# FIM Long Track World Championship

This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship.

## Medalists
### European Long Track Championship

(*) Shows position was gained after a run-off.
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1957 | Solvalla | Basse Hveem | Josef Hofmeister | Eric Brafvold |
| 1958 | Mühldorf | Josef Hofmeister | Aulis Tuominen | Josef Kamper |
| 1959 | Käpylä | Josef Hofmeister | Antti Pajari | Olle Nygren |
| 1960 | Plattling | Josef Hofmeister | Josef Seidl | Josef Sinzinger |
| 1961 | Oslo | Timo Laine | Ove Fundin | Erik Simonsen |
| 1962 | Mühldorf | Bertil Stridh | Joseph Seidl | Timo Laine |
| 1963 | Malmö | Bertil Stridh | Kurt W. Petersen | Manfred Poschenreider |
| 1964 | Scheeßel | Kurt W. Petersen | Ollie Turunen | Manfred Poschenreider |
| 1965 | Seinäjoki | Björn Knutson | Timo Laine | Joseph Seidl |
| 1966 | Mühldorf | Manfred Poschenreider | Kurt W. Petersen | Jon Ødegaard |
| 1967 | Scheeßel | Manfred Poschenreider | Don Godden | Jon Ødegaard |
| 1968 | Mühldorf | Manfred Poschenreider | Don Godden | Kurt W. Petersen |
| 1969 | Oslo | Don Godden | Jon Ødegaard | Kurt W. Petersen |
| 1970 | Scheeßel | Jon Ødegaard | Don Godden | Hans Zierk |

### World Long Track Championship

| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1971 | Oslo | Ivan Mauger | Manfred Poschenreider | Runo Wedin |
| 1972 | Mühldorf | Ivan Mauger | Manfred Poschenreider | Jon Ødegaard |
| 1973 | Oslo | Ole Olsen | Hans Siegl | Manfred Poschenreider |
| 1974 | Scheeßel | Egon Müller | Ivan Mauger | Alois Wiesböck |
| 1975 | Gornja Radgona | Egon Müller | Ivan Mauger | Ole Olsen |
| 1976 | Mariánské Lázně | Ivan Mauger | Ole Olsen | Egon Müller |
| 1977 | Aalborg | Anders Michanek | Hans Siegl | Ole Olsen |
| 1978 | Mühldorf | Egon Müller | Alois Wiesböck | Peter Collins(*) |
| 1979 | Mariánské Lázně | Alois Wiesböck | Anders Michanek | Ole Olsen |
| 1980 | Scheeßel | Karl Maier | Egon Müller | Josef Aigner Christoph Betzl |
| 1981 | Gornja Radgona | Michael Lee | Christoph Betzl | Anders Michanek(*) |
| 1982 | Korskro | Karl Maier | Alois Wiesböck | Egon Müller |
| 1983 | Mariánské Lázně | Shawn Moran | Jiří Štancl | Karl Maier |
| 1984 | Herxheim | Erik Gundersen | Egon Müller | Karl Maier |
| 1985 | Korskro | Simon Wigg | Jiří Štancl | Peter Collins |
| 1986 | Pfarrkirchen | Erik Gundersen | Peter Collins(*) | Marcel Gerhard |
| 1987 | Mühldorf | Karl Maier | Simon Wigg | Shawn Moran(*) |
| 1988 | Scheeßel | Karl Maier | Klaus Lausch | Chris Morton |
| 1989 | Mariánské Lázně | Simon Wigg | Aleš Dryml Sr. | Karl Maier |
| 1990 | Herxheim | Simon Wigg | Karl Maier(*) | Hans Pingel |
| 1991 | Mariánské Lázně | Gerd Riss | Aleš Dryml Sr.(*) | Jan O. Pedersen |
| 1992 | Pfarrkirchen | Marcel Gerhard | Mitch Shirra | Karl Maier |
| 1993 | Mühldorf | Simon Wigg | Karl Maier | Marcel Gerhard(*) |
| 1994 | Mariánské Lázně | Simon Wigg | Andre Pollehn | Gerd Riss(*) |
| 1995 | Scheeßel | Kelvin Tatum(*) | Simon Wigg | Walter Scherwitzki |
| 1996 | Herxheim | Gerd Riss | Robert Barth | Bernd Diener |

