1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventeenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] [2] The final took place at the Rottalstadion in Pocking, West Germany. The championship was won by Denmark who beat United States after Run-Off (both 46 points). Bronze medal was won by Czechoslovakia (32 points). [3]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (49 pts) Simon Wigg 27
Kenny Carter 22
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (41 pts) Shawn Moran 25
Bobby Schwartz 16
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (41 pts) Phil Crump 22
Steve Regeling 19
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (37 pts) Armando Castagna 21
Valentino Furlanetto 16
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (29 pts) Zoltán Adorján 17
Sándor Tihanyi 12
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy B (29 pts) Paolo Salvatelli 21
Francisco Biginato 8
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (15 pts) Toni Pilotto 12
Heinrich Schatzer 3
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (14 pts) Frits Koppe 12
Henny Kroeze 4
9Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (11 pts) Ingvar Skogland 6
Arnt Forland 5

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (52 pts) Hans Nielsen 27
Erik Gundersen 25
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (45 pts) Jan Andersson 24
Tommy Nilsson 23
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (39 pts) Roman Matoušek 22
Antonín Kasper Jr. 17
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (34.5 pts) Mitch Shirra 17.5
Larry Ross 17
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (30.5 pts) Roman Jankowski 16.5
Wojciech Żabiałowicz 14
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (30 pts) Kai Niemi 19
Ari Koponen 11
7Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (20 pts) Krešo Omerzel 12
Zvonko Pavlic 8
8Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (14 pts) Nikolaj Manev 7
Angel Jeftimov 7
9Flag of France.svg  France (8 pts) Patrice Blondy 6
Thierry Hilaire 2


World final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (46+5 pts) Hans Nielsen (5,4,5,4,4,5)27+5
Erik Gundersen (e,5,e,5,5,4)19
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (46+4 pts) Kelly Moran (3,5,3,5,4,3)23+4
Sam Ermolenko (4,4,4,4,5,2)23
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (32 pts) Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,5,5,5,5,1)22
Roman Matoušek (2,1,4,x,3,0)10
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (32 pts) Jan Andersson (4,3,5,1,2,2)17
Tommy Nilsson (5,1,1,2,3,3)15
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (32 pts) Larry Ross (3,3,3,3,4,4)20
Mitch Shirra (4,2,2,4,x,x)12
6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (27 pts) Karl Maier (3,4,4,3,3,5)22
Klaus Lausch (2,0,0,1,1,1)5
7Flag of England.svg  England (23 pts) Jeremy Doncaster (5,2,2,1,0,2)12
Simon Wigg (0,3,0,3,2,3)11
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (15 pts) Valentino Furlanetto (1,1,0,0,1,5)8
Armando Castagna (0,0,1,2,0,4)7
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (15 pts) Phil Crump (2,2,3,0,2,1)10
Steve Regeling (1,0,2,2,f,-)5

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References

  1. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  3. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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