The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3] The final took place in Chorzów, [oland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points).[4]

Semifinal 1

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (28 pts) Ole Olsen 17
Finn Thomsen 11
2nd  New Zealand (25 pts) Ivan Mauger 14
Larry Ross 11
3rd  Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 15
Jan Andersson 7
4  Australia (17 pts) Phil Crump 11
Phil Herne 6
5  Finland (15 pts) Ila Teromaa 10
Kai Niemi 5
6  Netherlands (12 pts) Henny Kroeze 6
Rudi Muts 6
7  Norway (6 pts) Audun Ove Olsen 5
Trond Helge Skretting 1

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  England (30 pts) Malcolm Simmons 15
Gordon Kennett 15
2nd  Czechoslovakia (24 pts) Jiří Štancl 13
Jan Verner 11
3rd  West Germany (22 pts) Hans Wassermann 16
Georg Hack 6
4  Italy (17 pts) Giuseppe Marzotto 11
Mauro Ferracioli 6
5  Hungary (16 pts) Istvan Sziraczky 12
Janos Oresko 4
6  Austria (10 pts) Adi Funk 7
Walter Grubmuller 3
7  Yugoslavia (3 pts) Djuro Fleten 2
Josef Mauser 1

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) Jiří Štancl 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 Wassermann 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. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.


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