1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship

5th official edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

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The 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Hyde Road Speedway in Belle Vue, Manchester, England. The championship was won by Sweden (28 points) from Australia (23 pts) and New Zealand (21 pts). Host nation England, represented by Peter Collins and Dave Jessup, finished 4th with 21 points.

Swedish rider Anders Michanek, who successfully defended his World Pairs crown at this meeting, completed the double later in 1974 when he won the Individual World Championship.

Semifinal 1

Mladost Stadum, Prelog
26 May

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	28							10							20							28
	(5) Zenon Plech	13		3			2			3					2				X			3
	(6) Edward Jancarz	15		2			3			2					3				3			2

2	Soviet Union	26							8							18							26
	(13) Vladimir Gordeev	15				3			3			2				3			2		2
	(14) Viktor Kalmykov	11				X			2			3				2			1		3

3	Czechoslovakia	24							8							14							24
	(1) Jiri Stancl	12	3			2				1			2				2			2
	(2) Milan Spinka	12	2			1				0			3				3			3

4	Yugoslavia	12							2							8							12
	(3) Evald Babic	1	1				-				-			-				-			-
	(4) Josip Francic	11	0				1				3			3				3			1

5	Hungary	12							4							6							12
	(11) Janos Szöke	6			3				1				0		0			0					2
	(12) Istvan Sziraczky	6			X				0				1		1			1					3

6	Austria	9							5							7							9
	(9) Hubert Fischbacher	9			2			3				1		1			1					1
	(10) Helmut Schippl	0			F			-				-		-			-					-

7	Italy	9							4							7							9
	(7) Francesco Biginato	8		1				2			2					1				1			1
	(8) Sandro Pastorelli	1		0				1			0					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

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Semifinal 2

Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach
26 May

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	Australia	28							9							19							28
	(11) Phil Crump	16			3				3				3		3			1					3
	(12) John Boulger	12			2				1				2		2			3					2

2	New Zealand	22							9							16							22
	(7) Ivan Mauger	15		3				3			2					3				3			1
	(8) Barry Briggs	7		1				2			1					1				2			0

3	Sweden	20							8							15							20
	(3) Anders Michanek	10	2				1				0			3				2			2
	(4) Tommy Jansson	10	3				2				3			1				0			1

4	Denmark	18							6							12							18
	(13) Ole Olsen	16				3			2			3				2			3		3
	(14) Finn Thomsen	2				1			0			1				0			0		0

5	Norway	15							5							11							15
	(5) Reidar Eide	11		2			3			3					1				1			1
	(6) Dag Lövaas	4		0			0			2					0				2			0

6	Scotland	14							2							6							14
	(9) Jim McMillan	9			0			1				2		2			1					3
	(10) George Hunter	5			1			0				0		0			2					2

7	West Germany	9							3							5							9
	(1) Gerhard Uhlenbrock	8	0			2				1			1				3			1
	(2) Jürgen Hehlert	1	1			0				0			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

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World final

Hyde Road, Manchester
13 July

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	Sweden	28							10							18							28
	(13) Anders Michanek	14				3			2			2				3			2		2
	(14) Sören Sjösten	14				2			3			1				2			3		3

2	Australia	23							10							17							23
	(3) John Boulger	9	2				2				1			1				2			1
	(4) Phil Crump	14	3				3				3			2				3			0

3	New Zealand	21							5							11							21
	(9) Barry Briggs	4			0			E				0		0			2					2
	(10) Ivan Mauger	17			2			3				3		3			3					3

4	England	20							5							15							20
	(11) Peter Collins	12			1				1				3		3			1					3
	(12) Dave Jessup	8			3				0				2		2			0					1

5	Poland	18							8							11							18
	(7) Edward Jancarz	6		2				2			0					0				2			0
	(8) Zenon Plech	12		3				1			2					1				3			2

6	Soviet Union	10							2							8							10
	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	4		1			1			2					0				0			0
	(6) Grigory Khlinovsky	6		0			0			3					1				1			1

7	Czechoslovakia	6							2							4							6
	(1) Jan Hadek	3	0			0				1			1				1			0
	(2) Jan Holub I	3	1			1				0			0				0			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

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References

"It's Ivan and me for pairs event". Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
"World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
"Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
"Jürgen Hehlert: The first German Speedway Champion". Speedweek. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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