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Poland 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 May 1996
CityPoland Wrocław
Event1 of 6 (7)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Length387 m (423 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Tommy Knudsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Tony Rickardsson
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Hans Nielsen

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 May in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland and was won by Danish rider Tommy Knudsen. Knudsen was the first rider who won in three SGP Events.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomasz Gollob as Wild Card. Gollob was Polish SGP Winner last season.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 6 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 25 3 3 3 1 1 11 3 3
2 14 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 20 2 2 2 3 1 10 4 2
3 3 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 18 3 1 3 2 2 11 1 1
4 9 United States (5) Billy Hamill 16 2 3 1 2 3 11 2 0
5 4 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 14 X 3 E 3 3 9 6 3
6 7 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 13 0 3 3 2 1 9 7 2
7 13 United States (4) Greg Hancock 12 3 2 2 1 0 8 8 1
8 12 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 3 0 3 1 3 10 5 0
9 8 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 1 0 2 2 7 10 3
10 5 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 8 1 1 1 1 2 6 11 2
11 2 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 9 1
12 1 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 6 2 0 0 0 3 5 12 0
13 16 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 4 1 2 1 E 0 4 15 3
14 11 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 3 0 2 2 X 0 4 14 2
15 10 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 2 1 0 1 3 0 5 13 1
16 15 Australia (15) Jason Crump 1 E 0 2 0 1 3 16 0
17 17 Australia (17) Craig Boyce – - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith – - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 SWE
Sweden		 GBR
United Kingdom		 DEN
Denmark
1 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 25 25          
2 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 20 20          
3 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 18 18          
4 United States (5) Billy Hamill 16 16          
5 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 14 14          
6 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 13 13          
7 United States (4) Greg Hancock 12 12          
8 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11          
9 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 9          
10 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 8 8          
11 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 7 7          
12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 6 6          
13 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 4 4          
14 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 3 3          
15 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 2 2          
16 Australia (15) Jason Crump 1 1          
Rider(s) not classified
Australia (17) Craig Boyce — ns          
United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith — ns          
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 SWE
Sweden		 GBR
United Kingdom		 DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.
  2. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.

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