FIM Long Track World Championship
Individual Long Track World Championship medalists
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This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
| Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1957 |
| Most titles | Gerd Riss (8 times) |
Medalists
European Long Track Championship
(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1957 |  Solvalla |
 Basse Hveem |
 Josef Hofmeister |
Eric Brafvold |
| 1958 | Mühldorf |
Josef Hofmeister |
 Aulis Tuominen |
 Josef Kamper |
| 1959 | Käpylä |
Josef Hofmeister |
Antti Pajari |
Olle Nygren |
| 1960 | Plattling |
Josef Hofmeister |
Josef Seidl |
Josef Sinzinger |
| 1961 | Oslo |
Timo Laine |
Ove Fundin |
Erik Simonsen |
| 1962 | Mühldorf |
Bertil Stridh |
Josef Seidl |
Timo Laine |
| 1963 | Malmö |
Bertil Stridh |
 Kurt W. Petersen |
Manfred Poschenreider |
| 1964 | Scheeßel |
Kurt W. Petersen |
Ollie Turunen |
Manfred Poschenreider |
| 1965 | Seinäjoki |
Björn Knutson |
Timo Laine |
Josef Seidl |
| 1966 | Mühldorf |
Manfred Poschenreider |
Kurt W. Petersen |
Jon Ødegaard |
| 1967 | Scheeßel |
Manfred Poschenreider |
 Don Godden |
Jon Ødegaard |
| 1968 | Mühldorf |
Manfred Poschenreider |
Don Godden |
Kurt W. Petersen |
| 1969 | Oslo |
Don Godden |
Jon Ødegaard |
Kurt W. Petersen |
| 1970 | Scheeßel |
Jon Ødegaard |
Don Godden |
Hans Zierk |
World Long Track Championship
Grand Prix Series (since 1997)
Riders
Classification
Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.
| No. | Rider | Nationality |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gerd Riss | Germany |
8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | Simon Wigg | England |
5 | 2 | |
| 3. | Robert Barth | Germany |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. | Karl Maier | Germany |
4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5. | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Finland |
4 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. | Kelvin Tatum | England |
3 | 3 | 2 |
| 7. | Martin Smolinski | Germany |
3 | 3 | |
| 8. | Egon Müller | Germany |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 9. | Ivan Mauger |  New Zealand |
3 | 2 | |
| 10. | Erik Riss | Germany |
2 | 1 | |
| 11. | Mathieu Trésarrieu |  France |
2 | 5 | |
| 12. | Erik Gundersen | Denmark |
2 | ||
| 13. | Jannick de Jong |  Netherlands |
1 | 3 | |
| 14. | Alois Wiesböck | Germany |
1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15. | Ole Olsen | Denmark |
1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16. | Anders Michanek | Sweden |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Fienhage | Germany |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zach Wajtknecht | England |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19. | Marcel Gerhard |  Switzerland |
1 | 2 | |
| 20. | Shawn Moran |  United States |
1 | 1 | |
| 21. | Michael Lee | England |
1 | ||
| Tommy Dunker | Germany |
1 | |||
| Romano Hummel | Netherlands |
1 |
Records
- Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
- Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
- Most One Day Finals: Egon Müller 20.
- Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
- Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 24.
- Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 104.
- Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
- Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34.
- Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16
Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.