1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship Explained

The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points).[2] [3]

Semifinal 1

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(54 pts) 11.Hans Nielsen (5,4,4,5,4,5) 27
12.Erik Gundersen (4,5,5,4,5,4) 27
(44 pts) 15.Mitch Shirra (5,5,4,2,5,2) 23
16.David Bargh (3,3,5,3,4,3) 21
(36 pts) 9.Wojciech Żabiałowicz (3,4,4,5,4,1) 21
10.Roman Jankowski (2,2,5,4,2,0) 15
4 (35 pts) 13.Kai Niemi (4,4,3,2,3,4) 20
14.Olli Tyrväinen (2,5,1,0,5,2) 15
5 (30 pts) 5.Jimmy Nilsen (5,3,0,1,3,5) 17
6.Per Jonsson (4,0,3,3,0,3) 13
6 (26 pts) 7.Angel Jeftimov (1,1,2,2,0,4) 10
8.Nikolaj Manev (0,3,1,5,2,5) 16
7 (20 pts) 3.Arne Svendsen (3,0,2,4,3,1) 13
4.Tor Einar Hielm (2,1,0,3,1,0) 7
8 (16 pts) 17.Thierry Hilaire (1,2,2,1,1,3) 9
18.Patrice Blondy (0,1,3,0,0,2) 7
9 (9 pts) 1.Czaba Lazar (1,0,1,1,2,1) 5
2.Artur Horvat (0,2,0,0,1,0) 4

Semifinal 2

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(49 pts) 26
23
(40 pts) 21
19
(38 pts) 23
15
4 (36 pts) 18
18
5 (25 pts) 15
10
6 (23 pts) 19
4
7 (23 pts) 17
6
8 (14 pts) 10
4
9 (14 pts) 9
5

World final

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(52 pts) Erik Gundersen (4,4,5,4,4,5) 26
Hans Nielsen (3,5,4,5,5,4) 26
(44 pts) Kelvin Tatum (5,5,5,5,3,1) 24
Simon Wigg (1,4,4,4,5,2) 20
(36 pts) Sam Ermolenko (3,0,5,2,5,3) 18
Kelly Moran (4,3,4,3,4,e) 18
4 (36 pts) David Bargh (2,3,3,5,3,4) 20
Mitch Shirra (5,1,2,4,1,3) 16
5 (30 pts) Roman Matoušek (2,1,3,2,3,5) 16
Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,2,2,3,2,2) 14
6 (19 pts) Olli Tyrväinen (5,4,0,e,2,0) 11
Kai Niemi (1,e,1,1,4,1) 8
7 (21 pts) Steve Baker (4,2,0,3,2,5) 16
Steve Regeling (0,e,1,2,0,2) 5
8 (18 pts) Armando Castagna (2,5,2,1,1,0) 11
Valentino Furlanetto (0,3,3,0,0,1) 7
9 (14 pts) Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,2,1,1,1,3) 8
Roman Jankowski (1,1,0,0,0,4) 6

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Pairs Championship 1968-1993. Edinburgh Speedway. 11 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4) . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-08-19 . 2009-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090822150934/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ . 2009-08-22 . live .
  3. News: Danes defeat spirited challenge . Sandwell Evening Mail . 29 June 1987 . 11 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .