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