1982 Individual Long Track World Championship

1982 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1982 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 19 September 1982 at the Korskro Motor Center in Esbjerg in Denmark.[2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the second time.[3][4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 4 5 5 5 5 24
2 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 5 5 5 4 3 22
3 West Germany Egon Müller 3 4 5 5 4 21
4 West Germany Georg Gilgenreiner 1 5 4 3 2 15
5 England Peter Collins 5 3 4 3 0 15
6 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 5 1 3 4 1 14
7 Denmark Ole Olsen 3 4 2 2 E 11
8 Sweden Anders Michanek 2 2 3 2 E 9
9 Denmark Hans Nielsen 0 3 4 1 E 8
10 West Germany Christoph Betzl 1 2 3 1 E 7
11 West Germany Georg Hack 2 3 2 0 E 7
12 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 1 4 1 0 E 6
13 England Simon Wigg 4 1 ef E E 5
14 England Chris Morton 0 2 2 E E 4
15 West Germany Josef Aigner 2 1 1 E E 4
16 United States Bobby Schwartz 4 0 f/x E E 4
17 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 3 0 1 E E 4
18 England Phil Collins 0 0 ef E E 0
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.