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1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship

5th official edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

Summary

5th official edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

The 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Hyde Road Speedway in Belle Vue, Manchester, England. The championship was won by Sweden (28 points) from Australia (23 pts) and New Zealand (21 pts). Host nation England, represented by Peter Collins and Dave Jessup, finished 4th with 21 points.

Swedish rider Anders Michanek, who successfully defended his World Pairs crown at this meeting, completed the double later in 1974 when he won the Individual World Championship.

Semifinal 1

YUG Mladost Stadum, Prelog
26 May

|5|Zenon Plech |3||2||3||2|||X|3||1b= |6|Edward Jancarz |2||3||2||3||3||2||2b= |13|Vladimir Gordeev |3||3||2||3||2||2||1b= |14|Viktor Kalmykov ||X|2||3||2||1||3||2b= |1|Jiri Stancl |3||2||1||2||2||2||1b= |2|Milan Spinka |2||1||0||3||3||3||2b= |3|Evald Babic |1|||-||-||-||-||-|1b= |4|Josip Francic |0||1||3||3||3||1||2b= |11|Janos Szöke |3||1||0||0||0||2| |12|Istvan Sziraczky ||X|0||1||1||1||3||2b= |9|Hubert Fischbacher |2||3||1||1||1||1| |10|Helmut Schippl ||F||-||-||-||-||-|2b= |7|Francesco Biginato |1||2||2||1||1||1| |8|Sandro Pastorelli |0||1||0||0||0||0|

Semifinal 2

FRG Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach
26 May

|11|Phil Crump |3||3||3||3||1||3||1b= |12|John Boulger |2||1||2||2||3||2||2b= |7|Ivan Mauger |3||3||2||3||3||1||1b= |8|Barry Briggs |1||2||1||1||2||0||2b= |3|Anders Michanek |2||1||0||3||2||2||1b= |4|Tommy Jansson |3||2||3||1||0||1||2b= |13|Ole Olsen |3||2||3||2||3||3||1b= |14|Finn Thomsen |1||0||1||0||0||0||2b= |5|Reidar Eide |2||3||3||1||1||1| |6|Dag Lövaas |0||0||2||0||2||0||2b= |9|Jim McMillan |0||1||2||2||1||3| |10|George Hunter |1||0||0||0||2||2||2b= |1|Gerhard Uhlenbrock |0||2||1||1||3||1| |2|Jürgen Hehlert |1||0||0||0||0||0|

World final

ENG Hyde Road, Manchester
13 July

|13|Anders Michanek |3||2||2||3||2||2||1b= |14|Sören Sjösten |2||3||1||2||3||3||2b= |3|John Boulger |2||2||1||1||2||1||1b= |4|Phil Crump |3||3||3||2||3||0||2b= |9|Barry Briggs |0|||E|0||0||2||2||1b= |10|Ivan Mauger |2||3||3||3||3||3||2b= |11|Peter Collins |1||1||3||3||1||3||1b= |12|Dave Jessup |3||0||2||2||0||1||2b= |7|Edward Jancarz |2||2||0||0||2||0| |8|Zenon Plech |3||1||2||1||3||2||2b= |5|Vladimir Gordeev |1||1||2||0||0||0| |6|Grigory Khlinovsky |0||0||3||1||1||1||2b= |1|Jan Hadek |0||0||1||1||1||0| |2|Jan Holub I |1||1||0||0||0||1|

References

(29 June 1974). "It's Ivan and me for pairs event".
Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
"World Pairs Championship 1968-1993".
Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
(2009-07-16). "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)". SportoweFakty.pl.
"Jürgen Hehlert: The first German Speedway Champion".

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