The 1971 Individual Long Track World Championship was the first edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1][2] The event was held on 1 September 1971 in Oslo, Norway.^[3]

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand.^[4][5]

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Ivan Mauger	6	6	6	3	6	27
2	Manfred Poschenrieder	6	6	6	4	4	26
3	Runo Wedin	6	6	3	6	2	23
4	Jan Kater	4	2	0	6	3	15
5	Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	3	3	2	3	1	12
6	Barry Briggs	3	3	-	4	0	10
7	Don Godden	0	4	4	2	E	10
8	Hans Siegl	4	3	1	1	E	9
9	Sven Sigurd	4	2	1	2	E	9
10	Willihard Thomsson	2	4	3	0	E	9
11	Josef Unterholzner	2	1	4	1	E	8
12	Kurt W. Petersen	3	2	2	-	E	7
13	Berndt Hornfeldt	2	4	0	E	E	6
14	Jan Holm Nielsen	1	1	4	E	E	6
15	Jon Ødegaard	-	-	6	E	E	6
16	Walter Matl	-	1	3	E	E	4
17	Reijo Koski	1	0	2	E	E	3
18	Hans Zierk	-	-	-	E	E	0

Key

• E = Eliminated (no further ride)