2002 Speedway Grand Prix

World speedway championship season July 2024 July 2024 2002 11 May - 26 October 10 10 8 22 2 250 SWE Tony Rickardsson AUS Jason Crump AUS Ryan Sullivan The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championshiphttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex World individual final - rider index British Speedway 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ History Speedway and Longtrack Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 and the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The world title was won by Tony Rickardsson of Sweden.https://www.crash.net/speedway/race-report/98541/1/hancock-takes-final-2002-gp-in-sydney Hancock takes final 2002 GP in Sydney Crash.net 26 October 2002 12 July 2024 Event format The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final. The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in. Qualification for Grand Prix 2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The 2002 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below. 2002 event schedule and winners Calendar DateGrand PrixVenueWinnerResult11 MayNorwayVikingskipet, HamarSWE Tony Rickardsson 2002 Norwegian GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m18 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m18 2007-08-01https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5385941.great-ride-turns-title-rickos-way/ Great ride turns title Ricko's way Dorset Echo 2 September 2002 27 June 202425 MayPolandPolonia Stadium, BydgoszczPOL Tomasz Gollob 2002 Polish GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m19 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070927214130/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m19 2007-09-278 JuneGreat BritainMillennium Stadium, CardiffAUS Ryan Sullivan 2002 British GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m20 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070927213753/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m20 2007-09-2722 JuneSlovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško AUS Ryan Sullivan 2002 Slovenian GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m21 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070927213738/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m21 2007-09-27https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6592521.speedway-cheetahs-ace-adams-fourth-gp/ Speedway: Cheetahs ace Adams up to fourth in GP Oxford Mail 24 June 2002 12 July 20246 JulySwedenOlympiastadion, StockholmSWE Tony Rickardsson 2002 Swedish GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m22 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m22 2007-08-0120 JulyCzech RepublicMarkéta Stadium, PragueAUS Jason Crump 2002 Czech Republic GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m23 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070927213919/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m23 2007-09-2731 AugustScandinaviaUllevi, Gothenburg AUS Leigh Adams 2002 Scandinavian GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m24 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m24 2007-08-0114 SeptemberEurope Stadion Śląski, Chorzów DEN Nicki Pedersen 2002 European GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m25 Grand Prix result Speedway World https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214010/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m25 11 July 2024 27 September 2007 28 SeptemberDenmarkVojens Speedway Center, VojensSWE Tony Rickardsson 2002 Danish GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m26 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070927214100/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m26 2007-09-2726 OctoberAustraliaStadium Australia, Sydney USA Greg Hancock 2002 Australian GPhttp://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m27 Grand Prix result Speedway World 11 July 2024 https://archive.today/20070930155524/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m27 2007-09-30 Final 2002 standings PosRiderTotalNORPOLGBRSVNSWECZESCAEURDENAUS1SWE Tony Rickardsson 181 25201313251620162582 AUS Jason Crump162 161611111625132016183AUS Ryan Sullivan 158 201325251118111113114 AUS Leigh Adams127 1313161313112511755SWE Mikael Karlsson 122 187181111713186136USA Greg Hancock 122 8448182016613257POL Tomasz Gollob 117 725112088552088GBR Mark Loram 97 818818131367519USA Billy Hamill 95 1111777136818710CZE Lukáš Dryml 95 5167201118881111NOR Rune Holta 80 1115567117111612DEN Nicki Pedersen 73 24254682511613GBR Scott Nicholls 72 3584-471382014SWE Andreas Jonsson 70 38716754341315AUS Todd Wiltshire 63 11820612722416POL Krzysztof Cegielski 55 431868813-417POL Sebastian Ułamek 39 265433254518SWE Niklas Klingberg 37 533353463219GBR Carl Stonehewer 30 13521243---20GBR Andy Smith 29 464622121121POL Grzegorz Walasek 25 723355----22SLO Matej Ferjan 22 111216112623SWE Peter Karlsson21 ----8-535-24POL Piotr Protasiewicz 18 -7--4--16-25GBR Lee Richardson17 --13----4--26DEN Bjarne Pedersen10 ------3-7-27AUS Steve Johnston7 ---------728NOR Lars Gunnestad6 6---------29GBR Joe Screen6 --6-------30POL Jarosław Hampel 6 -2-----4--31FIN Kaj Laukkanen6 6---------32SWE Freddie Eriksson3 ----3-----33CZE Bohumil Brhel3 -----1---234AUS Mick Poole3 ---------335AUS Jason Lyons 3 ---------336DEN Ronni Pedersen 3 --------3-37HUN Sándor Tihanyi2 ---2------38SWE David Ruud2 ------2---39SVN Izak Šantej1 ---1------40 DEN Hans Andersen1 --------1-41 CZE Aleš Dryml1 -----1---- References External links Official Speedway GP site 2002 World I