Continental Speedway final

The Continental final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000.[1][2]

From 1952 to 1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship round or European final but from 1976 to 1990 it was upgraded in stature and acted as a final qualifier for the World Championship final itself.[3] It was not held from 1991 to 1994 and then from 1995 to 2001 it acted as a final qualifier for the Speedway Grand Prix or Grand Prix Challenge.[4]

Editions

YearVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
1952 Falköping Rune Sörmander Olle Nygren Stig Pramberg
1953 Kumla Basse Hveem Olle Nygren Dan Forsberg
1954 Linköping Ove Fundin Rune Sörmander Sune Karlsson
1955 Abensberg Fritz Dirtl Josef Kamper Georg Duneborn
1956 Oberhausen Kjell Carlsson Josef Seidl Andrzej Krzesiński
1957 Vienna Josef Hofmeister Josef Seidl Stanisław Tkocz
1958 Oberhausen Joel Jansson Josef Hofmeister Josef Seidl
1959 Munich Josef Hofmeister Björn Knutson Mieczysław Połukard
1960 Vienna Josef Hofmeister Henryk Żyto Marian Kaiser
1961 Slaný Florian Kapała Igor Plekhanov Stanisław Tkocz
1962 Wrocław Marian Kaiser Paweł Waloszek Luboš Tomíček Sr.
1963 Wrocław Stanisław Tkocz Boris Samorodov Antonín Kasper Sr.
1964 Slaný Igor Plekhanov Jaroslav Volf Boris Samorodov
1965 Wrocław Andrzej Wyglenda Igor Plekhanov Andrzej Pogorzelski
1966 Slaný Andrzej Pogorzelski Antoni Woryna Konstanty Pociejkewicz
1967 Kempten Andrzej Wyglenda Jerzy Trzeszkowski Igor Plekhanov
1968 Slaný Gennady Kurilenko Paweł Waloszek Vladimir Smirnov
1969 Ufa Antoni Woryna Andrzej Wyglenda Edward Jancarz
1970 Abensberg Hans Jürgen Fritz Valeri Klementiev Zdenek Majstr
1971 Slaný Henryk Glücklich Jan Mucha Gennady Kurilenko
1972 Cherkessk Viktor Trofimov Viktor Kalmykov Anatoly Kuzmin
1973 Leningrad Valery Gordeev Grigory Khlinovsky Vladimir Zapleshny
1974 Tolyatti Vladimir Gordeev Mikhail Starostin Zenon Plech
1975 Leningrad Edward Jancarz Valery Gordeev Viktor Kalmykov
1976 Leningrad Egon Müller Jiří Štancl Valery Gordeev
1977 Tolyatti Jan Verner Egon Müller Jiří Štancl
1978 Prague Hans Wassermann Jiří Štancl Marek Cieślak
1979 Pöcking Christoph Betzl Mikhail Starostin Zdeněk Kudrna
1980 Lonigo Zenon Plech Jiří Štancl Aleš Dryml Sr.
1981 Prague Egon Müller Aleš Dryml Sr. Edward Jancarz
1982 Leszno Jiří Štancl Edward Jancarz Václav Verner
1983 Rybnik Zenon Plech Egon Müller Jiří Štancl
1984 Rovno Egon Müller Karl Maier Jiří Štancl
1985 Pöcking Egon Müller Armando Castagna Zoltán Adorján
1986 Wiener Neustadt Viktor Kuznetsov Antonín Kasper Jr. Armando Castagna
1987 Lonigo Gerd Riss Roman Jankowski Antonín Kasper Jr.
1988 Leszno Zenon Kasprzak Antal Kocso Roman Jankowski
1989 Debrecen Zoltán Adorján[5] Karl Maier Roman Matoušek
1990 Norden Gerd Riss Zoltán Adorján Armando Castagna
1991-1994not held
1995 Miskolc Zoltán Adorján Stefano Alfonso Antonín Kasper Jr.
1996[6] Abensberg Tomasz Gollob Sławomir Drabik Zoltán Adorján
1997 Lonigo Armando Castagna Zoltán Adorján Tomáš Topinka
1998 Debrecen Antonín Kasper Jr. Marián Jirout Roman Povazhny
1999 Wrocław Rafał Dobrucki Piotr Protasiewicz Sławomir Drabik
2000 Lonigo Matej Ferjan Piotr Protasiewicz Piotr Świst
2001 Gdańsk Sebastian Ułamek Bohumil Brhel Wiesław Jaguś

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