1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship, held on 20 July 1991. [1] The final took place in Poznań, Poland. [2] The championship was won by Denmark (28 points) who beat Sweden (24 points) and Norway (19 points). [3] [4]

Semi final 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (27 pts) Per Jonsson 14
Henka Gustafsson 13
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (20 pts) Lars Gunnestad 14
Einar Kyllingstad 6
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (20 pts) Bohumil Brhel 16
Zdeněk Tesař 4
Antonín Kasper Jr. 0
4Flag of England.svg  England (19 pts) Kelvin Tatum 9
Gary Havelock 6
Jeremy Doncaster 4
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (18 pts) Glenn Doyle 8
Todd Wiltshire 5
Leigh Adams 5
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (16 pts) Zoltán Adorján 8
Sándor Tihanyi 8
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (6 pts) Franz Leitner 5
Andreas Bössner 1
Toni Pilotto 0

Semi final 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (26 pts) Hans Nielsen 14
Tommy Knudsen 12
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (20+3 pts) Armando Castagna 16+3
Valentino Furlanetto 4
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (20+2 pts) Gerd Riss 12
Klaus Lausch 7+2
Tommy Dunker 1
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States (19 pts) Ronnie Correy 12
Sam Ermolenko 7
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (17 pts) Mitch Shirra 15
Gary Allan 2
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (14 pts) Rif Saitgareev 9
Oleg Kurguskin 5
Mikhail Starostin 0
7Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (10 pts) Juha Moksunen 5
Vesa Ylinen 5

World final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (28 pts) Hans Nielsen 14
Jan O. Pedersen 14
Tommy Knudsen —
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (24 pts) Henrik Gustafsson 9
Jimmy Nilsen 8
Per Jonsson 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (19 pts) Lars Gunnestad 11
Einar Kyllingstad 8
Tor Einar Hielm —
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (18 pts) Gerd Riss 9
Klaus Lausch 9
Tommy Dunker —
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (18 pts) Bohumil Brhel 12
Roman Matoušek 6
Zdeněk Tesař 0
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (10 pts) Armando Castagna 9
Valentino Furlanetto 1
Fabrizio Vesprini 0
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (9 pts) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 5
Piotr Świst 3
Wojciech Załuski 1

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References

  1. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Speedway World Pairs" . Sunday Mirror. 21 July 1991. Retrieved 13 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "'For the Record' (1991)". The Times. 22 July 1991. Retrieved 11 July 2021– via Gale Primary Sources.
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