1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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United Kingdom 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date31 August 1996
CityUnited Kingdom London
Event5 of 6 (11)
RefereeDenmark Jørgen Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumLondon Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans Nielsen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Billy Hamill

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 August in the London Stadium in London, Great Britain[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by Australian rider Jason Crump, being the first win of his career.

Starting positions draw[edit]

injury United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock was replaced

Heat details[edit]

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 14 Australia (15) Jason Crump 25 2 2 2 1 3 10 3 3
2 9 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 20 3 1 3 2 3 12 1 2
3 2 United States (5) Billy Hamill 18 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 1
4 6 United States (4) Greg Hancock 16 1 3 3 1 3 11 2 0
5 15 Poland (19) Tomasz Gollob 14 0 0 3 3 3 9 5 3
6 5 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 13 3 3 0 3 T 9 6 2
7 12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 12 2 2 1 2 2 9 7 1
8 13 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 11 3 E 3 1 1 8 8 0
9 7 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 1 1 3 1 8 10 3
10 4 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 8 1 3 2 0 2 8 9 2
11 1 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 11 1
12 3 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 6 0 3 0 2 0 5 12 0
13 8 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 4 0 0 1 3 X 4 14 3
14 10 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 2
15 11 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 2 0 2 2 0 1 5 13 1
16 16 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 15 X
17 17 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox - 17
18 18 Denmark (20) Jan Stæchmann - 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[edit]

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 (1) Hans Nielsen 97 18 25 25 9 20  
2 United States (5) Billy Hamill 88 16 20 9 25 18  
3 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 75 20 18 16 14 7  
4 United States (4) Greg Hancock 70 12 13 13 16 16  
5 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 67 14 4 18 20 11  
6 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 50 7 3 20 7 13  
7 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 45 8 9 14 8 6  
8 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 43 11 ns 18 14  
9 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 42 25 16 1  
10 Australia (15) Jason Crump 39 1 ns 7 6 25  
11 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 38 6 2 6 12 12  
12 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 36 9 1 4 13 9  
13 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 31 3 7 11 2 8  
14 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14  
15 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 24 2 ns 8 11 3  
16 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 22 ns 12 2 4 4  
17 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 19 ns 11 3 3 2  
18 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4 8 1 1 ns  
19 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 12  
20 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6  
Rider(s) not classified
Denmark (20) Jan Stæchmann ns ns  
Sweden (21) Mikael Karlsson ns  
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.

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