The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual motorcycle speedway event held annually in different countries.[1][2] The first competition was held in 1968, and the final competition was held in 1993.[3][4][5][6] In 1994, it was merged with the World Team Cup to create the Speedway World Cup, which held its final edition in 2017.
| Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Ceased | 1993 |
| Replaced by | Speedway of Nations |
| Continent | World |
| Most titles | Hans Nielsen (7 times) Denmark (8 times) |
The concept of an international pairs championship was re-established in the form of the Speedway of Nations, held for the first time in 2018.[7]
Rules edit
The final was competed between seven national teams, and two riders represented each national team. Each pairing rode against each other once. The pair with the highest combined score were declared the Champions. From 1991, a third rider could act as a reserve.[8]
Winners edit
Medal classification edit
| Pos | National Team | Total |  |
 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Denmark |
17 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 2. |  Great Britain/ England |
17 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 3. |  Sweden |
14 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4. |  United States |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. |  New Zealand |
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 6. |  Poland |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. |  Australia |
3 | - | 3 | - |
| 8. |  Norway |
2 | - | - | 2 |
| =9. |  Czechoslovakia |
1 | - | - | 1 |
| =9. |  West Germany |
1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Team | Total | |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hans Nielsen | Denmark
|
11 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | Erik Gundersen | Denmark
|
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. | Peter Collins | England
|
5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 4. | Anders Michanek | Sweden
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Malcolm Simmons | England
|
4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6. | Ivan Mauger | New Zealand
|
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 7. | Tommy Jansson | Sweden
|
3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8. | Bobby Schwartz | United States
|
3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9. | Jan O. Pedersen | Denmark
|
2 | 2 | ||
| 10. | Ole Olsen | Denmark
|
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
See also edit
- Motorcycle speedway
- Speedway of Nations, the current incarnation of the World Pairs Championship
References edit
- ^ "Best Pairs International Championship FIM". Historis Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.