Silver Helmet (Poland)

Last updated May 18, 2023

The Silver Helmet (Polish : Turniej o Srebrny Kask, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966.^[1]^[2]

Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
1966	3 events	Zygfryd Friedek Kolejarz Opole	Wiktor Jastrzębski Włókniarz Częstochowa	Henryk Glücklich Polonia Bydgoszcz
1967	5 events	Edward Jancarz Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Zygfryd Friedek Kolejarz Opole	Bogdan Szuluk Stal Toruń
1968	5 events	Piotr Bruzda Sparta Wrocław	Stanisław Kasa Polonia Bydgoszcz	Ryszard Dziatkowski Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
1969	5 events	Jerzy Szczakiel Kolejarz Opole	Marek Cieślak Włókniarz Częstochowa	Ryszard Dziatkowski Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
1970	6 events	Zbigniew Marcinkowski Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	Paweł Protasiewicz Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	Leszek Marsz Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1971	6 events	Zenon Plech+ Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Grzegorz Kuźniar+ Stal Rzeszów	Zbigniew Marcinkowski+ Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra
1972	8 events	Andrzej Tkocz ROW Rybnik	Bernard Jąder Unia Leszno	Zygmunt Słowiński Sparta Wrocław
1973	8 events	Zbigniew Filipiak Falubaz Zielona Góra	Bogusław Nowak Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Piotr Pyszny ROW Rybnik
1974	4 events	Gerard Stach Kolejarz Opole	Jerzy Rembas Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Marian Witelus Kolejarz Opole
1975	8 events	Bolesław Proch Falubaz Zielona Góra	Ryszard Fabiszewski Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Eugeniusz Błaszak Start Gniezno
1976	2 events	Mariusz Okoniewski Unia Leszno	Roman Jankowski Unia Leszno	Andrzej Huszcza Falubaz Zielona Góra
1977	2 events	Andrzej Huszcza Falubaz Zielona Góra	Mariusz Okoniewski Unia Leszno	Kazimierz Adamczak Unia Leszno
1978	Opole	Andrzej Huszcza Falubaz Zielona Góra	Henryk Olszak Falubaz Zielona Góra	Andrzej Marynowski Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1979	Zielona Góra	Roman Jankowski Unia Leszno	Marek Towalski Gorzów Wlkp.	Andrzej Huszcza Zielona Góra
1980	Zielona Góra	Maciej Jaworek Zielona Góra	Marek Kępa Motor Lublin	Wojciech Żabiałowicz Apator Toruń
1981	Toruń	Mirosław Berliński Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Herbert Karwat Kolejarz Opole	Maciej Jaworek Zielona Góra
1982	Rybnik	Maciej Jaworek Zielona Góra	Wojciech Załuski Kolejarz Opole	Andrzej Gąbka Motor Lublin
1983	Toruń	Wojciech Załuski Kolejarz Opole	Krzysztof Grzelak Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Zenon Kasprzak Leszno
1984	Lublin	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz	Wojciech Załuski Kolejarz Opole	Ryszard Gabrych Polonia Bydgoszcz
1985	2 events	Ryszard Franczyszyn Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Sławomir Dudek Zielona Góra	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz
1986	2 events	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz	Piotr Świst Gorzów Wlkp.	Zbigniew Krakowski Unia Leszno
1987	2 events	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz	Cezary Owiżyc Gorzów Wlkp.	Piotr Glücklich Polonia Bydgoszcz
1988	events	Jarosław Olszewski Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Waldemar Cieślewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz	Jacek Gomólski Polonia Bydgoszcz
1989	2 events	Piotr Świst Gorzów Wlkp.	Tomasz Gollob Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Jarosław Szymkowiak Zielona Góra
1990	Zielona Góra	Tomasz Gollob Polonia Bydgoszcz	Jarosław Szymkowiak Zielona Góra	Jarosław Olszewski Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1991	2 events	Jacek Rempała Tarnów	Andrzej Zarzecki Zielona Góra	Robert Sawina Apator Toruń
1992	Grudziądz	Tomasz Gollob Polonia Bydgoszcz	Tomasz Bajerski Apator Toruń	Robert Sawina Apator Toruń
1993	Machowa	Tomasz Kruk Zielona Góra	Mirosław Cierniak Unia Tarnów	Piotr Winiarz Stal Rzeszów
1994	Gorzów Wlkp.	Piotr Baron Sparta Wrocław	Robert Flis Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Tomasz Świątkiewicz Apator Toruń
1995	Toruń	Rafał Dobrucki Piła	Sebastian Ułamek Częstochowa	Waldemar Walczak Piła
1996	Zielona Góra	Wiesław Jaguś Toruń	Piotr Protasiewicz Wrocław	Rafał Dobrucki Piła
1997	Leszno	Rafał Dobrucki Piła	Rafał Okoniewski Piła	Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra]
1998	Leszno	Rafał Okoniewski Piła	Krzysztof Cegielski Gorzów	Krzysztof Jabłoński Gniezno
1999	Grudziądz	Mariusz Franków Piła	Mariusz Węgrzyk Wrocław	Tomasz Cieślewicz Gorzów
2000	Toruń	Jarosław Hampel Polonia Piła	Mariusz Węgrzyk Atlas Wrocław	Tomasz Chrzanowski Apator Toruń
2001	Zielona Góra	Rafał Okoniewski Gorzów	Jarosław Hampel Piła	Dawid Kujawa Zielona Góra
2002	Rybnik	Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno	Rafał Kurmański Zielona Góra	Karol Baran Rzeszów
2003	Bydgoszcz	Robert Miśkowiak Piła	Janusz Kołodziej Tarnów	Tomasz Gapiński Piła
2004	Zielona Góra	Adrian Miedziński Toruń	Zbigniew Suchecki Zielona Góra	Łukasz Romanek Rybnik
2005	Tarnów	Janusz Kołodziej Tarnów	Paweł Miesiąc Rzeszów	Marcin Rempała Tarnów
2006	Zielona Góra	Karol Ząbik Toruń	Ronnie Jamroży Wrocław	Adrian Gomólski Gniezno
2007	Rybnik	Marcin Jędrzejewski Polonia Bydgoszcz	Grzegorz Zengota Zielona Góra	Adrian Gomólski Start Gniezno
2008	Rzeszów	Maciej Janowski Wrocław	Grzegorz Zengota Zielona Góra	Patryk Pawlaszczyk Rybnik
2009	Częstochowa	Grzegorz Zengota Zielona Góra	Maciej Janowski Wrocław	Sławomir Musielak Leszno
2010	Leszno	Maciej Janowski ^[3] Wrocław	Artur Mroczka Grudziądz	Przemysław Pawlicki Gorzów
2011	Wrocław	Maciej Janowski Wrocław	Przemysław Pawlicki Piła	Patryk Dudek Zielona Góra
2012	Rzeszów	Przemysław Pawlicki Leszno	Bartosz Zmarzlik Gorzów	Maciej Janowski Tarnów
2013	Rawicz	Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Leszno	Patryk Dudek Zielona Góra	Bartosz Zmarzlik Gorzów
2014	Krosno	Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Leszno	Krystian Pieszczek Gdańsk	Szymon Woźniak Bydgoszcz
2015	Piła	Kacper Woryna Rybnik	Maksym Drabik Wrocław	Adrian Cyfer Gorzów
2016	Rawicz	Krystian Pieszczek Zielona Góra	Bartosz Smektała Leszno	Adrian Gała Wrocław
2017	Krosno	Maksym Drabik Wrocław	Dominik Kubera Leszno	Bartosz Smektała Leszno
2018	Lublin	Bartosz Smektała Leszno	Maksym Drabik Wrocław	Robert Chmiel Rybnik
2019	Grudziądz	Dominik Kubera Leszno	Michał Gruchalski Częstochowa	Wiktor Lampart Lublin
2020	Gdańsk	Dominik Kubera Leszno	Wiktor Trofymow Lublin	Jakub Miśkowiak Częstochowa
2021	Bydgoszcz	Jakub Miśkowiak Częstochowa	Mateusz Świdnicki Częstochowa	Wiktor Jasiński Gorzów
2022	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Jakub Miśkowiak Częstochowa	Kacper Pludra Grudziądz	Wiktor Przyjemski Bydgoszcz
2023	Częstochowa	Bartłomiej Kowalski Wrocław	Damian Ratajczak Leszno	Kacper Pludra Grudziądz

(+1971, all three riders finished on 54 points)^[4]

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References

↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1966-2022". Polish Speedway History. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1966-2022". Speedway Historia Speedway Polsce. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
↑ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2010". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1971". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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[1] "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1966-2022". Polish Speedway History. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[2] "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1966-2022". Speedway Historia Speedway Polsce. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[3] "Historia Speedway Polsce 2010". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[4] "Historia Speedway Polsce 1971". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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v t e Polish speedway teams and seasons
Ekstraliga	Częstochowa Gorzów Grudziądz Krosno Leszno Lublin Toruń Wrocław
1. Liga	Bydgoszcz Gdańsk Landshut Łódź Ostrów Poznań Rybnik Zielona Góra
2. Liga	Daugavpils Gniezno Opole Piła Rawicz Rzeszów Tarnów
Other	Motor Lublin Kraków Miskolc Świętochłowice Wittstock
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Speedway in Poland
Championships	Individual Pairs Team Extraleague Polish Speedway First League (1.Liga) Polish Speedway Second League (2.Liga) Individual U-21 Pairs U-21 Team U-21
Helmets and Cups	Golden Silver U-21 Bronze U-19
Memorials	M. Połukard Criterium of Aces Alfred Smoczyk Edward Jancarz Łukasz Romanek
Tournaments	Bolesław Chrobry Crest Chain of Ostrów Town
Grands Prix	Polish SGP European SGP
National teams	Poland team U21 U19
Governing Bodies	Polish Motor Union (Main Commission) Speedway Ekstraliga LLC