Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
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Founded | 1957 |
Most titles | Gerd Riss (8 times) |
This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.
There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.
Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.
No. | Rider | Nationality | Total | |||
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1. | Gerd Riss | Germany | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
2. | Simon Wigg | England | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
3. | Robert Barth | Germany | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
4. | Karl Maier | Germany | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
5. | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Finland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
6. | Kelvin Tatum | England | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
7. | Egon Müller | Germany | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
8. | Ivan Mauger | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
9. | Martin Smolinski | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
10. | Erik Riss | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
11. | Mathieu Trésarrieu | France | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
12. | Erik Gundersen | Denmark | 2 | 2 | ||
13. | Jannick de Jong | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
14. | Alois Wiesböck | Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
15. | Ole Olsen | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
16. | Anders Michanek | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
17. | Marcel Gerhard | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
18. | Shawn Moran | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
19. | Michael Lee | England | 1 | 1 | ||
Tommy Dunker | Germany | 1 | 1 | |||
Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.
Gerd Riss is a former speedway rider from Germany, who competed in motorcycle speedway and Longtrack racing. He is an eight-times World longtrack champion. He also earned 22 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 12 international caps for the German national speedway team.
The Germany national long track team is the national longtrack motorcycle speedway team of Germany and is controlled by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB).
The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.
The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway. The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark.
The 1979 Individual Long Track World Championship was the ninth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 9 September 1979 in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.
The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.
The 1985 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 15th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 15 September 1985 at the Korskro Motor Centre in Esbjerg in Denmark.
The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time.
The 1991 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 28 July 1991 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.
The 1992 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 13 September 1992 in Pfarrkirchen, Germany.
The 1993 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 26 September 1993 in Mühldorf, Germany.
The 1994 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 24th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 25 September 1994 at the Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic.
The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system and also contained races on grasstrack.
The 1999 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 29th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 1998 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 28th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2000 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 30th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2001 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 31st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2002 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 32nd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2003 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2004 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 34th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.