1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Poland (maximum 30 points) who beat New Zealand (25 points) and Sweden (22 points).[5][6]

Semifinal 1
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Czechoslovakia (? pts)Václav Verner?
Pavel Mareš?
2nd Yugoslavia (? pts)Ivan Molan?
Draško Oršic?
3rd Austria (23 pts)Gunther Walla16
Josef Haider7
4? (? pts)??
??
5? (? pts)??
??
6? (? pts)??
??
7? (? pts)??
??

Semifinal 2
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st New Zealand (24 pts)Ivan Mauger16
Barry Briggs8
2nd Sweden (22 pts)Anders Michanek16
Sören Sjösten6
3rd Scotland (20 pts)George Hunter11
Jim McMillan9
4 England (19 pts)Ray Wilson13
Martin Ashby6
5 Australia (17 pts)John Boulger10
Jim Airey7
6 Norway (13 pts)Reidar Eide11
Øyvind S. Berg2
7 Denmark (11 pts)Ole Olsen10
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen1

World final
  • Poland Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium
  • 11 July 1971
  • Referee: West Germany Georg Traunsburger
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  Poland 30 10 20 30
(1) Andrzej Wyglenda 15 3 3 2 2 2 3
(2) Jerzy Szczakiel 15 2 2 3 3 3 2
2  New Zealand 25 10 19 25
(9) Ivan Mauger 12 3 2 1 3 0 3
(10) Barry Briggs 13 2 3 3 2 1 2
3  Sweden 22 6 13 22
(13) Anders Michanek 13 N 2 2 3 3 3
(14) Bernt Persson 9 1 3 0 2 2 1
4  Czechoslovakia 17 6 12 17
(3) Václav Verner 9 0 3 2 1 1 2
(4) Pavel Mareš 8 1 2 3 0 2 0
5  Scotland 16 2 8 16
(11) Jim McMillan 11 1 0 1 3 3 3
(12) George Hunter 5 0 1 N 2 0 2
6  Yugoslavia 10 6 8 10
(5) Ivan Molan 5 3 N 0 1 N 1
(6) Drasco Orsic 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
7  Austria 6 2 4 6
(7) Josef Haider 4 0 1 0 1 1 1
(8) Meinz Zimmerman 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
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

Notes:

Two Poles Antoni Woryna (No. 15) and Jan Mucha (No. 16) were track reserves, but they did not start.

See also

References
  1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  6. "Finał Mistrzostw Świata Par 1971" (in Polish). rLach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-09.


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