1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

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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

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.

Starting positions draw[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 18 25 25 9    
2 United States (5) Billy Hamill 70 16 20 9 25    
3 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 68 20 18 16 14    
4 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 56 14 4 18 20    
5 United States (4) Greg Hancock 54 12 13 13 16    
6 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 25 16    
7 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 39 8 9 14 8    
8 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 37 7 3 20 7    
9 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 29 11 ns 18    
10 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 27 9 1 4 13    
11 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14    
12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 26 6 2 6 12    
13 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 23 3 7 11 2    
14 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 21 2 ns 8 11    
15 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 18 ns 12 2 4    
16 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 17 ns 11 3 3    
17 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4 8 1 1    
18 Australia (15) Jason Crump 14 1 ns 7 6    
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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]