The 1980 Individual Long Track World Championship was the tenth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 14 September 1980 at Scheeßel in West Germany.[2][3][4]
The World title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany.[5] The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at Harsewinkel, Korskro, Hamburg-Farmsen, Pfarrkirchen won by Bruce Penhall, Ivan Mauger, Egon Müller and Georg Hack respectively and two semi finals in Jübek and Gornja Radgona won by Ole Olsen and Josef Aigner.[2]
Final Classification
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Karl Maier | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 
| 2 |  Egon Müller | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 
| 3 |  Josef Aigner | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 
| 3 |  Christoph Betzl | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 
| 5 |  Georg Hack | f | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 
| 6 |  Wilhelm Duden | 4 | 2 | ef | 5 | E | 11 | 
| 7 |  Ivan Mauger | 5 | ef | 2 | 2 | E | 9 | 
| 8 |  Zdeněk Kudrna | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | E | 9 | 
| 9 |  Ole Olsen | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | E | 8 | 
| 10 |  Michael Lee | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | E | 8 | 
| 11 |  Peter Collins | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | E | 7 | 
| 12 |  Jiří Štancl | 3 | ef | 3 | E | E | 6 | 
| 13 |  Chris Morton | 0 | 1 | 4 | E | E | 5 | 
| 14 |  Milan Špinka | 2 | 2 | 1 | E | E | 5 | 
| 15 |  Fritz Koning | 1 | 2 | ef | E | E | 3 | 
| 16 |  Anders Michanek | 2 | ef | ef | E | E | 2 | 
| 17 |  Bruce Penhall | ef | 0 | 0 | E | E | 0 | 
| 18 |  Alois Wiesböck | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 (disq)+ | 
+ Alois Wiesböck finished third but was disqualified because his engine was found to be over the prescribed limit. Bronze medals were awarded to both Betzl and Aigner.[2]
References
- ↑ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
- 1 2 3 Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Speedway World Champions". Speedway Champions.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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