1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial World Best Pairs Championship FIM. The final took place in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (27 points) and England (21 points).[2][3] Although unofficial at the time it is now regarded as being a major event and is listed in all speedway lists.[4]

Western Zone Semifinal[]

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  England - 20+3 5.Nigel Boocock (2,3,2,3,3) 13+3
6.Trevor Hedge (3,2,1,1,f) 7
2nd  New Zealand - 20+2 9.Ivan Mauger (1,1,3,2,1) 8
10.Ronnie Moore (2,3,2,3,2) 12+2
3rd  Denmark - 18 11.Ole Olsen (3,3,3,3,3) 15
12.Bent Nørregaard-Jensen (0,0,0,1,2) 3
4   - 13 7.Jim McMillan (0,2,3,2,3) 10
8.Ken McKinlay (1,0,0,x,2) 3
5  Australia - 10 1.Charlie Monk (2,2,1,0,0) 3
2.Jim Airey (1,1,0,1,2) 5
6  Norway - 9 3.Reidar Eide (3,1,2,0,0) 6
4.Øyvind S. Berg (0,0,1,1,1) 3

European Semifinal[]

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Czechoslovakia - 23+3 Jan Holub I 15
Zdeněk Majstr 8
2nd  East Germany - 23+2 Jochen Dinse 12
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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  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(5) Ivan Mauger 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
(6) Bob Andrews 10 2 2 2 2 2 0
2  Sweden 27 10 20 27
(9) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 1 2
(10) Göte Nordin 12 2 2 2 2 3 1
3  England 21 10 14 21
(1) Nigel Boocock 11 3 3 1 2 0 2
(2) Martin Ashby 10 2 2 0 1 2 3
4  Denmark 15 5 9 15
(11) Ole Olsen 11 1 3 3 1 3 2
(12) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
5  Czechoslovakia 12 2 4 12
(3) Jan Holub 8 1 1 1 1 1 3
(4) Zdeněk Majstr 4 0 0 0 T 2 2
6  East Germany 9 3 5 9
(13) 8 1 2 F 1 3 1
(14) Jochen Dinse 1 E 0 1 0 F
7   8 2 4 8
(7) 6 1 1 1 1 2 0
(8) 2 0 0 0 0 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. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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