The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championship[1][2][3] and the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
^"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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2002, speedway, grand, prix, 57th, edition, official, world, championship, eighth, season, speedway, grand, prix, used, determine, speedway, world, champion, season, detailsdatesmay, october, 26events10cities10countries8riders22, permanents, wild, card, heats2. The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix was the 57th edition of the official World Championship 1 2 3 and the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion 2002 Speedway Grand PrixSeason detailsDatesMay 11 October 26Events10Cities10Countries8Riders22 permanents 2 wild card s Heats250 in 10 events WinnersChampion SWE Tony RickardssonRunner up AUS Jason Crump3rd place AUS Ryan Sullivan 2001 Speedway Grand Prix 2003 Contents 1 Event format 2 Qualification for Grand Prix 3 2002 Event Schedule and Winners 4 References 5 External linksEvent format editThe system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders divided into two classes The eight best would be directly qualified for the Main Event while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4 man heats on two occasions while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions This resulted in 10 heats where eight proceeded to the Main Event where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi final The semi finals were then two heats of four where the top two qualified for a final there was no consolation final The 4 finalists scored 25 20 18 and 16 points with 5th and 6th place getting 13 7th and 8th 11 and after that 8 8 7 7 etc Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and secondly according to position in the last heat he rode in Qualification for Grand Prix editMain article 2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The 2002 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below 2002 Event Schedule and Winners editCalendar Date Grand Prix Venue Winner11 May Norway Vikingskipet Hamar Tony Rickardsson nbsp results25 May Poland Polonia Stadium Bydgoszcz Tomasz Gollob nbsp results8 June Great Britain Millennium Stadium Cardiff Ryan Sullivan nbsp resultsJune 22 Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium Krsko Ryan Sullivan nbsp resultsJuly 6 Sweden Olympiastadion Stockholm Tony Rickardsson nbsp resultsJuly 20 Czech Republic Marketa Stadium Prague Jason Crump nbsp resultsAugust 31 Scandinavia Ullevi Gothenburg Leigh Adams nbsp results14 September Europe Stadion Slaski Chorzow Nicki Pedersen nbsp results28 September Denmark Vojens Speedway Center Vojens Tony Rickardsson nbsp results26 October Australia Stadium Australia Sydney Greg Hancock nbsp resultsFinal 2002 standings Pos Rider Name Pts1 Tony Rickardsson nbsp 181 25 20 13 13 25 16 20 16 25 8 2 Jason Crump nbsp 162 16 16 11 11 16 25 13 20 16 18 3 Ryan Sullivan nbsp 158 20 13 25 25 11 18 11 11 13 11 4 Leigh Adams nbsp 127 13 13 16 13 13 11 25 11 7 5 5 Mikael Karlsson nbsp 122 18 7 18 11 11 7 13 18 6 13 6 Greg Hancock nbsp 122 8 4 4 8 18 20 16 6 13 25 7 Tomasz Gollob nbsp 117 7 25 11 20 8 8 5 5 20 8 8 Mark Loram nbsp 97 8 18 8 18 13 13 6 7 5 1 9 Billy Hamill nbsp 95 11 11 7 7 7 13 6 8 18 7 10 Lukas Dryml nbsp 95 5 1 6 7 20 11 18 8 8 11 11 Rune Holta nbsp 80 1 11 5 5 6 7 11 7 11 16 12 Nicki Pedersen nbsp 73 2 4 2 5 4 6 8 25 11 6 13 Scott Nicholls nbsp 72 3 5 8 4 4 7 13 8 20 14 Andreas Jonsson nbsp 70 3 8 7 16 7 5 4 3 4 13 15 Todd Wiltshire nbsp 63 11 8 20 6 1 2 7 2 2 4 16 Krzysztof Cegielski nbsp 55 4 3 1 8 6 8 8 13 4 17 Sebastian Ulamek nbsp 39 2 6 5 4 3 3 2 5 4 5 18 Niklas Klingberg nbsp 37 5 3 3 3 5 3 4 6 3 2 19 Carl Stonehewer nbsp 30 13 5 2 1 2 4 3 20 Andy Smith nbsp 29 4 6 4 6 2 2 1 2 1 1 21 Grzegorz Walasek nbsp 25 7 2 3 3 5 5 22 Matej Ferjan nbsp 22 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 2 6 23 Peter Karlsson nbsp 21 8 5 3 5 24 Piotr Protasiewicz nbsp 18 7 4 1 6 25 Lee Richardson nbsp 17 13 4 26 Bjarne Pedersen nbsp 10 3 7 27 Steve Johnston nbsp 7 7 28 Lars Gunnestad nbsp 6 6 29 Joe Screen nbsp 6 6 30 Jaroslaw Hampel nbsp 6 2 4 31 Kaj Laukkanen nbsp 6 6 32 Freddie Eriksson nbsp 3 3 33 Bohumil Brhel nbsp 3 1 2 34 Mick Poole nbsp 3 3 35 Jason Lyons nbsp 3 3 36 Ronni Pedersen nbsp 3 3 37 Sandor Tihanyi nbsp 2 2 38 David Ruud nbsp 2 2 39 Izak Santej nbsp 1 1 40 Hans Andersen nbsp 1 1 41 Ales Dryml nbsp 1 1 References edit WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL RIDER INDEX British Speedway Retrieved 10 July 2021 HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway org Retrieved 10 July 2021 Speedway riders history and results wwosbackup Retrieved 10 July 2021 External links editOfficial Speedway GP site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Speedway Grand Prix amp oldid 1136285631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
