1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who they beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts).[1]

1985 World Pairs Championship
Previous: 1984 Next: 1986

The 1985 World Pairs Final was the last World Championship Final appearance of legendary New Zealand rider Ivan Mauger. In a career lasting almost 30 years, Mauger had won 15 World Championships, including a record 6 Individual World Championships, 4 World Team Cups, 3 Long Track World Championships and 2 World Pairs Championships.

Preliminary round
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
 Italy (26 pts)Armando Castagna17
Valentino Furlanetto9
 Netherlands (24 pts)Henny Kroeze17
Frits Koppe7
 Hungary (19+3 pts)Zoltan Adorjan13+3
Zoltan Hajdu6
4 Norway (19+2 pts)Roy Otto10+2
Einar Kyllingstad9
5 Austria (17 pts)Heinrich Schatzer13
Toni Pilotto4
6 Bulgaria (11 pts)Orlin Janakiev8
Stanislav Tzankov3
7 Yugoslavia (10 pts)Artur Kocmut6
Kreso Omerzel4

Semifinal 1
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
 Denmark (28 pts)Erik Gundersen16
Tommy Knudsen12
 Australia (24 pts)Phil Crump13
Steve Regeling11
 New Zealand (24 pts)Mitch Shirra14
Ivan Mauger10
4 West Germany (19 pts)Karl Maier14
Klaus Lausch5
5 Austria (12 pts)Heinrich Schatzer8
Toni Pilotto4
6 Netherlands (11 pts)Henny Kroeze7
Frits Koppe4
7 Hungary (8 pts)Zoltan Adorjan5
Zoltan Hajdu3

Semifinal 2
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
 United States (27 pts)Shawn Moran15
Bobby Schwartz12
 England (24 pts)Kenny Carter13
Kelvin Tatum11
 Sweden (21 pts)Jan Andersson14
Per Jonsson7
4 Italy (17 pts)Armando Castagna9
Valentino Furlanetto8
5 Finland (15 pts)Kai Niemi12
Ari Koponen3
6 Czechoslovakia (14 pts)Antonin Kasper, Jr.9
Aleš Dryml5
7 Norway (8 pts)Einar Kyllingstad7
Roy Otto1

World final
  • Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium
  • June 15
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  Denmark 29 10 19 29
(13) Erik Gundersen 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
(14) Tommy Knudsen 13 2 2 1 3 3 2
2  England 27 10 17 27
(9) Kenny Carter 14 3 2 2 2 2 3
(10) Kelvin Tatum 13 2 3 0 3 3 2
3  United States 22 6 16 22
(1) Bobby Schwartz 11 2 0 2 3 1 3
(2) Shawn Moran 11 3 1 3 2 0 2
4  New Zealand 15 4 10 15
(7) Ivan Mauger 8 0 1 3 E 1 3
(8) Mitch Shirra 7 3 0 2 1 0 1
5  Sweden 14 2 7 14
(11) Jan Andersson 10 0 1 1 3 3 2
(12) Per Jonsson 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
6  Australia 11 6 9 11
(5) Steve Regeling 6 2 1 1 0 1 1
(6) Phil Crump 5 1 2 0 2 0 0
7  Poland 8 4 6 8
(3) Andrzej Huszcza 4 0 3 1 0 0 F
(4) Grzegorz Dzikowski 4 1 0 0 1 1 1
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 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-03. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-03.


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