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 File:Flag of Italy.svg 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 File:Flag of Norway.svg 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 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (10 pts) Artur Kocmut 6
Krešo Omerzel 4

Semifinal 1

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (28 pts) Erik Gundersen 16
Tommy Knudsen 12
2nd File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (24 pts) Phil Crump 13
Steve Regeling 11
3rd File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (24 pts) Mitch Shirra 14
Ivan Mauger 10
4 Error creating thumbnail:  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 Error creating thumbnail:  Sweden (21 pts) Jan Andersson 14
Per Jonsson 7
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (17 pts) Armando Castagna 9
Valentino Furlanetto 8
5 File:Flag of Finland.svg 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 File:Flag of Norway.svg 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 File:Flag of Denmark.svg 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 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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 Error creating thumbnail:  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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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 Error creating thumbnail:  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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