FIM Long Track World Championship

Individual Long Track World Championship medalists

World Longtrack ChampionshipSport| Motorcycle speedway

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Founded| 1957
Most titles| Gerd Riss (8 times)

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

## Medalists

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### European Long Track Championship

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(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.

Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place

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1957 |  Solvalla |  Basse Hveem |  Josef Hofmeister |  Eric Brafvold
1958 |  Mühldorf |  Josef Hofmeister |  Aulis Tuominen |  Josef Kamper
1959 |  Käpylä |  Josef Hofmeister |  Antti Pajari |  Olle Nygren
1960 |  Plattling |  Josef Hofmeister |  Josef Seidl |  Josef Sinzinger
1961 |  Oslo |  Timo Laine |  Ove Fundin |  Erik Simonsen
1962 |  Mühldorf |  Bertil Stridh |  Joseph Seidl |  Timo Laine
1963 |  Malmö |  Bertil Stridh |  Kurt W. Petersen |  Manfred Poschenreider
1964 |  Scheeßel |  Kurt W. Petersen |  Ollie Turunen |  Manfred Poschenreider
1965 |  Seinäjoki |  Björn Knutson |  Timo Laine |  Joseph Seidl
1966 |  Mühldorf |  Manfred Poschenreider |  Kurt W. Petersen |  Jon Ødegaard
1967 |  Scheeßel |  Manfred Poschenreider |  Don Godden |  Jon Ødegaard
1968 |  Mühldorf |  Manfred Poschenreider |  Don Godden |  Kurt W. Petersen
1969 |  Oslo |  Don Godden |  Jon Ødegaard |  Kurt W. Petersen
1970 |  Scheeßel |  Jon Ødegaard |  Don Godden |  Hans Zierk

### World Long Track Championship

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Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place

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1971 |  Oslo |  Ivan Mauger |  Manfred Poschenreider |  Runo Wedin
1972 |  Mühldorf |  Ivan Mauger |  Manfred Poschenreider |  Jon Ødegaard
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 |  Josef Aigner
Christoph Betzl
1981 |  Gornja Radgona |  Michael Lee |  Christoph 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)

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Year | Venues | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place

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1997
details | five events  |  Tommy Dunker |  Steve Schofield |  Glenn Cunningham
1998
details | five events  |  Kelvin Tatum |  Gerd Riss |  Steve Schofield
1999
details | five events  |  Gerd Riss |  Robert Barth |  Kelvin Tatum
2000
details | five events  |  Kelvin Tatum |  Robert Barth |  Matthias Kröger
2001
details | four events  |  Gerd Riss |  Kelvin Tatum |  Robert Barth
2002
details | five events  |  Robert Barth |  Gerd Riss |  Kelvin Tatum
2003
details | six events  |  Robert Barth |  Kelvin Tatum |  Gerd Riss
2004
details | five events  |  Gerd Riss |  Kelvin Tatum |  Bernd Diener
2005
details | nine events  |  Robert Barth |  Gerd Riss |  Paul Hurry
2006
details | five events  |  Robert Barth |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Gerd Riss
2007
details | three events  |  Gerd Riss |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Mathieu Trésarrieu
2008
details | four events  |  Gerd Riss |  Glen Phillips |  Dirk Fabriek
2009
details | five events  |  Gerd Riss |  Stephane Tresarrieu |  Dirk Fabriek
2010
details | six events  |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Theo Pijper |  Richard Speiser
2011
details | six events  |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Richard Speiser |  Stephan Katt
2012
details | six events  |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Martin Smolinski |  Josef Franc
2013
details | six events  |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Jannick de Jong |  Richard Hall
2014
details | five events  |  Erik Riss |  Jannick de Jong |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi
2015
details | four events  |  Jannick de Jong |  Erik Riss |  Dimitri Bergé
2016
details [9] | five events  |  Erik Riss |  Jannick de Jong |  Mathieu Trésarrieu
2017
details | five events  |  Mathieu Trésarrieu |  Michael Hartel |  Josef Franc
2018
details | five events  |  Martin Smolinski |  Dimitri Bergé |  Mathieu Trésarrieu
2019
details | five events  |  Dimitri Bergé |  Martin Smolinski |  Mathieu Trésarrieu
2020
details | two events  |  Lukas Fienhage |  Kenneth Kruse Hansen |  Mathieu Trésarrieu
2021
details | four events  |  Romano Hummel |  Martin Smolinski |  Theo Pijper
2022
details[10][11] | six events  |  Mathieu Trésarrieu |  Zach Wajtknecht |  Chris Harris
2023
details | six events  |  Martin Smolinski |  Chris Harris |  Kenneth Kruse Hansen
2024
details | five events  |  Martin Smolinski |  Lukas Fienhage |  Zach Wajtknecht

## Riders

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Main article: List of Speedway Long Track World Championship riders

## Classification

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Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.

No.  | Rider  | Nationality  |  |  |

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1. | Gerd Riss |  Germany | 8 | 3 | 3
2. | Simon Wigg |  England | 5 | 2 |
3. | Robert Barth |  Germany | 4 | 3 | 1
4. | Karl Maier |  Germany | 4 | 2 | 4
5. | Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Finland | 4 | 2 | 1
6. | Kelvin Tatum |  England | 3 | 3 | 2
7. | Martin Smolinski |  Germany | 3 | 3 |
8. | Egon Müller |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 2
9. | Ivan Mauger |  New Zealand | 3 | 2 |
10. | Erik Riss |  Germany | 2 | 1 |
11. | Mathieu Trésarrieu |  France | 2 |  | 5
12. | Erik Gundersen |  Denmark | 2 |  |
13. | Jannick de Jong |  Netherlands | 1 | 3 |
14. | Alois Wiesböck |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 1
15. | Lukas Fienhage |  Germany | 1 | 1 |
16. | Ole Olsen |  Denmark | 1 | 1 | 3
17. | Anders Michanek |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1
18. | Marcel Gerhard |  Switzerland | 1 |  | 2
19. | Shawn Moran |  United States | 1 |  | 1
20. | Michael Lee |  England | 1 |  |
| Tommy Dunker |  Germany | 1 |  |
| Romano Hummel |  Netherlands | 1 |  |

## Records

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* Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
* Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
* Most One Day Finals: Egon Müller 20.
* Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
* Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 24.
* Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 104.
* Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
* Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34.
* Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16

Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.

## See also

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* Motorcycle speedway
* Team Long Track World Championship

## References

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1. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
2. ^ "Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
3. ^ "World Longtrack finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
5. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 29–30\. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.29-30&rft.pub=Studio+Publications+(Ipswich)+Ltd&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-86215-017-5&rft.aulast=Oakes&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:FIM+Long+Track+World+Championship" class="Z3988">
6. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102\. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
7. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290\. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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9. ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2016 Overall Standings - Grasstrack GB". grasstrackgb.co.uk.
10. ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2022 Overall Standings" (PDF). FIM.
11. ^ "King Mat, champ Zach". Speedway Star. 17 September 2022. p. 20.

Books

* Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 31–33\. ISSN 1036-4404.31-33&rft.pub=Tony+Loader&rft.date=1991&rft.issn=1036-4404&rft.aulast=Loader&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:FIM+Long+Track+World+Championship" class="Z3988">

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