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

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

Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.

Heat details

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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   (5) Billy Hamill 25 2 3 2 2 3 12 2 3
2 9   (8) Henrik Gustafsson 20 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 2
3 6   (19) Tomasz Gollob 18 3 3 1 1 3 11 4 1
4 1   (4) Greg Hancock 16 3 2 3 3 0 11 3 X
5 15   (2) Tony Rickardsson 14 3 2 2 3 1 11 6 3
6 10   (3) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 1 X 3 3 9 7 2
7 8   (6) Mark Loram 12 2 0 2 1 2 7 8 1
8 2   (9) Leigh Adams 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 5 0
9 13   (1) Hans Nielsen 9 1 1 3 0 2 7 9 3
10 4   (7) Chris Louis 8 0 2 X E 3 5 10 2
11 12   (12) Peter Karlsson 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 12 1
12 3   (15) Jason Crump 6 1 3 1 0 0 5 11 X
13 7   (17) Craig Boyce 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 3
14 11   (18) Andy Smith 3 X 1 0 2 0 3 15 2
15 5   (13) Joe Screen 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 14 1
16 14   (10) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
17 17   (20) Jan Stæchmann - 17
18 18   (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

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
ITA
 
GER
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
DEN
 
1   (1) Hans Nielsen 77 18 25 25 9    
2   (5) Billy Hamill 70 16 20 9 25    
3   (2) Tony Rickardsson 68 20 18 16 14    
4   (8) Henrik Gustafsson 56 14 4 18 20    
5   (4) Greg Hancock 54 12 13 13 16    
6   (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 25 16    
7   (7) Chris Louis 39 8 9 14 8    
8   (12) Peter Karlsson 37 7 3 20 7    
9   (16) Tomasz Gollob 29 11 ns 18    
10   (3) Sam Ermolenko 27 9 1 4 13    
11   (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14    
12   (6) Mark Loram 26 6 2 6 12    
13   (13) Joe Screen 23 3 7 11 2    
14   (9) Leigh Adams 21 2 ns 8 11    
15   (17) Craig Boyce 18 ns 12 2 4    
16   (18) Andy Smith 17 ns 11 3 3    
17   (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4 8 1 1    
18   (15) Jason Crump 14 1 ns 7 6    
19   (16) Gerd Riss 12 12    
20   (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6    
Rider(s) not classified
  (20) Jan Stæchmann ns    
  (21) Mikael Karlsson ns    
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
ITA
 
GER
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
DEN
 

See also

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References

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  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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