1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship

10th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship December 2023 December 2023 1979 World Pairs Championship 1978 1980 The 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the tenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 99 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html World Pairs Championship 1968-1993 Edinburgh Speedway 11 July 2021Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 27–28 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5 The final took place in Vojens, Denmark. The championship was won by host Denmark (25 points) who beat England (24 points) and Poland (20 points).https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8572/1979-world-pairs-final-vojens Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 11 July 2021 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 Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 87 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1 Preliminary round BUL Targovishte Speedway Stadium, Targovishte May 13 Pos. Team Rider Points1st HUN - 23+3 ? ?? ?2nd AUT - 23+2 ? ?? ?3rd FIN - 22 ? ?? ?4 NED - 21 ? ?? ?5 ITA - 19 ? ?? ?6 BUL - 10 ? ?? ?7 YUG - 8 ? ?? ? Semifinal 1 FRG Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut 9 June P1 AUS 11 Phil Crump 3 3 2 3 3 2 12 John Titman 2 2 3 2 0 3 P2 FIN 5 Kai Niemi 3 3 3 1 2 3 6 Ila Teromaa 2 1 2 0 1 2 P3 ENG 3 Michael Lee 3 2 3 E 2 3 4 Gordon Kennett 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 SWE 1 Jan Andersson 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 Bernt Persson 2 3 1 0 0 1 5 FRG 7 Georg Hack 0 3 2 2 3 1 8 Waldemar Bacik 1 E 0 0 2 0 6 NED 9 Rudi Muts 0 2 3 X 2 1 10 Frits Koppe 1 1 E 2 1 0 7 NOR 13 Tormod Langli 1 1 2 3 3 0 14 Reidar Eide 0 0 1 1 0 1 Semifinal 2 YUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana 10 June P1 POL 13 Edward Jancarz 3 3 2 3 2 3 14 Zenon Plech 2 1 0 2 3 2 P2 NZL 11 Ivan Mauger 1 E 3 3 3 3 12 Larry Ross 3 2 1 2 2 2 P3 USA 9 Kelly Moran 0 0 1 2 3 2 10 Bruce Penhall 2 3 3 3 2 1 4 CSK 7 Jiri Stancl 3 2 2 0 3 1 8 Jan Verner 1 1 3 1 1 0 5 HUN 1 Istvan Sziraczky 3 1 3 2 0 2 2 Laszlo Meszaros 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 AUT 5 Adi Funk 2 3 2 1 0 2 6 Frits Koppe E 2 0 0 1 0 7 YUG 3 Franc Zagar 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 Vlado Kocuvan 0 1 0 0 0 E World final DEN Speedway Center, Vojens 23 June American Kelly Moran did not start, because he was injured at official practice. His replacement Steve Gresham and the reserve rider Ron Preston were stuck at Heathrow Airport in England, forcing Penhall to ride alone. P1 DEN 11 Ole Olsen 2 3 2 3 2 3 12 Hans Nielsen 1 2 0 2 3 2 P2 ENG 1 Malcolm Simmons 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 Michael Lee 3 3 3 1 3 2 P3 POL 7 Edward Jancarz 1 3 3 2 3 1 8 Zenon Plech 2 0 1 3 1 0 4 AUS 9 Phil Crump 3 2 1 3 2 2 10 John Titman W 1 2 1 1 1 5 USA 5 Bruce Penhall 3 3 1 1 3 3 6 *Kelly Moran - - - - - - 6 NZL 13 Ivan Mauger 0 1 E X 2 3 14 Larry Ross 1 0 3 E E 2 7 FIN 3 Ila Teromaa 0 F - - - - 4 Kai Niemi 1 X 2 2 1 1 See also 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship 1979 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1979 in sports References 1979 World Pairs