The 1997 Polish Speedway season was the 1997 season of

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in Poland.

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship The Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1932. The current Polish Champion is Bartosz Zmarzlik ( S ...

The 1997 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Częstochowa.

Jacek Krzyżaniak Jacek Krzyżaniak (born 18 October 1968 in Toruń, Poland) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland, who was a member of Poland national team and won silver medals at 1997 Speedway World Team Cup and 2001 Speedway World C ...

won the Polish title.

Golden Helmet

The 1997 Golden Golden Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the

Polish Motor Union The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) ( en, Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club and the governing body of motorsports in Poland. It is based in Warsaw. Established in 1950 by merging the Polish Car Club and the ...

(PZM) was the 1997 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 3 October.

Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rid ...

won his fourth Golden Helmet Championship.

Criterium of Aces

Junior Championship

* winner -

Grzegorz Walasek Grzegorz Walasek (born 29 August 1976) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has ridden for the Polish national team and has also competed in the Speedway Grand Prix series. Career Born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland, Walasek began his senio ...

Silver Helmet The Silver Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Srebrny Kask, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966. Final Meeting held in PC Team U-21 3rd from last season. Previous winners See also {{Speedwa ...

* winner -

Rafał Dobrucki Rafał Dobrucki (born 27 December 1976 Poland) is a Polish former speedway rider. Career On 25 July 1999 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. He went on to qualify as a permanent rider ...

Bronze Helmet

* winner -

Rafał Okoniewski Rafał Okoniewski (born 26 January 1980) is a Polish speedway rider and is the only rider to win the U-19 European Championship twice, in 1998 and 1999. He has been riding since 1996 and is the son of former speedway rider Mariusz (1956–200 ...

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship The Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: ''Mistrzostwa Polski Par Klubowych, MPPK'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1974. The participating teams are draw ...

The 1997 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1997 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 20 June at Bydgoszcz.

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. The team winning the league is awarded ...

The 1997 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1997 edition of the Team Polish Championship.

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the 1. Liga. The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, ...

won the gold medal. The team included the Gollob brothers,

Piotr Protasiewicz Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. Career He has ridden for the Polish national team in the Speedway World Cup in 1996 and 2005. He was also World U-21 Champion in 1996 ...

and

Henrik Gustafsson Henrik Anders (Henka) Gustafsson (born 14 August 1970 in Sköllersta, Sweden) is an international Motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup with Sweden in 1994 and 2 ...

First Division

Play offs

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References

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