1996
                         INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
   GRAND PRIX. Wroclaw PL 18/5. Lonigo I 15/6. Pocking D 6/7.
   Linköping S 10/8.Vojens DK 31/8. London GB 21/9.
 1.Billy Hamill      USA 16  20   9  25  18  25   113
 2.Hans Nielsen      DK  18  25  25   9  20  14   111
 3.Greg Hancock      USA 12  13  13  16  16  18    88
 4.Tony Rickardsson  S   20  18  16  14   7  11    86
 5.Henrik Gustafsson S   14   4  18  20  11  13    80
 6.Peter Karlsson    S    7   3  20   7  13  12    62
 7.Mark Loram        GB   6   2   6  12  12  20    58
 8.Chris Louis       GB   8   9  14   8   6   9    54
 9.Sam Ermolenko     USA  9   1   4  13   9  16    52
10.Jason Crump       AUS  1       7   6  25   6    45
11.Tommy Knudsen     DK  25  16           1   2    44
12.Tomasz Gollob     PL  11          18  14        43
13.Joe Screen        GB   3   7  11   2   8   7    38
14.Craig Boyce       AUS     12   2   4   4   8    30
15.Leigh Adams       AUS  2       8  11   3   4    28
16.Gary Havelock     GB  13  14                    27
17.Andy Smith        GB      11   3   3   2        19
18.Marvyn Cox        GB   4   8   1   1       1    15 
19.Gerd Riss         D           12                12
20.Stefano Alfonso   I        6                     6
21.Piotr Protasiewicz PL                      3     3
 
                        QUALIFICATION ROUNDS.
 
  SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Örebro 5/5.
1.Mikael Karlsson 15  2.Stefan Dannö 11  3.Mikael Teurnberg 11  4.Einar
Kyllingstad 9  5.Claes Ivarsson 9  6.Robert Johansson 9  7.Daniel
Andersson 8  8.Jörgen Johansson 8  9.Christer Jonsson 7+  10.Christer
Rohlén 7+  11.Jonas Grönstrand 7+  12.Göran Flood 6  13.Robert Eriksson 4
14.Stefan Ekberg 4  15.Kenny Olsson 2  16.Mats Malmberg 2R  17.Lars
Jansson 1  18.John Jensen 0R
  8 to Swedish final.
 
  SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Uddevalla 5/5.
1.Jimmy Nilsen 15  2.Jonathan Forsgren 13  3.Arnt Förland 13  4.Peter
Nahlin 12  5.Niklas Karlsson 10  6.Stefan Andersson 10  7.Conny Ivarsson 9
8.Niklas Klingberg 8  9.Pierre Ström 7  10.Anders Henriksson 6  11.Tomas
Olsson 6  12.Håkan Antonsson 4  13.Peter Andersson 3  14.Mikael Andersson 2
15.Tony Zetterström 2  16.Jörgen Hultgren 0  17.Lennart Krüger 0R
  8 to Swedish final.
 
  SWEDISH FINAL. Västervik 29/5.
1.Jimmy Nilsen 13  2.Mikael Karlsson 13  3.Niklas Klingberg 12  4.Stefan
Dannö 11  5.Arnt Förland 11  6.Claes Ivarsson 9+  7.Einar Kyllingstad 9+
8.Peter Nahlin 9+  9.Jonathan Forsgren 6  10.Conny Ivarsson 6  11.Robert
Johansson 5  12.Niklas Karlsson 5  13.Anders Henriksson 4R  14.Jörgen
Johansson 3  15.Mikael Teurnberg 2  16.Christer Jonsson 1R  17.Daniel
Andersson 0  18.Stefan Andersson 0
  5 to Scandinavian final.
 
  DANISH FINAL. Holstebro 25/5, Fjelsted 26/5.
1.Brian Karger 26  2.Jan Staechmann 24  3.Brian Andersen 22  4.John
Jörgensen 21  5.Ronni Pedersen 21  6.Gert Handberg 19  7.Frede Schött 19
8.Jesper Olsen 15  9.Hans Clausen 14  10.Aksel Jepsen 13  11.Martin
Winther 11  12.Klas Rasmussen 9  13.Jesper B Jensen 9  14.Ole Hansen 6R
15.Bo Skov Eriksen 5  16.Jan Andersen 3  17.Anders Nielsen 2R  18.Allan
Nielsen 1
  5 to Scandinavian final.
 
