The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2] The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who they beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts).[3]

The 1985 World Pairs Final was the last World Championship final appearance of legendary New Zealand rider Ivan Mauger. In a career lasting almost 30 years, Mauger had won 15 World Championships, including a record 6 Individual World Championships, 4 World Team Cups, 3 Long Track World Championships and 2 World Pairs Championships.

Preliminary round

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Italy (26 pts)Armando Castagna17
Valentino Furlanetto9
2nd Netherlands (24 pts)Henny Kroeze17
Frits Koppe7
3rd Hungary (19+3 pts)Zoltán Adorján13+3
Zoltan Hajdu6
4 Norway (19+2 pts)Roy Otto10+2
Einar Kyllingstad9
5 Austria (17 pts)Heinrich Schatzer13
Toni Pilotto4
6 Bulgaria (11 pts)Orlin Janakiev8
Stanislav Tzankov3
7 Yugoslavia (10 pts)Artur Kocmut6
Krešo Omerzel4

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Denmark (28 pts)Erik Gundersen16
Tommy Knudsen12
2nd Australia (24 pts)Phil Crump13
Steve Regeling11
3rd New Zealand (24 pts)Mitch Shirra14
Ivan Mauger10
4 West Germany (19 pts)Karl Maier14
Klaus Lausch5
5 Austria (12 pts)Heinrich Schatzer8
Toni Pilotto4
6 Netherlands (11 pts)Henny Kroeze7
Frits Koppe4
7 Hungary (8 pts)Zoltán Adorján5
Zoltan Hajdu3

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st United States (27 pts)Shawn Moran15
Bobby Schwartz12
2nd England (24 pts)Kenny Carter13
Kelvin Tatum11
3rd Sweden (21 pts)Jan Andersson14
Per Jonsson7
4 Italy (17 pts)Armando Castagna9
Valentino Furlanetto8
5 Finland (15 pts)Kai Niemi12
Ari Koponen3
6 Czechoslovakia (14 pts)Antonin Kasper, Jr.9
Aleš Dryml Sr.5
7 Norway (8 pts)Einar Kyllingstad7
Roy Otto1

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  Denmark 29 10 19 29
(13) Erik Gundersen 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
(14) Tommy Knudsen 13 2 2 1 3 3 2
2  England 27 10 17 27
(9) Kenny Carter 14 3 2 2 2 2 3
(10) Kelvin Tatum 13 2 3 0 3 3 2
3  United States 22 6 16 22
(1) Bobby Schwartz 11 2 0 2 3 1 3
(2) Shawn Moran 11 3 1 3 2 0 2
4  New Zealand 15 4 10 15
(7) Ivan Mauger 8 0 1 3 E 1 3
(8) Mitch Shirra 7 3 0 2 1 0 1
5  Sweden 14 2 7 14
(11) Jan Andersson 10 0 1 1 3 3 2
(12) Per Jonsson 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
6  Australia 11 6 9 11
(5) Steve Regeling 6 2 1 1 0 1 1
(6) Phil Crump 5 1 2 0 2 0 0
7  Poland 8 4 6 8
(3) Andrzej Huszcza 4 0 3 1 0 0 F
(4) Grzegorz Dzikowski 4 1 0 0 1 1 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. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  3. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.


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