1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventeenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2] The final took place at the Rottalstadion in Pocking, West Germany. The championship was won by Denmark who beat United States after Run-Off (both 46 points). Bronze medal was won by Czechoslovakia (32 points).[3]
Semifinal 1
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo- 11 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 England (49 pts) |
Simon Wigg | 27 |
| Kenny Carter | 22 | ||
 |
 United States (41 pts) |
Shawn Moran | 25 |
| Bobby Schwartz | 16 | ||
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 Australia (41 pts) |
Phil Crump | 22 |
| Steve Regeling | 19 | ||
| 4 |  Italy (37 pts) |
Armando Castagna | 21 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 16 | ||
| 5 |  Hungary (29 pts) |
Zoltán Adorján | 17 |
| Sándor Tihanyi | 12 | ||
| 6 | Italy B (29 pts) |
Paolo Salvatelli | 21 |
| Francisco Biginato | 8 | ||
| 7 |  Austria (15 pts) |
Toni Pilotto | 12 |
| Heinrich Schatzer | 3 | ||
| 8 |  Netherlands (14 pts) |
Frits Koppe | 12 |
| Henny Kroeze | 4 | ||
| 9 |  Norway (11 pts) |
Ingvar Skogland | 6 |
Arnt Forland |
5 |
Semifinal 2
Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice- 18 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Denmark (52 pts) |
Hans Nielsen | 27 |
| Erik Gundersen | 25 | ||
|
 Sweden (45 pts) |
Jan Andersson | 24 |
| Tommy Nilsson | 23 | ||
|
 Czechoslovakia (39 pts) |
Roman Matoušek | 22 |
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 17 | ||
| 4 |  New Zealand (34.5 pts) |
Mitch Shirra | 17.5 |
| Larry Ross | 17 | ||
| 5 |  Poland (30.5 pts) |
Roman Jankowski | 16.5 |
| Wojciech Żabiałowicz | 14 | ||
| 6 |  Finland (30 pts) |
Kai Niemi | 19 |
| Ari Koponen | 11 | ||
| 7 |  Yugoslavia (20 pts) |
Krešo Omerzel | 12 |
| Zvonko Pavlic | 8 | ||
| 8 |  Bulgaria (14 pts) |
Nikolaj Manev | 7 |
| Angel Jeftimov | 7 | ||
| 9 |  France (8 pts) |
Patrice Blondy | 6 |
| Thierry Hilaire | 2 |
World final
Rottalstadion, Pocking- 11 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Denmark (46+5 pts) |
Hans Nielsen (5,4,5,4,4,5) | 27+5 |
| Erik Gundersen (e,5,e,5,5,4) | 19 | ||
|
United States (46+4 pts) |
Kelly Moran (3,5,3,5,4,3) | 23+4 |
| Sam Ermolenko (4,4,4,4,5,2) | 23 | ||
|
Czechoslovakia (32 pts) |
Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,5,5,5,5,1) | 22 |
| Roman Matoušek (2,1,4,x,3,0) | 10 | ||
| 4 | Sweden (32 pts) |
Jan Andersson (4,3,5,1,2,2) | 17 |
| Tommy Nilsson (5,1,1,2,3,3) | 15 | ||
| 5 | New Zealand (32 pts) |
Larry Ross (3,3,3,3,4,4) | 20 |
| Mitch Shirra (4,2,2,4,x,x) | 12 | ||
| 6 |  West Germany (27 pts) |
Karl Maier (3,4,4,3,3,5) | 22 |
| Klaus Lausch (2,0,0,1,1,1) | 5 | ||
| 7 | England (23 pts) |
Jeremy Doncaster (5,2,2,1,0,2) | 12 |
| Simon Wigg (0,3,0,3,2,3) | 11 | ||
| 8 | Italy (15 pts) |
Valentino Furlanetto (1,1,0,0,1,5) | 8 |
| Armando Castagna (0,0,1,2,0,4) | 7 | ||
| 9 | Australia (15 pts) |
Phil Crump (2,2,3,0,2,1) | 10 |
| Steve Regeling (1,0,2,2,f,-) | 5 |
See also
- 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
- 1986 Speedway World Team Cup
- motorcycle speedway
- 1986 in sports
References
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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