The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3] The final took place in Chorzów, [oland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points).[4]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Denmark (28 pts)Ole Olsen17
Finn Thomsen11
2nd New Zealand (25 pts)Ivan Mauger14
Larry Ross11
3rd Sweden (22 pts)Anders Michanek15
Jan Andersson7
4 Australia (17 pts)Phil Crump11
Phil Herne6
5 Finland (15 pts)Ila Teromaa10
Kai Niemi5
6 Netherlands (12 pts)Henny Kroeze6
Rudi Muts6
7 Norway (6 pts)Audun Ove Olsen5
Trond Helge Skretting1

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st England (30 pts)Malcolm Simmons15
Gordon Kennett15
2nd Czechoslovakia (24 pts)Jiří Štancl13
Jan Verner11
3rd West Germany (22 pts)Hans Wassermann16
Georg Hack6
4 Italy (17 pts)Giuseppe Marzotto11
Mauro Ferracioli6
5 Hungary (16 pts)Istvan Sziraczky12
Janos Oresko4
6 Austria (10 pts)Adi Funk7
Walter Grubmuller3
7 Yugoslavia (3 pts)Djuro Fleten2
Josef Mauser1

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 24 9 16 24
(5) Malcolm Simmons 15+3 3 3 0 3 3 3
(6) Gordon Kennett 9 2 1 3 1 1 1
2  New Zealand 24 10 16 24
(1) Ivan Mauger 12+2 3 2 2 1 3 1
(2) Larry Ross 12 2 3 1 2 2 2
3  Denmark 21 8 13 21
(11) Ole Olsen 16 2 3 3 2 3 3
(12) Finn Thomsen 5 1 2 0 E 1 1
4  Czechoslovakia 18 3 11 18
(3) Jiří Štancl 9 1 0 1 2 2 3
(4) Jan Verner 9 0 2 2 3 0 2
5  Poland 15 4 10 15
(7) Edward Jancarz 13 1 2 3 2 3 2
(8) Bolesław Proch 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
6  West Germany 13 2 10 13
(13) Georg Hack 8 1 1 3 3 0 0
(14) Hans Wassermann 5 0 0 2 0 2 1
7  Sweden 11 6 8 11
(9) Börje Klingberg 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
(10) Jan Andersson 10 3 3 1 E 1 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

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. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.


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