1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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The 1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the World Championship [1] The Championship was held on 4/5 March 1978 in Assen in the Netherlands.[2][3]

The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union for the fourth successive year.[4][5]

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The three medal winners, Anatoly Gladychev, Sergei Tarabanko and Anatoly Bondarenko, with wreaths around their necks, wave to the public during the medal ceremony of the 1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in Assen, Netherlands.
1978 medal winners Anatoly Gladychev, Sergei Tarabanko, Anatoly Bondarenko.
Pos Rider Pts
1 Soviet Union Sergey Tarabanko 28(15+13)
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Bondarenko 24(14+10)
3 Soviet Union Anatoly Gladyshev 23(13+10)
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Subbotin 20(12+8)
5 Sweden Conny Samuelsson 19(10+9)
6 West Germany Hans Siegl 19(8+11)
7 Soviet Union Vladimir Serbin 18(9+9)
8 Soviet Union Vladimir Lioubich 18(8+10)
9 West Germany Leonard Oswald 13(5+8)
10 Austria Walter Wartbichler 11(2+9)
11 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna 10(4+6)
12 Czechoslovakia Jiri Jirout 10(4+6)
13 Sweden Per-Olof Serenius 9(6+3)
14 Sweden Hans Johnasson 8(5+3)
15 Sweden Bo Kindgren 5(2+3)
16 Netherlands Roelof Thijs 2(-+2)
17 Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka (res) 2(0+2)
18 New Zealand Bruce Cribb (res) 0(0+0)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. ^ "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290-291. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.