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1980 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship

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European motorcycle speedway event

European Under-21 Championship
Tommy Knudsen won the 1980 event
VenueRottalstadion
LocationPocking, West Germany
Start date20 July 1980
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The 1980 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was the fourth edition of the European Under-21 Championships.

The Championship was won by Tommy Knudsen.

European final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (14) Tommy Knudsen 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 New Zealand (1) Tony Briggs 12 3 3 2 2 2 12 2
3 United States (15) Dennis Sigalos 11 X 2 3 3 3 11 3 3
4 Denmark (11) Erik Gundersen 11 3 3 1 3 1 11 4 2
5 Finland (10) Ari Koponen 9 1 2 3 3 0 9 5
6 Poland (16) Marek Kępa 9 2 1 3 0 3 9 6
7 England (4) Neil Evitts 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 7
8 England (12) Nigel Flatman 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 8
9 Czechoslovakia (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6 E 0 3 2 1 6 9
10 West Germany (3) Josef Aigner 6 F 0 1 2 3 6 10
11 Sweden (5) Lars Hammarberg 5 3 1 X 0 1 5 11
12 West Germany (13) Christian Brandt 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 12
13 Soviet Union (2) Rif Saitgareev 5 1 1 1 0 2 5 13
14 Poland (6) Mirosław Berliński 3 2 E 0 1 X 3 14
15 United States (9) Shawn Moran 2 2 0 0 E - 2 15
16 Denmark (7) Klaus Lohmann 0 F - - - - 0 16
17 Denmark (17) Hans Albert Klinge 4 1 1 2 0 X 4 17
18 Hungary (18) Zoltan Hajdu 0 E 0 18
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References

  1. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. "1980 results". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. "Euro glory for Briggs". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 21 July 1980. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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