1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1985 World Pairs Championship
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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]

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. Team Rider Points
 Italy (26 pts) Armando Castagna 17
Valentino Furlanetto 9
 Netherlands (24 pts) Henny Kroeze 17
Frits Koppe 7
 Hungary (19+3 pts) Zoltan Adorjan 13+3
Zoltan Hajdu 6
4  Norway (19+2 pts) Roy Otto 10+2
Einar Kyllingstad 9
5  Austria (17 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 13
Toni Pilotto 4
6  Bulgaria (11 pts) Orlin Janakiev 8
Stanislav Tzankov 3
7  Yugoslavia (10 pts) Artur Kocmut 6
Kreso Omerzel 4

Semifinal 1

Pos. Team Rider Points
 Denmark (28 pts) Erik Gundersen 16
Tommy Knudsen 12
 Australia (24 pts) Phil Crump 13
Steve Regeling 11
 New Zealand (24 pts) Mitch Shirra 14
Ivan Mauger 10
4  West Germany (19 pts) Karl Maier 14
Klaus Lausch 5
5  Austria (12 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 8
Toni Pilotto 4
6  Netherlands (11 pts) Henny Kroeze 7
Frits Koppe 4
7  Hungary (8 pts) Zoltan Adorjan 5
Zoltan Hajdu 3

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
 United States (27 pts) Shawn Moran 15
Bobby Schwartz 12
 England (24 pts) Kenny Carter 13
Kelvin Tatum 11
 Sweden (21 pts) Jan Andersson 14
Per Jonsson 7
4  Italy (17 pts) Armando Castagna 9
Valentino Furlanetto 8
5  Finland (15 pts) Kai Niemi 12
Ari Koponen 3
6  Czechoslovakia (14 pts) Antonin Kasper, Jr. 9
Ales Dryml, Sr. 5
7  Norway (8 pts) Einar Kyllingstad 7
Roy Otto 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  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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