Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship

This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971 to 2010. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship

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Medalists

European Long Track Championship

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1957 Solvalla  NOR Basse Hveem  GER Josef Hofmeister  NOR Eric Brafvold
1958 Mühldorf  GER Josef Hofmeister  FIN Aki Tuominen  AUT Joseph Kamper
1959 Kotby  GER Josef Hofmeister  FIN Atti Pajari  SWE Olle Nygren
1960 Plattling  GER Josef Hofmeister  GER D. Seidl  GER D. Sinzinger
1961 Oslo  FIN Timo Laine  SWE Ove Fundin  NOR Erik Simonsen
1962 Mühldorf  SWE Bertl Strid  GER Joseph Seidl  FIN Timo Laine
1963 Malmö  SWE Bertl Strid  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1964 Scheeßel  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  FIN Ollie Turunen  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1965 Seinäjoki  SWE Björn Knutsson  FIN Timo Laine  GER Joseph Seidl
1966 Mühldorf  GER Manfred Poschenreider  DEN Kurt W. Petersen  NOR Jon Odegard
1967 Scheeßel  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Odegard
1968 Mühldorf  GER Manfred Poschenreider  ENG Don Godden  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1969 Oslo  ENG Don Godden  NOR Jon Odegard  DEN Kurt W. Petersen
1970 Scheeßel  NOR Jon Odegard  ENG Don Godden  GER Hans Zierk

World Long Track Championship

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1971 Oslo  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Manfred Poschenreider  SWE Runo Wedin
1972 Mühldorf  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Manfred Poschenreider  NOR Jon Odegard
1973 Oslo  DEN Ole Olsen  GER Hans Seigl  GER Manfred Poschenreider
1974 Scheeßel  GER Egon Müller  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Alois Wiesbock
1975 Radgona  GER Egon Müller  NZL Ivan Mauger  DEN Ole Olsen
1976 Marienbad  NZL Ivan Mauger  GER Egon Müller  DEN Ole Olsen
1977 Aalborg  SWE Anders Michanek  GER Hans Seigl  DEN Ole Olsen
1978 Mühldorf  GER Egon Müller  GER Alois Wiesbock  ENG Peter Collins
1979 Marienbad  GER Alois Wiesbock  SWE Anders Michanek  DEN Ole Olsen
1980* Scheeßel  GER Karl Maier  GER Egon Müller  GER Joseph Aigner
 GER Christop Betzl
1981 Radgona  ENG Michael Lee  GER Christop Betzl  SWE Anders Michanek
1982 Korskro  GER Karl Maier  GER Alois Wiesbock  GER Egon Müller
1983 Marienbad  USA Shawn Moran  CZE Jiří Štancl  GER Karl Maier
1984 Herxheim  DEN Erik Gundersen  GER Egon Müller  GER Karl Maier
1985 Korskro  ENG Simon Wigg  CZE Jiří Štancl  ENG Peter Collins
1986 Pfarrkirchen  DEN Erik Gundersen  ENG Peter Collins  SWI Marcel Gerhard
1987 Mühldorf  GER Karl Maier  ENG Simon Wigg  USA Shawn Moran
1988 Scheeßel  GER Karl Maier  GER Klaus Lausch  ENG Chris Morton
1989 Marienbad  ENG Simon Wigg  CZE Aleš Dryml, Sr.  GER Karl Maier
1990 Herxheim  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Karl Maier  GER Hans Pingel
1991 Marienbad  GER Gerd Riss  CZE Aleš Dryml, Sr.  DEN Jan O. Pedersen
1992 Pfarrkirchen  SWI Marcel Gerhard  NZL Mitch Shirra  GER Karl Maier
1993 Mühldorf  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Karl Maier  SWI Marcel Gerhard
1994 Marienbad  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Andre Pollehn  GER Gerd Riss
1995 Scheeßel  ENG Kelvin Tatum  ENG Simon Wigg  GER Walter Scherwitzki
1996 Marienbad  GER Gerd Riss  GER Robert Barth  GER Bernd Diener
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place

Grand Prix Series (since 1997)

Year Venues Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1997 five events  GER Tom Dunker  ENG Steve Schofield  ENG Glenn Cunningham
1998 five events  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Steve Schofield
1999 five events  GER Gerd Riss  GER Robert Barth  ENG Kelvin Tatum
2000 five events  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Robert Barth  GER Mattias Kroeger
2001 four events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Robert Barth
2002 five events  GER Robert Barth  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum
2003 six events  GER Robert Barth  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Gerd Riss
2004 five events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Kelvin Tatum  GER Roberto Diener
2005 nine events  GER Robert Barth  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Paul Hurry
2006 five events  GER Robert Barth  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  GER Gerd Riss
2007 three events  GER Gerd Riss  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi  FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu
2008 four events  GER Gerd Riss  ENG Glen Phillips  NED Dirk Fabriek
2009 five events  GER Gerd Riss  FRA Stephane Tresarrieu  NED Dirk Fabriek
2010
details		 six events  FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (140pts)  NED Theo Pijper (120pts)  GER Richard Speiser (103pts)
Year Venues Winners Runner-up 3rd place

* Alois Wiesbock of West Germany finished 2nd but was later Disqualified for having an oversize engine. Egon Müller was uprated to 2nd while both Joseph Aigner and Christop Betzl who finished equal in 4th were uprated to 3rd

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See also

International speedway competitions
World
Europe
Ice speedway
World Championships: Individual • Team — European: Individual
Long track
World Championships: Individual • Team
Governing Bodies