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1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Bradford, England.[2] The championship was won by Denmark (45 points) who beat host team England (41 points) and United States (39 points).[3][4]

Semi final 1

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1  Denmark (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 23
Erik Gundersen 22
2  New Zealand (41 pts) Mitch Shirra 24
David Bargh 17
3  West Germany (40 pts) Gerd Riss 25
Karl Maier 15
4  Poland (34 pts) Piotr Swist 19
Roman Jankowski 15
5  Czechoslovakia (31 pts) Roman Matoušek 17
Antonín Kasper Jr. 13
6  Finland (31 pts) Kai Niemi 21
Olli Tyrväinen 10
7  Bulgaria (18 pts) Nikolaj Manev 9
Angel Eftimov 9
8  Norway (16 pts) Ingvar Skogland 10
Tor Einar Hielm 6
9  Netherlands (15 pts) Robert Jan Munnecom 8
Rene Elzinga 7

Semi final 2

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1  United States (50 pts) Sam Ermolenko 25
Shawn Moran 25
2  Sweden (43 pts) Per Jonsson 25
Jimmy Nilsen 18
3  Hungary (40 pts) Zoltán Adorján 23
Antal KocsoK 17
4  Italy (37 pts) Paolo Salvatelli 22
Valentino Furlanetto 15
5  Austria (32 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 20
Toni Pilotto 12
6  Australia (22 pts) Steve Regeling 12
Steve Baker 10
7  France (14 pts) Patrice Blondy 11
Alain Blondy 3
8  Belgium (10 pts) Geert Cools 8
Frans Cools 2
9  Yugoslavia (4 pts) Lazar Csaba 3
Artur Horvat 1

World final

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 27
Erik Gundersen 18
2nd  England (41 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Simon Cross 20
3rd  United States (39 pts) Shawn Moran 23
Sam Ermolenko 16
4  New Zealand (32 pts) Mitch Shirra 24
Alan Rivett* 8
5  Sweden (29 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 17
Per Jonsson 12
6  Hungary (25 pts) Antal Kocso 15
Zoltán Adorján 10
7  Italy (21 pts) Armando Castagna 17
Valentino Furlanetto 4
8  West Germany (21 pts) Gerd Riss 17
Tommy Dunker 4
9  Poland (17 pts) Piotr Świst 9
Roman Jankowski 8

* New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The World Pairs Final 1988". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Ice Cool Danes shock Brits". Western Daily Press. 1 August 1988. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.