1982 Individual Long Track World Championship

1982 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1982 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 19 September 1982 at the Korskro Motor Center in Esbjerg in Denmark.[2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the second time.[3][4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 4 5 5 5 5 24
2 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 5 5 5 4 3 22
3 West Germany Egon Müller 3 4 5 5 4 21
4 West Germany Georg Gilgenreiner 1 5 4 3 2 15
5 England Peter Collins 5 3 4 3 0 15
6 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 5 1 3 4 1 14
7 Denmark Ole Olsen 3 4 2 2 E 11
8 Sweden Anders Michanek 2 2 3 2 E 9
9 Denmark Hans Nielsen 0 3 4 1 E 8
10 West Germany Christoph Betzl 1 2 3 1 E 7
11 West Germany Georg Hack 2 3 2 0 E 7
12 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 1 4 1 0 E 6
13 England Simon Wigg 4 1 ef E E 5
14 England Chris Morton 0 2 2 E E 4
15 West Germany Josef Aigner 2 1 1 E E 4
16 United States Bobby Schwartz 4 0 f/x E E 4
17 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 3 0 1 E E 4
18 England Phil Collins 0 0 ef E E 0
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.