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Georg Hack (born 20 February 1950) is a former international speedway rider from West Germany. He earned 26 international caps for the West German national speedway team.

Speedway career

Hack reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany. He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on eight occasions during the period 1977 until 1985.

Hack rode in the final of the 1981 and 1982 World Team Cup.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Ipswich Witches.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1982 - Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum - 11th - 6pts
• 1984 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – Reserve – Did not ride

World Pairs Championship

• 1978 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Hans Wassermann) - 6th - 13pts

World Team Cup

• 1981 - Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Egon Müller / Karl Maier / Georg Gilgenreiner) - 3rd - 28pts (5)
• 1982 - London, White City Stadium (with Karl Maier / Egon Müller / Alois Wiesböck / Georg Gilgenreiner) - 3rd - 18pts (5)

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. "Georg Hack". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. "Ex Vikings through to World Finals". Hull Daily Mail. 7 August 1982. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Cup stars may go". Suffolk and Essex Free Press. 26 October 1978. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
8. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

• 1950 births
• Living people
• German speedway riders
• West German speedway riders
• Ipswich Witches riders
• Expatriate speedway riders in England
• Sportspeople from Landshut