1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] The final took place in Bradford, England. [2] The championship was won by Denmark (45 points) who beat host team England (41 points) and United States (39 points). [3] [4]

Semi final 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 23
Erik Gundersen 22
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (41 pts) Mitch Shirra 24
David Bargh 17
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (40 pts) Gerd Riss 25
Karl Maier 15
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (34 pts) Piotr Swist 19
Roman Jankowski 15
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (31 pts) Roman Matoušek 17
Antonín Kasper Jr. 13
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (31 pts) Kai Niemi 21
Olli Tyrväinen 10
7Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (18 pts) Nikolaj Manev 9
Angel Eftimov 9
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (16 pts) Ingvar Skogland 10
Tor Einar Hielm 6
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (15 pts)Robert Jan Munnecom8
Rene Elzinga7

Semi final 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (50 pts) Sam Ermolenko 25
Shawn Moran 25
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (43 pts) Per Jonsson 25
Jimmy Nilsen 18
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (40 pts) Zoltán Adorján 23
Antal KocsoK 17
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (37 pts) Paolo Salvatelli 22
Valentino Furlanetto 15
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (32 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 20
Toni Pilotto 12
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (22 pts) Steve Regeling 12
Steve Baker 10
7Flag of France.svg  France (14 pts) Patrice Blondy 11
Alain Blondy3
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (10 pts)Geert Cools8
Frans Cools2
9Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (4 pts)Lazar Csaba3
Artur Horvat1

World final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 27
Erik Gundersen 18
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (41 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Simon Cross 20
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (39 pts) Shawn Moran 23
Sam Ermolenko 16
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (32 pts) Mitch Shirra 24
Alan Rivett*8
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (29 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 17
Per Jonsson 12
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (25 pts) Antal Kocso 15
Zoltán Adorján 10
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (21 pts) Armando Castagna 17
Valentino Furlanetto 4
8Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (21 pts) Gerd Riss 17
Tommy Dunker 4
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (17 pts) Piotr Świst 9
Roman Jankowski 8

* New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh

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References

  1. ↑ "The World Pairs Final 1988". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Ice Cool Danes shock Brits" . Western Daily Press. 1 August 1988. Retrieved 24 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.


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