The 1980 Individual Long Track World Championship was the tenth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 14 September 1980 at Scheeßel in West Germany.
The World title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany. The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at Harsewinkel, Korskro, Hamburg-Farmsen, Pfarrkirchen won by Bruce Penhall, Ivan Mauger, Egon Müller and Georg Hack respectively and two semi finals in Jübek and Gornja Radgona won by Ole Olsen and Josef Aigner.
Final Classification Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Pts1 Karl Maier 53555 232 Egon Müller 5 4 4 3 2 183 Josef Aigner 3 3 5 1 4 163 Christoph Betzl 4 5 1 3 3 165 Georg Hack f 5 4 4 1 146 Wilhelm Duden 4 2 ef 5 E 117 Ivan Mauger 5 ef 2 2 E 98 Zdeněk Kudrna 1 4 2 2 E 99 Ole Olsen 1 4 3 0 E 810 Michael Lee 2 3 2 1 E 811 Peter Collins 3 1 3 0 E 712 Jiří Štancl 3 ef 3 EE 613 Chris Morton 0 1 4 EE 514 Milan Špinka 2 2 1 EE 515 Fritz Koning 1 2 ef EE 316 Anders Michanek 2 ef ef EE 217 Bruce Penhall ef 0 0 EE018 Alois Wiesböck 4 5 5 4 0 18 (disq)+ + Alois Wiesböck finished third but was disqualified because his engine was found to be over the prescribed limit. Bronze medals were awarded to both Betzl and Aigner.
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