FIM Long Track World Championship
Individual Long Track World Championship medalists
Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
---|---|
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]
Medalists
European Long Track Championship
(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.
Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
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World Long Track Championship
Grand Prix Series (since 1997)
Riders
There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.
Classification
Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.
No. | Rider | Nationality | Total | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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1. | Gerd Riss | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
2. | Simon Wigg | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
3. | Robert Barth | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
4. | Karl Maier | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
5. | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
6. | Kelvin Tatum | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
7. | Egon Müller | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
8. | Ivan Mauger | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
9. | Martin Smolinski | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
10. | Erik Riss | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
11. | Mathieu Trésarrieu | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
12. | Erik Gundersen | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||
13. | Jannick de Jong | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
14. | Alois Wiesböck | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
15. | Ole Olsen | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
16. | Anders Michanek | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
17. | Marcel Gerhard | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
18. | Shawn Moran | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
19. | Michael Lee | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||
Tommy Dunker | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
Records
- Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
- Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
- Most One Day Finals: Egon Müller 20.
- Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
- Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 24.
- Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 104.
- Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
- Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34.
- Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16
Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.
See also
References
- ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
- ^ "Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "World Longtrack finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. pp. 511–512. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2016 Overall Standings - Grasstrack GB". grasstrackgb.co.uk.
- ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2022 Overall Standings" (PDF). FIM.
- ^ "King Mat, champ Zach". Speedway Star. 17 September 2022. p. 20.
- Books
- Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33. ISSN 1036-4404.
External links
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