1998 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 1998 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 22nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2][3]

World Under-21 Championship
VenueStadion Polonii Piła
LocationPiła, Poland
Start date1 August 1998
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The final was won by Robert Dados of Poland.[4][5][6] The success also gained him qualification to 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.

World final

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Placing 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
    (2) Robert Dados 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3
    (5) Krzysztof Jabłoński 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2 2
    (12) Matej Ferjan 12 2 3 1 3 3 12 3
4   (9) Nicki Pedersen 11 3 0 3 3 2 11 4
5   (6) Leigh Lanham 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 5
6   (13) Scott Nicholls 8 3 1 2 2 F 8 6
7   (4) Lee Richardson 8 1 1 3 1 2 8 7
8   (7) Damian Baliński 7 2 3 1 E 1 7 8
9   (8) Rafał Okoniewski 7 0 2 2 1 2 7 9
10   (1) Andreas Jonsson 5 3 2 F/X - - 5 10
11   (10) Robert Kościecha 5 1 F 0 1 3 5 11
12   (3) Krzysztof Słaboń 5 E 0 1 2 2 5 12
13   (15) Kenny Olsson 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 13
14   (16) Andre Compton 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 14
15   (14) Sándor Fekete 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 15
16   (11) László Szatmári 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1   (R1) Nigel Sadler 5 2 2 1 5 R1
R2   (R2) Ales Dolinar 1 1 0 0 1 R2
Placing 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

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References

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  1. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1998". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Home Win". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.