Stadium Name: | Start Gniezno Stadium |
Location: | Wrzesińska 25, 62-200 Gniezno, Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.5217°N 17.5981°W |
Opened: | 1929 |
Tenants: | Motorcycle speedway |
Capacity: | 9,662 |
Length Km: | (344.5 metres) 0.3445 |
The Start Gniezno Stadium also known as the Colonel Franciszek Hynek Municipal Stadium is a 9,662-capacity motorcycle speedway stadium in the south of Gniezno in Poland.[1]
The venue is used by the speedway team Start Gniezno,[2] who compete in the Team Speedway Polish Championship.[3]
The stadium opened in 1929, when the first stand was built.[1] Major speedway events began in 1963 with an international match between the Poland national speedway team against the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia national speedway teams.[4]
The stadium is also known as the Colonel Franciszek Hynek Municipal Stadium, named after the aviation pioneer and World War II commander.[5]
In 2011, the track hosted the fourth and final round of the 2011 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.[6]
On 4 April 2022, the track record was broken by Peter Kildemand in a time of 63.50 seconds.[2]