1969_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship

1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

2nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

The 1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial World Best Pairs Championship FIM. The final took place in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (27 points) and England (21 points).[2][3][4]

Western Zone Semifinal

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European Semifinal

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Final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(5) Ivan Mauger 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
(6) Bob Andrews 10 2 2 2 2 2 0
2  Sweden 27 10 20 27
(9) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 1 2
(10) Göte Nordin 12 2 2 2 2 3 1
3  England 21 10 14 21
(1) Nigel Boocock 11 3 3 1 2 0 2
(2) Martin Ashby 10 2 2 0 1 2 3
4  Denmark 15 5 9 15
(11) Ole Olsen 11 1 3 3 1 3 2
(12) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
5  Czechoslovakia 12 2 4 12
(3) Jan Holub 8 1 1 1 1 1 3
(4) Zdeněk Majstr 4 0 0 0 T 2 2
6  East Germany 9 3 5 9
(13) Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8 1 2 F 1 3 1
(14) Jochen Dinse 1 E 0 1 0 F
7  Bulgaria 8 2 4 8
(7) Petr Petkov 6 1 1 1 1 2 0
(8) Petar Iliev 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. [2]
    Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. [3]
    "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. [5]
    "Nigel gives England first place". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 August 1969. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "The World Pairs Final - 1969". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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