1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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

Semi final 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1  West Germany (47 pts) Gerd Riss 24
Karl Maier 24
2  Hungary (43 pts) Zoltán Adorján 22
Antal Kocso 21
3  Czechoslovakia (38 pts) Roman Matoušek 23
Petr Vandírek 15
4  Italy (38 pts) Armando Castagna 23
Valentino Furlanetto 15
5  United States (37 pts) Lance King 19
Rick Miller 18
6  Bulgaria (19 pts) Giorgi Petranov 13
Zacharia Jordanov 6
7  Austria (18 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 11
Walter Nebel 7
8  Yugoslavia (17 pts) Gregor Pintar 17
Artur Horvat 2
9  France (12 pts) Thierry Hillaire 12
Joel Tresarrieu 0

World final

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (48 pts) Hans Nielsen 28
Erik Gundersen 20
2nd  Sweden (44 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 23
Per Jonsson 21
3rd  England (37 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Paul Thorp 16
4  West Germany (36 pts) Karl Maier 22
Gerd Riss 14
5  Finland (31 pts) Kai Niemi 18
Olli Tyrväinen 13
6  Hungary (22 pts) Antal Kocso 14
Zoltán Adorján 8
7  Czechoslovakia (25 pts) Bohumil Brhel 14
Zdeněk Tesař 11
8  Italy (15 pts) Armando Dal Chiele 9
Valentino Furlanetto 6
9  Poland (11 pts) Piotr Świst 11
Roman Jankowski 0

See also

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.