Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
Tournament information
SportIce Speedway
Established1966
AdministratorFédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Websitefim-icespeedway.com

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.

History

The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships. The event has been dominated by the Soviet Union/Russia, who have won all but seven of the World Championship titles since 1966. Sweden has won five times, Czechoslovakia twice and Finland once.

In 2021 and 2022 Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.

In March 2022, the FIM issued a total ban on Russian riders competing in international events, meaning they were unable to complete the remainder of the 2022 calendar or appear in the following seasons.

Medalists

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1966 2 rounds Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Viktor Kuznetsov Antonín Šváb Sr.
1967 3 rounds Boris Samorodov Vyacheslav Dubinin Vladimir Tsybrov
1968 2 rounds Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Vladimir Tsybrov Boris Samorodov
1969 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Yury Lombotsky Vladimir Tsybrov
1970 Nässjö Antonín Šváb Sr. Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Kurt Westlund
1971 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Vladimir Chekushev Milan Špinka
1972 Nässjö Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Antonín Šváb Sr. Vladimir Paznikov
1973 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Boris Samorodov Vladimir Paznikov
1974 Nässjö Milan Špinka Vladimir Tsybrov Gabdrakhman Kadyrov
1975 Moscow Sergey Tarabanko Vladimir Tsybrov Sergey Kazakov
1976 Assen Sergey Tarabanko Milan Špinka Conny Samuelsson
1977 Inzell Sergey Tarabanko Conny Samuelsson Zdeněk Kudrna
1978 Assen Sergey Tarabanko Anatoly Bondarenko Anatoly Gladyshev
1979 Inzell Anatoly Bondarenko Vladimir Lyubich Zdeněk Kudrna
1980 Kalinin Anatoly Bondarenko Sergey Tarabanko Vladimir Sukhov
1981 Assen Vladimir Lyubich Vladimir Sukhov Anatoly Gladyshev
1982 Inzell Sergey Kazakov Per-Olof Serenius Vladimir Subbotin
1983 Eindhoven Sergey Kazakov Anatoly Bondarenko Erik Stenlund
1984 Moscow Erik Stenlund Vladimir Sukhov Yuri Ivanov
1985 Assen Vladimir Sukhov Jarmo Hirvasoja Yuri Ivanov
1986 Stockholm Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov Erik Stenlund
1987 West Berlin Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov Vitaly Russkikh
1988 Eindhoven Erik Stenlund Yuri Ivanov Sergey Ivanov
1989 Alma-Ata Nikolay Nishchenko Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov
1990 Göteborg Jarmo Hirvasoja Nikolay Nishchenko Sergey Ivanov
1991 Assen Sergey Ivanov Per-Olof Serenius Michael Lang
1992 Frankfurt Yuri Ivanov Antonín Klatovský Stefan Svensson
1993 Saransk Vladimir Fadeev Alexander Balashov Michael Lang
1994 10 Rounds GP Alexander Balashov Per-Olof Serenius Vyacheslav Nikulin
1995 10 Rounds GP Per-Olof Serenius Alexander Balashov Vyacheslav Nikulin
1996 10 Rounds GP Alexander Balashov Yury Polikarpov Vyacheslav Nikulin
1997 Assen Kirilł Drogalin Alexander Balashov Jari Ahlbom
1998 10 Rounds GP Alexander Balashov Kirilł Drogalin Vyacheslav Nikulin
1999 10 Rounds GP Vladimir Fadeev Alexander Balashov Vyacheslav Nikulin
2000 Assen Kirilł Drogalin Franz Zorn Vladimir Fadeev
2001 8 Rounds GP Kirilł Drogalin Vladimir Fadeev Vyacheslav Nikulin
2002 8 Rounds GP Per-Olof Serenius Vyacheslav Nikulin Yury Polikarpov
2003 6 Rounds GP Vitaly Khomitsevich Günther Bauer Vladimir Lumpov
2004 8 Rounds GP Dmitry Bulankin Vitaly Khomitsevich Nikolay Krasnikov
2005 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Ivan Ivanov
2006 4 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Yunir Bazeyev Mikhail Bogdanov
2007 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Ivan Ivanov
2008 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Franz Zorn
2009 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Franz Zorn
2010 9 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2011 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Igor Kononov Daniil Ivanov
2012 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2013 10 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2014 8 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2015 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2016 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Khomitsevich Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov
2017 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Igor Kononov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2018 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich
2019 10 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dinar Valeev
2020 6 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich Dinar Valeev
2021 Tolyatti   Dinar Valeev   Igor Kononov   Dmitry Khomitsevich
2022 4 Rounds GP Martin Haarahiltunen Johann Weber   Nikita Bogdanov
2023 Inzell Martin Haarahiltunen Franz Zorn Harald Simon
2024 4 Rounds GP Martin Haarahiltunen Max Niedermayer Heikki Huusko

See also

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