1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship December 2023 December 2023 1981 World Pairs Championship 1980 1982 The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html World Pairs Championship 1968-1993 Edinburgh Speedway 11 July 2021 The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by United States first time (23 points). American pair beat New Zealand (22 points) and Poland (21 points).Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2) Polish SportoweFakty.pl 2009-07-16 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/16/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-parczesc-2/ 2009-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003014352/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/16/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-parczesc-2/ 2009-10-03 live Świat Żużla, No 3 (59) 2004, page 44, 1429-3285Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5 The win by American's Bruce Penhall and Bobby Schwartz was the first time an American team or riders had won a World Championship in speedway since Jack Milne had won the 1937 World Final at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Later in 1981 Penhall would go on to win the Individual World Final at Wembley. Preliminary round YUG Mladost Stadum, Prelog 3 May Pos. Team Rider Points1st NOR – 21+3 Rolf Gramstad 17Ingvar Hauverstad 42nd YUG – 21+2 Stefan Kekec 15Vlado Kocuvan 63rd AUT – 20Adi Funk 9Herbert Szerecz 114 NED – 19Henny Kroeze 6Frits Koppe 135 HUN – 18Zoltán Adorján 16Isztvan Sziracky 26 BUL – 13Angel Jeftimov 8Nikolaj Manev 57 SUI – 11M.Gerard 8F.Ender 3 Semifinal 1 FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden 7 June 1 P1 FRG West Germany 7 Egon Müller 0 3 3 2 2 3 x 3 8 Georg Gilgenreiner 2 1 2 0 3 2 22 P2 ENG England 13 Chris Morton 2 3 2 3 0 2 14 Dave Jessup 3 1 3 1 3 0 x 2 22 P3 NZL New Zealand 3 Ivan Mauger 3 3 1 2 3 3 x 1 4 Larry Ross 2 2 0 1 2 1 22 4 SWE Sweden 5 Jan Andersson 3 0 3 2 2 0 6 Richard Hellsén 1 1 1 3 1 3 22 5 FIN Finland 9 Kai Niemi 3 2 1 E 3 1 10 Ari Koponen E 0 0 3 2 2 22 6 NOR Norway 11 Rolf Gramstad 2 2 2 E 1 1 12 Audun Ove Olsen 1 0 1 1 0 0 22 7 NED Nederlands 1 Henny Kroeze 1 E 2 3 E 1 2 Frits Koppe E 1 0 0 1 E 22 Semifinal 2 ITA Giavera del Montello Municipal Stadium, Treviso 7 June 1 P1 DEN Denmark 9 Ole Olsen 3 3 2 3 3 3 10 Hans Nielsen 2 2 3 2 2 1 22 P2 USA USA 3 Bruce Penhall 3 1 3 1 2 3 x 3 4 Bobby Schwartz 2 2 2 0 1 2 22 P3 CSK Czechoslovakia 5 Aleš Dryml Sr. 3 3 3 2 2 2 x 2 6 Jan Verner 2 0 1 1 3 0 22 4 AUS Australia 11 Billy Sanders 0 3 3 0 3 2 x 1 12 John Titman 1 2 2 3 0 3 22 5 ITA Italy 7 Giuseppe Marzotto 0 0 1 2 3 1 8 Mauro Ferraccioli 1 1 0 3 2 0 22 6 AUT Austria 1 Adi Funk 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 Walter Grübmüller 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 7 YUG Yugoslavia 13 Stefan Kekec 2 1 1 1 1 1 14 Vlado Kocuvan 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 World final 20 June 1981 POL Silesian Stadium, Chorzów P1 USA 1 Bruce Penhall 3 E 3 3 3 2 2 Bobby Schwartz 2 3 0 2 1 1 P2 NZL 3 Ivan Mauger 0 1 3 2 3 3 4 Larry Ross 1 3 2 0 2 2 P3 POL 7 Zenon Plech 3 3 1 3 3 2 8 Edward Jancarz 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 CSK 5 Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 0 2 3 3 2 6 Jan Verner 0 2 1 1 2 0 5 DEN 11 Ole Olsen 3 3 1 2 1 0 12 Hans Nielsen 2 2 0 0 0 3 6 ENG 9 Dave Jessup E 0 3 3 0 1 10 Chris Morton 1 1 2 1 2 3 7 FRG 13 Egon Müller 2 X - - - - 14 Georg Gilgenreiner 1 F - - - - See also 1981 Individual Speedway World Championship 1981 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1981 in sports References 1981 World Pairs