  SCANDINAVIAN FINAL. Elgane N 9/6.
1.Jimmy Nilsen S 14  2.Brian Andersen DK 12  3.Mikael karlsson S 11  4.Arnt
Förland N 10  5.John Jörgensen DK 10  6.Jan Staechmann DK 10  7.Brian
Karger DK 10  8.Stefan Dannö S 9+  9.Niklas Klingberg S 9+  10.Ronni
Pedersen DK 7  11.Rune Holta N 4  12.Vesa Ylinen FIN 4  13.Kai Laukkanen
FIN 4  14.Lars Gunnestad N 3  15.Jarno Kosonen FIN 2  16.Björn Tönnesen N 1
17.John Pollestad N 0R
  8 to Intercontinental final.
 
  BRITISH FINAL. Coventry 28/4.
1.Joe Screen 14+3  2.Chris Louis 12+2  3.Carl Stonehewer 11+1  4.Kelvin
Tatum 10+0  5.Andy Smith 8+3  6.Gary Havelock 9+2  7.David Walsh 8+1  8.Ray
Morton 8+0  9.David Norris 6+3  10.Simon Cross 8+2  11.Ben Howe 7+1  
12.David Mullett 6+0  13.Neil Collins 5  14.Alun Rossiter 4  15.Paul Thorp 3
16.James Grieves 1  Martin Dugard qns  Mark Loram qns  Paul Hurry qns
  7 to Overseas final.
 
  AUSTRALIAN FINAL. Newcastle 17/2.
1.Craig Boyce 15  2.Jason Crump 13  3.Tony Langdon 13  4.Leigh Adams 10
5.Jason Lyons 10  6.Mark Lemon 9  7.Ryan Sullivan 8  8.Mick Poole 8  9.Chris
Watson 8  10.Shane Parker 7  11.Steve Johnston 6  12.Wayne Baxter 5
13.Craig Watson 3  14.Rod Heathcote 2  15.Lee Redmond 2  16.Brett
Woodifield 1
  5 to Overseas final.
 
  AMERICAN FINAL. Auburn 18/5.
1.Chris Manchester 13+  2.Mike Faria 13+  3.Charlie Venegas 13+  4.Bobby
Schwartz 12  5.Bobby Hedden 10  6.Louis Kossuth 9  7.Tommy Hedden 8  8.Bart
Bast 8  9.Bob Hicks 8  10.Brent Werner 7  11.Chad Felicio 6  12.Donny Odom 4
13.Vance Felicio 3  14.Pat Linn 2  15.Doug Nicol 2  16.Matt Becker 2  
17.John Grant 0R 
  4 to Overseas final.
 
  OVERSEAS FINAL. Coventry GB 9/6.
1.Chris Manchester USA 14  2.Ryan Sullivan AUS 12+  3.Jason Lyons AUS 12+
4.Carl Stonehewer GB 11  5.Kelvin Tatum GB 10  6.Tony Langdon AUS 9  7.Mike
Faria USA 9  8.David Norris GB 8  9.Ray Morton GB 7+  10.Mick Poole AUS 7+
11.Ben Howe GB 6  12.Simon Cross GB 5  13.David Walsh GB 4  14.Mark Lemon
AUS 4  15.Charlie Venegas USA 1  16.Bobby Hedden USA 1  Bobby Schwartz
USA qns  Mark Thorpe NZ qns
  Ryan Sullivan, Kelvin Tatum and Mark Lemon to Intercontinental final.
  All other disqualified because of refusing to start on flat tyres.
 
  CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Marmande F 4/5.
1.Simon Wigg GB 15  2.Phillipe Berge F 13  3.Sergej Darkin RUS 12  4.Piotr
Protasiewicz PL 10  5.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 10  6.Vladimir Trofimov UKR 10
7.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 9  8.Piotr Baron PL 7+  9.Gerhard Lekse SLO 7+
10.Sergej Eroschin RUS 6  11.Michal Makovsky CZ 6  12.Izak Santej SLO 5
13.Christophe Dubernard F 4  14.Frederick Brisseau F 2  15.Gregor Pintar
SLO 2  16.Rob Steman NL 0
  8 to Continental semifinal. 
 
  CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Terenzano I 5/5.
1.Zoltan Adorjan H 15  2.Stefano Alfonso I 13  3.Igor Marko UKR 12
4.Armando Castagna I 11  5.Valentino Furlanetto I 10  6.Robert Kessler D 10
7.Zsolt Benzce H 9  8.Vaclav Milik CZ 9  9.Robert Kral CZ 8  10.Simone
Tadiello I 5  11.Vladimir Visvader SK 5  12.Alessandro Milanese I 4
13.Zoltan Hajdu H 3  14.Franz Leitner A 1  15.Luca Taccini I 1  16.Gaspar
Forgac SK 0
  8 to Continental semifinal. 
 
  CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Pfaffenhoffen D 5/5.
1.Gerd Riss D 15  2.Tomasz Bajerski PL 14  3.Robert Barth D 12+  4.Tomas
Topinka CZ 12+  5.Antonin Svab CZ 11  6.Piotr Swist PL 9  7.Sandor Tihanyi
H 9  8.Mirko Wolter D 8  9.Andreas Bössner A 7  10.Andrea Maida I 6
11.Robert Csilik H 5  12.Robert Nagy H 5  13.Nikolaj Manev BUL 4  14.Walter
Nebel A 2  15.Martin Peterca SLO 2  16.Jaroslav Gavenda SK 0
  8 to Continental semifinal.
 
  CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Ostrow PL 5/5.
1.Antonin Kasper CZ 15  2.Roman Jankowski PL 14  3.Slawomir Drabik PL 12
4.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 11  5.Rif Saitgareev RUS 11  6.Tomasz Gollob PL 11
7.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 9  8.Csaba Hell H 9  9.Nikolaj Kokins LT 5+
10.Norbert Magosi H 5+  11.Tommy Dunker D 4  12.Grigorij Charchenko RUS 4
13.Vladimir Voronkov LT 4  14.Petr Vandirek CZ 2  15.Jörg Pingel D 2
16.Vladimir Kolodij UKR 0
  8 to Continental semifinal.
 
  CONINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Togliatti RUS 9/6.
1.Sergej Darkin RUS 14  2.Simon Wigg GB 13  3.Armando Castagna I 13
4.Zoltan Adorjan H 11  5.Igor Marko UKR 9  6.Phillipe Berge F 8  7.Zdenek
Schneiderwind CZ 7+  8.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 7+  9.Valentino Furlanetto I 7+
10.Vaclav Milik CZ 6  11.Stefano Alfonso I 6  12.Piotr Baron PL 5  13.Robert
Kessler D 4  14.Vladimir Trofimov UKR 4  15.Piotr Protasiewicz PL 3
16.Zsolt Benzce H 3
  8 to Continental final.
 
  CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Bydgoszcz PL 9/6.
1.Roman Jankowski PL 12+  2.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 12+  3.Slawomir 
Drabik PL 12+1  4.Tomasz Gollob PL 11  5.Tomas Topinka CZ 10  6.Robert
Barth D 9  7.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 9  8.Tomasz Bajerski PL 9  9.Gerd
Riss D 8  10.Antonin Kasper CZ 7  11.Nikolaj Kokins LT 5  12.Piotr
Swist PL 5  13.Antonin Svab CZ 5  14.Csaba Hell H 3  15.Sandor Tihanyi H 2
16.Mirko Wolter D 1  Rif Saitgareev RUS qns
  8 to Continental semifinal.
 
  CONTINENTAL FINAL. Abensberg D 28/7.
1.Tomasz Gollob PL 12  2.Slawomir Drabik PL 11+  3.Zoltan Adorjan H 11+
4.Roberth Barth D 11+  5.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 11+  6.Simon Wigg GB 10+
7.Sergej Darkin RUS 10+  8.Armando Castagna I 9  9.Tomas Topinka CZ 9
10.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 6  11.Tomasz Bajerski PL 5  12.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 5
13.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 3  14.Antonin Kasper CZ 3R  15.Roman
Jankowski PL 2  16.Phillipe Berge F 1  17.Igor Marko UKR 1  18.Vaclav
Milik CZ 1R
  2 to Grand prix 97, 4 to Challenge.
 
  INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL. Holsted DK 28/7.
1.Jimmy Nilsen S 13+  2.Brian Andersen DK 13+  3.Gerd Riss D 12  4.Stefan
Dannö S 11  5.Mikael Karlsson S 10  6.Ryan Sullivan AUS 9  7.Brian Karger
DK 9  8.Rune Holta N 8  9.Jan Staechmann DK 7  10.Kelvin Tatum GB 6  11.John
Jörgensen DK 5  12.Ronni Pedersen DK 5  13.Niklas Klingberg S 5  14.Arnt
Förland S 4  15.Vesa Ylinen FIN 2  16.Valentino Furlanetto I 1  17.Kai
Laukkanen FIN 0R  Mark Lemon AUS qns
  2 to Grand prix 97, 5 to Challenge. 
 
  CHALLENGE. Praga CZ 5/10.
1.Simon Wigg GB 12+  2.Leigh Adams AUS 12+  3.Mikael Karlsson S 11+  4.Andy
Smith GB 11+  5.Sam Ermolenko USA 11+  6.Jason Crump AUS 11+  7.Ryan
Sullivan AUS 9  8.Stefan Dannö S 9  9.Joe Screen GB 9  10.Brian Karger DK 8
11.Zoltan Adorjan H 6  12.Gerd Riss D 4  13.Roberth Barth D 4  14.Craig
Boyce AUS 2  15.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 0  16.Tommy Knudsen DK 0  17.Armando
Castagna I 0R  18.Rune Holta N 0R
  2+2 to Grand prix 97. 
 
                         TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
  QUALIFICATION GROUP C. Prelog CRO 2/6.
1.Russia 42  Oleg Kurguskin 15 Sergej Eroschin 15 Sergej Darkin 12 
2.Croatia 29  Zlatko Krznaric 13 Krunoslav Zganec 11 Renato Kuster 5 
3.Netherlands  23  Rob Steman 14 Patrik Verbrugge 5 Jan van Deijk 4 
4.France 16  Christophe Dubernard 10 Jerome Georges 5 Thierry Bouin 1 
5.Bulgaria 9  Nikolaj Manev 7 Rudolf Valentinov 2 Milen Manev 0
  New Zealand  qns
  Finland  qns
  2 to Group B.
 
  QUALIFICATION GROUP B. Ljubjana SLO 30/6.
1.Russia 25  Oleg Kurguskin 12 Sergej Darkin 9 Roman Povazhny 4 
2.Ukraine 22  Igor Marko 11 Vladimir Trofimov 9 Alexander Liatosinski 2
3.Latvia 21  Vladimir Voronkov 13 Nikolaj Kokins 8 Alexander Biznia 0 
4.Italy 19  Andrea Maida 11 Valentino Furlanetto 8 Alessandro Milanese 0
5.Slovenia 16  Gerhard Lekse 8 Kreso Omerzel 7 Gregor Pintar 1
6.Austria 14  Andreas Bössner 11 Helmut Lercher 3 Thomas Stadler 0
7.Croatia 9  Zlatko Krznaric 6 Krunoslav Zganec 2 Renato Kuster 1
  2 to Group A.
 
  QUALIFICATION GROUP A. Pila PL 25/8.
1.Poland 25  Piotr Protasiewicz 13 Tomasz Gollob 10 Rafal Dobrucki 2 
2.Russia 24  Rinat Mardanschin 16 Sergej Darkin 8
3.Hungary 19  Csaba Hell 10 Zoltan Adorjan 9
4.Czech Republic 18  Tomas Topinka 13 Antonin Kasper 4 Bohumil Brhel 1
5.Norway 15  Lars Gunnestad 9 Tryggve Jensen 6 
6.Poland B 13R  Wieslaw Jagus 9 Grzegorz Walasek 4 Sebastian Ulamek 0 
7.Ukraine 11  Igor Marko 9 Alexander Liatosinski 2
  Australia qns
  2 to Final.
 
