1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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

1978 World Pairs Championship
Previous: 1977 Next: 1979

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
 Denmark (28 pts)Ole Olsen17
Finn Thomsen11
 New Zealand (25 pts)Ivan Mauger14
Larry Ross11
 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 Skretting1

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
 England (30 pts)Malcolm Simmons15
Gordon Kennett15
 Czechoslovakia (24 pts)Jiri Stancl13
Jan Verner11
 West Germany (22 pts)Hans Wasserman16
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) Jiri Stancl 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 Wasserman 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. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-07-16.


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