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The 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in Germany, which was West Germany at the time.

The Championship format was altered with 16 rider fields and 8 riders in each heat. The top 8 scorers qualified for the semi-final heats with (points carried forward).

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the fourth time.

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Karl Maier	7	7	7	7	7	7	42
2	Klaus Lausch	7	6	7	6	6	ef	32
3	Chris Morton	2	7	6	7	3	6	31
4	Hans Nielsen	4	6	6	ef	7	4	27
5	Gerd Riss	5	4	4	4	4	5	26
6	Heinrich Diener	6	3	5	5	5	2	26
7	Roland Dannö	6	5	ef	6	6	1	24
8	Simon Wigg	3	2	4	5	4	3	21
9	Egon Müller	3	4	5	3	ef	E	15
10	Jens Henry Nielsen	5	5	1	2	2	E	15
11	Sam Ermolenko	4	x	ef	4	5	E	13
12	Kai Niemi	2	1	3	1	2	E	9
13	Petr Vandirek	0	0	3	3	3	E	9
14	Steve Schofield	0	1	2	2	1	E	6
15	Antonín Kasper Jr.	1	3	f	-	-	E	4
16	Simon Cross	1	2	ef	ef	-	E	3
17	Steve Baker	-	-	-	1	1	E	2
18	Ari Koponen	-	-	2	-	0	E	2

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• f = fell
• ef = engine failure
• x = excluded

References

1. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
2. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
3. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.

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