1979 Individual Long Track World Championship

1979 Individual Long Track World Championship
Venue	Mariánské Lázně
Location	Czechoslovakia
Start date	September 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)
Competitors	18 from 7 nations
Winning score	21
Medalists
Alois Wiesböck    West Germany   Anders Michanek    Sweden   Ole Olsen    Denmark
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The 1979 Individual Long Track World Championship was the ninth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1][2] The event was held on 9 September 1979 in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.^[3]

The world title was won by Alois Wiesböck of West Germany.^[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Alois Wiesböck	5	4	5	5	2	21
2	Anders Michanek	4	5	5	5	1	20
3	Ole Olsen	2	5	4	3	5	19
4	Jiří Štancl	4	3	3	3	4	17
5	Georg Hack	2	4	3	4	3	16
6	Karl Maier	4	5	2	2	0	13
7	Egon Müller	5	4	3	0	E	12
8	Kristian Præstbro	3	0	4	4	E	11
9	Michael Lee	0	3	4	2	E	9
10	Ivan Mauger	1	1	5	1	E	8
11	Aleš Dryml Sr.	5	2	ef	1	E	7
12	Peter Collins	3	2	2	0	E	7
13	Christoph Betzl	3	2	1	E	E	6
14	Wilhelm Duden	1	3	2	E	E	6
15	Alf Busk	2	0	1	E	E	3
16	Zdeněk Kudrna	1	1	0	E	E	2
17	Francesco Biginato	0	0	1	E	E	1
18	Walter Grubmuller	0	1	0	E	E	1

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• ef = engine failure

References

1. Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
3. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
4. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.