1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Poland (maximum 30 points) who beat New Zealand (25 points) and Sweden (22 points). [5] [6]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (? pts) Václav Verner ?
Pavel Mareš ?
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (? pts) Ivan Molan ?
Draško Oršic ?
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (23 pts) Gunther Walla 16
Josef Haider 7
4? (? pts)??
??
5? (? pts)??
??
6? (? pts)??
??
7? (? pts)??
??

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (24 pts) Ivan Mauger 16
Barry Briggs 8
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 16
Sören Sjösten 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (20 pts) George Hunter 11
Jim McMillan 9
4Flag of England.svg  England (19 pts) Ray Wilson 13
Martin Ashby 6
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (17 pts) John Boulger 10
Jim Airey 7
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (13 pts) Reidar Eide 11
Øyvind S. Berg 2
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (11 pts) Ole Olsen 10
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 1

World final

PlacingPair / Rider NameTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30102030
(1) Andrzej Wyglenda 15332223
(2) Jerzy Szczakiel 15223332
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25101925
(9) Ivan Mauger 12321303
(10) Barry Briggs 13233212
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2261322
(13) Anders Michanek 13N22333
(14) Bernt Persson 9130221
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1761217
(3) Václav Verner 9032112
(4) Pavel Mareš 8123020
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 162816
(11) Jim McMillan 11101333
(12) George Hunter 501N202
6Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 106810
(5) Ivan Molan 53N01N1
(6) Drasco Orsic 5211010
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6246
(7) Josef Haider 4010111
(8) Meinz Zimmerman 2101000
PlacingPair / Rider NameTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314151617181920 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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Notes:

Two Poles Antoni Woryna (No. 15) and Jan Mucha (No. 16) were track reserves, but they did not start.

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