# Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.

## History

The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years preceding the World Championships. The event has been dominated by the Soviet Union/Russia, who have won all but seven of the World Championship titles since 1966. Sweden has won five times, Czechoslovakia twice and Finland once.
In 2021 and 2022 Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
In March 2022, the FIM issued a total ban on Russian riders competing in international events, meaning they were unable to complete the remainder of the 2022 calendar or appear in the following seasons.

## Medalists

| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1966 | 2 rounds | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Viktor Kuznetsov | Antonín Šváb Sr. |
| 1967 | 3 rounds | Boris Samorodov | Vyacheslav Dubinin | Vladimir Tsybrov |
| 1968 | 2 rounds | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Vladimir Tsybrov | Boris Samorodov |
| 1969 | Inzell | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Yury Lombotsky | Vladimir Tsybrov |
| 1970 | Nässjö | Antonín Šváb Sr. | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Kurt Westlund |
| 1971 | Inzell | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Vladimir Chekushev | Milan Špinka |
| 1972 | Nässjö | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Antonín Šváb Sr. | Vladimir Paznikov |
| 1973 | Inzell | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov | Boris Samorodov | Vladimir Paznikov |
| 1974 | Nässjö | Milan Špinka | Vladimir Tsybrov | Gabdrakhman Kadyrov |
| 1975 | Moscow | Sergey Tarabanko | Vladimir Tsybrov | Sergey Kazakov |
| 1976 | Assen | Sergey Tarabanko | Milan Špinka | Conny Samuelsson |
| 1977 | Inzell | Sergey Tarabanko | Conny Samuelsson | Zdeněk Kudrna |
| 1978 | Assen | Sergey Tarabanko | Anatoly Bondarenko | Anatoly Gladyshev |
| 1979 | Inzell | Anatoly Bondarenko | Vladimir Lyubich | Zdeněk Kudrna |
| 1980 | Kalinin | Anatoly Bondarenko | Sergey Tarabanko | Vladimir Sukhov |
| 1981 | Assen | Vladimir Lyubich | Vladimir Sukhov | Anatoly Gladyshev |
| 1982 | Inzell | Sergey Kazakov | Per-Olof Serenius | Vladimir Subbotin |
| 1983 | Eindhoven | Sergey Kazakov | Anatoly Bondarenko | Erik Stenlund |
| 1984 | Moscow | Erik Stenlund | Vladimir Sukhov | Yuri Ivanov |
| 1985 | Assen | Vladimir Sukhov | Jarmo Hirvasoja | Yuri Ivanov |
| 1986 | Stockholm | Yuri Ivanov | Vladimir Sukhov | Erik Stenlund |
| 1987 | West Berlin | Yuri Ivanov | Vladimir Sukhov | Vitaly Russkikh |
| 1988 | Eindhoven | Erik Stenlund | Yuri Ivanov | Sergey Ivanov |
| 1989 | Alma-Ata | Nikolay Nishchenko | Yuri Ivanov | Vladimir Sukhov |
| 1990 | Gothenburg | Jarmo Hirvasoja | Nikolay Nishchenko | Sergey Ivanov |
| 1991 | Assen | Sergey Ivanov | Per-Olof Serenius | Michael Lang |
| 1992 | Frankfurt | Yuri Ivanov | Antonín Klatovský | Stefan Svensson |
| 1993 | Saransk | Vladimir Fadeev | Alexander Balashov | Michael Lang |
| 1994 | 10 Rounds GP | Alexander Balashov | Per-Olof Serenius | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 1995 | 10 Rounds GP | Per-Olof Serenius | Alexander Balashov | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 1996 | 10 Rounds GP | Alexander Balashov | Yury Polikarpov | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 1997 | Assen | Kirilł Drogalin | Alexander Balashov | Jari Ahlbom |
| 1998 | 10 Rounds GP | Alexander Balashov | Kirilł Drogalin | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 1999 | 10 Rounds GP | Vladimir Fadeev | Alexander Balashov | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 2000 | Assen | Kirilł Drogalin | Franz Zorn | Vladimir Fadeev |
| 2001 | 8 Rounds GP | Kirilł Drogalin | Vladimir Fadeev | Vyacheslav Nikulin |
| 2002 | 8 Rounds GP | Per-Olof Serenius | Vyacheslav Nikulin | Yury Polikarpov |
| 2003 | 6 Rounds GP | Vitaly Khomitsevich | Günther Bauer | Vladimir Lumpov |
| 2004 | 8 Rounds GP | Dmitry Bulankin | Vitaly Khomitsevich | Nikolay Krasnikov |
| 2005 | 6 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Vitaly Khomitsevich | Ivan Ivanov |
| 2006 | 4 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Yunir Bazeyev | Mikhail Bogdanov |
| 2007 | 6 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Vitaly Khomitsevich | Ivan Ivanov |
| 2008 | 6 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Vitaly Khomitsevich | Franz Zorn |
| 2009 | 8 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Daniil Ivanov | Franz Zorn |
| 2010 | 9 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2011 | 8 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Igor Kononov | Daniil Ivanov |
| 2012 | 8 Rounds GP | Nikolay Krasnikov | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2013 | 10 Rounds GP | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Koltakov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2014 | 8 Rounds GP | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Koltakov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2015 | 10 Rounds GP | Dmitry Koltakov | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2016 | 10 Rounds GP | Dmitry Khomitsevich | Dmitry Koltakov | Daniil Ivanov |
| 2017 | 10 Rounds GP | Dmitry Koltakov | Igor Kononov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2018 | 10 Rounds GP | Dmitry Koltakov | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2019 | 10 Rounds GP | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Koltakov | Dinar Valeev |
| 2020 | 6 Rounds GP | Daniil Ivanov | Dmitry Khomitsevich | Dinar Valeev |
| 2021 | Tolyatti | Dinar Valeev | Igor Kononov | Dmitry Khomitsevich |
| 2022 | 4 Rounds GP | Martin Haarahiltunen | Johann Weber | Nikita Bogdanov |
| 2023 | Inzell | Martin Haarahiltunen | Franz Zorn | Harald Simon |
| 2024 | 4 Rounds GP | Martin Haarahiltunen | Max Niedermayer | Heikki Huusko |