Wolverhampton Olympique

The Wolverhampton Olympique is a unique Motorcycle Speedway event that is hosted annually. It was first run in October 1966 by the Newcastle Diamonds club. At the time both Newcastle Diamonds and Wolverhampton Wolves were owned by the same promoter Mike Parker. In 1969 Parker sold his interest in Newcastle Diamonds and a number of his assets were transferred to Wolverhampton Wolves, two of which were the Olympique and speedway rider Ole Olsen.

Wolverhampton Olympique
CategoryMotorcycle Racing
CountryUnited Kingdom
RegionWest Midlands
Inaugural season1966
Riders' champion2016: Jacob Thorssell
Official websitehttp://www.wolverhamptonwolves.co/

With the closure of Wolverhampton Speedway in 1980 the meeting was transferred to Birmingham. It only last two seasons and when Wolves re-opened in 1984 Peter Adams brought it back to Wolverhampton.

Rules

Scoring Points: First 3, Second 2, Third 1, Fourth 0.

  • All riders have five rides and in the first set of heats all riders start from the gate.
  • Subsequent heats are handicapped:
    • Last in previous heat: Tapes.
    • Third in previous heat: 10 metres.
    • Second in previous heat 15 metres.
    • First in previous heat 20 metres.
  • All riders go of gate positions red (1), Blue (2), White (3), Yellow (4) except those starting from the tapes as they go off gate 1.
  • Any rider deemed guilty of gaining unfair advantage from the start or breaking the tape are handicapped 10 metres.
  • Reserves will start from scratch.
  • The winner of the Olympic is the top scorer over the 20 heats.
  • A run off is available for anyone tied for any podium position.

Medalists

Wolverhampton Olympique

Year Venue First Second Third
1966 Newcastle Diamonds Barry Briggs Peter Kelly Nigel Boocock
1967 Newcastle Diamonds Anders Michanek Ivan Mauger Nigel Boocock
1968 Newcastle Diamonds Postponed
1969 Newcastle Diamonds Not staged
1970 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Ivan Mauger Ronnie Moore
1971 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Barry Briggs Bernt Persson
1972 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Terry Betts Ivan Mauger
1973 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Peter Collins Chris Pusey
1974 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Peter Collins Terry Betts
1975 Wolverhampton Wolves Ole Olsen Billy Sanders Soren Sjosten
1976 Wolverhampton Wolves Peter Collins Ole Olsen Chris Morton
1977 Wolverhampton Wolves Billy Sanders Gordon Kennett Dave Jessup
1978 Wolverhampton Wolves Gordon Kennett Ole Olsen Ila Teromaa
1979 Wolverhampton Wolves Phil Crump Bruce Penhall Jan Andersson
1980 Wolverhampton Wolves Les Collins Bobby Schwartz Tommy Knudsen
1981 Birmingham Brummies Mitch Shirra Hans Nielsen Dave Jessup
1982 Birmingham Brummies Hans Nielsen Alan Grahame Tommy Knudsen
1983 Birmingham Brummies Not Staged
1984 Wolverhampton Wolves Hans Nielsen Shawn Moran Preben Eriksen
1985 Wolverhampton Wolves Not Staged
1986 Wolverhampton Wolves Not Staged
1987 Wolverhampton Wolves Sam Ermolenko Hans Nielsen Jan O Pedersen
1988 Wolverhampton Wolves Hans Nielsen Sam Ermolenko Mike Faria
1989 Wolverhampton Wolves Jan O Pedersen Ronnie Correy Hans Nielsen
1990 Wolverhampton Wolves Ronnie Correy Billy Hamill John Jørgensen
1991 Wolverhampton Wolves Greg Hancock Ronnie Correy Sam Ermolenko
1992 Wolverhampton Wolves Ronnie Correy Sam Ermolenko Gary Havelock
1993 Wolverhampton Wolves Joe Screen Sam Ermolenko Peter Karlsson
1994 Wolverhampton Wolves Jason Crump Peter Karlsson Joe Screen
1995 Wolverhampton Wolves Greg Hancock Peter Karlsson Joe Screen
1996 Wolverhampton Wolves Not Staged
1997 Wolverhampton Wolves Mikael Karlsson Sam Ermolenko Jesper B Jensen
1998 Wolverhampton Wolves Greg Hancock Mark Loram Peter Karlsson
1999 Wolverhampton Wolves Peter Karlsson Joe Screen Greg Hancock
2000 Wolverhampton Wolves Peter Karlsson Nicki Pedersen Jesper B Jensen
2001 Wolverhampton Wolves Mikael Karlsson Sam Ermolenko Jason Crump
2002 Wolverhampton Wolves Mikael Karlsson Peter Karlsson Paul Hurry
2003 Wolverhampton Wolves Mikael Max Peter Karlsson Leigh Adams
2004 Wolverhampton Wolves David Howe Peter Karlsson Scott Nicholls
2005 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Hans Andersen Travis McGowan
2006 Wolverhampton Wolves Peter Karlsson Fredrik Lindgren Theo Pijper
2007 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Scott Nicholls Chris Harris
2008 Wolverhampton Wolves Postponed
2009 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Chris Harris Scott Nicholls
2010 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Chris Harris Scott Nicholls
2011 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Scott Nicholls Chris Harris
2012 Wolverhampton Wolves Scott Nicholls Ricky Wells Danny King
2013 Wolverhampton Wolves Postponed
2014 Wolverhampton Wolves Postponed
2015 Wolverhampton Wolves Fredrik Lindgren Ricky Wells Chris Harris
2016 Wolverhampton Wolves Jacob Thorssell Fredrik Lindgren Chris Harris
2017 Wolverhampton Wolves Not Staged
2018 Wolverhampton Wolves Chris Harris Kyle Howarth Ricky Wells

Results by Rider

CountryDriverFirstSecondThirdPodium
Olsen, Ole6208
Lindgren, Fredrik6208
Karlsson (Max), Mikael4004
Karlsson, Peter35210
Nielsen, Hans3216
Hancock, Greg3014
Correy, Ronnie2204
Ermolenko, Sam1517
Harris, Chris1247
Nicholls, Scott1236
Collins, Peter1203
Briggs, Barry1102
Sanders, Billy1102
Kennett, Gordon1102
Pedersen, Jan O1012
Crump, Jason1012
Michanek, Anders1001
Crump, Phil1001
Collins, Les1001
Shirra, Mitch1001
Howe, David1001
Thorssell, Jacob1001
Mauger, Ivan0213
Wells, Ricky0213
Betts, Terry0112
Kelly, Peter0101
Penhall, Bruce0101
Schwartz, Bobby0101
Grahame, Alan0101
Moran, Shawn0101
Hamill, Billy0101
Andersen, Hans0101
Howarth, Kyle0101
Boocock, Nigel0022
Jessup, Dave0022
Knudsen,Tommy0022
Jensen, Jesper B0022
Moore, Ronnie0011
Persson, Bernt0011
Pusey, Chris0011
Sjosten, Soren0011
Morton, Chris0011
Teromaa, Ila0011
Andersson, Jan0011
Eriksen, Preben0011
Faria, Mike0011
Jørgensen, John0011
Havelock, Gary0011
Hurry, Paul0011
Adams, Leigh0011
McGowan, Travis0011
Pijper, Theo0011
King, Danny0011

References

Much of this information has been taken from the Wolverhampton Wolves Olympique programme dated 11/10/16.

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