The 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the third official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3] The final took place in Borås, Sweden.
The championship was won by England (24 points) who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (24 points also) and Sweden B (22 points) who beat Sweden A after a run-off.[4][5]
Semifinal 1 edit
Wimbledon Stadium, London[6]- 11 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 New Zealand (27 pts) |
Ivan Mauger | 15 |
| Ronnie Moore | 12 | ||
 |
 England (25 pts) |
Ray Wilson | 14 |
| Terry Betts | 11 | ||
 |
 Sweden (22 pts) |
Anders Michanek | 11 |
| Bengt Jansson | 11 | ||
| 4 |  Scotland (15 pts) |
Jim McMillan | 9 |
| George Hunter | 6 | ||
| 5 |  Australia (14 pts) |
Geoff Curtis | 7 |
| Garry Middleton | 7 | ||
| 6 |  Denmark (9 pts) |
Ole Olsen | 7 |
| Paul Rosenkilde | 2 | ||
| 7 |  Norway (9 pts) |
Øyvind S. Berg | 6 |
| Reidar Eide | 3 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
 Poland (? pts) |
Zbigniew Marcinkowski | ? |
| Wiktor Jastrzębski | ? | ||
| |
 Hungary (? pts) |
? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| |
 Czechoslovakia (21 pts) |
Petr Ondrasik | 11 |
| Jan Verner | 10 | ||
| 4 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 5 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 6 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 7 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
World final edit
| 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 | 6 | 14 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (11) Ray Wilson | 15+3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (12) Terry Betts | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2* | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Zealand
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24 | 8 | 16 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (13) Ivan Mauger | 14+F | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (14) Ronnie Moore | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sweden B
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22 | 8 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (7) Bernt Persson | 13+3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| (8) Hasse Holmqvist | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sweden A
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22 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (5) Anders Michanek | 15+2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (6) Bengt Jansson | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Poland
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15 | 6 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Zbigniew Marcinkowski | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | F | ||||||||||||||||
| (2) Wiktor Jastrzębski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia
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12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (3) Jan Holub I | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| (4) Jiri Stancl | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hungary
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6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (9) Ferenc Radacsi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (10) Pal Perenyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ "The World Pairs Final 1972". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "World Pairs reduced to farce". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 May 1972. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.