1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Lonigo, Italy.[1][2] The championship was won by England (27 points). Silver medal was won by Denmark who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 25 points).[3]

Preliminary round

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 22
1 Hungary Hungary 27 +3 10 18 27
(13) Sándor Tihanyi 15 3 2 2 2 3 3
(14) József Petrikovics 12 2 3 3 1 1 2 3
2 West Germany West Germany 27 +2 10 17 27
(7) Peter Wuertele 17 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
(8) Stefan Deser 10 2 2 1 0 2 3
3 Norway Norway 17 +3 7 14 17
(3) Dag Haaland 10 3 3 0 2 2 0 3
(4) Einar Kyllingstad 7 0 1 2 3 0 1
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria 17 +2 4 11 17
(1) Rudolf Valentinov 11 2 1 3 2 2 1
(2) Veselin Markov 6 1 0 1 1 3 0 2
5 Netherlands Nederlands 16 3 9 16
(5) Frits Koppe 10 1 2 0 3 2 2
(6) Henk Steman 6 0 E 2 1 0 3
6 Austria Austria 15 5 10 15
(11) Siegfried Eder 13 3 1 3 2 3 1
(12) Adi Funk 2 1 0 0 F 1 0
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6 3 4 6
(9) Joze Zibert 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
(10) Kreso Omerzel 6 2 1 F 1 1 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 22

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 1

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (25 pts) Hans Nielsen 13
Erik Gundersen 12
2nd  United States (24 pts) Dennis Sigalos 14
Shawn Moran 10
3rd  New Zealand (23 pts) Mitch Shirra 14
Ivan Mauger 9
4  Sweden (20 pts) Jan Andersson 15
Björn Andersson 5
5  Finland (17 pts) Kai Niemi 11
Ari Koponen 6
6  Hungary (11 pts) József Petrikovics 9
Sándor Tihanyi 2
7  Bulgaria (6 pts) Nikolaj Manev 3
Veselin Markov 3

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  England (30 pts) Peter Collins 16
Chris Morton 14
2nd  Australia (22 pts) Gary Guglielmi 14
Billy Sanders 8
3rd  Czechoslovakia (19+3 pts) Jiří Štancl 13+3
Antonin Kasper, Jr. 6
4  Poland (19+2 pts) Zenon Plech 10+2
Andrzej Huszcza 9
5  West Germany (17 pts) Klaus Lausch 11
Stefan Deser 6
6  Netherlands (13 pts) Henny Kroeze 8
Frits Koppe 5
7  Norway (5 pts) Tormod Langli 5
Einar Kyllingstad 0

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 17 27
(9) Chris Morton 14 3 3 2 2 2 2
(10) Peter Collins 13 2 1 3 1 3 3
2  Denmark 25 7 17 25
(3) Hans Nielsen 15+3 3 2 2 3 3 2
(4) Erik Gundersen 10 2 0 3 2 E 3
3  New Zealand 25 9 17 25
(13) Ivan Mauger 9+2 2 1 3 E 1 2
(14) Mitch Shirra 16 3 3 2 3 2 3
4  United States 19 7 17 19
(1) Bobby Schwartz 11 2 2 2 3 1 1
(2) Shawn Moran 8 3 X 3 2 0 0
5  Australia 14 6 8 14
(7) Billy Sanders 6 1 3 0 0 2 0
(8) Gary Guglielmi 8 0 2 1 1 3 1
6  Czechoslovakia 10 2 4 10
(11) Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 1 0 0 1 2 1
(12) Jiří Štancl 5 0 1 1 0 3 0
7  Italy 6 2 4 6
(5) Armando Castagna 5 1 1 1 1 1 0
(6) Armando Dal Chiele 1 0 0 0 0 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

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. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.


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