1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points). [2] [3]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (54 pts)11.Hans Nielsen (5,4,4,5,4,5)27
12.Erik Gundersen (4,5,5,4,5,4)27
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (44 pts)15.Mitch Shirra (5,5,4,2,5,2)23
16.David Bargh (3,3,5,3,4,3)21
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (36 pts)9.Wojciech Żabiałowicz (3,4,4,5,4,1)21
10.Roman Jankowski (2,2,5,4,2,0)15
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (35 pts)13.Kai Niemi (4,4,3,2,3,4)20
14.Olli Tyrväinen (2,5,1,0,5,2)15
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (30 pts)5.Jimmy Nilsen (5,3,0,1,3,5)17
6.Per Jonsson (4,0,3,3,0,3)13
6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (26 pts)7.Angel Jeftimov (1,1,2,2,0,4)10
8.Nikolaj Manev (0,3,1,5,2,5)16
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (20 pts)3.Arne Svendsen (3,0,2,4,3,1)13
4.Tor Einar Hielm (2,1,0,3,1,0)7
8Flag of France.svg  France (16 pts)17.Thierry Hilaire (1,2,2,1,1,3)9
18.Patrice Blondy (0,1,3,0,0,2)7
9Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (9 pts)1.Czaba Lazar (1,0,1,1,2,1)5
2.Artur Horvat (0,2,0,0,1,0)4

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (49 pts) Shawn Moran 26
Kelly Moran 23
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (40 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Simon Wigg 19
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (38 pts) Valentino Furlanetto 23
Armando Castagna 15
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (36 pts) Steve Regeling 18
Steve Baker 18
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (25 pts) Zoltan Adorjan 15
Jozsef Petrikovics 10
6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (23 pts) Karl Maier 19
Gerd Riss 4
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (23 pts) Toni Pilotto 17
Heinrich Schatzer 6
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (14 pts) Robert-Jan Munnecom 10
Will Stroes 4
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (14 pts) Vital Cardeynaels 9
Geert Cools 5


World final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (52 pts) Erik Gundersen (4,4,5,4,4,5)26
Hans Nielsen (3,5,4,5,5,4)26
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (44 pts) Kelvin Tatum (5,5,5,5,3,1)24
Simon Wigg (1,4,4,4,5,2)20
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (36 pts) Sam Ermolenko (3,0,5,2,5,3)18
Kelly Moran (4,3,4,3,4,e)18
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (36 pts) David Bargh (2,3,3,5,3,4)20
Mitch Shirra (5,1,2,4,1,3)16
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (30 pts) Roman Matoušek (2,1,3,2,3,5)16
Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,2,2,3,2,2)14
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (19 pts) Olli Tyrväinen (5,4,0,e,2,0)11
Kai Niemi (1,e,1,1,4,1)8
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (21 pts) Steve Baker (4,2,0,3,2,5)16
Steve Regeling (0,e,1,2,0,2)5
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (18 pts) Armando Castagna (2,5,2,1,1,0)11
Valentino Furlanetto (0,3,3,0,0,1)7
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (14 pts) Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,2,1,1,1,3)8
Roman Jankowski (1,1,0,0,0,4)6

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References

  1. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Danes defeat spirited challenge" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 29 June 1987. Retrieved 11 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
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