonsson | 70 | (3,8,7,16,7,5,4,3,4,13) |
| 15 | Todd Wiltshire | 63 | (11,8,20,6,1,2,7,2,2,4) |
| 16 | Krzysztof Cegielski | 55 | (4,3,1,8,6,8,8,13,-,4) |
| 17 | Sebastian Ułamek | 39 | (2,6,5,4,3,3,2,5,4,5) |
| 18 | Niklas Klingberg | 37 | (5,3,3,3,5,3,4,6,3,2) |
| 19 | Carl Stonehewer | 30 | (13,5,2,1,2,4,3,-,-,-) |
| 20 | Andy Smith | 29 | (4,6,4,6,2,2,1,2,1,1) |
| 21 | Grzegorz Walasek | 25 | (7,2,3,3,5,5,-,-,-,-) |
| 22 | Matej Ferjan  | 22 | (1,1,1,2,1,6,1,1,2,6) |
| 23 | Peter Karlsson | 21 | (-,-,-,-,8,-,5,3,5,-) |
| 24 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 18 | (-,7,-,-,4,-,-,1,6,-) |
| 25 | Lee Richardson | 17 | (-,-,13,-,-,-,-,4,-,-) |
| 26 | Bjarne Pedersen | 10 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,3,-,7,-) |
| 27 | Steve Johnston | 7 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,7) |
| 28 | Lars Gunnestad | 6 | (6,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 29 | Joe Screen | 6 | (-,-,6,-,-,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 30 | Jarosław Hampel | 6 | (-,2,-,-,-,-,-,4,-,-) |
| 31 | Kaj Laukkanen  | 6 | (6,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 32 | Freddie Eriksson | 3 | (-,-,-,-,3,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 33 | Bohumil Brhel | 3 | (-,-,-,-,-,1,-,-,-,2) |
| 34 | Mick Poole | 3 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,3) |
| 35 | Jason Lyons | 3 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,3) |
| 36 | Ronni Pedersen | 3 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,3,-) |
| 37 | Sándor Tihanyi  | 2 | (-,-,-,2,-,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 38 | David Ruud | 2 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,2,-,-,-) |
| 39 | Izak Šantej | 1 | (-,-,-,1,-,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 40 | Hans Andersen | 1 | (-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,1,-) |
| 41 | Aleš Dryml | 1 | (-,-,-,-,-,1,-,-,-,-) |
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