1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

The 1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the World Championship [1] The Championship was held on 17 and 18 February 1984 at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow in the Soviet Union.[2][3]

Anatoly Gladyshev in 1978
Anatoly Gladyshev (pictured in 1978) was killed during heat 23

The winner was Erik Stenlund of the Sweden.[4] This was the first time since 1974 when the Championship was won by a rider not representing the Soviet Union.

Anatoly Gladyshev was killed during the 23rd heat of the second day. After colliding with Vitaly Russkikh he fell into the path of Walter Wartbichler who ran over him. He suffered an artery rupture caused by the front tyre of the bike and died later in hospital.[5]

Classification
Pos Rider Pts
1Sweden Erik Stenlund29
2Soviet Union Vladimir Sukhov28
3Soviet Union Yuri Ivanov27
4Soviet Union Vitali Russkikh22
5Netherlands Roelof Thijs20
6Germany Helmut Weber
7Finland Jarmo Hirvasoja16
8Germany Günter Brandt
9Soviet Union Valeri Ivanschenko
10Sweden Per-Olof Serenius
11Germany Max Niedermaier7
12Austria Walter Wartbichler
13Soviet Union Alexander Smyshiliaev6
14Soviet Union Anatoly Gladyshev
15Czechoslovakia Václav Verner
16Italy Valentino Furlanetto
17Germany Stanislav Dyk (res)
18Sweden Eskil Jonsson (res)

See also

References
  1. "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "Ice Championships". Speedway.org.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Anatoly Gladyschev". motorsport memorial. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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