1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1978 World Pairs Championship
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The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points).

Semifinal 1

• Skien
• June 11

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Denmark (28 pts)	Ole Olsen	17
		Finn Thomsen	11
	New Zealand (25 pts)	Ivan Mauger	14
		Larry Ross	11
	Sweden (22 pts)	Anders Michanek	15
		Jan Andersson	7
4	Australia (17 pts)	Phil Crump	11
		Phil Herne	6
5	Finland (15 pts)	Ilkka Teromaa	10
		Kai Niemi	5
6	Netherlands (12 pts)	Henny Kroeze	6
		Rudi Muts	6
7	Norway (6 pts)	Audun Ove Olsen	5
		Trond Skretting	1

Semifinal 2

• Debrecen
• June 11

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	England (30 pts)	Malcolm Simmons	15
		Gordon Kennett	15
	Czechoslovakia (24 pts)	Jiri Stancl	13
		Jan Verner	11
	West Germany (22 pts)	Hans Wasserman	16
		Georg Hack	6
4	Italy (17 pts)	Giuseppe Marzotto	11
		Mauro Ferracioli	6
5	Hungary (16 pts)	Istvan Sziraczky	12
		Janos Oresko	4
6	Austria (10 pts)	Adi Funk	7
		Walter Grubmuller	3
7	Yugoslavia (3 pts)	Djuro Fleten	2
		Josef Mauser	1

World final

• Chorzów, Silesian Stadium
• June 25

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	England	24							9							16							24
	(5) Malcolm Simmons	15+3		3			3			0					3				3			3
	(6) Gordon Kennett	9		2			1			3					1				1			1
2	New Zealand	24							10							16							24
	(1) Ivan Mauger	12+2	3			2				2			1				3			1
	(2) Larry Ross	12	2			3				1			2				2			2
3	Denmark	21							8							13							21
	(11) Ole Olsen	16			2				3				3		2			3					3
	(12) Finn Thomsen	5			1				2				0		E			1					1
4	Czechoslovakia	18							3							11							18
	(3) Jiri Stancl	9	1				0				1			2				2			3
	(4) Jan Verner	9	0				2				2			3				0			2
5	Poland	15							4							10							15
	(7) Edward Jancarz	13		1				2			3					2				3			2
	(8) Bolesław Proch	2		0				1			0					1				0			0
6	West Germany	13							2							10							13
	(13) Georg Hack	8				1			1			3				3			0		0
	(14) Hans Wasserman	5				0			0			2				0			2		1
7	Sweden	11							6							8							11
	(9) Börje Klingberg	1			0			0				0		1			0					0
	(10) Jan Andersson	10			3			3				1		E			1					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

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

• 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1978 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1978 in sports