1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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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 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

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Italy (26 pts) Armando Castagna 17
Valentino Furlanetto 9
2nd File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (24 pts) Henny Kroeze 17
Frits Koppe 7
3rd File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (19+3 pts) Zoltán Adorján 13+3
Zoltan Hajdu 6
4  Norway (19+2 pts) Roy Otto 10+2
Einar Kyllingstad 9
5 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (17 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 13
Toni Pilotto 4
6 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (11 pts) Orlin Janakiev 8
Stanislav Tzankov 3
7  Yugoslavia (10 pts) Artur Kocmut 6
Krešo Omerzel 4

Semifinal 1

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (28 pts) Erik Gundersen 16
Tommy Knudsen 12
2nd  Australia (24 pts) Phil Crump 13
Steve Regeling 11
3rd  New Zealand (24 pts) Mitch Shirra 14
Ivan Mauger 10
4  West Germany (19 pts) Karl Maier 14
Klaus Lausch 5
5 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (12 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 8
Toni Pilotto 4
6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (11 pts) Henny Kroeze 7
Frits Koppe 4
7 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (8 pts) Zoltán Adorján 5
Zoltan Hajdu 3

Semifinal 2

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (27 pts) Shawn Moran 15
Bobby Schwartz 12
2nd File:Flag of England.svg England (24 pts) Kenny Carter 13
Kelvin Tatum 11
3rd File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (21 pts) Jan Andersson 14
Per Jonsson 7
4  Italy (17 pts) Armando Castagna 9
Valentino Furlanetto 8
5  Finland (15 pts) Kai Niemi 12
Ari Koponen 3
6 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (14 pts) Antonin Kasper, Jr. 9
Aleš Dryml Sr. 5
7  Norway (8 pts) Einar Kyllingstad 7
Roy Otto 1

World final

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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 File:Flag of England.svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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 File:Flag of Poland.svg 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

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References

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