1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway.[3] The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Ole Olsen	4	5	5	5	5	24
2	Hans Siegl	5	5	5	5	0	20
3	Manfred Poschenreider	5	4	4	4	3	20
4	Don Godden	2	5	4	4	4	19
5	Jan Kater	4	4	2	3	2	15
6	Josef Angermüller	5	3	3	3	1	15
7	Runo Wedin	3	3	4	1	E	11
8	Willihard Thomsson	3	4	2	2	E	11
9	Egon Müller	2	3	5	0	E	10
10	Milan Špinka	4	2	1	0	E	7
11	Sture Lindblom	3	1	1	2	E	7
12	Einar Egedius	1	1	3	1	E	6
13	Zdeněk Majstr	-	-	3	E	E	3
14	Berndt Hornfeldt	1	2	0	E	E	3
15	Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	0	-	2	E	E	2
16	Jon Ødegaard	-	0	-	E	E	0
17	Conny Samuelsson	-	0	-	E	E	0
18	Hakan Storm	0	-	-	E	E	0

Key

• E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

1. Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
3. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
4. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.