1987 Individual Long Track World Championship
{{short description|Long track motorcycle racing event}}
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The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|publisher=Speedway.org}} The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time.{{cite web|url=http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack/|title=World Longtrack World Champions|publisher=Grasstrack GB}}
The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the third time.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/pdf/Longtrack.pdf|title=WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes|publisher=Speedway Plus.com}}{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A To Z of Sport, page 512|year=2004|publisher=Little Brown|isbn=0-316-72946-9}}
Final Classification
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|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Karl Maier | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
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|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Wigg | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
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|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Moran | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
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|4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Hagon | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
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|5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Egon Müller | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
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|6 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Heinz Huber | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
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|7 | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Erik Gundersen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | E | 10 |
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|8 | align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Baker | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | E | 10 |
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|9 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Riss | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | E | 9 |
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|10 | align="left"| {{flagicon|TCH}} Lubomír Jedek | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | E | 8 |
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|11 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Alois Wiesböck | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | E | 6 |
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|12 | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Finn Rune Jensen | 1 | 5 | 0 | ef | E | 6 |
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|13 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Trevor Banks | 0 | 2 | 3 | E | E | 5 |
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|14 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Lausch | 0 | 4 | | ||||
| |E | E | 4 | |||||
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|15 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Erik Stenlund | 2 | f | 1 | E | E | 3 |
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|16 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Kai Niemi | 3 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 3 |
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|17 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Morton | ef | 1 | 1 | E | E | 2 |
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|18 | align="left"| {{flagicon|TCH}} Pavel Karnas | 2 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 2 |
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|19 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Cross | | ||||||
| | - | 2 | E | E | 2 |
- E = eliminated (no further ride)
- f = fell
- ef = engine failure
- x = excluded
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Long Track World Championship}}
{{International speedway}}
Category:Speedway competitions in Germany
Category:Sport in West Germany