12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship
1981 World Pairs Championship
The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by United States first time (23 points). American pair beat New Zealand (22 points) and Poland (21 points).[2][3][4]
The win by American's Bruce Penhall and Bobby Schwartz was the first time an American team or riders had won a World Championship in speedway since Jack Milne had won the 1937 World Final at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Later in 1981 Penhall would go on to win the Individual World Final at Wembley.
Preliminary round
Mladost Stadum, Prelog - 3 May
Semifinal 1
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 | 29 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 29 | |
(9) Ole Olsen | 17 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
(10) Hans Nielsen | 12 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | |
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2 | USA | 22 +3 | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | 22 | |
(3) Bruce Penhall | 13 | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 3 |
(4) Bobby Schwartz | 9 | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | |
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3 | Czechoslovakia | 22 +2 | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | 22 | |
(5) Aleš Dryml Sr. | 15 | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | 2 |
(6) Jan Verner | 7 | | 2 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 0 | | |
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4 | Australia | 22 +1 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | 22 | |
(11) Billy Sanders | 11 | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | 0 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | 1 |
(12) John Titman | 11 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | 3 | |
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5 | Italy | 14 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 14 | |
(7) Giuseppe Marzotto | 7 | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | 1 | |
(8) Mauro Ferraccioli | 7 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 0 | |
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6 | Austria | 9 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 9 | |
(1) Adi Funk | 8 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | |
(2) Walter Grübmüller | 1 | 0 | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | |
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7 | Yugoslavia | 8 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | |
(13) Stefan Kekec | 7 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
(14) Vlado Kocuvan | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | 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 | 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
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
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 3 (59) 2004, page 44, ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.