1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Poland (maximum 30 points) who beat New Zealand (25 points) and Sweden (22 points).^[1][2]

Semifinal 1

• Krsko
• May 20

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia (? pts)	Vaclav Verner	?
		Pavel Mares	?
	Yugoslavia (? pts)	Ivan Molan	?
		Draško Oršic	?
	Austria (23 pts)	Gunther Walla	16
		Josef Haider	7
4	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?

Semifinal 2

• Leicester
• June 20

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	New Zealand (24 pts)	Ivan Mauger	16
		Barry Briggs	8
	Sweden (22 pts)	Anders Michanek	16
		Sören Sjösten	6
	Scotland (20 pts)	George Hunter	11
		Jim McMillan	9
4	England (19 pts)	Ray Wilson	13
		Martin Ashby	6
5	Australia (17 pts)	John Boulger	10
		Jim Airey	7
6	Norway (13 pts)	Reidar Eide	11
		Öyvind S.Berg	2
7	Denmark (11 pts)	Ole Olsen	10
		Bent Nörregaard-Jensen	1

World final

• Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium
• 11 July 1971
• Referee: Georg Traunsburger

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	Poland	30							10							20							30
	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	15	3			3				2			2				2			3
	(2) Jerzy Szczakiel	15	2			2				3			3				3			2
2	New Zealand	25							10							19							25
	(9) Ivan Mauger	12			3			2				1		3			0					3
	(10) Barry Briggs	13			2			3				3		2			1					2
3	Sweden	22							6							13							22
	(13) Anders Michanek	13				N			2			2				3			3		3
	(14) Bernt Persson	9				1			3			0				2			2		1
4	Czechoslovakia	17							6							12							17
	(3) Vaclav Verner	9	0				3				2			1				1			2
	(4) Pavel Mares	8	1				2				3			0				2			0
5	Scotland	16							2							8							16
	(11) Jim McMillan	11			1				0				1		3			3					3
	(12) George Hunter	5			0				1				N		2			0					2
6	Yugoslavia	10							6							8							10
	(5) Ivan Molan	5		3			N			0					1				N			1
	(6) Drasco Orsic	5		2			1			1					0				1			0
7	Austria	6							2							4							6
	(7) Josef Haider	4		0				1			0					1				1			1
	(8) Meinz Zimmerman	2		1				0			1					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

Notes:

Two Poles Antoni Woryna (No. 15) and Jan Mucha (No. 16) were track reserves, but they did not start.

See also

• 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1971 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1971 in sports

References

1. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
2. ↑ "Finał Mistrzostw Świata Par 1971" (in Polish). rLach.republika.pl. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 

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