The Wolverhampton Olympique was an individual motorcycle speedway event that was hosted annually in the Midlands.[1]
 Freddie Lindgren six time winner | |
| Category | motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Inaugural season | 1966 |
| Folded | 2023 |
History edit
The event was first run in October 1966 by the Newcastle Diamonds club at their home venue Brough Park. At the time both Newcastle Diamonds and Wolverhampton Wolves were owned by the same promoter Mike Parker. In 1969, Parker sold his interest in Newcastle Diamonds and a number of his assets were transferred to Wolverhampton Wolves, two of which were the Olympique event and the licence of speedway rider Ole Olsen.
With the closure of Wolverhampton in 1980 the meeting was transferred to Birmingham but when Wolves re-opened in 1984 Peter Adams brought it back to Monmore Green Stadium in Wolverhampton.
The last Olympique was held in 2023, because Monmore Green's owners Entain announced that the venue would only be used by greyhound racing during 2024.[2] It was won by Ausralian Zach Cook.[3]
Past winners edit
Results by Rider edit
| Country | Driver | First | Second | Third | Podium |
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Olsen, Ole | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
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Lindgren, Freddie | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
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Karlsson (Max), Mikael | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Karlsson, Peter | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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Nielsen, Hans | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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Hancock, Greg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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Nicholls, Scott | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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Correy, Ronnie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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Ermolenko, Sam | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
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Harris, Chris | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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Collins, Peter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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Morris, Nick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Briggs, Barry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Sanders, Billy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Kennett, Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Pedersen, Jan O | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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Crump, Jason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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Michanek, Anders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Crump, Phil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Collins, Les | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Shirra, Mitch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Howe, David | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Thorssell, Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Cook, Zach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
References edit
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Wolves bow out at Monmore". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Cook delight with Olympique win". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Monmore fan Scott Nicholls is the Olympique champion". Express and Star. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Ladbrokes Olympique". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
Much of this information has been taken from the Wolverhampton Wolves Olympique programme dated 11 October 2016.