1972 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.[3]

1972 Individual Long Track World Championship

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1New Zealand Ivan Mauger6666630
2West Germany Manfred Poschenreider6366223
3Norway Jon Ødegaard3362418
4West Germany Hans Siegl4442317
5Denmark Bent Nørregaard-Jensen6631117
6Czechoslovakia Antonín Šváb Sr.3434-14
7West Germany Hans Zierk2623E13
8West Germany Josef Angermüller34-4E11
9Sweden Willihard Thomsson4331E11
10England Don Godden414-E9
11West Germany Rudolf Kastlf243E9
12West Germany Jan Kater2220E6
13West Germany Heinrich Sprenger202EE4
14West Germany Gottfried Schwarze021EE3
15Denmark Henning Hansen111EE3
16Finland Matti Olin110EE2
17Norway Nils Haraldsen001EE1
18Sweden Runo Wedin100EE1

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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