The 1980 Individual Long Track World Championship was the tenth edition of the

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. The event was held on 14 September 1980 at

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. The World title was won by

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of West Germany. The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at

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, Korskro, Hamburg-Farmsen,

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won by

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and

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respectively and two semi finals in

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and

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won by Ole Olsen and

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Final Classification

+ Alois Wiesböck finished third but was disqualified because his engine was found to be over the prescribed limit.

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s were awarded to both Betzl and Aigner.

References

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