Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship

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World Longtrack Championship
Sport Motorcycle speedway
Founded1957
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]

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Medalists

European Long Track Championship

(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.

YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place
1957 Flag of Sweden.svg Solvalla Flag of Norway.svg Basse Hveem Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Norway.svg Eric Brafvold
1958 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Finland.svg Aulis Tuominen Flag of Austria.svg Josef Kamper
1959 Flag of Finland.svg Käpylä Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Finland.svg Antti Pajari Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nygren
1960 Flag of Germany.svg Plattling Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Germany.svg Josef Seidl Flag of Germany.svg Josef Sinzinger
1961 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Finland.svg Timo Laine Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Norway.svg Erik Simonsen
1962 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Stridh Flag of Germany.svg Joseph Seidl Flag of Finland.svg Timo Laine
1963 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Stridh Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt W. Petersen Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider
1964 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt W. Petersen Flag of Finland.svg Ollie Turunen Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider
1965 Flag of Finland.svg Seinäjoki Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of Finland.svg Timo Laine Flag of Germany.svg Joseph Seidl
1966 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt W. Petersen Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard
1967 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of England.svg Don Godden Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard
1968 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of England.svg Don Godden Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt W. Petersen
1969 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of England.svg Don Godden Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt W. Petersen
1970 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard Flag of England.svg Don Godden Flag of Germany.svg Hans Zierk

World Long Track Championship

YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place
1971 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of Sweden.svg Runo Wedin
1972 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard
1973 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Germany.svg Hans Siegl Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider
1974 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Germany.svg Alois Wiesböck
1975 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Gornja Radgona Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen
1976 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller
1977 Flag of Denmark.svg Aalborg Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek Flag of Germany.svg Hans Siegl Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen
1978 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of Germany.svg Alois Wiesböck Flag of England.svg Peter Collins(*)
1979 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of Germany.svg Alois Wiesböck Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen
1980 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of Germany.svg Josef Aigner
Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Betzl
1981 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Gornja Radgona Flag of England.svg Michael Lee Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Betzl Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek(*)
1982 Flag of Denmark.svg Korskro Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of Germany.svg Alois Wiesböck Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller
1983 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier
1984 Flag of Germany.svg Herxheim Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Gundersen Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier
1985 Flag of Denmark.svg Korskro Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of England.svg Peter Collins
1986 Flag of Germany.svg Pfarrkirchen Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Gundersen Flag of England.svg Peter Collins(*) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Gerhard
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran(*)
1988 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch Flag of England.svg Chris Morton
1989 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr. Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier
1990 Flag of Germany.svg Herxheim Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier(*) Flag of Germany.svg Hans Pingel
1991 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr.(*) Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Pfarrkirchen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Gerhard Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier
1993 Flag of Germany.svg Mühldorf Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Gerhard(*)
1994 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of Germany.svg Andre Pollehn Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss(*)
1995 Flag of Germany.svg Scheeßel Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum(*) Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg Flag of Germany.svg Walter Scherwitzki
1996 Flag of Germany.svg Herxheim Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Diener

Grand Prix Series (since 1997)

YearVenuesWinnersRunner-up3rd place
1997
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Dunker Flag of England.svg Steve Schofield Flag of England.svg Glenn Cunningham
1998
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five events Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Steve Schofield
1999
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum
2000
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five events Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Kröger
2001
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four events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth
2002
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum
2003
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six events Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss
2004
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Flag of Germany.svg Roberto Diener
2005
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nine events Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Paul Hurry
2006
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss
2007
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three events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu
2008
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four events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of England.svg Glen Phillips Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk Fabriek
2009
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of France.svg Stephane Tresarrieu Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk Fabriek
2010
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six events Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper Flag of Germany.svg Richard Speiser
2011
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six events Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Germany.svg Richard Speiser Flag of Germany.svg Stephan Katt
2012
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six events Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Franc
2013
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six events Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jannick de Jong Flag of England.svg Richard Hall
2014
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Erik Riss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jannick de Jong Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
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four events Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jannick de Jong Flag of Germany.svg Erik Riss Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé
2016
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Erik Riss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jannick de Jong Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu
2017
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five events Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu Flag of Germany.svg Michael Hartel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Franc
2018
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five events Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu
2019
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five events Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu
2020
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two events Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Fienhage Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Kruse Hansen Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu
2021
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four events Flag of the Netherlands.svg Romano Hummel Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper
2022
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six events Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu Flag of England.svg Zach Wajtknecht Flag of England.svg Chris Harris
2023
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six events Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Kruse Hansen

Riders

There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.

Classification

Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.

No.RiderNationalityTotal Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg
1. Gerd Riss Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14833
2. Simon Wigg Flag of England.svg  England 752
3. Robert Barth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8431
4. Karl Maier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10424
5. Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7421
6. Kelvin Tatum Flag of England.svg  England 8332
7. Egon Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7322
8. Ivan Mauger Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 532
9. Martin Smolinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 523
10. Erik Riss Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 321
11. Mathieu Trésarrieu Flag of France.svg  France 725
12. Erik Gundersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22
13. Jannick de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 413
14. Alois Wiesböck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4121
15. Ole Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5113
16. Anders Michanek Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3111
17. Marcel Gerhard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 312
18. Shawn Moran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 211
19. Michael Lee Flag of England.svg  England 11
Tommy Dunker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11

Records

Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.

See also

Related Research Articles

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 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 1981 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 11th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 20 September 1981 in Gornja Radgona in the Slovenia, which was Yugoslavia at the time.

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

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 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 13th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1983 in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia . The world title was won by Shawn Moran of the United States.

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 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in 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 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.

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