The 1971 Individual Long Track World Championship was the first edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 1 September 1971 in Oslo, Norway.[3]
The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand.[4][5]
Final Classification
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ivan Mauger |
6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 |  Manfred Poschenrieder |
6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 |  Runo Wedin |
6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Jan Kater |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 |  Bent Nørregaard-Jensen |
3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Barry Briggs |
3 | 3 | - | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 |  Don Godden |
0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | E | 10 |
| 8 | Hans Siegl |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | E | 9 |
| 9 | Sven Sigurd |
4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | E | 9 |
| 10 | Willihard Thomsson |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | E | 9 |
| 11 | Josef Unterholzner |
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | E | 8 |
| 12 | Kurt W. Petersen |
3 | 2 | 2 | - | E | 7 |
| 13 | Berndt Hornfeldt |
2 | 4 | 0 | E | E | 6 |
| 14 | Jan Holm Nielsen |
1 | 1 | 4 | E | E | 6 |
| 15 |  Jon Ødegaard |
- | - | 6 | E | E | 6 |
| 16 | Walter Matl |
- | 1 | 3 | E | E | 4 |
| 17 |  Reijo Koski |
1 | 0 | 2 | E | E | 3 |
| 18 | Hans Zierk |
- | - | - | E | E | 0 |
Key
- E = Eliminated (no further ride)
References
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
- ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
- ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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