1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 18 June at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2]
England won their sixth World Pairs Championship after Kenny Carter and Peter Collins scored 25 points. Australia, represented by Billy Sanders and Gary Guglielmi finished second on 24 points, while the two men who would go on to dominate Motorcycle Speedway for the next six years, Hans Nielsen and Erik Gundersen, rode Denmark to third place with 19 points.[3]
Heading into Heat 16 of the Final, Billy Sanders was the only unbeaten rider. He won the start from Guglielmi and out of form West German pair Egon Müller and Karl Maier when he unbelievably fell in turn 2 of the first lap. Although Guglielmi went on to win the re-run of the heat, the points lost as a result of Sanders exclusion ultimately cost Australia its first (and only) World Pairs Championship. While Australian referee Sam Bass had no hesitation in excluding Sanders, he had earlier allowed Peter Collins to re-start after video replays suggested that he fell with no help in the first turn of Heat 10 against Denmark. England went on to a 5–0 score in the heat after Nielsen was excluded from the re-start for falling off his bike over the tapes and Gundersen suffered engine failure a lap from the flag while leading the race.
Defending champions Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz (USA), finished fourth with 18 points. The USA had also won the World Pairs in 1981 with Bruce Penhall and Schwartz.
Preliminary round
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1st | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary - 27 | Zoltan Hajdu | 14 |
| Zoltan Adorjan | 13 | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |2nd | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands - 21 | Henny Kroeze | 13 |
| Frits Koppe | 8 | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |3rd | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria - 20 | Nikolaj Manev | 15 |
| Veselin Markov | 5 | ||
| 4 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - 18 | Armando Dal Chiele | 9 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 9 | ||
| 5 | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia - 17 | Kreso Omerzel | 14 |
| Joze Zibert | 3 | ||
| 6 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - 15 | Adi Funk | 10 |
| Robert Funk | 5 | ||
| 7 | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia B - 8 | Zvonko Pavlic | 5 |
| Artur Horvat | 3 |
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Semifinal 1
- Template:Flagicon Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
- 5 June
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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
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate A - inside | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate B | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate C | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate D - outside |
Semifinal 2
- Template:Flagicon Hansa Stadium, Bremen
- 5 June
| 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 | 22 |
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" rowspan=3|1 | Template:Flagicon United States | 28 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Bobby Schwartz | 13 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (2) Dennis Sigalos | 15 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" rowspan=3|2 | Template:Flagicon England | 25 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3) Peter Collins | 10 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (4) Kenny Carter | 15 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" rowspan=3|3 | Template:Flagicon West Germany | 21 +3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (9) Egon Müller | 14 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|F | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (10) Karl Maier | 7 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Finland | 21 +E | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (13) Kai Niemi | 8 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (14) Ari Koponen | 13 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |E | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Hungary | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (7) Zoltan Adorjan | 8 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (8) Zoltan Hajdu | 5 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Norway | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (11) Tormod Langli | 9 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (12) Dag Haaland | 1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|F | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Italy | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (5) Armando Dal Chiele | 3 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| (6) Valentino Furlanetto | 5 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|1 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|2 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|0 | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"|F | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 22 |
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
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate A - inside | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate B | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate C | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate D - outside |
World final
- Template:Flagicon Ullevi, Gothenburg
- 18 June
- Referee: Template:Flagicon Sam Bass
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
| style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate A - inside | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate B | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate C | style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" width=25%|gate D - outside |
See also
- 1983 Individual Speedway World Championship
- 1983 Speedway World Team Cup
- motorcycle speedway
- 1983 in sports
References
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