1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Bradford, England.[2] The championship was won by Denmark (45 points) who beat host team England (41 points) and United States (39 points).[3][4]
Semi final 1
- Altes Stadion, Abensberg
- 23 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark (45 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 23 |
| Erik Gundersen | 22 | ||
| 2 | New Zealand (41 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 24 |
| David Bargh | 17 | ||
| 3 | West Germany (40 pts) | Gerd Riss | 25 |
| Karl Maier | 15 | ||
| 4 | Poland (34 pts) | Piotr Swist | 19 |
| Roman Jankowski | 15 | ||
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (31 pts) | Roman Matoušek | 17 |
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 13 | ||
| 6 | Finland (31 pts) | Kai Niemi | 21 |
| Olli Tyrväinen | 10 | ||
| 7 | Bulgaria (18 pts) | Nikolaj Manev | 9 |
| Angel Eftimov | 9 | ||
| 8 | Norway (16 pts) | Ingvar Skogland | 10 |
| Tor Einar Hielm | 6 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands (15 pts) | Robert Jan Munnecom | 8 |
| Rene Elzinga | 7 |
Semi final 2
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (50 pts) | Sam Ermolenko | 25 |
| Shawn Moran | 25 | ||
| 2 | Sweden (43 pts) | Per Jonsson | 25 |
| Jimmy Nilsen | 18 | ||
| 3 | Hungary (40 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 23 |
| Antal KocsoK | 17 | ||
| 4 | Italy (37 pts) | Paolo Salvatelli | 22 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 15 | ||
| 5 | Austria (32 pts) | Heinrich Schatzer | 20 |
| Toni Pilotto | 12 | ||
| 6 | Australia (22 pts) | Steve Regeling | 12 |
| Steve Baker | 10 | ||
| 7 | France (14 pts) | Patrice Blondy | 11 |
| Alain Blondy | 3 | ||
| 8 | Belgium (10 pts) | Geert Cools | 8 |
| Frans Cools | 2 | ||
| 9 | Yugoslavia (4 pts) | Lazar Csaba | 3 |
| Artur Horvat | 1 |
World final
- Odsal Stadium, Bradford
- 31 July
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (45 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 27 | |
| Erik Gundersen | 18 | ||
| England (41 pts) | Kelvin Tatum | 21 | |
| Simon Cross | 20 | ||
| United States (39 pts) | Shawn Moran | 23 | |
| Sam Ermolenko | 16 | ||
| 4 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 24 |
| Alan Rivett* | 8 | ||
| 5 | Sweden (29 pts) | Jimmy Nilsen | 17 |
| Per Jonsson | 12 | ||
| 6 | Hungary (25 pts) | Antal Kocso | 15 |
| Zoltán Adorján | 10 | ||
| 7 | Italy (21 pts) | Armando Castagna | 17 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 4 | ||
| 8 | West Germany (21 pts) | Gerd Riss | 17 |
| Tommy Dunker | 4 | ||
| 9 | Poland (17 pts) | Piotr Świst | 9 |
| Roman Jankowski | 8 |
* New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh
See also
- 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship
- 1988 Speedway World Team Cup
- motorcycle speedway
- 1988 in sports
References
- ^ "The World Pairs Final 1988". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Ice Cool Danes shock Brits". Western Daily Press. 1 August 1988. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.