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Wolverhampton Olympique

Category	Motorcycle Racing
Country	United Kingdom
Region	West Midlands
Inaugural season	1966
Riders' champion	2016: Jacob Thorssell
Official website	http://www.wolverhamptonwolves.co/

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.

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

Country	Driver	First	Second	Third	Podium
	Olsen, Ole	6	2	0	8
	Lindgren, Fredrik	6	2	0	8
	Karlsson (Max), Mikael	4	0	0	4
	Karlsson, Peter	3	5	2	10
	Nielsen, Hans	3	2	1	6
	Hancock, Greg	3	0	1	4
	Correy, Ronnie	2	2	0	4
	Ermolenko, Sam	1	5	1	7
	Harris, Chris	1	2	4	7
	Nicholls, Scott	1	2	3	6
	Collins, Peter	1	2	0	3
	Briggs, Barry	1	1	0	2
	Sanders, Billy	1	1	0	2
	Kennett, Gordon	1	1	0	2
	Pedersen, Jan O	1	0	1	2
	Crump, Jason	1	0	1	2
	Michanek, Anders	1	0	0	1
	Crump, Phil	1	0	0	1
	Collins, Les	1	0	0	1
	Shirra, Mitch	1	0	0	1
	Howe, David	1	0	0	1
	Thorssell, Jacob	1	0	0	1
	Mauger, Ivan	0	2	1	3
	Wells, Ricky	0	2	1	3
	Betts, Terry	0	1	1	2
	Kelly, Peter	0	1	0	1
	Penhall, Bruce	0	1	0	1
	Schwartz, Bobby	0	1	0	1
	Grahame, Alan	0	1	0	1
	Moran, Shawn	0	1	0	1
	Hamill, Billy	0	1	0	1
	Andersen, Hans	0	1	0	1
	Howarth, Kyle	0	1	0	1
	Boocock, Nigel	0	0	2	2
	Jessup, Dave	0	0	2	2
	Knudsen,Tommy	0	0	2	2
	Jensen, Jesper B	0	0	2	2
	Moore, Ronnie	0	0	1	1
	Persson, Bernt	0	0	1	1
	Pusey, Chris	0	0	1	1
	Sjosten, Soren	0	0	1	1
	Morton, Chris	0	0	1	1
	Teromaa, Ila	0	0	1	1
	Andersson, Jan [pl]	0	0	1	1
	Eriksen, Preben	0	0	1	1
	Faria, Mike	0	0	1	1
	Jørgensen, John	0	0	1	1
	Havelock, Gary	0	0	1	1
	Hurry, Paul	0	0	1	1
	Adams, Leigh	0	0	1	1
	McGowan, Travis	0	0	1	1
	Pijper, Theo	0	0	1	1
	King, Danny	0	0	1	1