# Alfred Smoczyk Stadium > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Smoczyk_Stadium > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Smoczyk_Stadium.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Smoczyk_Stadium > Source revision: 1327605814 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Stadium in Leszno, Poland Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka (Polish) Smok (Dragon) Aerial photograph with the stadium in the middle Interactive map of Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Location Leszno, Poland Coordinates 51°49′57″N 16°35′8″E / 51.83250°N 16.58556°E / 51.83250; 16.58556 Owner City of Leszno Operator Unia Leszno Capacity 16,700 Surface Shale (speedway) Construction Opened 19 April 1953 Expanded 11 September 1977 Tenants Unia Leszno **Alfred Smoczyk Stadium** ([Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka*) is a stadium in [Leszno](/source/Leszno), Poland. It is currently used for [speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) matches and is the home stadium of [Unia Leszno](/source/Unia_Leszno). The stadium has a capacity of 16,700 people. The stadium is located on *ulica Strzelecka 7*. ## History [Alfred Smoczyk](/source/Alfred_Smoczyk) (1928–1950) was the first Polish speedway superstar. He successfully competed on Dutch tracks in the late 1940s, but died in a road accident in October 1950.[1] He was the first [Individual Polish Champion](/source/Individual_Speedway_Polish_Championship) after [World War II](/source/World_War_II) (in [1949](/source/1949_Individual_Speedway_Polish_Championship)). The year after his death in 1951, the [Alfred Smoczyk Memorial](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Smoczyk_Memorial&action=edit&redlink=1) event was first held and shortly afterwards in April 1952, plans were put into action to build a new speedway stadium.[2] The opening of the new stadium took place on 19 April 1953. In 1960, the stadium hosted a qualifying round of the [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).[3][4] In 1974/75 the track was replaced and the stands were expanded to increase the capacity to 40,000. In 1977, as part of the national harvest celebrations and the visit of Edward Gierek to Leszno, the stadium underwent a major renovation and modernisation, opening on 11 September 1977. In 1984, the stadium held the first of four [World Cup finals](/source/Speedway_World_Team_Cup), the first being the [1984 edition](/source/1984_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) followed by 2007, 2009 and 2017.[5] In-between, it also hosted the final of the [1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship](/source/1989_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship).[6][7] The stadium has hosted the [Speedway Grand Prix of Europe](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix_of_Europe) (a round of the world championship) for five consecutive years from 2008 to 2012.[8] ## Track details the speedway track in 2008 The track is 330 metres (360 yards) long and has a [syenite](/source/Syenite) surface. The track record was made by [Janusz Kołodziej](/source/Janusz_Ko%C5%82odziej_(speedway_rider)) (58.12 sec on 9 May 2010). ### Records 383 m (1953–1975) Time Date Rider Club Meeting 80.0 19.04.1953 Stanisław Glapiak Leszno friendly: Leszno - Ostrów Wlkp. 77.7 05.07.1953 Marian Kuśnierek Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Łódź 77.1 16.08.1953 Edward Kupczyński Wrocław 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 76.7 16.08.1953 Józef Olejniczak Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 76.4 16.08.1953 Józef Olejniczak Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 76.0 13.09.1953 Florian Kapała Rawicz III Alfred Smoczyk Memorial 76.0 13.06.1954 Andrzej Krzesiński Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 75.3 21.08.1955 Edward Kupczyński Wrocław V Alfred Smoczyk Memorial ??.? 11.04.1960 Kazimierz Bentke Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Częstochowa 74.8 before 22.05.1960 Ove Fundin - ? 74.0 16.10.1960 Peter Craven - Poland - England 73.9 21.05.1961 Henryk Żyto Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Częstochowa 73.8 14.04.1963 Henryk Żyto Leszno Polish Motor Union Cup 73.2 08.10.1967 Henryk Gluecklich Bydgoszcz Poland - Soviet Union 73.1 24.10.1971 Zdzisław Dobrucki Leszno XXI Aldred Smoczyk Memorial 354 m (1975–1979) Time Date Rider Club Meeting 76.4 23.03.1975 Kazimierz Adamczak Leszno friendly: Leszno - Guestrow 76.0 13.04.1975 Jerzy Kowalski Leszno Individual Meeting 76.0 20.04.1975 Piotr Bruzda Wrocław 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 75.4 20.04.1975 Zygfryd Kostka Wrocław 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 75.4 20.04.1975 Zbigniew Jąder Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 74.5 01.05.1975 Henryk Gluecklich Bydgoszcz 1st League: Leszno - Bydgoszcz 74.5 01.05.1975 Jerzy Kowalski Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Bydgoszcz 73.4 05.06.1975 Bogusław Nowak Gorzów Wlkp. Golden Helmet 73.0 28.06.1975 Zdzisław Dobrucki Leszno Pairs Meeting 71.6 29.08.1976 Bernard Jąder Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Memorial 71.4 26.06.1977 Roman Jankowski Leszno U-23 Polish Motor Union Cup 71.4 03.07.1977 Bernard Jąder Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Opole 71.3 24.07.1977 Zdzisław Dobrucki Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Lublin 70.6 31.07.1977 Józef Jarmuła Częstochowa 1st League: Leszno - Częstochowa 70.0 