The 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in Germany, which was West Germany at the time.
The Championship format was altered with 16 rider fields and 8 riders in each heat. The top 8 scorers qualified for the semi-final heats with (points carried forward).
The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the fourth time.
Final Classification Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts1 Karl Maier 7 7 7 7 7 7 42 2 Klaus Lausch 7 6 7 6 6 ef 32 3 Chris Morton 2 7 6 7 3 6 314 Hans Nielsen 4 6 6 ef 7 4 275 Gerd Riss 5 4 4 4 4 5 26 6 Heinrich Diener 6 3 5 5 5 2 26 7 Roland Dannö 6 5 ef 6 6 1 248 Simon Wigg 3 2 4 5 4 3 21 9 Egon Müller 3 4 5 3 ef E 1510 Jens Henry Nielsen 5 5 1 2 2E 15 11 Sam Ermolenko 4 x ef 4 5 E 13 12 Kai Niemi 2 1 3 1 2E 9 13 Petr Vandirek 0 0 3 3 3E 914 Steve Schofield 0 1 2 2 1E 615 Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 3 f - - E 4 16 Simon Cross 1 2 ef ef - E 317 Steve Baker - - - 1 1 E 2 18 Ari Koponen - - 2 - 0E 2
E = eliminated (no further ride) f = fell ef = engine failure x = excluded
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