1983 Individual Long Track World Championship

1983 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 13th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1983 in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). The world title was won by Shawn Moran of the United States.

Final classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Shawn Moran	5	4	5	5	3	22
2	Jiří Štancl	5	4	4	2	5	20
3	Karl Maier	5	2	5	2	4	18
4	Alois Wiesböck	4	5	5	1	1	16
5	Finn Rune Jensen	2	5	4	5	0	16
6	Aleš Dryml Sr.	3	3	3	3	2	14
7	Simon Wigg	4	5	2	0	E	11
8	Egon Müller	3	3	1	4	E	11
9	Ivan Mauger	3	1	3	4	E	11
10	Georg Hack	4	4	1	0	E	9
11	John Titman	1	3	2	3	E	9
12	Hans Nielsen	2	ef	4	1	E	7
13	Bobby Schwartz	ef	2	2	E	E	4
14	Ole Olsen	1	1	1	E	E	3
15	Les Collins	0	0	3	E	E	3
16	Marcel Gerhard	1	2	f	E	E	3
17	Hans Otto Pingel	2	0	0	E	E	2
18	Heinrich Diener	ef	1	0	E	E	1

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