Wolverhampton Olympique

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Wolverhampton Olympique
Fredrik Lindgren.jpg
Freddie Lindgren six time winner
Category motorcycle speedway
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season1966
Folded2023

The Wolverhampton Olympique was an individual motorcycle speedway event that was hosted annually in the Midlands. [1]

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History

The event was first run in October 1966 by the Newcastle Diamonds club at their home venue Brough Park. At the time both Newcastle Diamonds and Wolverhampton Wolves were owned by the same promoter Mike Parker. In 1969, Parker sold his interest in Newcastle Diamonds and a number of his assets were transferred to Wolverhampton Wolves, two of which were the Olympique event and the licence of speedway rider Ole Olsen.

With the closure of Wolverhampton in 1980 the meeting was transferred to Birmingham but when Wolves re-opened in 1984 Peter Adams brought it back to Monmore Green Stadium in Wolverhampton.

The last Olympique was held in 2023, because Monmore Green's owners Entain announced that the venue would only be used by greyhound racing during 2024. [2] It was won by Ausralian Zach Cook. [3]

Past winners

YearVenueFirstSecondThird
1966 Brough Park Flag of New Zealand.svg Barry Briggs Flag of England.svg Peter Kelly Flag of England.svg Nigel Boocock
1967Brough Park Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of England.svg Nigel Boocock
1968Brough ParkNot staged
1969Brough ParkNot staged
1970 Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of New Zealand.svg Ronnie Moore
1971Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of New Zealand.svg Barry Briggs Flag of Sweden.svg Bernt Persson
1972Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of England.svg Terry Betts Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger
1973Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of England.svg Peter Collins Flag of England.svg Chris Pusey
1974Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of England.svg Peter Collins Flag of New Zealand.svg Terry Betts
1975Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Sanders Flag of Sweden.svg Sören Sjösten
1976Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Peter Collins Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of England.svg Chris Morton
1977Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Sanders Flag of England.svg Gordon Kennett Flag of England.svg Dave Jessup
1978Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Gordon Kennett Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Finland.svg Ila Teromaa
1979Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Crump Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Penhall Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Andersson
1980Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Les Collins Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Schwartz Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen
1981Monmore Green Stadium Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Flag of England.svg Dave Jessup
1982Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Flag of England.svg Alan Grahame Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen
1983 Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium Not staged
1984Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Eriksen
1985Monmore Green StadiumNot staged
1986Monmore Green StadiumNot staged
1987Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O Pedersen
1988Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of the United States.svg Mike Faria
1989Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O Pedersen Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen
1990Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill Flag of Denmark.svg John Jørgensen
1991Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko
1992Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock
1993Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Joe Screen Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson
1994Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of England.svg Joe Screen
1995Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of England.svg Joe Screen
1996Monmore Green StadiumNot staged
1997Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Karlsson Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper B Jensen
1998Monmore Green Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Flag of England.svg Mark Loram Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson
1999Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of England.svg Joe Screen Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
2000Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper B. Jensen
2001Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Karlsson Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
2002Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of England.svg Paul Hurry
2003Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Max Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams
2004Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg David Howe Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls
2005Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis McGowan
2006Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper
2007Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls Flag of England.svg Chris Harris
2008Monmore Green StadiumPostponed
2009Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls
2010Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls
2011Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls Flag of England.svg Chris Harris
2012Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Wells Flag of England.svg Danny King
2013Monmore Green StadiumPostponed
2014Monmore Green StadiumPostponed
2015Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Wells Flag of England.svg Chris Harris
2016Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Thorssell [4] Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Flag of England.svg Chris Harris
2017Monmore Green StadiumNot staged
2018Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Flag of England.svg Kyle Howarth Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Wells
2019Monmore Green StadiumNot staged
2020Monmore Green StadiumNot staged due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Monmore Green Stadium Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls [5] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rory Schlein
2022Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris [6] Flag of England.svg Tom Brennan Flag of the United States.svg Luke Becker
2023Monmore Green Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Cook [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rory Schlein Flag of England.svg Tom Brennan

Results by Rider

CountryDriverFirstSecondThirdPodium
Flag of Denmark.svg Olsen, Ole 6208
Flag of Sweden.svg Lindgren, Freddie 6208
Flag of Sweden.svg Karlsson (Max), Mikael 4004
Flag of Sweden.svg Karlsson, Peter 35210
Flag of Denmark.svg Nielsen, Hans 3216
Flag of the United States.svg Hancock, Greg 3014
Flag of England.svg Nicholls, Scott 2237
Flag of the United States.svg Correy, Ronnie 2204
Flag of the United States.svg Ermolenko, Sam 1517
Flag of England.svg Harris, Chris 1247
Flag of England.svg Collins, Peter 1203
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Morris, Nick 1102
Flag of New Zealand.svg Briggs, Barry 1102
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sanders, Billy 1102
Flag of England.svg Kennett, Gordon 1102
Flag of Denmark.svg Pedersen, Jan O 1012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Crump, Jason 1012
Flag of Sweden.svg Michanek, Anders 1001
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Crump, Phil 1001
Flag of England.svg Collins, Les 1001
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shirra, Mitch 1001
Flag of England.svg Howe, David 1001
Flag of Sweden.svg Thorssell, Jacob 1001
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cook, Zach 1001


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Much of this information has been taken from the Wolverhampton Wolves Olympique programme dated 11 October 2016.