Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.[1][2][3][4]

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
Tournament information
SportIce Speedway
Established1966
AdministratorFédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Websitehttps://www.fim-moto.com/en/

History edit

The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships.[5][6] The event has been dominated by the Soviet Union/Russia, who have won all but seven of the World Championship titles since 1966. Sweden has won five times, Czechoslovakia twice and Finland once.[7]

Medalists edit

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1966   2 rounds   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Viktor Kuznetsov   Antonín Šváb Sr.
1967   3 rounds   Boris Samorodov   Vyacheslav Dubinin   Vladimir Tsybrov
1968   2 rounds   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Vladimir Tsybrov   Boris Samorodov
1969   Inzell   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Yury Lombotsky   Vladimir Tsybrov
1970   Nässjö   Antonín Šváb Sr.   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Kurt Westlund
1971   Inzell   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Vladimir Chekushev   Milan Špinka
1972   Nässjö   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Antonín Šváb Sr.   Vladimir Paznikov
1973   Inzell   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov   Boris Samorodov   Vladimir Paznikov
1974   Nässjö   Milan Špinka   Vladimir Tsybrov   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
1975   Moscow   Sergey Tarabanko   Vladimir Tsybrov   Sergey Kazakov
1976   Assen   Sergey Tarabanko   Milan Špinka   Conny Samuelsson
1977   Inzell   Sergey Tarabanko   Conny Samuelsson   Zdeněk Kudrna
1978   Assen   Sergey Tarabanko   Anatoly Bondarenko   Anatoly Gladyshev
1979   Inzell   Anatoly Bondarenko   Vladimir Lyubich   Zdeněk Kudrna
1980   Kalinin   Anatoly Bondarenko   Sergey Tarabanko   Vladimir Sukhov
1981   Assen   Vladimir Lyubich   Vladimir Sukhov   Anatoly Gladyshev
1982   Inzell   Sergey Kazakov   Per-Olof Serenius   Vladimir Subbotin
1983   Eindhoven   Sergey Kazakov   Anatoly Bondarenko  Erik Stenlund
1984   Moscow   Erik Stenlund   Vladimir Sukhov   Yuri Ivanov
1985   Assen   Vladimir Sukhov   Jarmo Hirvasoja   Yuri Ivanov
1986   Stockholm   Yuri Ivanov   Vladimir Sukhov  Erik Stenlund
1987   Berlin   Yuri Ivanov   Vladimir Sukhov   Vitaly Russkikh
1988   Eindhoven   Erik Stenlund   Yuri Ivanov   Sergey Ivanov
1989   Almaty   Nikolay Nishchenko   Yuri Ivanov  Vladimir Sukhov
1990   Göteborg   Jarmo Hirvasoja   Nikolay Nishchenko   Sergey Ivanov
1991   Assen   Sergey Ivanov   Per-Olof Serenius   Michael Lang
1992   Frankfurt   Yuri Ivanov   Antonín Klatovský   Stefan Svensson
1993   Saransk   Vladimir Fadeev   Alexander Balashov   Michael Lang
1994 10 Rounds GP   Alexander Balashov   Per-Olof Serenius   Vyacheslav Nikulin
1995 10 Rounds GP   Per-Olof Serenius   Alexander Balashov   Vyacheslav Nikulin
1996 10 Rounds GP   Alexander Balashov   Yury Polikarpov   Vyacheslav Nikulin
1997   Assen   Kirilł Drogalin   Alexander Balashov   Jari Ahlbom
1998 10 Rounds GP   Alexander Balashov   Kirilł Drogalin   Vyacheslav Nikulin
1999 10 Rounds GP   Vladimir Fadeev   Alexander Balashov   Vyacheslav Nikulin
2000   Assen   Kirilł Drogalin   Franz Zorn   Vladimir Fadeev
2001 8 Rounds GP   Kirilł Drogalin   Vladimir Fadeev   Vyacheslav Nikulin
2002 8 Rounds GP   Per-Olof Serenius   Vyacheslav Nikulin   Yury Polikarpov
2003 6 Rounds GP   Vitaly Khomitsevich   Günther Bauer   Vladimir Lumpov
2004 8 Rounds GP   Dmitry Bulankin   Vitaly Khomitsevich   Nikolay Krasnikov
2005 6 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Vitaly Khomitsevich   Ivan Ivanov
2006 4 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Yunir Bazeyev   Mikhail Bogdanov
2007 6 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Vitaly Khomitsevich   Ivan Ivanov
2008 6 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Vitaly Khomitsevich   Franz Zorn
2009 8 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov[8]   Daniil Ivanov   Franz Zorn
2010 9 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2011 8 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Igor Kononov   Daniil Ivanov
2012 8 Rounds GP   Nikolay Krasnikov   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2013 10 Rounds GP   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Koltakov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2014 8 Rounds GP   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Koltakov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2015 10 Rounds GP   Dmitry Koltakov   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2016 10 Rounds GP   Dmitry Khomitsevich   Dmitry Koltakov   Daniil Ivanov
2017 10 Rounds GP   Dmitry Koltakov   Igor Kononov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2018 10 Rounds GP   Dmitry Koltakov   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2019 10 Rounds GP   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Koltakov   Dinar Valeev
2020 6 Rounds GP   Daniil Ivanov   Dmitry Khomitsevich   Dinar Valeev
2021   Tolyatti   Dinar Valeev   Igor Kononov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2022 4 Rounds GP   Martin Haarahiltunen   Johann Weber   Nikita Bogdanov
2023 2 Rounds GP   Martin Haarahiltunen   Franz Zorn   Harald Simon
2024 3 Rounds GP   Martin Haarahiltunen   Max Niedermayer   Heikki Huusko

In 2021 and 2022 Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ "HISTORY OF ICE RACING". FIM.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk.
  6. ^ "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Nikołaj Krasnikow zdominował cykl Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  9. ^ Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.