1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] [2] [3] The final took place in Chorzów, [oland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points). [4]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (28 pts) Ole Olsen 17
Finn Thomsen 11
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (25 pts) Ivan Mauger 14
Larry Ross 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 15
Jan Andersson 7
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (17 pts) Phil Crump 11
Phil Herne 6
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (15 pts) Ila Teromaa 10
Kai Niemi 5
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (12 pts) Henny Kroeze 6
Rudi Muts 6
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (6 pts) Audun Ove Olsen 5
Trond Helge Skretting 1

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (30 pts) Malcolm Simmons 15
Gordon Kennett 15
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (24 pts) Jiří Štancl 13
Jan Verner 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (22 pts) Hans Wassermann 16
Georg Hack 6
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (17 pts) Giuseppe Marzotto 11
Mauro Ferracioli 6
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (16 pts) Istvan Sziraczky 12
Janos Oresko 4
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (10 pts) Adi Funk 7
Walter Grubmuller 3
7Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (3 pts) Djuro Fleten 2
Josef Mauser 1

World final

PlacingPair / Rider NameTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021
1Flag of England.svg  England 2491624
(5) Malcolm Simmons 15+3330333
(6) Gordon Kennett 9213111
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24101624
(1) Ivan Mauger 12+2322131
(2) Larry Ross 12231222
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2181321
(11) Ole Olsen 16233233
(12) Finn Thomsen 5120E11
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1831118
(3) Jiří Štancl 9101223
(4) Jan Verner 9022302
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1541015
(7) Edward Jancarz 13123232
(8) Bolesław Proch 2010100
6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1321013
(13) Georg Hack 8113300
(14) Hans Wassermann 5002021
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 116811
(9) Börje Klingberg 1000100
(10) Jan Andersson 10331E12
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

See also

References

  1. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  2. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  4. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.