1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1976 World Pairs Championship

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The 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The championship was won by host England (27 points) who beat Denmark (24 points) and Sweden (22 points). ^[5]

Semifinal 1

• Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
• 6 June

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

• Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
• 6 June

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	England (30 pts)	John Louis	?
		Malcolm Simmons	?
	Scotland (27 pts)	George Hunter	?
		Jim McMillan	?
	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

• Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• 17 June

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

• 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1976 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1976 in sports

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.