1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fourth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was the second win of his career.

Sweden 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date10 August 1996
CitySweden Linköping
Event4 of 6 (10)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumMotorstadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Billy Hamill
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Henrik Gustafsson
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

Starting positions draw

Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen
United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock
both was replaced by track reserve
Draw 17. track reserveDenmark (20) Jan Stæchmann
Draw 18. track reserveSweden (21) Mikael Karlsson

Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 16 United States (5) Billy Hamill 25 2 3 2 2 3 12 2 3
2 9 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 20 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 2
3 6 Poland (19) Tomasz Gollob 18 3 3 1 1 3 11 4 1
4 1 United States (4) Greg Hancock 16 3 2 3 3 0 11 3 X
5 15 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 14 3 2 2 3 1 11 6 3
6 10 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 1 X 3 3 9 7 2
7 8 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 12 2 0 2 1 2 7 8 1
8 2 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 5 0
9 13 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 9 1 1 3 0 2 7 9 3
10 4 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 8 0 2 X E 3 5 10 2
11 12 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 12 1
12 3 Australia (15) Jason Crump 6 1 3 1 0 0 5 11 X
13 7 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 3
14 11 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 3 X 1 0 2 0 3 15 2
15 5 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 14 1
16 14 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
17 17 Denmark (20) Jan Stæchmann - 17
18 18 Sweden (21) Mikael Karlsson - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
1 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 77 1825259  
2 United States (5) Billy Hamill 70 1620925  
3 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 68 20181614  
4 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 56 1441820  
5 United States (4) Greg Hancock 54 12131316  
6 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 2516  
7 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 39 89148  
8 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 37 73207  
9 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 29 11ns18  
10 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 27 91413  
11 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314  
12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 26 62612  
13 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 23 37112  
14 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 21 2ns811  
15 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 18 ns1224  
16 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 17 ns1133  
17 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4811  
18 Australia (15) Jason Crump 14 1ns76  
19 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 12  
20 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6  
Rider(s) not classified
Denmark (20) Jan Stæchmann ns  
Sweden (21) Mikael Karlsson ns  
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.
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