1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Sydney, Australia, at the Liverpool City Raceway.[1][2]

The championship was won by Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz of the United States, who were undefeated on the night. Peter Collins and Kenny Carter of England finished second, with Hans Nielsen and Ole Olsen of Denmark third. As the host nation, Australia was seeded directly to the Final and were represented by Australian Champion Billy Sanders and Australian championship runner up Gary Guglielmi, both Sydney based riders who were riding on their home track. Australia finished in a disappointing fourth place.[3]

Despite motorcycle speedway having its origins in Australia as far back as the 1910s, the 1982 World Pairs Final was the first time Australia had held a Speedway World Final. 1982 was also the only time the World Pairs Championship was held outside of England or Europe.

Preliminary round

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Hungary - 24 Zoltan Adorjan 13
Zoltan Hajdu 11
2nd  Italy - 21 Armando Dal Chiele 12
Francesko Biginato 9
3rd  Bulgaria - 20 Nikolaj Manev 10
Veselin Markov 10
4  Netherlands - 20 Henny Kroeze 7
Rudy Muts 13
5  Yugoslavia - 18 Stefan Kekec 9
Vlado Kocuvan 9
6  Austria - 17 Adi Funk 10
Herbert Scherecz 7
7   Switzerland - 6 Romano Reutimann 5
Paul Kaspar 1

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 28 10 20 28
(7) Ole Olsen 16 3 3 3 2 3 2
(8) Erik Gundersen 12 2 2 2 3 2 1
2  New Zealand 24 10 18 24
(1) Ivan Mauger 16 3 3 3 3 3 1
(2) Larry Ross 8 2 2 1 1 2 0
3  Finland 23 10 15 23
(11) Kai Niemi 15 2 2 2 3 3 3
(12) Ari Koponen 8 3 3 0 0 2 0
4  Sweden 21 6 11 21
(5) Jan Andersson 13 1 3 2 2 3 2
(6) Tommy Nilsson 8 0 2 0 1 2 3
5  West Germany 11 2 9 11
(9) Egon Müller 9 1 1 3 3 1 0
(10) Georg Gilgenreiner 2 0 0 1 E 0 1
6  Italy 11 2 6 11
(3) Francesco Biginato 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
(4) Armando Dal Chiele 5 0 0 0 2 F 3
7  Bulgaria 8 2 5 8
(13) Nikolaj Manev 6 0 1 2 1 E 2
(14) Veselin Markov 2 1 0 0 0 1 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

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 29 9 19 29
(7) Peter Collins 14 2 1 3 3 3 2
(8) Kenny Carter 15 3 3 2 2 2 3
2  United States 26 10 20 26
(11) Bruce Penhall 11 2 3 2 2 2 0
(12) Dennis Sigalos 15 3 2 3 3 3 1
3  Czechoslovakia 22 6 12 22
(5) Aleš Dryml 14 1 3 3 1 3 3
(6) Petr Ondrasik 8 0 2 2 0 2 2
4  Hungary 14 3 10 14
(9) Zoltan Hajdu 4 1 0 1 1 0 1
(10) Zoltan Adorjan 10 0 2 2 3 3 0
5  Poland 12 4 8 12
(13) Edward Jancarz 11 3 1 3 1 0 3
(14) Zenon Plech 1 E 0 0 0 1 E
6  Norway 12 6 8 12
(1) Dag Haaland 6 2 1 F 1 2 0
(2) Roy Otto 6 1 2 1 0 1 1
7  Netherlands 11 4 7 11
(3) Henny Kroeze 9 3 1 X 2 1 2
(4) Rudy Muts 2 0 E 1 E 0 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

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

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  United States 30 10 20 30
(11) Bobby Schwartz 12 2 2 2 2 2 2
(12) Dennis Sigalos 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
2  England 22 6 12 22
(5) Kenny Carter 7 0 1 2 0 2 2
(6) Peter Collins 15 2 3 3 1 3 3
3  Denmark 21 6 16 21
(13) Hans Nielsen 11 3 1 3 2 1 1
(14) Ole Olsen 10 2 0 2 3 0 3
4  Australia 16 4 13 16
(3) Billy Sanders 11 2 2 3 2 E 2
(4) Gary Guglielmi 5 0 0 1 3 1 X
5  Finland 16 9 12 16
(7) Kai Niemi 12 3 2 2 1 3 1
(8) Ari Koponen 4 1 3 0 E 0 0
6  New Zealand 13 5 7 13
(1) Larry Ross 5 1 1 1 0 X 2
(2) Mitch Shirra 8 3 0 0 1 3 1
7  Czechoslovakia 8 2 4 8
(9) Aleš Dryml 3 0 1 1 0 1 0
(10) Jiří Štancl 5 1 0 0 1 2 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

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. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  3. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.