1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden.[1][2][3][4] The championship was won by host England (27 points) who beat Denmark (24 points) and Sweden (22 points).[5]

Semifinal 1

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  Denmark 27 8 17 27
(13) Ole Olsen 16 3 1 3 3 3 3
(14) Finn Thomsen 11 2 2 1 2 2 2
2  New Zealand 25 9 19 25
(3) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 2 3 3 0
(4) Barry Briggs 11 1 2 3 2 2 1
3  Australia 23 10 13 23
(9) Phil Crump 15 3 3 2 1 3 3
(10) John Boulger 8 2 2 0 E 2 2
4  West Germany 16 6 14 16
(5) Christoph Betzl 10 2 1 3 3 1 F
(6) Wilhelm Duden 6 3 0 1 1 X 1
5  Netherlands 13 4 9 13
(11) Henny Kroeze 13 1 3 3 2 1 3
(12) Frits Konning 0 0 E 0 0 0 0
6  Norway 10 2 4 10
(7) Dag Lövaas 6 0 1 1 1 3 0
(8) Reidar Eide 4 1 0 0 0 1 2
7  Finland 11 3 8 11
(1) Ila Teromaa 10 2 1 2 2 1 2
(2) Markku Helminen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  England (30 pts) John Louis ?
Malcolm Simmons ?
2nd  Scotland (27 pts) George Hunter ?
Jim McMillan ?
3rd  Poland (22 pts) Edward Jancarz ?
Jerzy Rembas ?
4  Hungary (17 pts) ? ?
? ?
5  Italy (15 pts) ? ?
? ?
6  Yugoslavia (9 pts) ? ?
? ?
7  Austria (8 pts) ? ?
? ?

World final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  England 27 9 18 27
(9) John Louis 17 3 3 2 3 3 3
(10) Malcolm Simmons 10 2 1 3 1 2 1
2  Denmark 24 9 19 24
(5) Ole Olsen 16 3 2 3 3 3 2
(6) Finn Thomsen 8 1 3 2 2 E 0
3  Sweden 22 9 14 22
(13) Bengt Jansson 11 1 3 0 3 2 2
(14) Bernt Persson 11 3 2 1 1 1 3
4  Australia 16 7 13 16
(1) Phil Crump 10 3 2 1 3 1 0
(2) Billy Sanders 6 2 0 0 2 0 2
5  New Zealand 15 4 7 15
(7) Ivan Mauger 8 0 E E 2 3 3
(8) Barry Briggs 7 2 2 1 0 1 1
6  Scotland 12 2 9 12
(3) Jim McMillan 10 1 1 3 2 2 1
(4) George Hunter 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
7  Poland 10 2 4 10
(11) Edward Jancarz 7 1 1 0 0 3 2
(12) Zenon Plech 3 0 0 1 1 1 E
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

See also

References

  1. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  5. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.


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