The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 18 June at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden.[1][2]

England won their sixth World Pairs Championship after Kenny Carter and Peter Collins scored 25 points. Australia, represented by Billy Sanders and Gary Guglielmi finished second on 24 points, while the two men who would go on to dominate Motorcycle Speedway for the next six years, Hans Nielsen and Erik Gundersen, rode Denmark to third place with 19 points.[3]

Heading into Heat 16 of the Final, Billy Sanders was the only unbeaten rider. He won the start from Guglielmi and out of form West German pair Egon Müller and Karl Maier when he unbelievably fell in turn 2 of the first lap. Although Guglielmi went on to win the re-run of the heat, the points lost as a result of Sanders exclusion ultimately cost Australia its first (and only) World Pairs Championship. While Australian referee Sam Bass had no hesitation in excluding Sanders, he had earlier allowed Peter Collins to re-start after video replays suggested that he fell with no help in the first turn of Heat 10 against Denmark. England went on to a 5-0 score in the heat after Nielsen was excluded from the re-start for falling off his bike over the tapes and Gundersen suffered engine failure a lap from the flag while leading the race.

Defending champions Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz (USA), finished fourth with 18 points. The USA had also won the World Pairs in 1981 with Bruce Penhall and Schwartz.

Preliminary round

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Hungary - 27 Zoltan Hajdu 14
Zoltan Adorjan 13
2nd  Netherlands - 21 Henny Kroeze 13
Frits Koppe 8
3rd  Bulgaria - 20 Nikolaj Manev 15
Veselin Markov 5
4  Italy - 18 Armando Dal Chiele 9
Valentino Furlanetto 9
5  Yugoslavia - 17 Kreso Omerzel 14
Joze Zibert 3
6  Austria - 15 Adi Funk 10
Robert Funk 5
7  Yugoslavia B - 8 Zvonko Pavlic 5
Artur Horvat 3

Semifinal 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
1  New Zealand 27 10 19 27
(7) Ivan Mauger 14 2 2 3 2 2 3
(8) Larry Ross 13 3 3 1 3 1 2
2  Australia 25 6 16 25
(5) Billy Sanders 15 0 3 3 3 3 3
(6) Gary Guglielmi 10 1 2 2 2 2 1
3  Denmark 23 6 13 23
(3) Hans Nielsen 13 3 1 2 3 2 2
(4) Erik Gundersen 10 2 0 0 2 3 3
4  Czechoslovakia 19 10 16 19
(13) Jiri Stancl 11 3 3 3 1 0 1
(14) Aleš Dryml 8 2 2 2 0 2 0
5  Poland 14 2 7 14
(1) Roman Jankowski 11 1 1 1 3 3 2
(2) Zenon Plech 3 0 0 0 1 2 0
6  Netherlands 9 4 7 9
(11) Henny Kroeze 9 3 1 2 1 1 1
(12) Henk Steman 0 0 0 0 E 0 T
7  Bulgaria 8 4 6 8
(9) Veselin Markov 4 1 0 1 1 1 0
(10) Nikolaj Manev 4 2 1 0 0 0 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

Semifinal 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 22
1 United States United States 28 8 18 28
(1) Bobby Schwartz 13 2 2 2 2 2 3
(2) Dennis Sigalos 15 1 3 3 3 3 2
2 England England 25 8 16 25
(3) Peter Collins 10 0 2 3 2 2 1
(4) Kenny Carter 15 3 3 2 1 3 3
3 West Germany West Germany 21 +3 9 15 21
(9) Egon Müller 14 3 3 2 3 F 3 3
(10) Karl Maier 7 2 1 1 0 1 2
4 Finland Finland 21 +E 6 14 21
(13) Kai Niemi 8 1 2 0 3 2 0
(14) Ari Koponen 13 0 3 3 2 3 2 E
5 Hungary Hungary 13 7 9 13
(7) Zoltan Adorjan 8 3 2 1 0 1 1
(8) Zoltan Hajdu 5 2 0 0 1 0 2
6 Norway Norway 10 2 6 10
(11) Tormod Langli 9 0 1 1 3 1 3
(12) Dag Haaland 1 1 F 0 0 0 0
7 Italy Italy 8 2 6 8
(5) Armando Dal Chiele 3 0 0 0 1 1 1
(6) Valentino Furlanetto 5 1 1 1 2 0 F
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 22

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

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 25 10 18 25
(9) Kenny Carter 15 2 3 3 2 2 3
(10) Peter Collins 10 3 2 2 1 1 1
2  Australia 24 10 17 24
(3) Billy Sanders 15 3 3 3 3 E 3
(4) Gary Guglielmi 9 2 2 1 0 3 1
3  Denmark 19 10 14 19
(13) Hans Nielsen 11 2 3 T 1 3 2
(14) Erik Gundersen 8 3 2 E 3 0 0
4  United States 18 2 10 18
(1) Dennis Sigalos 10 0 X 3 1 3 3
(2) Bobby Schwartz 8 1 1 2 2 0 2
5  Sweden 16 6 10 16
(7) Jan Andersson 12 3 1 2 2 1 3
(8) Pierre Brannefors 4 2 0 0 0 0 2
6  West Germany 12 2 8 12
(11) Karl Maier 6 0 1 3 0 2 X
(12) Egon Müller 6 1 0 0 3 1 1
7  New Zealand 11 2 6 11
(5) Larry Ross 4 0 1 1 1 1 0
(6) Ivan Mauger 7 1 0 X 2 2 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. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  3. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
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