1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by the host country Sweden (24 points). The silver medal was won by Denmark who beat Poland after a run-off (both 21 points).[5]

Semifinal 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 22
1 Poland Poland 30 10 20 30
(1) Zenon Plech 13 3 2 2 2 2 2
(2) Henryk Glücklich 17 2 3 3 3 3 3
2 Soviet Union USSR 22 +3 6 13 22
(3) Vladimir Gordeev 12 1 3 3 0 2 3 3
(4) Anatoly Kuzmin 10 0 2 2 2 3 1
3 Czechoslovakia CSK 22 +2 10 16 22
(9) Jiří Štancl 12 3 2 2 1 1 3 2
(10) Petr Ondrašík 10 2 3 X 3 E 2
4 Hungary Hungary 11 6 8 11
(7) Tibor Danka 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
(8) Sandor Domokos 7 3 0 E 1 1 2
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6 2 4 6
(5) Drasko Orsic 0 0 0 E 0 0 E
(6) Stefan Kekec 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Austria Austria 5 2 4 5
(11) Gunther Walla 2 1 1 0 - - -
(12) Josef Haider 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
- Poland Poland B 22 6 15 22
(13) Stanislaw Kasa 11 0 2 1 3 3 2
(14) Marian Zaranek 11 1 3 3 2 2 0
- Poland track reserve 7 0 3 7
(15) Andrzej Koselski 7
(16) - 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 22

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

Semifinal 2
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 22
1 Denmark Denmark 23 +3 6 14 23
(1) Ole Olsen 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
(2) Kurt Bøgh 5 0 0 2 0 2 1
2 New Zealand New Zealand 23 +2 7 15 23
(3) Ivan Mauger 17 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
(4) Graeme Stapleton 6 1 1 1 1 2 0
3 Norway Norway 22 7 15 22
(13) Reidar Eide 12 2 3 0 3 3 1
(14) Dag Lövaas 10 1 1 3 2 1 2
4 England England 19 7 15 19
(11) Terry Betts 9 3 E 2 3 0 1
(12) Ray Wilson 10 2 2 1 2 1 2
5 Sweden Sweden 18 10 13 18
(7) Christer Löfqvist 6 2 2 0 E 2 0
(8) Bernt Persson 12 3 3 2 1 X 3
6 Scotland Scotland 11 2 7 11
(9) George Hunter 6 1 1 2 E 0 2
(10) Bobby Beaton 5 0 0 1 2 1 1
7 Australia Australia 10 3 5 10
(5) John Boulger 7 1 X 1 0 2 3
(6) John Titman 3 0 2 0 1 0 X
- England track reserve 0 0 0 0
(15) Bobby Collins 0
(16) - 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 22

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

World 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  Sweden 24 10 18 24
(13) Anders Michanek 15 2 3 3 2 3 2
(14) Tommy Jansson 9 3 2 2 1 0 1
2  Denmark 21 6 13 21
(3) Ole Olsen 18+3 3 3 3 3 3 3
(4) Kurt Bøgh 3 0 0 0 1 2 0
3  Poland 21 9 15 21
(7) Zenon Plech 14+2 3 3 2 3 X 3
(8) Zbigniew Marcinkowski 7 1 2 1 E 2 1
4  Soviet Union 20 5 12 20
(5) Vladimir Gordeev 10 2 2 0 2 1 3
(6) Anatoly Kuzmin 10 0 1 2 3 2 2
5  Norway 17 4 11 17
(1) Reidar Eide 9 1 1 1 3 3 E
(2) Dag Lövaas 8 2 0 3 0 0 3
6  Czechoslovakia 11 4 7 11
(9) Jiří Štancl 9 2 1 1 2 2 1
(10) Petr Ondrašík 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
7  New Zealand 10 4 7 10
(11) Ivan Mauger 8 3 1 2 X X 2
(12) Graeme Stapleton 2 0 0 1 X 1 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

See also

References
  1. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  5. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
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