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1996 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1996 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.[2]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the second time.[3] It was the last individual championship with the final being held as a one off meeting. As from 1997 it would be contested under a Grand Prix system (a series of races).[4]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Germany Gerd Riss 5 5 5 5 5 25
2 Germany Bernd Diener 5 4 5 5 4 23
3 Germany Robert Barth 4 4 4 4 2 18
4 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 4 3 5 4 1 17
5 England Kelvin Tatum 5 5 ef 3 3 16
6 Germany Karl Maier 4 n.f 4 3 0 11
7 England Simon Wigg 3 4 2 2 E 11
8 England Steve Schofield 0 5 1 2 E 8
9 Australia Jason Crump 1 3 3 1 E 8
10 Australia Shane Parker 1 1 4 1 E 7
11 France Philippe Bergé 3 0 3 0 E 6
12 Czechoslovakia Václav Milík Sr. 2 2 2 0 E 6
13 Germany Egon Muller 3 1 1 E E 5
14 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel 2 2 1 E E 5
15 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. ef 1 3 E E 4
16 Netherlands Anne van der Helm 2 0 2 E E 4
17 Norway Lars Gunnestad ef 3 0 E E 3
18 England Paul Hurry 1 2 0 E E 3
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • ef = engine failure

References

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  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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