The Sidecar World Championship is an annual event held by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first World Championship tournament took place in 1949. As all other World Championships in moto racing, it consists of a series of races run throughout a calendar year in which the riders with the most accumulated points are awarded as world champions. ^[1]

Medalists ^[2]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1949	Eric Oliver   Great Britain	Denis Jenkinson   Great Britain	Ercole Frigerio   Italy	Edoardo Ricotti   Italy	Frans Vanderschrinck   Belgium	Martin Whitney   Great Britain
1950	Eric Oliver   Great Britain	Lorenzo Dobelli   Italy	Ercole Frigerio   Italy	Edoardo Ricotti   Italy	Hans Handelmann   Switzerland	Josef Albisser   Switzerland
1951	Eric Oliver   Great Britain	Lorenzo Dobelli   Italy	Ercole Frigerio   Italy	Edoardo Ricotti   Italy	Albino Milani   Italy	Giusseppe Pizzocri   Italy
1952	Cyril Smith   Great Britain	Bob Clemens   Great Britain	Albino Milani   Italy	Giusseppe Pizzocri   Italy	Ernesto Merlo   Italy	Dino Magri   Italy
1953	Eric Oliver   Great Britain	Stanley Dibben   Great Britain	Cyril Smith   Great Britain	Bob Clemens   Great Britain	Hans Handelmann   Switzerland	Josef Albisser   Switzerland
1954	Wilhelm Noll   West Germany	Fritz Cron   West Germany	Eric Oliver   Great Britain	Les Nutt   Great Britain	Cyril Smith   Great Britain	Stanley Dibben   Great Britain
1955	Willy Faust   West Germany	Karl Remmert   West Germany	Wilhelm Noll   West Germany	Fritz Cron   West Germany	Walter Schneider   Great Britain	Hans Strauss   West Germany
1956	Wilhelm Noll   West Germany	Fritz Cron   West Germany	Fritz Hillebrand   West Germany	Manfred Grünwald   West Germany	Peter Harris   Great Britain	Ray Campbell   Great Britain
1957	Fritz Hillebrand   West Germany	Manfred Grünwald   West Germany	Walter Schneider   Great Britain	Hans Strauss   West Germany	Florian Camathias   Switzerland	Josef Galliker   West Germany
1958	Walter Schneider   Great Britain	Hans Strauss   West Germany	Florian Camathias   Switzerland	Hilmar Cecco   West Germany	Helmut Fath   West Germany	Fritz Rudolf   West Germany
1959	Walter Schneider   Great Britain	Hans Strauss   West Germany	Florian Camathias   Switzerland	Hilmar Cecco   West Germany	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	Hans Burkhardt   West Germany
1960	Helmut Fath   West Germany	Alfred Wohlgemuth   West Germany	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	Hans Burkhardt   West Germany	Peter Harris   Great Britain	Ray Campbell   Great Britain
1961	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	Hans Burkhardt   West Germany	Edgar Strub   Switzerland	Kurt Huber   West Germany Roland Föll   West Germany
1962	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Florian Camathias   Switzerland	Harry Winter   Switzerland	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	John Robinson   Switzerland
1963	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Florian Camathias   Switzerland	Alfred Herzig   Switzerland	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	John Robinson   Switzerland
1964	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	John Robinson   Switzerland	Colin Seeley   Great Britain	Ray Campbell   Great Britain
1965	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	John Robinson   Switzerland	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Peter Rykers   Great Britain
1966	Fritz Scheidegger   Switzerland	John Robinson   Switzerland	Max Deubel   West Germany	Emil Hörner   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany Eduard Dein   West Germany
1967	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Eduard Dein   West Germany	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Horst Schneider   West Germany
1968	Helmut Fath   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Hermann Hahn   West Germany Henk de Wever   Netherlands	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Horst Schneider   West Germany
1969	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany	Helmut Fath   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Hermann Hahn   West Germany
1970	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany	Georg Auerbacher   West Germany	Hermann Hahn   West Germany	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Horst Schneider   West Germany Peter Rutherford   Great Britain
1971	Horst Owelse   West Germany	Julius Kremer   West Germany Peter Rutherford   Great Britain	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany	Arsenius Butscher   West Germany	Josef Hüber   West Germany
1972	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany	Heinz Luthringshauser   West Germany	Hans-Jürgen Cusnick   West Germany	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany
1973	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Karl-Hans Kleis   West Germany	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany
1974	Klaus Enders   West Germany	Rolf Engelhardt   West Germany	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Karl-Hans Kleis   West Germany	Siegfried Schauzu   West Germany	Wolfgang Kalauch   West Germany
1975	Rolf Steinhausen   West Germany	Josef Hübert   West Germany	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Freddy Freiburghaus   Switzerland Bernd Grube   West Germany
1976	Rolf Steinhausen   West Germany	Josef Hübert   West Germany	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany	Hermann Schmid   Switzerland	Jean-Petit Matile   Switzerland
1977	George O'Dell   Great Britain	Kenneth Arthur   Great Britain Cliff Husband   Great Britain	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany
1978	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kenny Williams   Great Britain	Alain Michel   France	Stuart Collins   Great Britain	Bruno Holzer   Switzerland	Karl Meierhaus   Switzerland
1979 - B2A	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Rolf Steinhausen   West Germany	Kenneth Arthur   Great Britain	Dick Greasley   Great Britain	John Parkins   Great Britain
1979 - B2B	Bruno Holzer   Switzerland	Karl Meierhaus   Switzerland	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Masato Kumano   Japan	Isao Arifuku   Japan
1980	Jock Taylor   Great Britain	Benga Johansson   Sweden	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Alain Michel   France	Paul Gerard   France Michael Burkhardt   West Germany
1981	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Alain Michel   France	Michael Burkhardt   West Germany	Jock Taylor   Great Britain	Benga Johansson   Sweden
1982	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Alain Michel   France	Michael Burkhardt   West Germany
1983	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany
1984	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Andreas Hüber   West Germany	Alain Michel   France	Jean-Marc Fresc   France
