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7th official edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

1976 World Pairs Championship Previous 1975 Next 1977

The 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The championship was won by host England (27 points) who beat Denmark (24 points) and Sweden (22 points).

Semifinal 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
1  Denmark 27 8 17 27
(13) Ole Olsen 16 3 1 3 3 3 3
(14) Finn Thomsen 11 2 2 1 2 2 2
2  New Zealand 25 9 19 25
(3) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 2 3 3 0
(4) Barry Briggs 11 1 2 3 2 2 1
3  Australia 23 10 13 23
(9) Phil Crump 15 3 3 2 1 3 3
(10) John Boulger 8 2 2 0 E 2 2
4  West Germany 16 6 14 16
(5) Christoph Betzl 10 2 1 3 3 1 F
(6) Wilhelm Duden 6 3 0 1 1 X 1
5  Netherlands 13 4 9 13
(11) Henny Kroeze 13 1 3 3 2 1 3
(12) Frits Konning 0 0 E 0 0 0 0
6  Norway 10 2 4 10
(7) Dag Lövaas 6 0 1 1 1 3 0
(8) Reidar Eide 4 1 0 0 0 1 2
7  Finland 11 3 8 11
(1) Ila Teromaa 10 2 1 2 2 1 2
(2) Markku Helminen 1 0 0 0 1 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

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  England (30 pts) John Louis ?
Malcolm Simmons ?
2nd  Scotland (27 pts) George Hunter ?
Jim McMillan ?
3rd  Poland (22 pts) Edward Jancarz ?
Jerzy Rembas ?
4  Hungary (17 pts) ? ?
? ?
5  Italy (15 pts) ? ?
? ?
6  Yugoslavia (9 pts) ? ?
? ?
7  Austria (8 pts) ? ?
? ?

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  England 27 9 18 27
(9) John Louis 17 3 3 2 3 3 3
(10) Malcolm Simmons 10 2 1 3 1 2 1
2  Denmark 24 9 19 24
(5) Ole Olsen 16 3 2 3 3 3 2
(6) Finn Thomsen 8 1 3 2 2 E 0
3  Sweden 22 9 14 22
(13) Bengt Jansson 11 1 3 0 3 2 2
(14) Bernt Persson 11 3 2 1 1 1 3
4  Australia 16 7 13 16
(1) Phil Crump 10 3 2 1 3 1 0
(2) Billy Sanders 6 2 0 0 2 0 2
5  New Zealand 15 4 7 15
(7) Ivan Mauger 8 0 E E 2 3 3
(8) Barry Briggs 7 2 2 1 0 1 1
6  Scotland 12 2 9 12
(3) Jim McMillan 10 1 1 3 2 2 1
(4) George Hunter 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
7  Poland 10 2 4 10
(11) Edward Jancarz 7 1 1 0 0 3 2
(12) Zenon Plech 3 0 0 1 1 1 E
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

References

  1. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  5. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
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