1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway.[3] The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Denmark Ole Olsen 4 5 5 5 5 24
2 West Germany Hans Siegl 5 5 5 5 0 20
3 West Germany Manfred Poschenreider 5 4 4 4 3 20
4 England Don Godden 2 5 4 4 4 19
5 West Germany Jan Kater 4 4 2 3 2 15
6 West Germany Josef Angermüller 5 3 3 3 1 15
7 Sweden Runo Wedin 3 3 4 1 E 11
8 Sweden Willihard Thomsson 3 4 2 2 E 11
9 West Germany Egon Müller 2 3 5 0 E 10
10 Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka 4 2 1 0 E 7
11 Sweden Sture Lindblom 3 1 1 2 E 7
12 Norway Einar Egedius 1 1 3 1 E 6
13 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Majstr - - 3 E E 3
14 Sweden Berndt Hornfeldt 1 2 0 E E 3
15 Denmark Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 0 - 2 E E 2
16 Norway Jon Ødegaard - 0 - E E 0
17 Sweden Conny Samuelsson - 0 - E E 0
18 Finland Hakan Storm 0 - - E E 0

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  3. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  4. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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