Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship

World Longtrack Championship

Category	Motorcycle Racing
Country	International
Region	Various
Inaugural season	1957
Riders' champion	Erik Riss

This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971 to 2016. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship

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 Aulis Tuominen	AUT Joseph Kamper
1959	Käpylä	GER Josef Hofmeister	FIN Atti Pajari	SWE Olle Nygren
1960	Plattling	GER Josef Hofmeister	GER Josef Seidl	GER Josef 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	DEN Ole Olsen	GER Egon Müller
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 Ales Dryml snr	GER Karl Maier
1990	Herxheim	ENG Simon Wigg	GER Karl Maier	GER Hans Pingel
1991	Marienbad	GER Gerd Riss	CZE Ales Dryml snr	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	Herxheim	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 Tommy 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 Matthias Kröger
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	NED Theo Pijper	GER Richard Speiser
2011 details	six events	FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi	GER Richard Speiser	GER Stephan Katt
2012 details	six events	FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi	GER Martin Smolinski	CZE Josef Franc
2013 details	six events	FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi	NED Jannick de Jong	ENG Richard Hall
2014 details	five events	GER Erik Riss	NED Jannick de Jong	FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015 details	four events	NED Jannick de Jong	GER Erik Riss	FRA Dimitri Berge
2016 details[1]	five events	GER Erik Riss	NED Jannick de Jong	FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu
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

Riders

There have been 357 competitors over the years.

Records

• Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
• Most Overall Points: Gerd Riss 1203.

• Most One Day Finals: Egon Muller 20.
• Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.

• Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper & Matthias Kroger 19.
• Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Matthias Kroger 84.
• Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1121.

References

Books

• Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33. ISSN 1036-4404. 

See also

• motorcycle speedway
• Long Track Champions list}
• http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack/