2002 Speedway Grand Prix

{{Short description|World speedway championship season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox SGP Season |Year =2002 |Name = |Image = |Dates =11 May - 26 October |Events =10 |Cities =10 |Country=8 |per=22 |wc=2 |tr= |Heats =250 |P1f=SWE |P1 =[[Tony Rickardsson]] |P2f=AUS |P2 =[[Jason Crump]] |P3f=AUS |P3 =[[Ryan Sullivan]] }} The '''2002 Speedway Grand Prix''' was the 57th edition of the official World Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=World individual final - rider index|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=History Speedway and Longtrack |website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> and the eighth season in the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] era used to determine the [[Speedway World Championship|Speedway World Champion]]. The world title was won by [[Tony Rickardsson]] of Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/race-report/98541/1/hancock-takes-final-2002-gp-in-sydney |title=Hancock takes final 2002 GP in Sydney |website=Crash.net |date=26 October 2002 |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>

== Event format == 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.

== Qualification for Grand Prix == {{main|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 == '''Calendar''' {| class="wikitable" width=70% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=100|Date !width=130|Grand Prix !width=200|Venue !width=150|Winner !width=200|Result |- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;" |11 May |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Norway|Norway]] |[[Vikingskipet]], Hamar |{{flagicon|SWE}} Tony Rickardsson |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Norway|2002 Norwegian GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m18|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m18 |archive-date=2007-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5385941.great-ride-turns-title-rickos-way/ |title=Great ride turns title Ricko's way |website=Dorset Echo |date=2 September 2002 |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#D0E7FF;" |25 May |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|Poland]] |[[Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (Bydgoszcz)|Polonia Stadium]], Bydgoszcz |{{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Gollob |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2002 Polish GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m19 |title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927214130/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m19 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;" |8 June |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain|Great Britain]] |[[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff |{{flagicon|AUS}} Ryan Sullivan |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain|2002 British GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m20|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927213753/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m20 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#D0E7FF;" |22 June |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia|Slovenia]] | [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], Krško |{{flagicon|AUS}} Ryan Sullivan |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia|2002 Slovenian GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m21|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927213738/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m21 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6592521.speedway-cheetahs-ace-adams-fourth-gp/ |title=Speedway: Cheetahs ace Adams up to fourth in GP |website=Oxford Mail |date=24 June 2002 |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;" |6 July |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden|Sweden]] |[[Stockholm Olympic Stadium|Olympiastadion]], Stockholm |{{flagicon|SWE}} Tony Rickardsson |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden|2002 Swedish GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m22|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m22 |archive-date=2007-08-01}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#D0E7FF;" |20 July |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] |[[Markéta Stadium]], Prague |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Crump |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic|2002 Czech Republic GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m23|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927213919/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m23 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;" |31 August |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia|Scandinavia]] |[[Ullevi]], Gothenburg |{{flagicon|AUS}} Leigh Adams |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia|2002 Scandinavian GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m24|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m24 |archive-date=2007-08-01}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#D0E7FF;" |14 September |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Europe|Europe]] | [[Stadion Śląski]], Chorzów |{{flagicon|DEN}} Nicki Pedersen |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe|2002 European GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m25|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214010/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m25 |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;" |28 September |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark|Denmark]] |[[Vojens Speedway Center]], Vojens |{{flagicon|SWE}} Tony Rickardsson |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark|2002 Danish GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m26|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927214100/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m26 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> |- align=left style="background:#D0E7FF;" |26 October |[[Speedway Grand Prix of Australia|Australia]] |[[Stadium Australia]], Sydney |{{flagicon|USA}} Greg Hancock |[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia|2002 Australian GP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m27|title=Grand Prix result |website=Speedway World |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930155524/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m27 |archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref> |}

