1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship

Preliminary round

• BUL Targovishte Speedway Stadium, Targovishte
• May 13

Semifinal 1

• FRG Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut
• 9 June

|11|Phil Crump |3||3||2||3||3||2||1b= |12|John Titman |2||2||3||2||0||3||2b= |5|Kai Niemi |3||3||3||1||2||3||1b= |6|Ila Teromaa |2||1||2||0||1||2||2b= |3|Michael Lee |3||2||3|||E|2||3||1b= |4|Gordon Kennett |0||0||1||3||1||2||2b= |1|Jan Andersson |1||2||0||1||3||0||1b= |2|Bernt Persson |2||3||1||0||0||1||2b= |7|Georg Hack |0||3||2||2||3||1| |8|Waldemar Bacik |1|||E|0||0||2||0| |2b= |9|Rudi Muts |0||2||3|||X|2||1| |10|Frits Koppe |1||1|||E|2||1||0||2b= |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

|13|Edward Jancarz |3||3||2||3||2||3||1b= |14|Zenon Plech |2||1||0||2||3||2||2b= |11|Ivan Mauger |1|||E|3||3||3||3||1b= |12|Larry Ross |3||2||1||2||2||2||2b= |9|Kelly Moran |0||0||1||2||3||2||1b= |10|Bruce Penhall |2||3||3||3||2||1||2b= |7|Jiri Stancl |3||2||2||0||3||1||1b= |8|Jan Verner |1||1||3||1||1||0||2b= |1|Istvan Sziraczky |3||1||3||2||0||2| |2|Laszlo Meszaros |2||0||1||0||1||0| |2b= |5|Adi Funk |2||3||2||1||0||2| |6|Frits Koppe ||E|2||0||0||1||0||2b= |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.

|11|Ole Olsen |2||3||2||3||2||3||1b= |12|Hans Nielsen |1||2||0||2||3||2||2b= |1|Malcolm Simmons |2||2||2||3||0||0||1b= |2|Michael Lee |3||3||3||1||3||2||2b= |7|Edward Jancarz |1||3||3||2||3||1||1b= |8|Zenon Plech |2||0||1||3||1||0||2b= |9|Phil Crump |3||2||1||3||2||2||1b= |10|John Titman ||W|1||2||1||1||1||2b= |5|Bruce Penhall |3||3||1||1||3||3| |6|*Kelly Moran| ||-||-||-||-||-||-|2b= |13|Ivan Mauger |0||1|||E||X|2||3| |14|Larry Ross |1||0||3|||E||E|2||2b= |3|Ila Teromaa |0|||F||-||-||-||- |4|Kai Niemi |1|||X|2||2||1||1|

References

References

1. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
2. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993".
3. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
4. "Speedway riders, history and results".
5. (2009-07-16). "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)". SportoweFakty.pl.
6. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.