1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

Information
Date| 10 August 1996
City|  Linköping
Event| 4 of 6 (10)
Referee| Graham Brodie
Stadium details
Stadium| Motorstadium
Track| speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time|

Winner|  Billy Hamill
Runner-up|  Henrik Gustafsson
3rd place|  Tomasz Gollob

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fourth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was the second win of his career.

## Starting positions draw

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(11) Tommy Knudsen
(14) Gary Havelock

both was replaced by track reserve
Draw 17. track reserve →  (20) Jan Stæchmann
Draw 18. track reserve →  (21) Mikael Karlsson

Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.

## Heat details

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Placing  | Draw | Rider  | Total  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | Pts  | Pos  | 21  | 22  | 23  | 24

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1  | 16 |  (5) Billy Hamill | 25  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 12  | 2 |  |  |  | 3
2  | 9 |  (8) Henrik Gustafsson | 20  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  | 13  | 1 |  |  |  | 2
3  | 6 |  (19) Tomasz Gollob | 18  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  | 11  | 4 |  |  |  | 1
4  | 1 |  (4) Greg Hancock | 16  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 11  | 3 |  |  |  | X
5  | 15 |  (2) Tony Rickardsson | 14  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  | 11  | 6 |  |  | 3  |
6  | 10 |  (3) Sam Ermolenko | 13  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 9  | 7 |  |  | 2  |
7  | 8 |  (6) Mark Loram | 12  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 7  | 8 |  |  | 1  |
8  | 2 |  (9) Leigh Adams | 11  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 11  | 5 |  |  | 0  |
9  | 13 |  (1) Hans Nielsen | 9  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 7  | 9 |  | 3  |  |
10  | 4 |  (7) Chris Louis | 8  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 3  | 5  | 10 |  | 2  |  |
11  | 12 |  (12) Peter Karlsson | 7  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 5  | 12 |  | 1  |  |
12  | 3 |  (15) Jason Crump | 6  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 5  | 11 |  | X  |  |
13  | 7 |  (17) Craig Boyce | 4  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 4  | 13 | 3  |  |  |
14  | 11 |  (18) Andy Smith | 3  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  | 15 | 2  |  |  |
15  | 5 |  (13) Joe Screen | 2  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 4  | 14 | 1  |  |  |
16  | 14 |  (10) Marvyn Cox | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  | 16 | 0  |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (20) Jan Stæchmann | –  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 17 |  |  |  |
18  | 18 |  (21) Mikael Karlsson | –  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 18 |  |  |  |
Placing  | Draw | Rider  | Total  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | Pts  | Pos  | 21  | 22  | 23  | 24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

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gate A – inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D – outside

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## The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.  | Rider  | Points  | POL
| ITA
| GER
| SWE
| GBR
| DEN

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1  |  (1) Hans Nielsen | 77  | 18 | 25 | 25 | 9 |  |
2  |  (5) Billy Hamill | 70  | 16 | 20 | 9 | 25 |  |
3  |  (2) Tony Rickardsson | 68  | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 |  |
4  |  (8) Henrik Gustafsson | 56  | 14 | 4 | 18 | 20 |  |
5  |  (4) Greg Hancock | 54  | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 |  |
6  |  (11) Tommy Knudsen | 41  | 25 | 16 | – | – |  |
7  |  (7) Chris Louis | 39  | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 |  |
8  |  (12) Peter Karlsson | 37  | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 |  |
9  |  (16) Tomasz Gollob | 29  | 11 | – | ns | 18 |  |
10  |  (3) Sam Ermolenko | 27  | 9 | 1 | 4 | 13 |  |
11  |  (14) Gary Havelock | 27  | 13 | 14 | – | – |  |
12  |  (6) Mark Loram | 26  | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 |  |
13  |  (13) Joe Screen | 23  | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 |  |
14  |  (9) Leigh Adams | 21  | 2 | ns | 8 | 11 |  |
15  |  (17) Craig Boyce | 18  | ns | 12 | 2 | 4 |  |
16  |  (18) Andy Smith | 17  | ns | 11 | 3 | 3 |  |
17  |  (10) Marvyn Cox | 14  | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 |  |
18  |  (15) Jason Crump | 14  | 1 | ns | 7 | 6 |  |
19  |  (16) Gerd Riss | 12  | – | – | 12 | – |  |
20  |  (16) Stefano Alfonso | 6  | – | 6 | – | – |  |
Rider(s) not classified
|  (20) Jan Stæchmann | —  | – | – | – | ns |  |
|  (21) Mikael Karlsson | —  | – | – | – | ns |  |
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | POL
| ITA
| GER
| SWE
| GBR
| DEN

## See also

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* Speedway Grand Prix
* List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

## References

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1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 2009-05-12.
2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.

## External links

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