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1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

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Sweden 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date28 August 1998
CitySweden Linköping
Event5 of 6 (23)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMotorstadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Tony Rickardsson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Chris Louis
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Peter Karlsson

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fifth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1] It was fourth Swedish SGP and was won by World Champion Tony Rickardsson. It was third win of his career.

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic), Peter Karlsson (Sweden) and Lars Gunnestad (Norway) as Wild Card.

Heat details

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Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 1 1 1 1
2 12 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 20 1 3 1 4T 2 2 2 2
3 23 Sweden (23) Peter Karlsson 18 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
4 5 United States (1) Greg Hancock 16 3 2 2 1 4
5 2 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 15 1 3 1 3 1
6 3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 14 2 1 4R 2
7 15 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 12 1 2 2 4 1 3 3
8 4 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 10 1 2 4 4
9 10 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 8 2 1 3 1 3
10 11 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 2 1 2 4 3
11 9 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 7 2 4 1 1 3 4
12 1 Australia (10) Jason Crump 7 4 1 4
13 17 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 6 1 2 3 3
14 16 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 6 3 2 2 3 3
15 6 United States (2) Billy Hamill 5 4 4
16 7 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 5 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 4 4 1 3
18 21 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 4 2 4 3
19 19 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 1 3 4
20 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 3 4R 1 4
21 13 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 2 3 3
22 14 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 3 3
23 18 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 1 4 4
24 24 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 1 4 4T
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 101 25 25 18 8 25  
2 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 81 18 20 8 20 15  
3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 72 16 16 8 18 14  
4 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 69 15 8 20 6 20  
5 United States (1) Greg Hancock 61 6 10 14 15 16  
6 United States (2) Billy Hamill 61 20 18 6 12 5  
7 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 60 8 12 25 7 8  
8 Australia (10) Jason Crump 54 3 3 16 25 7  
9 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 48 12 7 3 16 10  
10 Czech Republic (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 43 7 4 15 14 3  
11 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 42 14 6 7 10 5  
12 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 38 6 7 10 7 8  
13 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 37 8 15 6 6 2  
14 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 36 10 6 4 4 12  
15 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 31 2 14 5 4 6  
16 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 27 5 7 8 7  
17 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1 8 18  
18 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 18 1 5 3 3 6  
19 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 18 7 5 2 3 1  
20 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 2 1 5 2 3  
21 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 13 3 4 1 1 4  
22 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 12 4 1 5 2  
23 Denmark (22) Brian Karger 12 12  
24 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 8 1 2 1 4  
25 Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 4 2  
26 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5  
26 United Kingdom (23) Joe Screen 5 5  
28 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 4 1  
29 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3  
30 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 2  
31 United Kingdom (24) Martin Dugard 2 2  
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2001-07-11 at archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
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