Wolverhampton Olympique

The Wolverhampton Olympique was an individual motorcycle speedway event that was hosted annually in the Midlands.[1]

Wolverhampton Olympique
Freddie Lindgren six time winner
Categorymotorcycle speedway
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season1966
Folded2023

History

The event was first run in October 1966 by the Newcastle Diamonds club at their home venue Brough Park. At the time both Newcastle Diamonds and Wolverhampton Wolves were owned by the same promoter Mike Parker. In 1969, Parker sold his interest in Newcastle Diamonds and a number of his assets were transferred to Wolverhampton Wolves, two of which were the Olympique event and the licence of speedway rider Ole Olsen.

With the closure of Wolverhampton in 1980 the meeting was transferred to Birmingham but when Wolves re-opened in 1984 Peter Adams brought it back to Monmore Green Stadium in Wolverhampton.

The last Olympique was held in 2023, because Monmore Green's owners Entain announced that the venue would only be used by greyhound racing during 2024.[2] It was won by Ausralian Zach Cook.[3]

Past winners
Year Venue First Second Third
1966 Brough Park New Zealand Barry Briggs England Peter Kelly England Nigel Boocock
1967 Brough Park Sweden Anders Michanek New Zealand Ivan Mauger England Nigel Boocock
1968 Brough Park Not staged
1969 Brough Park Not staged
1970 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen New Zealand Ivan Mauger New Zealand Ronnie Moore
1971 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen New Zealand Barry Briggs Sweden Bernt Persson
1972 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen England Terry Betts New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1973 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen England Peter Collins England Chris Pusey
1974 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen England Peter Collins New Zealand Terry Betts
1975 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Ole Olsen Australia Billy Sanders Sweden Soren Sjosten
1976 Monmore Green Stadium England Peter Collins Denmark Ole Olsen England Chris Morton
1977 Monmore Green Stadium Australia Billy Sanders England Gordon Kennett England Dave Jessup
1978 Monmore Green Stadium England Gordon Kennett Denmark Ole Olsen Finland Ila Teromaa
1979 Monmore Green Stadium Australia Phil Crump United States Bruce Penhall Sweden Jan Andersson
1980 Monmore Green Stadium England Les Collins United States Bobby Schwartz Denmark Tommy Knudsen
1981 Monmore Green Stadium New Zealand Mitch Shirra Denmark Hans Nielsen England Dave Jessup
1982 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Hans Nielsen England Alan Grahame Denmark Tommy Knudsen
1983 Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium Not staged
1984 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Hans Nielsen United States Shawn Moran Denmark Preben Eriksen
1985 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged
1986 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged
1987 Monmore Green Stadium United States Sam Ermolenko Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Jan O Pedersen
1988 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Hans Nielsen United States Sam Ermolenko United States Mike Faria
1989 Monmore Green Stadium Denmark Jan O Pedersen United States Ronnie Correy Denmark Hans Nielsen
1990 Monmore Green Stadium United States Ronnie Correy United States Billy Hamill Denmark John Jørgensen
1991 Monmore Green Stadium United States Greg Hancock United States Ronnie Correy United States Sam Ermolenko
1992 Monmore Green Stadium United States Ronnie Correy United States Sam Ermolenko England Gary Havelock
1993 Monmore Green Stadium England Joe Screen United States Sam Ermolenko Sweden Peter Karlsson
1994 Monmore Green Stadium Australia Jason Crump Sweden Peter Karlsson England Joe Screen
1995 Monmore Green Stadium United States Greg Hancock Sweden Peter Karlsson England Joe Screen
1996 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged
1997 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Mikael Karlsson United States Sam Ermolenko Denmark Jesper B Jensen
1998 Monmore Green Stadium United States Greg Hancock England Mark Loram Sweden Peter Karlsson
1999 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Peter Karlsson England Joe Screen United States Greg Hancock
2000 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Peter Karlsson Denmark Nicki Pedersen Denmark Jesper B. Jensen
2001 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Mikael Karlsson United States Sam Ermolenko Australia Jason Crump
2002 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Mikael Karlsson Sweden Peter Karlsson England Paul Hurry
2003 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Mikael Max Sweden Peter Karlsson Australia Leigh Adams
2004 Monmore Green Stadium England David Howe Sweden Peter Karlsson England Scott Nicholls
2005 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren Denmark Hans Andersen Australia Travis McGowan
2006 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Peter Karlsson Sweden Freddie Lindgren Netherlands Theo Pijper
2007 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren England Scott Nicholls England Chris Harris
2008 Monmore Green Stadium Postponed
2009 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren England Chris Harris England Scott Nicholls
2010 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren England Chris Harris England Scott Nicholls
2011 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren England Scott Nicholls England Chris Harris
2012 Monmore Green Stadium England Scott Nicholls United States Ricky Wells England Danny King
2013 Monmore Green Stadium Postponed
2014 Monmore Green Stadium Postponed
2015 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Freddie Lindgren United States Ricky Wells England Chris Harris
2016 Monmore Green Stadium Sweden Jacob Thorssell Sweden Freddie Lindgren England Chris Harris
2017 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged
2018 Monmore Green Stadium England Chris Harris England Kyle Howarth United States Ricky Wells
2019 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged
2020 Monmore Green Stadium Not staged due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Monmore Green Stadium England Scott Nicholls[4] Australia Nick Morris Australia Rory Schlein
2022 Monmore Green Stadium Australia Nick Morris[5] England Tom Brennan United States Luke Becker
2023 Monmore Green Stadium Australia Zach Cook[3] Australia Rory Schlein England Tom Brennan

Results by Rider
CountryDriverFirstSecondThirdPodium
DenmarkOlsen, Ole6208
SwedenLindgren, Freddie6208
SwedenKarlsson (Max), Mikael4004
SwedenKarlsson, Peter35210
DenmarkNielsen, Hans3216
United StatesHancock, Greg3014
EnglandNicholls, Scott2237
United StatesCorrey, Ronnie2204
United StatesErmolenko, Sam1517
EnglandHarris, Chris1247
EnglandCollins, Peter1203
AustraliaMorris, Nick1102
New ZealandBriggs, Barry1102
AustraliaSanders, Billy1102
EnglandKennett, Gordon1102
DenmarkPedersen, Jan O1012
AustraliaCrump, Jason1012
SwedenMichanek, Anders1001
AustraliaCrump, Phil1001
EnglandCollins, Les1001
New ZealandShirra, Mitch1001
EnglandHowe, David1001
SwedenThorssell, Jacob1001
AustraliaCook, Zach1001


References
  1. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. "Wolves bow out at Monmore". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. "Cook delight with Olympique win". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. "Monmore fan Scott Nicholls is the Olympique champion". Express and Star. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. "Ladbrokes Olympique". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

Much of this information has been taken from the Wolverhampton Wolves Olympique programme dated 11 Octoebr 2016.


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