The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland. [1] The championship was won by Denmark (48 points) who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points). [2] [3]
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Denmark (48 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 25 |
Erik Gundersen | 23 | ||
2 | Sweden (41 pts) | Henka Gustafsson | 23 |
Jimmy Nilsen | 18 | ||
3 | Finland (34 pts) | Kai Niemi | 24 |
Olli Tyrväinen | 10 | ||
4 | Australia (32 pts) | Troy Butler | 23 |
Stephen Davies | 9 | ||
5 | Norway (31 pts) | Lars Gunnestad | 21 |
Einar Kyllingstad | 10 | ||
6 | New Zealand (31 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 20 |
Gary Allan | 11 | ||
7 | Soviet Union (30 pts) | Vladimir Trofimov | 15 |
Rif Saitgareev | 15 | ||
8 | Netherlands (17 pts) | Rene Elzinga | 10 |
Ron Koppe | 7 | ||
9 | Belgium (6 pts) | Frans Cools | 3 |
Geert Cools | 3 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | West Germany (47 pts) | Gerd Riss | 24 |
Karl Maier | 24 | ||
2 | Hungary (43 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 22 |
Antal Kocso | 21 | ||
3 | Czechoslovakia (38 pts) | Roman Matoušek | 23 |
Petr Vandírek | 15 | ||
4 | Italy (38 pts) | Armando Castagna | 23 |
Valentino Furlanetto | 15 | ||
5 | United States (37 pts) | Lance King | 19 |
Rick Miller | 18 | ||
6 | Bulgaria (19 pts) | Giorgi Petranov | 13 |
Zacharia Jordanov | 6 | ||
7 | Austria (18 pts) | Heinrich Schatzer | 11 |
Walter Nebel | 7 | ||
8 | Yugoslavia (17 pts) | Gregor Pintar | 17 |
Artur Horvat | 2 | ||
9 | France (12 pts) | Thierry Hillaire | 12 |
Joel Tresarrieu | 0 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark (48 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 28 | |
Erik Gundersen | 20 | ||
Sweden (44 pts) | Jimmy Nilsen | 23 | |
Per Jonsson | 21 | ||
England (37 pts) | Kelvin Tatum | 21 | |
Paul Thorp | 16 | ||
4 | West Germany (36 pts) | Karl Maier | 22 |
Gerd Riss | 14 | ||
5 | Finland (31 pts) | Kai Niemi | 18 |
Olli Tyrväinen | 13 | ||
6 | Hungary (22 pts) | Antal Kocso | 14 |
Zoltán Adorján | 8 | ||
7 | Czechoslovakia (25 pts) | Bohumil Brhel | 14 |
Zdeněk Tesař | 11 | ||
8 | Italy (15 pts) | Armando Dal Chiele | 9 |
Valentino Furlanetto | 6 | ||
9 | Poland (11 pts) | Piotr Świst | 11 |
Roman Jankowski | 0 |
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