1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

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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[edit]

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[edit]

  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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