1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship

13th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship December 2023 December 2023 1982 World Pairs Championship 1981 1983 The 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Sydney, Australia, at the Liverpool City Raceway.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html World Pairs Championship 1968-1993 Edinburgh Speedway 11 July 2021Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5 The championship was won by Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz of the United States, who were undefeated on the night. Peter Collins and Kenny Carter of England finished second, with Hans Nielsen and Ole Olsen of Denmark third. As the host nation, Australia was seeded directly to the Final and were represented by Australian Champion Billy Sanders and Australian championship runner up Gary Guglielmi, both Sydney based riders who were riding on their home track. Australia finished in a disappointing fourth place. Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3) Polish SportoweFakty.pl 2009-08-03 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/03/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-3/ 2009-08-03 Despite motorcycle speedway having its origins in Australia as far back as the 1910s, the 1982 World Pairs Final was the first time Australia had held a Speedway World Final. 1982 was also the only time the World Pairs Championship was held outside of England or Europe. Preliminary round YUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško 2 May Pos. Team Rider Points1st HUN - 24Zoltan Adorjan 13Zoltan Hajdu 112nd ITA - 21 Armando Dal Chiele 12Francesko Biginato 93rd BUL - 20 Nikolaj Manev 10Veselin Markov 104 NED - 20Henny Kroeze 7Rudy Muts 135 YUG - 18Stefan Kekec 9Vlado Kocuvan 96 AUT - 17Adi Funk 10Herbert Scherecz 77 SUI - 6Romano Reutimann 5Paul Kaspar 1 Semifinal 1 DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens 5 June P1 DEN 7 Ole Olsen 3 3 3 2 3 2 8 Erik Gundersen 2 2 2 3 2 1 P2 NZL 1 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 Larry Ross 2 2 1 1 2 0 P3 FIN 11 Kai Niemi 2 2 2 3 3 3 12 Ari Koponen 3 3 0 0 2 0 4 SWE 5 Jan Andersson 1 3 2 2 3 2 6 Tommy Nilsson 0 2 0 1 2 3 5 FRG 9 Egon Müller 1 1 3 3 1 0 10 Georg Gilgenreiner 0 0 1 E 0 1 6 ITA 3 Francesco Biginato 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Armando Dal Chiele 0 0 0 2 F 3 7 BUL 13 Nikolaj Manev 0 1 2 1 E 2 14 Veselin Markov 1 0 0 0 1 0 Semifinal 2 CSK Markéta Stadium, Prague 5 June P1 ENG 7 Peter Collins 2 1 3 3 3 2 8 Kenny Carter 3 3 2 2 2 3 P2 USA 11 Bruce Penhall 2 3 2 2 2 0 12 Dennis Sigalos 3 2 3 3 3 1 P3 CSK 5 Aleš Dryml 1 3 3 1 3 3 6 Petr Ondrasik 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 HUN 9 Zoltan Hajdu 1 0 1 1 0 1 10 Zoltan Adorjan 0 2 2 3 3 0 5 POL 13 Edward Jancarz 3 1 3 1 0 3 14 Zenon Plech E 0 0 0 1 E 6 NOR 1 Dag Haaland 2 1 F 1 2 0 2 Roy Otto 1 2 1 0 1 1 7 NED 3 Henny Kroeze 3 1 X 2 1 2 4 Rudy Muts 0 E 1 E 0 1 World final AUS Liverpool City Raceway, Sydney 11 December Referee: AUS Sam Bass P1 USA 11 Bobby Schwartz 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 Dennis Sigalos 3 3 3 3 3 3 P2 ENG 5 Kenny Carter 0 1 2 0 2 2 6 Peter Collins 2 3 3 1 3 3 P3 DEN 13 Hans Nielsen 3 1 3 2 1 1 14 Ole Olsen 2 0 2 3 0 3 4 AUS 3 Billy Sanders 2 2 3 2 E 2 4 Gary Guglielmi 0 0 1 3 1 X 5 FIN 7 Kai Niemi 3 2 2 1 3 1 8 Ari Koponen 1 3 0 E 0 0 6 NZL 1 Larry Ross 1 1 1 0 X 2 2 Mitch Shirra 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 CSK 9 Aleš Dryml 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 Jiří Štancl 1 0 0 1 2 1 See also 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship 1982 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1982 in sports References 1982 World Pairs