Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship
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.
Medalists
European Long Track Championship
Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
1957 | Solvalla | Basse Hveem | Josef Hofmeister | Eric Brafvold |
1958 | Mühldorf | Josef Hofmeister | Aulis Tuominen | Joseph Kamper |
1959 | Käpylä | Josef Hofmeister | Atti Pajari | Olle Nygren |
1960 | Plattling | Josef Hofmeister | Josef Seidl | Josef Sinzinger |
1961 | Oslo | Timo Laine | Ove Fundin | Erik Simonsen |
1962 | Mühldorf | Bertl Strid | Joseph Seidl | Timo Laine |
1963 | Malmö | Bertl Strid | Kurt W. Petersen | Manfred Poschenreider |
1964 | Scheeßel | Kurt W. Petersen | Ollie Turunen | Manfred Poschenreider |
1965 | Seinäjoki | Björn Knutsson | Timo Laine | Joseph Seidl |
1966 | Mühldorf | Manfred Poschenreider | Kurt W. Petersen | Jon Odegard |
1967 | Scheeßel | Manfred Poschenreider | Don Godden | Jon Odegard |
1968 | Mühldorf | Manfred Poschenreider | Don Godden | Kurt W. Petersen |
1969 | Oslo | Don Godden | Jon Odegard | Kurt W. Petersen |
1970 | Scheeßel | Jon Odegard | Don Godden | Hans Zierk |
World Long Track Championship
Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
1971 | Oslo | Ivan Mauger | Manfred Poschenreider | Runo Wedin |
1972 | Mühldorf | Ivan Mauger | Manfred Poschenreider | Jon Odegard |
1973 | Oslo | Ole Olsen | Hans Siegl | Manfred Poschenreider |
1974 | Scheeßel | Egon Müller | Ivan Mauger | Alois Wiesböck |
1975 | Gornja Radgona | Egon Müller | Ivan Mauger | Ole Olsen |
1976 | Mariánské Lázně | Ivan Mauger | Ole Olsen | Egon Müller |
1977 | Aalborg | Anders Michanek | Hans Siegl | Ole Olsen |
1978 | Mühldorf | Egon Müller | Alois Wiesböck | Peter Collins |
1979 | Mariánské Lázně | Alois Wiesböck | Anders Michanek | Ole Olsen |
1980 | Scheeßel | Karl Maier | Egon Müller | Joseph Aigner Christop Betzl |
1981 | Gornja Radgona | Michael Lee | Christop Betzl | Anders Michanek |
1982 | Korskro | Karl Maier | Alois Wiesböck | Egon Müller |
1983 | Mariánské Lázně | Shawn Moran | Jiří Štancl | Karl Maier |
1984 | Herxheim | Erik Gundersen | Egon Müller | Karl Maier |
1985 | Korskro | Simon Wigg | Jiří Štancl | Peter Collins |
1986 | Pfarrkirchen | Erik Gundersen | Peter Collins | Marcel Gerhard |
1987 | Mühldorf | Karl Maier | Simon Wigg | Shawn Moran |
1988 | Scheeßel | Karl Maier | Klaus Lausch | Chris Morton |
1989 | Mariánské Lázně | Simon Wigg | Aleš Dryml Sr. | Karl Maier |
1990 | Herxheim | Simon Wigg | Karl Maier | Hans Pingel |
1991 | Mariánské Lázně | Gerd Riss | Aleš Dryml Sr. | Jan O. Pedersen |
1992 | Pfarrkirchen | Marcel Gerhard | Mitch Shirra | Karl Maier |
1993 | Mühldorf | Simon Wigg | Karl Maier | Marcel Gerhard |
1994 | Mariánské Lázně | Simon Wigg | Andre Pollehn | Gerd Riss |
1995 | Scheeßel | Kelvin Tatum | Simon Wigg | Walter Scherwitzki |
1996 | Herxheim | Gerd Riss | Robert Barth | Bernd Diener |
Grand Prix Series (since 1997)
Riders
There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries.Records
- Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
- Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1314.
- Most One Day Finals: Egon Muller 20.
- Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
- Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 22.
- Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 96.
- Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1314.
- Most Grand-Prix Podiums Gerd Riss 34.
- Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmakorpi 16