| Speedway at the 2017 World Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Stadion Olimpijski |
| Dates | 29 July 2017 |
| Competitors | 21 from 7 nations |
The speedway event at the 2017 World Games was held at the Stadion Olimpijski in Poland. [1] [2] For the second time after the 1985 World Games, speedway was included in the World Games programme as an invitational sport, the Polish team won on home soil. [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  Poland Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Bartosz Zmarzlik |  Australia Jason Doyle Max Fricke Chris Holder |  Sweden Antonio Lindback Fredrik Lindgren Peter Ljung |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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