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2002 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championship[1][2][3] 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.[4]

2002 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates11 May - 26 October
Events10
Cities10
Countries8
Riders22 permanents
2 wild card(s)
Heats250 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion SWE Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up AUS Jason Crump
3rd place AUS Ryan Sullivan

Event format

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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

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Main article: 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

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Calendar

Date Grand Prix Venue Winner Result
11 May Norway Vikingskipet, Hamar   Tony Rickardsson 2002 Norwegian GP[5][6]
25 May Poland Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz   Tomasz Gollob 2002 Polish GP[7]
8 June Great Britain Millennium Stadium, Cardiff   Ryan Sullivan 2002 British GP[8]
22 June Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško   Ryan Sullivan 2002 Slovenian GP[9][10]
6 July Sweden Olympiastadion, Stockholm   Tony Rickardsson 2002 Swedish GP[11]
20 July Czech Republic Markéta Stadium, Prague   Jason Crump 2002 Czech Republic GP[12]
31 August Scandinavia Ullevi, Gothenburg   Leigh Adams 2002 Scandinavian GP[13]
14 September Europe Stadion Śląski, Chorzów   Nicki Pedersen 2002 European GP[14]
28 September Denmark Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens   Tony Rickardsson 2002 Danish GP[15]
26 October Australia Stadium Australia, Sydney   Greg Hancock 2002 Australian GP[16]

Final 2002 standings

Pos Rider Total NOR POL GBR SVN SWE CZE SCA EUR DEN AUS
1   Tony Rickardsson 181 25 20 13 13 25 16 20 16 25 8
2   Jason Crump 162 16 16 11 11 16 25 13 20 16 18
3   Ryan Sullivan 158 20 13 25 25 11 18 11 11 13 11
4   Leigh Adams 127 13 13 16 13 13 11 25 11 7 5
5   Mikael Karlsson 122 18 7 18 11 11 7 13 18 6 13
6   Greg Hancock 122 8 4 4 8 18 20 16 6 13 25
7   Tomasz Gollob 117 7 25 11 20 8 8 5 5 20 8
8   Mark Loram 97 8 18 8 18 13 13 6 7 5 1
9   Billy Hamill 95 11 11 7 7 7 13 6 8 18 7
10   Lukáš Dryml 95 5 1 6 7 20 11 18 8 8 11
11   Rune Holta 80 1 11 5 5 6 7 11 7 11 16
12   Nicki Pedersen 73 2 4 2 5 4 6 8 25 11 6
13   Scott Nicholls 72 3 5 8 4 - 4 7 13 8 20
14   Andreas Jonsson 70 3 8 7 16 7 5 4 3 4 13
15   Todd Wiltshire 63 11 8 20 6 1 2 7 2 2 4
16   Krzysztof Cegielski 55 4 3 1 8 6 8 8 13 - 4
17   Sebastian Ułamek 39 2 6 5 4 3 3 2 5 4 5
18   Niklas Klingberg 37 5 3 3 3 5 3 4 6 3 2
19   Carl Stonehewer 30 13 5 2 1 2 4 3 - - -
20   Andy Smith 29 4 6 4 6 2 2 1 2 1 1
21   Grzegorz Walasek 25 7 2 3 3 5 5 - - - -
22   Matej Ferjan 22 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 2 6
23   Peter Karlsson 21 - - - - 8 - 5 3 5 -
24   Piotr Protasiewicz 18 - 7 - - 4 - - 1 6 -
25   Lee Richardson 17 - - 13 - - - - 4 - -
26   Bjarne Pedersen 10 - - - - - - 3 - 7 -
27   Steve Johnston 7 - - - - - - - - - 7
28   Lars Gunnestad 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
29   Joe Screen 6 - - 6 - - - - - - -
30   Jarosław Hampel 6 - 2 - - - - - 4 - -
31   Kaj Laukkanen 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
32   Freddie Eriksson 3 - - - - 3 - - - - -
33   Bohumil Brhel 3 - - - - - 1 - - - 2
34   Mick Poole 3 - - - - - - - - - 3
35   Jason Lyons 3 - - - - - - - - - 3
36   Ronni Pedersen 3 - - - - - - - - 3 -
37   Sándor Tihanyi 2 - - - 2 - - - - - -
38   David Ruud 2 - - - - - - 2 - - -
39   Izak Šantej 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
40   Hans Andersen 1 - - - - - - - - 1 -
41   Aleš Dryml 1 - - - - - 1 - - - -

References

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  1. ^ "World individual final - rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "History Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Hancock takes final 2002 GP in Sydney". Crash.net. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Great ride turns title Ricko's way". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Speedway: Cheetahs ace Adams up to fourth in GP". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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