1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship, held on 20 July 1991.[1] The final took place in Poznań, Poland.[2] The championship was won by Denmark (28 points) who beat Sweden (24 points) and Norway (19 points).[3][4]
Semi final 1
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Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice- 16 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden (27 pts) |
Per Jonsson | 14 |
| Henka Gustafsson | 13 | ||
| 2 |  Norway (20 pts) |
Lars Gunnestad | 14 |
| Einar Kyllingstad | 6 | ||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (20 pts) |
Bohumil Brhel | 16 |
| Zdeněk Tesař | 4 | ||
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0 | ||
| 4 |  England (19 pts) |
Kelvin Tatum | 9 |
| Gary Havelock | 6 | ||
| Jeremy Doncaster | 4 | ||
| 5 |  Australia (18 pts) |
Glenn Doyle | 8 |
| Todd Wiltshire | 5 | ||
| Leigh Adams | 5 | ||
| 6 |  Hungary (16 pts) |
Zoltán Adorján | 8 |
| Sándor Tihanyi | 8 | ||
| 7 |  Austria (6 pts) |
Franz Leitner | 5 |
| Andreas Bössner | 1 | ||
| Toni Pilotto | 0 |
Semi final 2
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Rottalstadion, Pocking- 16 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark (26 pts) |
Hans Nielsen | 14 |
| Tommy Knudsen | 12 | ||
| 2 |  Italy (20+3 pts) |
Armando Castagna | 16+3 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 4 | ||
| 3 | Germany (20+2 pts) |
Gerd Riss | 12 |
| Klaus Lausch | 7+2 | ||
| Tommy Dunker | 1 | ||
| 4 |  United States (19 pts) |
Ronnie Correy | 12 |
| Sam Ermolenko | 7 | ||
| 5 |  New Zealand (17 pts) |
Mitch Shirra | 15 |
| Gary Allan | 2 | ||
| 6 |  Soviet Union (14 pts) |
Rif Saitgareev | 9 |
| Oleg Kurguskin | 5 | ||
| Mikhail Starostin | 0 | ||
| 7 |  Finland (10 pts) |
Juha Moksunen | 5 |
| Vesa Ylinen | 5 |
World final
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Olimpia Poznań Stadium, Poznań- 20 July
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
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Denmark (28 pts) |
Hans Nielsen | 14 |
| Jan O. Pedersen | 14 | ||
| Tommy Knudsen | — | ||
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Sweden (24 pts) |
Henrik Gustafsson | 9 |
| Jimmy Nilsen | 8 | ||
| Per Jonsson | 7 | ||
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Norway (19 pts) |
Lars Gunnestad | 11 |
| Einar Kyllingstad | 8 | ||
| Tor Einar Hielm | — | ||
| 4 | Germany (18 pts) |
Gerd Riss | 9 |
| Klaus Lausch | 9 | ||
| Tommy Dunker | — | ||
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (18 pts) |
Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
| Roman Matoušek | 6 | ||
| Zdeněk Tesař | 0 | ||
| 6 | Italy (10 pts) |
Armando Castagna | 9 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 1 | ||
| Fabrizio Vesprini | 0 | ||
| 7 | Poland (9 pts) |
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz | 5 |
| Piotr Świst | 3 | ||
| Wojciech Załuski | 1 |
See also
[edit]- 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship
- 1991 Speedway World Team Cup
- motorcycle speedway
- 1991 in sports
References
[edit]- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway World Pairs". Sunday Mirror. 21 July 1991. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ "'For the Record' (1991)". The Times. 22 July 1991. Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
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