1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points).[2][3]

Semifinal 1

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Pos. Team Rider Points
    Denmark (54 pts) 11.Hans Nielsen (5,4,4,5,4,5) 27
12.Erik Gundersen (4,5,5,4,5,4) 27
    New Zealand (44 pts) 15.Mitch Shirra (5,5,4,2,5,2) 23
16.David Bargh (3,3,5,3,4,3) 21
    Poland (36 pts) 9.Wojciech Żabiałowicz (3,4,4,5,4,1) 21
10.Roman Jankowski (2,2,5,4,2,0) 15
4   Finland (35 pts) 13.Kai Niemi (4,4,3,2,3,4) 20
14.Olli Tyrväinen (2,5,1,0,5,2) 15
5   Sweden (30 pts) 5.Jimmy Nilsen (5,3,0,1,3,5) 17
6.Per Jonsson (4,0,3,3,0,3) 13
6   Bulgaria (26 pts) 7.Angel Jeftimov (1,1,2,2,0,4) 10
8.Nikolaj Manev (0,3,1,5,2,5) 16
7   Norway (20 pts) 3.Arne Svendsen (3,0,2,4,3,1) 13
4.Tor Einar Hielm (2,1,0,3,1,0) 7
8   France (16 pts) 17.Thierry Hilaire (1,2,2,1,1,3) 9
18.Patrice Blondy (0,1,3,0,0,2) 7
9   Yugoslavia (9 pts) 1.Czaba Lazar (1,0,1,1,2,1) 5
2.Artur Horvat (0,2,0,0,1,0) 4

Semifinal 2

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Pos. Team Rider Points
    United States (49 pts) Shawn Moran 26
Kelly Moran 23
    England (40 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Simon Wigg 19
    Italy (38 pts) Valentino Furlanetto 23
Armando Castagna 15
4   Australia (36 pts) Steve Regeling 18
Steve Baker 18
5   Hungary (25 pts) Zoltan Adorjan 15
Jozsef Petrikovics 10
6   West Germany (23 pts) Karl Maier 19
Gerd Riss 4
7   Austria (23 pts) Toni Pilotto 17
Heinrich Schatzer 6
8   Netherlands (14 pts) Robert-Jan Munnecom 10
Will Stroes 4
9   Belgium (14 pts) Vital Cardeynaels 9
Geert Cools 5


World final

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Pos. Team Rider Points
    Denmark (52 pts) Erik Gundersen (4,4,5,4,4,5) 26
Hans Nielsen (3,5,4,5,5,4) 26
    England (44 pts) Kelvin Tatum (5,5,5,5,3,1) 24
Simon Wigg (1,4,4,4,5,2) 20
    United States (36 pts) Sam Ermolenko (3,0,5,2,5,3) 18
Kelly Moran (4,3,4,3,4,e) 18
4   New Zealand (36 pts) David Bargh (2,3,3,5,3,4) 20
Mitch Shirra (5,1,2,4,1,3) 16
5   Czechoslovakia (30 pts) Roman Matoušek (2,1,3,2,3,5) 16
Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,2,2,3,2,2) 14
6   Finland (19 pts) Olli Tyrväinen (5,4,0,e,2,0) 11
Kai Niemi (1,e,1,1,4,1) 8
7   Australia (21 pts) Steve Baker (4,2,0,3,2,5) 16
Steve Regeling (0,e,1,2,0,2) 5
8   Italy (18 pts) Armando Castagna (2,5,2,1,1,0) 11
Valentino Furlanetto (0,3,3,0,0,1) 7
9   Poland (14 pts) Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,2,1,1,1,3) 8
Roman Jankowski (1,1,0,0,0,4) 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Danes defeat spirited challenge". Sandwell Evening Mail. 29 June 1987. Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.