1972 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.[3]

1972 Individual Long Track World Championship

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Ivan Mauger	6	6	6	6	6	30
2	Manfred Poschenrieder	6	3	6	6	2	23
3	Jon Odegard	3	3	6	2	4	18
4	Hans Siegl	4	4	4	2	3	17
5	Bent Norgaard	6	6	3	1	1	17
6	Antonín Šváb Sr.	3	4	3	4	-	14
7	Hans Zierk	2	6	2	3	E	13
8	Josef Angermüller	3	4	-	4	E	11
9	Willihard Thomsson	4	3	3	1	E	11
10	Don Godden	4	1	4	-	E	9
11	Rudolf Kastl	f	2	4	3	E	9
12	Jan Kater	2	2	2	0	E	6
13	Heinrich Sprenger	2	0	2	E	E	4
14	Gottfried Schwarze	0	2	1	E	E	3
15	Henning Hansen	1	1	1	E	E	3
16	Matti Olin	1	1	0	E	E	2
17	Nils Haraldsen	0	0	1	E	E	1
18	Runo Wedin	1	0	0	E	E	1

Key

• E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

1. Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
3. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
4. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.