1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place in Manchester, England and was sponsored by Kawasaki. The championship was won by host England (28 points) who beat Sweden and West Germany (both 18 points).[5]

Semifinal 1

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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  Sweden 25 8 17 25
(13) Bernt Persson 14 3 2 3 2 3 1
(14) Anders Michanek 11 2 1 1 3 2 2
2  New Zealand 23 6 13 23
(11) Ivan Mauger 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
(12) Larry Ross 5 0 0 0 1 2 2
3  Czechoslovakia 21 8 13 21
(9) Jan Verner 12 1 3 2 1 3 2
(10) Jiří Štancl 9 2 2 0 2 0 3
4  Poland 20 8 16 20
(3) Edward Jancarz 12 3 3 2 X 1 3
(4) Marek Cieślak 8 2 X 3 3 E F
5  Italy 17 2 10 17
(1) Giuseppe Marzotto 10 0 0 3 2 2 3
(2) Francesco Biginato 7 1 1 2 1 1 1
6  Hungary 11 6 9 11
(5) Laszlo Meszaros 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
(6) Herbert Szerecs 10 3 2 1 2 1 1
7  Austria 9 4 6 9
(7) Adi Funk 8 2 1 1 1 2 1
(8) Hubert Fischbacher 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

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

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  West Germany (25 pts) Egon Müller 16
Hans Wassermann 10
2nd  Australia (24 pts) Billy Sanders 14
Phil Crump 10
3rd  Finland (21 pts) Ila Teromaa 14
Kai Niemi 7
4  Denmark (18 pts) Ole Olsen 12
Finn Thomsen 6
5  Netherlands (17 pts) Henny Kroeze 13
Henk Steman 4
6  Norway (10 pts) Tormod Langli 5
Jan Terje Gravningen 5
7  West Germany B (9 pts) Christoph Betzl 7
Fritz Lang 2

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  England 28 10 20 28
(5) Peter Collins 15 3 3 3 3 1 2
(6) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 2 2 2 3
2  Sweden 18 7 11 18
(1) Anders Michanek 16+3 3 3 1 3 3 3
(2) Bernt Persson 2 X 1 0 0 E 1
3  West Germany 18 4 14 18
(3) Egon Müller 11+2 2 1 3 3 2 0
(4) Hans Wassermann 7 1 0 2 2 X 2
4  Czechoslovakia 17 9 13 17
(9) Jiří Štancl 11 3 3 2 X 2 1
(10) Jan Verner 6 1 2 1 1 1 0
5  New Zealand 17 5 10 17
(13) Ivan Mauger 16 2 3 3 2 3 3
(14) Larry Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6  Finland 14 5 9 14
(11) Ila Teromaa 7 2 2 1 0 F 2
(12) Kai Niemi 7 0 1 2 1 3 0
7  Australia 12 1 6 12
(7) Phil Crump 10 1 E 1 3 2 3
(8) Billy Sanders 2 E - X 1 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

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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  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 16 July 2009.