1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland. [1] The championship was won by Denmark (48 points) [2] who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points). [3] [4]

Semi final 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (48 pts) Hans Nielsen 25
Erik Gundersen 23
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (41 pts) Henka Gustafsson 23
Jimmy Nilsen 18
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (34 pts) Kai Niemi 24
Olli Tyrväinen 10
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (32 pts) Troy Butler 23
Stephen Davies 9
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (31 pts) Lars Gunnestad 21
Einar Kyllingstad 10
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (31 pts) Mitch Shirra 20
Gary Allan 11
7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (30 pts) Vladimir Trofimov 15
Rif Saitgareev 15
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (17 pts) Rene Elzinga 10
Ron Koppe 7
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (6 pts)Frans Cools3
Geert Cools3

Semi final 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (47 pts) Gerd Riss 24
Karl Maier 24
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (43 pts) Zoltán Adorján 22
Antal Kocso 21
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (38 pts) Roman Matoušek 23
Petr Vandírek 15
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (38 pts) Armando Castagna 23
Valentino Furlanetto 15
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States (37 pts) Lance King 19
Rick Miller 18
6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (19 pts)Giorgi Petranov13
Zacharia Jordanov6
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (18 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 11
Walter Nebel 7
8Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (17 pts)Gregor Pintar17
Artur Horvat2
9Flag of France.svg  France (12 pts)Thierry Hillaire12
Joel Tresarrieu0

World final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (48 pts) Hans Nielsen 28
Erik Gundersen 20
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (44 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 23
Per Jonsson 21
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg  England (37 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Paul Thorp 16
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (36 pts) Karl Maier 22
Gerd Riss 14
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (31 pts) Kai Niemi 18
Olli Tyrväinen 13
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (22 pts) Antal Kocso 14
Zoltán Adorján 8
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (25 pts) Bohumil Brhel 14
Zdeněk Tesař 11
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (15 pts) Armando Dal Chiele 9
Valentino Furlanetto 6
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (11 pts) Piotr Świst 11
Roman Jankowski 0

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References

  1. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tatum targets Munich" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1989. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
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