28.08.1977 Zenon Plech Gdańsk 1st League: Leszno - Gdańsk 70.0 21.05.1978 Bernard Jąder Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Rybnik 70.0 21.05.1978 Mariusz Okoniewski Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Rybnik 69.2 04.06.1978 Malcolm Simmons - International Individual Meeting 69.0 04.06.1978 Bernard Jąder Leszno International Individual Meeting 68.0 28.06.1978 Bernard Jąder Leszno Individual Meeting 347 m (1979–1987) Time Date Rider Club Meeting 70.1 12.04.1979 Eugeniusz Miastkowski Toruń Individual Polish Championship Quarter-Final 68.6 22.04.1979 Piotr Pyszny Rybnik 1st League: Leszno - Rybnik 68.1 29.04.1979 Mariusz Okoniewski Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 68.1 29.04.1979 Mariusz Okoniewski Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Wrocław 67.4 19.08.1979 Ryszard Buśkiewicz Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Gdańsk 67.4 22.07.1980 Bogusław Nowak Gorzów Individual Polish Championship Final 66.2 22.07.1980 Edward Jancarz Gorzów Individual Polish Championship Final 65.0 14.06.1981 Edward Jancarz Gorzów Individual World Championship Continental Semi-Final 342 m (since 1987) Time Date Rider Club Meeting 65.8 08.04.1987 Zenon Kasprzak Leszno Poland - Sweden 65.8 14.04.1987 Zenon Kasprzak Leszno 1st League: Leszno - Gorzów Wlkp. 63.51 13.06.1987 Zoltan Adorjan - Individual World Championship Continental Semi-Final 63.35 06.08.1988 Zenon Kasprzak Leszno Individual World Championship Continental Final 63.0 25.09.1988 Zenon Kasprzak Leszno Individual Polish Championship Final 62.6 05.08.1989 Erik Gundersen - World Pairs Championship Final 62.6 1993 Roman Jankowski Leszno FSO Individual Meeting 62.6 21.05.1994 Roman Jankowski Leszno 2nd League: Leszno - Lublin 62.4 21.05.1994 Roman Jankowski Leszno 2nd League: Leszno - Lublin 62.2 15.07.1995 Tomasz Gollob Bydgoszcz XLV Alfred Smoczyk Memorial 61.6 16.06.1996 Roman Jankowski Leszno 2nd League: Leszno - Łódź 60.5 16.06.1996 Leigh Adams Leszno 2nd League: Leszno - Łódź 60.2 28.05.2000 Leigh Adams Leszno Ekstraliga: Leszno - Gdańsk 60.2 21.04.2002 Rafał Okoniewski Leszno Ekstraliga: Leszno - Wrocław 60.0 21.04.2002 Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno Ekstraliga: Leszno - Wrocław 59.0 03.05.2002 Leigh Adams Leszno Ekstraliga: Leszno - Częstochowa 58.4 03.05.2007 Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno Ekstraliga: Leszno - Zielona Góra 58.1 09.05.2010 Janusz Kołodziej Leszno ? ## See also - [Motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Alfred Smoczyk"](http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ct&n=1558). *Motorsport Memorial*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka – stadium description"](http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/pol/stadion_alfreda_smoczyka). *Stadium Database*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1960 World Championship"](https://dlprezes.pl.tl/60_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1960.htm). *Metal Speedway*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["1960 World Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/60.htm#1960). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["World Team Cup & World Cup"](http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/). *International Speedway*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Oakes, Peter (1978). *1978 Speedway Yearbook*. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0904584509](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0904584509). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["History Speedway and Longtrack"](http://www.speedway.org/history/). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1995-2016"](https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprix.php). *Historia Sportu Zuzlowego*. Retrieved 11 November 2023. - ["Czy padnie rekord toru?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080716032747/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/12/czy-padnie-rekord-toru/). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 July 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/12/czy-padnie-rekord-toru/) on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008. v t e Speedway Grand Prix events in Poland Polish, European and Final Speedway Grands Prix Bydgoszcz Polish 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 European 2000 2013 2014 German 2008 Chorzów European 2002 2003 Gorzów Wlkp. Polish 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025 Leszno European 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Lublin Polish 2021 2021 Toruń Polish 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2023 2024 Warsaw Polish 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 Wrocław Polish 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2024 2025 European 2004 2005 2006 2007 v t e Motorcycle speedway tracks in Poland Bydgoszcz Chorzów Częstochowa Gdańsk Gniezno Gorzów Wielkopolski Grudziądz Kraków Krosno Leszno Łódź Lublin Opole Ostrów Wielkopolski Piła Poznań Rawicz Rybnik Rzeszów Świętochłowice (Hasiok) Świętochłowice (Skalka) Tarnów Toruń Apator M.Rose Warsaw Army Gwardia Skra Stadion Narodowy Wrocław Zielona Góra Authority control databases: Geographic StadiumDB --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alfred Smoczyk Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Smoczyk_Stadium) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Smoczyk_Stadium?action=history)). 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