The 1980 Individual Long Track World Championship was the tenth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1] The event was held on 14 September 1980 at Scheeßel in West Germany.^[2][3][4]

The World title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany.^[5] The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at Harsewinkel, Korskro, Hamburg-Farmsen, Pfarrkirchen won by Bruce Penhall, Ivan Mauger, Egon Müller and Georg Hack respectively and two semi finals in Jübek and Gornja Radgona won by Ole Olsen and Josef Aigner.^[2]

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Pts
1	Karl Maier	5	3	5	5	5	23
2	Egon Müller	5	4	4	3	2	18
3	Josef Aigner	3	3	5	1	4	16
3	Christoph Betzl	4	5	1	3	3	16
5	Georg Hack	f	5	4	4	1	14
6	Wilhelm Duden	4	2	ef	5	E	11
7	Ivan Mauger	5	ef	2	2	E	9
8	Zdeněk Kudrna	1	4	2	2	E	9
9	Ole Olsen	1	4	3	0	E	8
10	Michael Lee	2	3	2	1	E	8
11	Peter Collins	3	1	3	0	E	7
12	Jiří Štancl	3	ef	3	E	E	6
13	Chris Morton	0	1	4	E	E	5
14	Milan Špinka	2	2	1	E	E	5
15	Fritz Koning	1	2	ef	E	E	3
16	Anders Michanek	2	ef	ef	E	E	2
17	Bruce Penhall	ef	0	0	E	E	0
18	Alois Wiesböck	4	5	5	4	0	18 (disq)+

+ Alois Wiesböck finished third but was disqualified because his engine was found to be over the prescribed limit. Bronze medals were awarded to both Betzl and Aigner.^[2]