'''Final 2002 standings''' {|class="toccolours" style="margin: 0;background:#f8f8f8;" width="60%" |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |- !width=20|Pos !width=200|Rider !width=50|Total !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Norway|NOR]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|POL]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain|GBR]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia|SVN]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden|SWE]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic|CZE]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia|SCA]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe|EUR]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark|DEN]] !width=30|[[2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia|AUS]] |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ccffcc;" |1 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Rickardsson]] |181 ||25||20||13||13||25||16||20||16||25||8 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Crump]] |162 ||16||16||11||11||16||25||13||20||16||18 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |3 |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ryan Sullivan]] |158 ||20||13||25||25||11||18||11||11||13||11 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Leigh Adams]] |127 ||13||13||16||13||13||11||25||11||7||5 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |5 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Max|Mikael Karlsson]] |122 ||18||7||18||11||11||7||13||18||6||13 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |6 |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Hancock]] |122 ||8||4||4||8||18||20||16||6||13||25 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |7 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Gollob]] |117 ||7||25||11||20||8||8||5||5||20||8 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |8 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mark Loram]] |97 ||8||18||8||18||13||13||6||7||5||1 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |9 |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Hamill]] |95 ||11||11||7||7||7||13||6||8||18||7 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |10 |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dryml]] |95 ||5||1||6||7||20||11||18||8||8||11 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |11 |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rune Holta]] |80 ||1||11||5||5||6||7||11||7||11||16 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |12 |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicki Pedersen]] |73 ||2||4||2||5||4||6||8||25||11||6 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |13 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Scott Nicholls]] |72 ||3||5||8||4||-||4||7||13||8||20 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |14 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Andreas Jonsson]] |70 ||3||8||7||16||7||5||4||3||4||13 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |15 |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Wiltshire]] |63 ||11||8||20||6||1||2||7||2||2||4 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |16 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Cegielski]] |55 ||4||3||1||8||6||8||8||13||-||4 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |17 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sebastian Ułamek]] |39 ||2||6||5||4||3||3||2||5||4||5 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |18 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Niklas Klingberg]] |37 ||5||3||3||3||5||3||4||6||3||2 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |19 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Carl Stonehewer]] |30 ||13||5||2||1||2||4||3||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |20 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] |29 ||4||6||4||6||2||2||1||2||1||1 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |21 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Walasek]] |25 ||7||2||3||3||5||5||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffebad;" |22 |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Matej Ferjan]] |22 ||1||1||1||2||1||6||1||1||2||6 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |23 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] |21 ||-||-||-||-||8||-||5||3||5||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |24 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] |18 ||-||7||-||-||4||-||-||1||6||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |25 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lee Richardson (speedway rider)|Lee Richardson]] |17 ||-||-||13||-||-||-||-||4||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |26 |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bjarne Pedersen]] |10 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||-||7||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |27 |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Johnston]] |7 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||7 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |28 |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lars Gunnestad]] |6 ||6||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |29 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joe Screen]] |6 ||-||-||6||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |30 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jarosław Hampel]] |6 ||-||2||-||-||-||-||-||4||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |31 |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kaj Laukkanen]] |6 ||6||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |32 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Freddie Eriksson]] |3 ||-||-||-||-||3||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |33 |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] |3 ||-||-||-||-||-||1||-||-||-||2 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |34 |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mick Poole (speedway rider)|Mick Poole]] |3 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||3 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |35 |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Lyons]] |3 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||3 |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |36 |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ronni Pedersen]] |3 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |37 |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Tihanyi]] |2 ||-||-||-||2||-||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |38 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[David Ruud]] |2 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||2||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |39 |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Izak Šantej]] |1 ||-||-||-||1||-||-||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |40 | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nørgaard Andersen|Hans Andersen]] |1 ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |41 | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Aleš Dryml, Jr.|Aleš Dryml]] |1 ||-||-||-||-||-||1||-||-||-||- |- valign="top" align="left" style="font-size: 90%;background:#ffffff;" |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/ Official Speedway GP site]

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