The 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship, held on 20 July 1991. [1] The final took place in Poznań, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (28 points) who beat Sweden (24 points) and Norway (19 points). [2] [3]
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sweden (27 pts) | Per Jonsson | 14 |
Henka Gustafsson | 13 | ||
2 | Norway (20 pts) | Lars Gunnestad | 14 |
Einar Kyllingstad | 6 | ||
3 | Czechoslovakia (20 pts) | Bohumil Brhel | 16 |
Zdeněk Tesař | 4 | ||
Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0 | ||
4 | England (19 pts) | Kelvin Tatum | 9 |
Gary Havelock | 6 | ||
Jeremy Doncaster | 4 | ||
5 | Australia (18 pts) | Glenn Doyle | 8 |
Todd Wiltshire | 5 | ||
Leigh Adams | 5 | ||
6 | Hungary (16 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 8 |
Sándor Tihanyi | 8 | ||
7 | Austria (6 pts) | Franz Leitner | 5 |
Andreas Bössner | 1 | ||
Toni Pilotto | 0 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
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1 | Denmark (26 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 14 |
Tommy Knudsen | 12 | ||
2 | Italy (20+3 pts) | Armando Castagna | 16+3 |
Valentino Furlanetto | 4 | ||
3 | Germany (20+2 pts) | Gerd Riss | 12 |
Klaus Lausch | 7+2 | ||
Tommy Dunker | 1 | ||
4 | United States (19 pts) | Ronnie Correy | 12 |
Sam Ermolenko | 7 | ||
5 | New Zealand (17 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 15 |
Gary Allan | 2 | ||
6 | Soviet Union (14 pts) | Rif Saitgareev | 9 |
Oleg Kurguskin | 5 | ||
Mikhail Starostin | 0 | ||
7 | Finland (10 pts) | Juha Moksunen | 5 |
Vesa Ylinen | 5 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
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Denmark (28 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 14 | |
Jan O. Pedersen | 14 | ||
Tommy Knudsen | — | ||
Sweden (24 pts) | Henrik Gustafsson | 9 | |
Jimmy Nilsen | 8 | ||
Per Jonsson | 7 | ||
Norway (19 pts) | Lars Gunnestad | 11 | |
Einar Kyllingstad | 8 | ||
Tor Einar Hielm | — | ||
4 | Germany (18 pts) | Gerd Riss | 9 |
Klaus Lausch | 9 | ||
Tommy Dunker | — | ||
5 | Czechoslovakia (18 pts) | Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
Roman Matoušek | 6 | ||
Zdeněk Tesař | 0 | ||
6 | Italy (10 pts) | Armando Castagna | 9 |
Valentino Furlanetto | 1 | ||
Fabrizio Vesprini | 0 | ||
7 | Poland (9 pts) | Ryszard Dołomisiewicz | 5 |
Piotr Świst | 3 | ||
Wojciech Załuski | 1 |
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