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1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. 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).

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.width=160pxTeamwidth=170pxRiderwidth=40pxPoints
P1}}[[File:Gold medal icon.svg1st]]
Ingvar Hauverstad
P2}}[[File:Silver medal icon.svg2nd]]
Vlado Kocuvan
P3}}[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg3rd]]
Herbert Szerecz
4
Frits Koppe
5
Isztvan Sziracky
6
Nikolaj Manev
7
F.Ender

Semifinal 1

  • FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
  • 7 June

|7|Egon Müller |0||3||3||2||2||3||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=3 |8|Georg Gilgenreiner |2||1||2||0||3||2| |13|Chris Morton |2||3||2||3||0||2| |14|Dave Jessup |3||1||3||1||3||0| |2.22h=x|2.22p=2 |3|Ivan Mauger |3||3||1||2||3||3||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=1 |4|Larry Ross |2||2||0||1||2||1||2b= |5|Jan Andersson |3||0||3||2||2||0||1b= |6|Richard Hellsén |1||1||1||3||1||3| |9|Kai Niemi |3||2||1|||E|3||1||1b= |10|Ari Koponen ||E|0||0||3||2||2||2b= |11|Rolf Gramstad |2||2||2|||E|1||1| |12|Audun Ove Olsen |1||0||1||1||0||0||2b= |1|Henny Kroeze |1|||E|2||3|||E|1|| 1b= |2|Frits Koppe ||E|1||0||0||1|||E| 2b=

Semifinal 2

  • ITA Giavera del Montello Municipal Stadium, Treviso
  • 7 June

|9|Ole Olsen |3||3||2||3||3||3||1b= |10|Hans Nielsen |2||2||3||2||2||1| |3|Bruce Penhall |3||1||3||1||2||3| |1.22h=x|1.22p=3 |4|Bobby Schwartz |2||2||2||0||1||2| |5|Aleš Dryml Sr. |3||3||3||2||2||2||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=2 |6|Jan Verner |2||0||1||1||3||0||2b= |11|Billy Sanders |0||3||3||0||3||2||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=1 |12|John Titman |1||2||2||3||0||3| |7|Giuseppe Marzotto |0||0||1||2||3||1||1b= |8|Mauro Ferraccioli |1||1||0||3||2||0||2b= |1|Adi Funk |1||3||2||0||1||1| |2|Walter Grübmüller |0||0||0||1||0||0||2b= |13|Stefan Kekec |2||1||1||1||1||1|| 1b= |14|Vlado Kocuvan |1||0||0||0||0||0|| 2b=

World final

  • 20 June 1981
  • POL Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

|1|Bruce Penhall |3|||E|3||3||3||2||1b= |2|Bobby Schwartz |2||3||0||2||1||1||2b= |3|Ivan Mauger |0||1||3||2||3||3||1b= |4|Larry Ross |1||3||2||0||2||2||2b= |7|Zenon Plech |3||3||1||3||3||2||1b= |8|Edward Jancarz |1||2||0||2||0||1||2b= |5|Aleš Dryml Sr. |2||0||2||3||3||2||1b= |6|Jan Verner |0||2||1||1||2||0||2b= |11|Ole Olsen |3||3||1||2||1||0| |12|Hans Nielsen |2||2||0||0||0||3||2b= |9|Dave Jessup ||E|0||3||3||0||1| |10|Chris Morton |1||1||2||1||2||3||2b= |13|Egon Müller |2|||X||-||-||-||- |14|Georg Gilgenreiner |1|||F||-||-||-||-

References

References

  1. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993".
  2. (2009-07-16). "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)". SportoweFakty.pl.
  3. ''Świat Żużla'', No 3 (59) 2004, page 44, {{ISSN. 1429-3285
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
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