Bengt Gustaf Jansson (born 9 January 1943 in

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, Sweden) is a former international

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rider from Sweden. He earned 107 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.

Career

Jansson was runner up in the 1967 World Final to fellow countryman

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after losing a race-off and finished third in 1971, again after a run-off. He rode in Britain for

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, Hackney Hawks, Reading Racers, and finally the

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. It was as a Hackney rider he won the 1971 London Riders' Championship. He joined Reading Racers in 1975.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

- London,

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- 4th - 10pts *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

- London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 14pts + 2pts *

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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- Reserve - did not ride *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

- Gothenburg, Ullevi - 3rd - 12pts + 2pts *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

- Gothenburg, Ullevi - 5th - 9pts *

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

- Gothenburg, Ullevi - 6th - 9pts

World Pairs Championship

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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, Malmö Stadion (with

) - 2nd - 25pts (10) *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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, Ryavallen (with Anders Michanek) - 4th - 22pts (7) *

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

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, Snälltorpet (with Bernt Persson) - 3rd - 22pts (11)

World Team Cup

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(with Björn Knutson / Ove Fundin /

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) - 2nd - 33pts (8) *

, Malmö Stadion (with Ove Fundin / Göte Nordin / Torbjörn Harrysson) - Winner - 32pts (9) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Ove Fundin / Anders Michanek /

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/ Torbjörn Harrysson) - 2nd - 30pts (7) *

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(with Sören Sjösten / Ove Fundin / Anders Michanek / Torbjörn Harrysson) - 4th - 12pts (1) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Ove Fundin / Anders Michanek / Sören Sjösten) - Winner - 42pts (11) *

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(with Anders Michanek / Bernt Persson / Sören Sjöstenn / Leif Enecrona) - 4th - 18pts *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Anders Michanek / Bernt Persson / Tommy Jansson) - 2nd - 31pts (6) *

- London,

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(with Anders Michanek / Bernt Persson / Lars-Åke Andersson / Christer Löfqvist) - 3rd - 26pts (1) *

(with Anders Michanek / Tommy Nilsson / Bernt Persson / Sören Karlsson) - 4th - 11pts (2)

References

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