Individual Ice Speedway World Championship Explained

Sport:	Ice Speedway
Established:	1966
Administrator:	Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Website:	https://www.fim-moto.com/en/

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships.^{[5] [6]} The event has been dominated by the Soviet Union/Russia, who have won all but seven of the World Championship titles since 1966. Sweden has won five times, Czechoslovakia twice and Finland once.^[7]

Medalists

width=40px	Year	width=120px	Venue	width=210px	Winner	width=210px	Runner-up	width=210px	3rd place
1966	2 rounds		Gabdrakhman Kadyrov		Viktor Kuznetsov		Antonín Šváb Sr.
1967	3 rounds
1968	2 rounds
1969
1970
1971			Gabdrakhman Kadyrov				Milan Špinka
1972
1973					Boris Samorodov
1974					Vladimir Tsybrov
1975
1976
1977			Sergey Tarabanko
1978
1979			Anatoly Bondarenko
1980					Sergey Tarabanko
1981							Anatoly Gladyshev
1982	Inzell		Sergey Kazakov
1983			Sergey Kazakov
1984							Yuri Ivanov
1985							Yuri Ivanov
1986			Yuri Ivanov
1987
1988					Yuri Ivanov		Sergey Ivanov
1989					Yuri Ivanov
1990			Jarmo Hirvasoja		Nikolay Nishchenko		Sergey Ivanov
1991			Sergey Ivanov		Per-Olof Serenius		Michael Lang
1992			Yuri Ivanov		Antonín Klatovský
1993			Vladimir Fadeev		Alexander Balashov
1994	10 Rounds GP		Alexander Balashov
1995	10 Rounds GP		Per-Olof Serenius		Alexander Balashov		Vyacheslav Nikulin
1996	10 Rounds GP		Alexander Balashov		Yury Polikarpov		Vyacheslav Nikulin
1997	Assen		Kirilł Drogalin		Alexander Balashov		Jari Ahlbom
1998	10 Rounds GP		Alexander Balashov		Kirilł Drogalin		Vyacheslav Nikulin
1999	10 Rounds GP		Vladimir Fadeev		Alexander Balashov		Vyacheslav Nikulin
2000	Assen		Kirilł Drogalin		Franz Zorn		Vladimir Fadeev
2001	8 Rounds GP		Kirilł Drogalin		Vladimir Fadeev		Vyacheslav Nikulin
2002	8 Rounds GP		Per-Olof Serenius		Vyacheslav Nikulin		Yury Polikarpov
2003	6 Rounds GP		Vitaly Khomitsevich		Günther Bauer		Vladimir Lumpov
2004	8 Rounds GP		Dmitry Bulankin		Vitaly Khomitsevich		Nikolay Krasnikov
2005	6 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Vitaly Khomitsevich		Ivan Ivanov
2006	4 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Yunir Bazeyev		Mikhail Bogdanov
2007	6 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Vitaly Khomitsevich		Ivan Ivanov
2008	6 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Vitaly Khomitsevich		Franz Zorn
2009	8 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov^[8]		Daniil Ivanov		Franz Zorn
2010	9 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2011	8 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Igor Kononov		Daniil Ivanov
2012	8 Rounds GP		Nikolay Krasnikov		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2013	10 Rounds GP		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Koltakov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2014	8 Rounds GP		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Koltakov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2015	10 Rounds GP		Dmitry Koltakov		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2016	10 Rounds GP		Dmitry Khomitsevich		Dmitry Koltakov		Daniil Ivanov
2017	10 Rounds GP		Dmitry Koltakov		Igor Kononov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2018	10 Rounds GP		Dmitry Koltakov		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2019	10 Rounds GP		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Koltakov		Dinar Valeev
2020	6 Rounds GP		Daniil Ivanov		Dmitry Khomitsevich		Dinar Valeev
2021	Tolyatti		Dinar Valeev		Igor Kononov		Dmitry Khomitsevich
2022	4 Rounds GP		Martin Haarahiltunen		Johann Weber		Nikita Bogdanov
2023	2 Rounds GP		Martin Haarahiltunen		Franz Zorn		Harald Simon
2024	4 Rounds GP		Martin Haarahiltunen		Max Niedermayer		Heikki Huusko

In 2021 and 2022 Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.^[9]

See also

• Ice speedway
• Ice racing
• Team Ice Racing World Championship

References

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290–291. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.
2. Web site: HISTORY OF ICE RACING. FIM.
3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 99. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
4. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 99. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
5. Web site: Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners. Ice Speedway.co.uk.
6. Web site: European Long Track Championship. Edinburgh Speedway. 17 July 2021.
7. Web site: Ice Speedway. Speedway.org. 17 July 2021.
8. Web site: Nikołaj Krasnikow zdominował cykl Grand Prix . pl . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-03-15 . 2009-03-15 .
9. Web site: Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics . Graham . Dunbar . December 17, 2020 . December 17, 2020 . .