### Grand Prix Series (since 1997)

| Year | Venues | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1997 details | five events | Tommy Dunker | Steve Schofield | Glenn Cunningham |
| 1998 details | five events | Kelvin Tatum | Gerd Riss | Steve Schofield |
| 1999 details | five events | Gerd Riss | Robert Barth | Kelvin Tatum |
| 2000 details | five events | Kelvin Tatum | Robert Barth | Matthias Kröger |
| 2001 details | four events | Gerd Riss | Kelvin Tatum | Robert Barth |
| 2002 details | five events | Robert Barth | Gerd Riss | Kelvin Tatum |
| 2003 details | six events | Robert Barth | Kelvin Tatum | Gerd Riss |
| 2004 details | five events | Gerd Riss | Kelvin Tatum | Bernd Diener |
| 2005 details | nine events | Robert Barth | Gerd Riss | Paul Hurry |
| 2006 details | five events | Robert Barth | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Gerd Riss |
| 2007 details | three events | Gerd Riss | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Mathieu Trésarrieu |
| 2008 details | four events | Gerd Riss | Glen Phillips | Dirk Fabriek |
| 2009 details | five events | Gerd Riss | Stephane Tresarrieu | Dirk Fabriek |
| 2010 details | six events | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Theo Pijper | Richard Speiser |
| 2011 details | six events | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Richard Speiser | Stephan Katt |
| 2012 details | six events | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Martin Smolinski | Josef Franc |
| 2013 details | six events | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Jannick de Jong | Richard Hall |
| 2014 details | five events | Erik Riss | Jannick de Jong | Joonas Kylmäkorpi |
| 2015 details | four events | Jannick de Jong | Erik Riss | Dimitri Bergé |
| 2016 details | five events | Erik Riss | Jannick de Jong | Mathieu Trésarrieu |
| 2017 details | five events | Mathieu Trésarrieu | Michael Hartel | Josef Franc |
| 2018 details | five events | Martin Smolinski | Dimitri Bergé | Mathieu Trésarrieu |
| 2019 details | five events | Dimitri Bergé | Martin Smolinski | Mathieu Trésarrieu |
| 2020 details | two events | Lukas Fienhage | Kenneth Kruse Hansen | Mathieu Trésarrieu |
| 2021 details | four events | Romano Hummel | Martin Smolinski | Theo Pijper |
| 2022 details | six events | Mathieu Trésarrieu | Zach Wajtknecht | Chris Harris |
| 2023 details | six events | Martin Smolinski | Chris Harris | Kenneth Kruse Hansen |
| 2024 details | five events | Martin Smolinski | Lukas Fienhage | Zach Wajtknecht |

## Classification

Classification from the start of the World Long Track Championship in 1971.
| No. | Rider | Nationality | | | |
| 1. | Gerd Riss | Germany | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | Simon Wigg | England | 5 | 2 | |
| 3. | Robert Barth | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. | Karl Maier | Germany | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5. | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. | Kelvin Tatum | England | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 7. | Martin Smolinski | Germany | 3 | 3 | |
| 8. | Egon Müller | Germany | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 9. | Ivan Mauger | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | |
| 10. | Erik Riss | Germany | 2 | 1 | |
| 11. | Mathieu Trésarrieu | France | 2 | | 5 |
| 12. | Erik Gundersen | Denmark | 2 | | |
| 13. | Jannick de Jong | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | |
| 14. | Alois Wiesböck | Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15. | Lukas Fienhage | Germany | 1 | 1 | |
| 16. | Ole Olsen | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17. | Anders Michanek | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18. | Marcel Gerhard | Switzerland | 1 | | 2 |
| 19. | Shawn Moran | United States | 1 | | 1 |
| 20. | Michael Lee | England | 1 | | |
| | Tommy Dunker | Germany | 1 | | |
| | Romano Hummel | Netherlands | 1 | | |

## Records

* Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25.
* Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
* Most One Day Finals: Egon Müller 20.
* Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329.
* Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 24.
* Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 104.
* Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1369.
* Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34.
* Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16
Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.