1985	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands	Werner Schwärzel   West Germany	Fritz Buck   West Germany	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland
1986	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands	Alain Michel   France	Jean-Marc Fresc   France	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Tony Hewitt   Great Britain
1987	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Tony Hewitt   Great Britain	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland
1988	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Tony Hewitt   Great Britain Gavin Simmonds   Great Britain	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Bernie Schneiders   Netherlands
1989	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Tony Hewitt   Great Britain	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Geral de Haas   Netherlands	Alain Michel   France	Jean-Marc Fresc   France
1990	Alain Michel   France	Simon Birchall   Great Britain	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Geral de Haas   Netherlands	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Gavin Simmonds   Great Britain
1991	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Gavin Simmonds   Great Britain	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Egbert Streuer   Netherlands	Peter Brown   Great Britain Pete Essaf   United States
1992	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Gavin Simmonds   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria
1993	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Gavin Simmonds   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria
1994	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Derek Brindley   Great Britain	Paul Hutchinson   Great Britain
1995	Darren Dixon   Great Britain	Andy Hetherington   Great Britain	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Markus Bösiger   Switzerland	Jürg Egli   Switzerland
1996	Darren Dixon   Great Britain	Andy Hetherington   Great Britain	Rolf Biland   Switzerland	Kurt Waltisperg   Switzerland	Steve Webster   Great Britain	David James   Great Britain
1997	Steve Webster   Great Britain	David James   Great Britain	Paul Güdel   Switzerland	Charly Güdel   Switzerland	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria
1998	Steve Webster   Great Britain	David James   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Markus Schlosser   Switzerland	Daniel Hauser   Switzerland
1999	Steve Webster   Great Britain	David James   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Steve Abbott   Great Britain	James Biggs   Great Britain
2000	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Paul Woodhead   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Christian Parzer   Austria
2001	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Paul Woodhead   Great Britain	Steve Abbott   Great Britain	James Biggs   Great Britain
2002	Steve Abbott   Great Britain	James Biggs   Great Britain	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Trevor Hopkinson   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria
2003	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Paul Woodhead   Great Britain	Klaus Klaffenböck   Austria	Christian Parzer   Austria	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Trevor Hopkinson   Great Britain
2004	Steve Webster   Great Britain	Paul Woodhead   Great Britain	Martin van Gils   Netherlands	Tonnie van Gils   Netherlands	Mike Roscher   Germany	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland
2005	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Tristan Reeves   Great Britain	Teo Manninen   Finland	Pekka Kuismanen   Finland	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Trevor Hopkinson   Great Britain
2006	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Tristan Reeves   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Timo Karttiala   Finland Aki Aalto   Finland	Teo Manninen   Finland	Pekka Kuismanen   Finland
2007	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Patrick Farrance   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Timo Karttiala   Finland	Markus Schlosser   Switzerland	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland
2008	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Timo Karttiala   Finland	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Patrick Farrance   Great Britain	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain
2009	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Tristan Reeves   Great Britain James Neave   Great Britain
2010	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Gregory Cluze   France	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain
2011	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Kurt Hock   Germany	Enrico Becker   Germany.
2012	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Ashley Hawes   Great Britain	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Gregory Cluze   France	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain
2013	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Adolf Hänni   Switzerland	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Jörg Steinhausen   Germany	Gregory Cluze   France Ashley Hawes   Great Britain
2014	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Gregory Cluze   France	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Uwe Gürck   Germany	Manfred Welchselberger   Austria
2015	Bennie Streuer   Netherlands	Geert Koerts   Netherlands	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Gregory Cluze   France	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Kirsi Kainulainen   Finland
2016	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Kirsi Kainulainen   Finland	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Gregory Cluze   France	Sebastien Delannoy   France	Kevin Rousseau   France
2017	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Kirsi Kainulainen   Finland	John Holden   Great Britain	Mark Wilkes   Great Britain
2018	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Jussi Veräväinen   Finland	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Mark Wilkes   Great Britain
2019	Tim Reeves   Great Britain	Mark Wilkes   Great Britain	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Jussi Veräväinen   Finland	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain
2021	Markus Schlosser   Switzerland	Marcel Fries   Switzerland	Todd Ellis   Great Britain	Emmanuelle Clément   France	Pekka Päirvärinta   Finland	Ilse de Haas   Netherlands
2022	Todd Ellis   Great Britain	Emmanuelle Clément   France	Markus Schlosser   Switzerland	Marcel Fries   Switzerland	Stephen Kershaw   Great Britain	Ryan Charlwood   Great Britain
2023	Todd Ellis   Great Britain	Emmanuelle Clément   France	Ben Birchall   Great Britain	Tom Birchall   Great Britain	Stephen Kershaw   Great Britain	Ryan Charlwood   Great Britain

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