1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland.^[1] The championship was won by Denmark (48 points)^[2] who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points).^{[3] [4]}

Semi final 1

• Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup
• 9 July

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
1	Denmark (48 pts)	Hans Nielsen	25
		Erik Gundersen	23
2	Sweden (41 pts)	Henka Gustafsson	23
		Jimmy Nilsen	18
3	Finland (34 pts)	Kai Niemi	24
		Olli Tyrväinen	10
4	Australia (32 pts)	Troy Butler	23
		Stephen Davies	9
5	Norway (31 pts)	Lars Gunnestad	21
		Einar Kyllingstad	10
6	New Zealand (31 pts)	Mitch Shirra	20
		Gary Allan	11
7	Soviet Union (30 pts)	Vladimir Trofimov	15
		Rif Saitgareev	15
8	Netherlands (17 pts)	Rene Elzinga	10
		Ron Koppe	7
9	Belgium (6 pts)	Frans Cools	3
		Geert Cools	3

Semi final 2

• Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana
• 9 July

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
1	West Germany (47 pts)	Gerd Riss	24
		Karl Maier	24
2	Hungary (43 pts)	Zoltán Adorján	22
		Antal Kocso	21
3	Czechoslovakia (38 pts)	Roman Matoušek	23
		Petr Vandírek	15
4	Italy (38 pts)	Armando Castagna	23
		Valentino Furlanetto	15
5	United States (37 pts)	Lance King	19
		Rick Miller	18
6	Bulgaria (19 pts)	Giorgi Petranov	13
		Zacharia Jordanov	6
7	Austria (18 pts)	Heinrich Schatzer	11
		Walter Nebel	7
8	Yugoslavia (17 pts)	Gregor Pintar	17
		Artur Horvat	2
9	France (12 pts)	Thierry Hillaire	12
		Joel Tresarrieu	0

World final

• Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
• 5 August

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Denmark (48 pts)	Hans Nielsen	28
		Erik Gundersen	20
	Sweden (44 pts)	Jimmy Nilsen	23
		Per Jonsson	21
	England (37 pts)	Kelvin Tatum	21
		Paul Thorp	16
4	West Germany (36 pts)	Karl Maier	22
		Gerd Riss	14
5	Finland (31 pts)	Kai Niemi	18
		Olli Tyrväinen	13
6	Hungary (22 pts)	Antal Kocso	14
		Zoltán Adorján	8
7	Czechoslovakia (25 pts)	Bohumil Brhel	14
		Zdeněk Tesař	11
8	Italy (15 pts)	Armando Dal Chiele	9
		Valentino Furlanetto	6
9	Poland (11 pts)	Piotr Świst	11
		Roman Jankowski	0

See also

• 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1989 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1989 in sports

References

1. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. "Tatum targets Munich". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1989. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.