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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).

Semifinal 1

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Czechoslovakia (? pts) Václav Verner ?
Pavel Mareš ?
2nd  Yugoslavia (? pts) Ivan Molan ?
Draško Oršic ?
3rd  Austria (23 pts) Gunther Walla 16
Josef Haider 7
4 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?
5 ? (? pts) ? ?
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6 ? (? pts) ? ?
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7 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  New Zealand (24 pts) Ivan Mauger 16
Barry Briggs 8
2nd  Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 16
Sören Sjösten 6
3rd  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
Øyvind S. Berg 2
7  Denmark (11 pts) Ole Olsen 10
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 1

World 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  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) Václav Verner 9 0 3 2 1 1 2
(4) Pavel Mareš 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

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.
  5. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  6. "Finał Mistrzostw Świata Par 1971" (in Polish). rLach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
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