The 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place in Manchester, England and was sponsored by Kawasaki. The championship was won by host England (28 points) who beat Sweden and West Germany (both 18 points).[5]

Semifinal 1

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  Sweden 25 8 17 25
(13) Bernt Persson 14 3 2 3 2 3 1
(14) Anders Michanek 11 2 1 1 3 2 2
2  New Zealand 23 6 13 23
(11) Ivan Mauger 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
(12) Larry Ross 5 0 0 0 1 2 2
3  Czechoslovakia 21 8 13 21
(9) Jan Verner 12 1 3 2 1 3 2
(10) Jiří Štancl 9 2 2 0 2 0 3
4  Poland 20 8 16 20
(3) Edward Jancarz 12 3 3 2 X 1 3
(4) Marek Cieślak 8 2 X 3 3 E F
5  Italy 17 2 10 17
(1) Giuseppe Marzotto 10 0 0 3 2 2 3
(2) Francesco Biginato 7 1 1 2 1 1 1
6  Hungary 11 6 9 11
(5) Laszlo Meszaros 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
(6) Herbert Szerecs 10 3 2 1 2 1 1
7  Austria 9 4 6 9
(7) Adi Funk 8 2 1 1 1 2 1
(8) Hubert Fischbacher 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

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

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st West Germany (25 pts)Egon Müller16
Hans Wassermann10
2nd Australia (24 pts)Billy Sanders14
Phil Crump10
3rd Finland (21 pts)Ila Teromaa14
Kai Niemi7
4 Denmark (18 pts)Ole Olsen12
Finn Thomsen6
5 Netherlands (17 pts)Henny Kroeze13
Henk Steman4
6 Norway (10 pts)Tormod Langli5
Jan Terje Gravningen5
7 West Germany B (9 pts)Christoph Betzl7
Fritz Lang2

World final

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 28 10 20 28
(5) Peter Collins 15 3 3 3 3 1 2
(6) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 2 2 2 3
2  Sweden 18 7 11 18
(1) Anders Michanek 16+3 3 3 1 3 3 3
(2) Bernt Persson 2 X 1 0 0 E 1
3  West Germany 18 4 14 18
(3) Egon Müller 11+2 2 1 3 3 2 0
(4) Hans Wassermann 7 1 0 2 2 X 2
4  Czechoslovakia 17 9 13 17
(9) Jiří Štancl 11 3 3 2 X 2 1
(10) Jan Verner 6 1 2 1 1 1 0
5  New Zealand 17 5 10 17
(13) Ivan Mauger 16 2 3 3 2 3 3
(14) Larry Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6  Finland 14 5 9 14
(11) Ila Teromaa 7 2 2 1 0 F 2
(12) Kai Niemi 7 0 1 2 1 3 0
7  Australia 12 1 6 12
(7) Phil Crump 10 1 E 1 3 2 3
(8) Billy Sanders 2 E - X 1 0 1
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

References

  1. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  5. "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.
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