  WORLD FINAL. Diedenbergen D 15/9.
1.Poland                               27
  Tomasz Gollob     3  2  2  3  2  3   15
  Slawomir Drabik      3  3  1  3  2   12 
  Piotr Protasiewicz 0                  0
2.Russia                               22 
  Rinat Mardanschin 3  1  3  3  2  1   13 
  Oleg Kurguskin          2  2  1  0    5
  Sergej Darkin     2  2                4
3.Denmark                              21 
  Brian Andersen    3  1  3  3  3  3   16 
  Jesper B Jensen   2  0  1        1    4
  Nicki Pedersen             1  0       1
4.Germany                              20 
  Gerd Riss         3  3  0  2  3  3   14
  Robert Barth      0  2  2     2  0    6
  Robert Kessler             0          0
5.Sweden                               14 
  Niklas Klingberg  0  0  1  2  2  2    7
  Stefan Dannö      1  2     0  3  1    7 
  Daniel Andersson        0             0 
6.Great Britain                        12 
  Paul Thorp        2  3  0  2  0  2    9
  Sean Wilson       1  0  1  0  1  0    3
7.Hungary 9 
  Sandor Tihanyi    1  0     1     1    3
  Zoltan Adorjan    0  1  1     1       3
  Norbert Magosi          0  3  0  0    3
  USA                                  qns
 
                         JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
  WORLD FINAL. Olching D 4/8.
1.Piotr Protasiewicz PL 15  2.Ryan Sullivan AUS 11+  3.Jesper B Jensen
DK 11+  4.Scott Nicholls GB 10   5.Sebastian Ulamek PL 10  6.Rafal Dobrucki
PL 10  7.Michal Makovsky CZ 8  8.Jiri Stancl CZ 7  9.Kaj Laukkanen FIN 7
10.Leigh Lanham GB 7  11.Norbert Magosi H 6  12.Nicki Pedersen DK 6
13.Stefan Bachhuber D 5  14.Wieslaw Jagus PL 4  15.Grzegorz Walasek PL 3
16.Martin Greve DK 0  Damian Balinski PL Rns  Björn Gustavsson S Rns
 
                         LONG-TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
  WORLD 1000m FINAL. Herxheim D 8/9.
1.Gerd Riss D 25  2.Bernd Diener D 23  3.Robert Barth D 18  4.Marcel Gerhard
CH 17  5.Kelvin Tatum GB 16  6.Karl Maier D 11  7.Simon Wigg GB 11  8.Steve
Schofield GB 8  9.Jason Crump AUS 8  10.Shane Parker AUS 7  11.Phillipe
Berge F 6  12.Vaclav Milik CZ 6  13.Egon Müller D 5  14.Bohumil Brhel CZ 5
15.Ales Dryml CZ 4  16.Anne van der Helm NL 4  17.Lars Gunnestad N 3
18.Paul Hurry GB 3
 
  EUROPEAN GRASS FINAL. St.Colomb de Lauzen F 25/8.
1.Steve Johnston AUS 22  2.Steve Schofield GB 21  3.Zdenek Schneiderwind
CZ 21  4.Vladimir Trofimov UKR 18  5.Phillipe Berge F 16  6.Paul Hurry GB 13
7.Massimo Mora I 11  8.Vaclav Milik CZ 10  9.Christophe Dubernard F 9
10.Maik Groen NL 9  11.Stephane Tresarrieu F 7  12.Thorsten Kerl D 6
13.Jacky de Vries NL 5  14.Jason Handley GB 5  15.Anne van der Helm NL 1
16.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 0  17.Uppie Bos NL 0  18.Sergej Eroschin RUS 0
 
                         MORE RESULTS.
 
  INTERNATIONAL MASTERS SERIES. (10 rounds in Australia).
1.Craig Boyce AUS 162  2.Sam Ermolenko USA 138  3.Tony Rickardsson S 136
4.Jason Crump AUS 134  5.Simon Wigg GB 127  6.Leigh Adams AUS 125  7.Peter
Karlsson S 101  8.Marvyn Cox GB 93  9.Ryan Sullivan AUS 64  10.Greg Bartlett
AUS 53  11.Jan Staechmann DK 48  12.Olli Tyrväinen FIN 48  13.Andy Smith
GB 46  14.Jiri Stancl CZ 46  15.Glenn Doyle AUS 43
 
Index 1997