1997 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

World Under-21 Championship
Jesper B. Jensen in action
VenueMšeno Speedway Stadium
LocationMšeno, Czech Republic
Start date2 August 1997
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The 1997 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2][3]

The final was won by Jesper B. Jensen of Denmark and he also gained qualification to 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.[4][5][6]

World 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 (1) Jesper B. Jensen 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Poland (13) Rafał Dobrucki 11 3 3 E 2 3 11 2 3
3 England (15) Scott Nicholls 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 3 2
4 Russia (9) Roman Povazhny 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 4
5 Denmark (5) Charlie Gjedde 9 0 0 3 3 3 9 5
6 Poland (16) Rafał Kowalski 9 E 3 1 2 3 9 6
7 Sweden (8) Andreas Jonsson 8 3 1 3 T 1 8 7
8 Czech Republic (2) Michal Makovský 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8
9 Czech Republic (12) Marián Jirout 8 2 2 0 2 2 8 9
10 Poland (14) Grzegorz Walasek 7 2 3 F/- 1 1 7 10
11 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 6 2 2 1 1 X 6 11
12 Poland (10) Tomasz Cieślewicz 5 1 1 3 E 0 5 12
13 Poland (6) Paweł Staszek 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 13
14 Sweden (11) Emil Lindqvist 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 14
15 Poland (4) Paweł Łęcki 2 F X 2 0 0 2 15
16 Germany (7) Stefan Bachhuber 2 2 0 E 0 0 2 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Kristian Andersen 1 1 1 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Bartłomiej Bardecki 0 X 0 R2
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. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1997". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Jensen just sensational". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 3 August 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.