1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1969 World Pairs Championship

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The 1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial World Best Pairs Championship FIM. The final took place in Stockholm, Sweden. ^[1] The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (27 points) and England (21 points). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Western Zone Semifinal

• Wimbledon Stadium, London ^[5]
• 14 August

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	England – 20+3	5.Nigel Boocock (2,3,2,3,3)	13+3
		6.Trevor Hedge (3,2,1,1,f)	7
	New Zealand – 20+2	9.Ivan Mauger (1,1,3,2,1)	8
		10.Ronnie Moore (2,3,2,3,2)	12+2
	Denmark – 18	11.Ole Olsen (3,3,3,3,3)	15
		12.Bent Nørregaard-Jensen (0,0,0,1,2)	3
4	Scotland – 13	7.Jim McMillan (0,2,3,2,3)	10
		8.Ken McKinlay (1,0,0,x,2)	3
5	Australia – 10	1.Charlie Monk (2,2,1,0,0)	3
		2.Jim Airey (1,1,0,1,2)	5
6	Norway – 9	3.Reidar Eide (3,1,2,0,0)	6
		4.Øyvind S. Berg (0,0,1,1,1)	3

European Semifinal

• Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen
• 31 August

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia – 23+3	Jan Holub I	15
		Zdeněk Majstr	8
	East Germany – 23+2	Jochen Dinse	12
		Gerhard Uhlenbrock	11
	Bulgaria – 16	Petr Petkov	?
		Petar Iliev	?
4	Yugoslavia – ?	?	?
		?	?
5	Hungary – ?	?	?
		?	?
6	Romania – ?	?	?
		?	?

Final

• Gubbängens IP, Stockholm
• 25 September ^[6]

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	New Zealand	28							10							20							28
	(5) Ivan Mauger	18		3			3			3					3				3			3
	(6) Bob Andrews	10		2			2			2					2				2			0
2	Sweden	27							10							20							27
	(9) Ove Fundin	15			3			3				3		3			1					2
	(10) Göte Nordin	12			2			2				2		2			3					1
3	England	21							10							14							21
	(1) Nigel Boocock	11	3			3				1			2				0			2
	(2) Martin Ashby	10	2			2				0			1				2			3
4	Denmark	15							5							9							15
	(11) Ole Olsen	11			1				3				3		1			3					2
	(12) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	4			0				1				0		0			0					3
5	Czechoslovakia	12							2							4							12
	(3) Jan Holub	8	1				1				1			1				1			3
	(4) Zdeněk Majstr	4	0				0				0			T				2			2
6	East Germany	9							3							5							9
	(13) Gerhard Uhlenbrock	8				1			2			F				1			3		1
	(14) Jochen Dinse	1				E			0			1				0			F
7	Bulgaria	8							2							4							8
	(7) Petr Petkov	6		1				1			1					1				2			0
	(8) Petar Iliev	2		0				0			0					0				1			1
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

See also

• 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1969 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1969 in sports

References

1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
2. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
3. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
5. "Nigel gives England first place" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 August 1969. Retrieved 19 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "The World Pairs Final - 1969". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 March 2024.