Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.

History The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships. 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.

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.

In March 2022, the FIM issued a total ban on Russian riders competing in international events, meaning they were unable to complete the remainder of the 2022 calendar or appear in the following seasons.

Medalists YearVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place 1966 2 rounds Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Viktor Kuznetsov Antonín Šváb Sr. 1967 3 rounds Boris Samorodov Vyacheslav Dubinin Vladimir Tsybrov 1968 2 rounds Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Vladimir Tsybrov Boris Samorodov 1969 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Yury Lombotsky Vladimir Tsybrov 1970 Nässjö Antonín Šváb Sr. Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Kurt Westlund 1971 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Vladimir Chekushev Milan Špinka 1972 Nässjö Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Antonín Šváb Sr. Vladimir Paznikov 1973 Inzell Gabdrakhman Kadyrov Boris Samorodov Vladimir Paznikov 1974 Nässjö Milan Špinka Vladimir Tsybrov Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 1975 Moscow Sergey Tarabanko Vladimir Tsybrov Sergey Kazakov 1976 Assen Sergey Tarabanko Milan Špinka Conny Samuelsson 1977 Inzell Sergey Tarabanko Conny Samuelsson Zdeněk Kudrna 1978 Assen Sergey Tarabanko Anatoly Bondarenko Anatoly Gladyshev 1979 Inzell Anatoly Bondarenko Vladimir Lyubich Zdeněk Kudrna 1980 Kalinin Anatoly Bondarenko Sergey Tarabanko Vladimir Sukhov 1981 Assen Vladimir Lyubich Vladimir Sukhov Anatoly Gladyshev 1982 Inzell Sergey Kazakov Per-Olof Serenius Vladimir Subbotin 1983 Eindhoven Sergey Kazakov Anatoly Bondarenko Erik Stenlund 1984 Moscow Erik Stenlund Vladimir Sukhov Yuri Ivanov 1985 Assen Vladimir Sukhov Jarmo Hirvasoja Yuri Ivanov 1986 Stockholm Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov Erik Stenlund 1987 West Berlin Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov Vitaly Russkikh 1988 Eindhoven Erik Stenlund Yuri Ivanov Sergey Ivanov 1989 Alma-Ata Nikolay Nishchenko Yuri Ivanov Vladimir Sukhov 1990 Gothenburg Jarmo Hirvasoja Nikolay Nishchenko Sergey Ivanov 1991 Assen Sergey Ivanov Per-Olof Serenius Michael Lang 1992 Frankfurt Yuri Ivanov Antonín Klatovský Stefan Svensson 1993 Saransk Vladimir Fadeev Alexander Balashov Michael Lang 1994 10 Rounds GP Alexander Balashov Per-Olof Serenius Vyacheslav Nikulin 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 Nikulin1999 10 Rounds GP Vladimir Fadeev Alexander Balashov Vyacheslav Nikulin2000 Assen Kirilł Drogalin Franz Zorn Vladimir Fadeev 2001 8 Rounds GP Kirilł Drogalin Vladimir Fadeev Vyacheslav Nikulin2002 8 Rounds GP Per-Olof Serenius Vyacheslav Nikulin Yury Polikarpov2003 6 Rounds GP Vitaly Khomitsevich Günther Bauer Vladimir Lumpov2004 8 Rounds GP Dmitry Bulankin Vitaly Khomitsevich Nikolay Krasnikov2005 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Ivan Ivanov2006 4 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Yunir Bazeyev Mikhail Bogdanov2007 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Ivan Ivanov2008 6 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Vitaly Khomitsevich Franz Zorn2009 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Franz Zorn2010 9 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich2011 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Igor Kononov Daniil Ivanov2012 8 Rounds GP Nikolay Krasnikov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich2013 10 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dmitry Khomitsevich2014 8 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dmitry Khomitsevich 2015 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich2016 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Khomitsevich Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov2017 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Igor Kononov Dmitry Khomitsevich2018 10 Rounds GP Dmitry Koltakov Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich2019 10 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Koltakov Dinar Valeev20206 Rounds GP Daniil Ivanov Dmitry Khomitsevich Dinar Valeev2021 Tolyatti Dinar Valeev Igor Kononov Dmitry Khomitsevich20224 Rounds GP Martin Haarahiltunen Johann Weber Nikita Bogdanov2023 Inzell Martin Haarahiltunen Franz Zorn Harald Simon20244 Rounds GP Martin Haarahiltunen Max Niedermayer Heikki Huusko20254 Rounds GP Martin Haarahiltunen Niclas Svensson Max Koivula20263 Rounds GP Niclas Svensson Max Koivula Luca Bauer

See also Ice speedway Ice racing Team Ice Racing World Championship

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