1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1971 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

• Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko
• 20 May

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia (? pts)	Václav Verner	?
		Pavel Mareš	?
	Yugoslavia (? pts)	Ivan Molan	?
		Draško Oršic	?
	Austria (23 pts)	Gunther Walla	16
		Josef Haider	7
4	? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?

Semifinal 2

• Leicester Stadium, Leicester
• 20 June

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

World final

• Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
• 11 July 1971
• Referee: Georg Traunsburger

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	Poland	30							10							20							30
	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	15	3			3				2			2				2			3
	(2) Jerzy Szczakiel	15	2			2				3			3				3			2
2	New Zealand	25							10							19							25
	(9) Ivan Mauger	12			3			2				1		3			0					3
	(10) Barry Briggs	13			2			3				3		2			1					2
3	Sweden	22							6							13							22
	(13) Anders Michanek	13				N			2			2				3			3		3
	(14) Bernt Persson	9				1			3			0				2			2		1
4	Czechoslovakia	17							6							12							17
	(3) Václav Verner	9	0				3				2			1				1			2
	(4) Pavel Mareš	8	1				2				3			0				2			0
5	Scotland	16							2							8							16
	(11) Jim McMillan	11			1				0				1		3			3					3
	(12) George Hunter	5			0				1				N		2			0					2
6	Yugoslavia	10							6							8							10
	(5) Ivan Molan	5		3			N			0					1				N			1
	(6) Drasco Orsic	5		2			1			1					0				1			0
7	Austria	6							2							4							6
	(7) Josef Haider	4		0				1			0					1				1			1
	(8) Meinz Zimmerman	2		1				0			1					0				0			0
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

Notes:

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

See also

• 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1971 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1971 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. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
6. "Finał Mistrzostw Świata Par 1971" (in Polish). rLach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.