Nordic Speedway final

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The Nordic Championships was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM.[1] In 1952 it became a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship.[2][3] From 1995 to 2001 it was known as the Scandinavian final.[4]

Format edit

Winners edit

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1948   Copenhagen   Basse Hveem    
1949   Copenhagen   Basse Hveem    
1950   Helsinki   Basse Hveem    
1951   Næstved   Basse Hveem    
1952   Oslo   Basse Hveem   Bo Andersson   Rune Sörmander
1953   Oslo   Dan Forsberg   Basse Hveem   Olle Nygren
1954   Oslo   Olle Nygren   Rune Sörmander   Georg Dunneborn
1955   Trondheim   Ove Fundin   Henry Andersen   Basse Hveem
1956   Linköping   Dan Forsberg   Ulf Ericsson   Rune Sörmander
1957   Oslo   Aage Hansen   Per Olof Söderman   Rune Sörmander
1958   Växjö   Rune Sörmander   Ove Fundin   Olle Nygren
1959   Turku   Rune Sörmander   Aage Hansen   Arne Carlsson
1960   Oslo   Olle Nygren   Göte Nordin   Aage Hansen
1961   Gislaved   Ove Fundin   Arne Pander   Björn Knutson
1962   Hillerød   Björn Knutson   Göte Nordin   Ove Fundin
1963   Växjö   Ove Fundin   Björn Knutson   Göte Nordin
1964   Odense   Björn Knutson   Ove Fundin   Göte Nordin
1965   Skien   Sören Sjösten   Ove Fundin   Leif Enecrona
1966   Hillerød   Kalevi Lahtinen   Ole Olsen   Sverre Harrfeldt
1967   Hillerød   Ove Fundin   Sverre Harrfeldt   Leif Enecrona
1968   Hillerød   Reidar Eide   Øyvind S. Berg   Odd Fossengen
1969   Linköping   Torbjörn Harrysson   Sören Sjösten   Ove Fundin
1970   Eskilstuna   Göte Nordin   Sören Sjösten   Anders Michanek
1971   Hillerød   Ole Olsen   Reidar Eide   Bent Nørregaard-Jensen
1972   Norrköping   Bengt Jansson   Anders Michanek   Ole Olsen
1973   Norrköping   Ole Olsen   Bengt Jansson   Anders Michanek
1974   Tampere   Ole Olsen   Dag Lövaas   Matti Olin
1975   Skien   Ole Olsen   Tommy Jansson   Dag Lövaas
1976   Norrköping   Ole Olsen   Anders Michanek   Bengt Jansson
1977   Tampere   Ole Olsen   Ila Teromaa   Finn Thomsen
1978   Norrköping   Ole Olsen   Bernt Persson   Finn Thomsen
1979   Norrköping   Jan Andersson   Hans Nielsen   Finn Thomsen
1980   Skien   Hans Nielsen   Ole Olsen   Finn Thomsen
1981   Norrköping   Tommy Knudsen   Hans Nielsen   Ole Olsen
1982   Fjelsted   Hans Nielsen   Erik Gundersen   Bo Petersen
1983   Elgane   Hans Nielsen   Erik Gundersen   Ole Olsen
1984   Norrköping   Hans Nielsen   Erik Gundersen   Mikael Blixt
1985   Fjelsted   Tommy Knudsen   Jan Andersson   Erik Gundersen
1986   Kumla   Hans Nielsen   Jimmy Nilsen   Jan O. Pedersen
1987   Norrköping   Erik Gundersen   Hans Nielsen   Peter Ravn
1988   Sandnes   Hans Nielsen   Erik Gundersen   Jan O. Pedersen
1989   Tampere   Hans Nielsen   Jan O. Pedersen   Erik Gundersen
1990   Linköping   Jan O. Pedersen   Per Jonsson   Henrik Gustafsson
1991   Brovst   Hans Nielsen   Jan O. Pedersen   Jimmy Nilsen
1992   Elgane   Tony Rickardsson   Per Jonsson   Brian Karger
1993   Seinäjoki   Tommy Knudsen   Per Jonsson   Tony Rickardsson
1994   Eskilstuna   Hans Nielsen   Tommy Knudsen   Tony Rickardsson
1995   Brovst   Stefan Andersson   Peter Karlsson   John Jørgensen
1996   Elgane   Jimmy Nilsen   Brian Andersen   Mikael Karlsson
1997   Hyvinkää   Peter Nahlin   Jesper B Jensen   Stefan Dannö
1998   Norrköping   John Jørgensen   Peter Karlsson   Mikael Karlsson
1999   Holsted   Rune Holta   Jesper B Jensen   Gert Handberg
2000   Elgane   Rune Holta   Lars Gunnestad   Nicki Pedersen
2001   Pori   Kai Laukkanen   Andreas Jonsson   Stefan Andersson

Medal classification edit

Rank National Team       Total
1.   Denmark 22 16 18 56
2.   Sweden 21 25 26 72
3.   Norway 9 8 5 22
4.   Finland 2 1 1 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "TOURNAMENTS - SCANDINAVIA". International Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ "Nordic Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.