The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fourth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was the second win of his career.
 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | 10 August 1996 |
| City | Linköping |
| Event | 4 of 6 (10) |
| Referee | Graham Brodie |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Motorstadium |
| Track | speedway track |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | |
 Winner |  Billy Hamill |
 Runner-up | Henrik Gustafsson |
 3rd place |  Tomasz Gollob |
Starting positions draw edit
(11) Tommy Knudsen
(14) Gary Havelock
- both was replaced by track reserve
- Draw 17. track reserve → (20) Jan Stæchmann
- Draw 18. track reserve →
(21) Mikael Karlsson
Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.
Heat details edit
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | (5) Billy Hamill
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25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | (8) Henrik Gustafsson
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20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | (19) Tomasz Gollob
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18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | (4) Greg Hancock
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16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 15 | (2) Tony Rickardsson
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14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 10 | (3) Sam Ermolenko
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13 | 2 | 1 | X | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 |  (6) Mark Loram
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12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 2 |  (9) Leigh Adams
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11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 13 |  (1) Hans Nielsen
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9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | (7) Chris Louis
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8 | 0 | 2 | X | E | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 12 | (12) Peter Karlsson
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7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | (15) Jason Crump
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6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 7 | (17) Craig Boyce
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4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 11 | (18) Andy Smith
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3 | X | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 5 | (13) Joe Screen
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 14 | (10) Marvyn Cox
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (20) Jan Stæchmann
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– | - | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (21) Mikael Karlsson
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– | - | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
The intermediate classification edit
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL |
ITA  |
GER  |
SWE |
GBR |
DEN
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) Hans Nielsen
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77 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 9 | ||
| 2 | (5) Billy Hamill
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70 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 25 | ||
| 3 | (2) Tony Rickardsson
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68 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | ||
| 4 | (8) Henrik Gustafsson
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56 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 20 | ||
| 5 | (4) Greg Hancock
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54 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | ||
| 6 | (11) Tommy Knudsen
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41 | 25 | 16 | – | – | ||
| 7 | (7) Chris Louis
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39 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 8 | (12) Peter Karlsson
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37 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (16) Tomasz Gollob
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29 | 11 | – | ns | 18 | ||
| 10 | (3) Sam Ermolenko
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27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 11 | (14) Gary Havelock
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27 | 13 | 14 | – | – | ||
| 12 | (6) Mark Loram
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26 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 13 | (13) Joe Screen
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23 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 14 | (9) Leigh Adams
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21 | 2 | ns | 8 | 11 | ||
| 15 | (17) Craig Boyce
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18 | ns | 12 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 16 | (18) Andy Smith
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17 | ns | 11 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 17 | (10) Marvyn Cox
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14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | (15) Jason Crump
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14 | 1 | ns | 7 | 6 | ||
| 19 | (16) Gerd Riss
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12 | – | – | 12 | – | ||
| 20 | (16) Stefano Alfonso
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6 | – | 6 | – | – | ||
| Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||
| (20) Jan Stæchmann
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— | – | – | – | ns | |||
| (21) Mikael Karlsson
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— | – | – | – | ns | |||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL |
ITA |
GER |
SWE |
GBR |
DEN
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 2009-05-12.
- ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.