1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fourth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden^[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was the second win of his career.

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date	10 August 1996
City	Linköping
Event	4 of 6 (10)
Referee	Graham Brodie
Stadium details
Stadium	Motorstadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Billy Hamill
Runner-up	Henrik Gustafsson
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

Starting positions draw

(11) Tommy Knudsen

(14) Gary Havelock

both was replaced by track reserve

Draw 17. track reserve → (20) Jan Stæchmann

Draw 18. track reserve → (21) Mikael Karlsson

Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	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	22	23	24
1	16	(5) Billy Hamill	25				2				3	2						2			3			12	2				3
2	9	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	20			3		3						3					2		2			13	1				2
3	6	(19) Tomasz Gollob	18		3				3			1							1			3		11	4				1
4	1	(4) Greg Hancock	16	3				2				3				3				0				11	3				X
5	15	(2) Tony Rickardsson	14				3			2			2						3	1				11	6			3
6	10	(3) Sam Ermolenko	13			2			1						X			3		3				9	7			2
7	8	(6) Mark Loram	12		2						0			2			1			2				7	8			1
8	2	(9) Leigh Adams	11	2					2				3				3				1			11	5			0
9	13	(1) Hans Nielsen	9				1	1							3		0					2		7	9		3
10	4	(7) Chris Louis	8	0							2				X				E				3	5	10		2
11	12	(12) Peter Karlsson	7			1					1		1			1						1		5	12		1
12	3	(15) Jason Crump	6	1						3				1				0				0		5	11		X
13	7	(17) Craig Boyce	4		0					0					2	2					0			4	13	3
14	11	(18) Andy Smith	3			X				1		0					2						0	3	15	2
15	5	(13) Joe Screen	2		1			0					0					1					2	4	14	1
16	14	(10) Marvyn Cox	1				0		0					0		0							1	1	16	0
17	17	(20) Jan Stæchmann	–																					-	17
18	18	(21) Mikael Karlsson	–																					-	18
Placing	Draw	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	22	23	24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN
1	(1) Hans Nielsen	77	18	25	25	9
2	(5) Billy Hamill	70	16	20	9	25
3	(2) Tony Rickardsson	68	20	18	16	14
4	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	56	14	4	18	20
5	(4) Greg Hancock	54	12	13	13	16
6	(11) Tommy Knudsen	41	25	16	–	–
7	(7) Chris Louis	39	8	9	14	8
8	(12) Peter Karlsson	37	7	3	20	7
9	(16) Tomasz Gollob	29	11	–	ns	18
10	(3) Sam Ermolenko	27	9	1	4	13
11	(14) Gary Havelock	27	13	14	–	–
12	(6) Mark Loram	26	6	2	6	12
13	(13) Joe Screen	23	3	7	11	2
14	(9) Leigh Adams	21	2	ns	8	11
15	(17) Craig Boyce	18	ns	12	2	4
16	(18) Andy Smith	17	ns	11	3	3
17	(10) Marvyn Cox	14	4	8	1	1
18	(15) Jason Crump	14	1	ns	7	6
19	(16) Gerd Riss	12	–	–	12	–
20	(16) Stefano Alfonso	6	–	6	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(20) Jan Stæchmann	—	–	–	–	ns
	(21) Mikael Karlsson	—	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders