1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the third FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by England (24 points) who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (24 points also) and Sweden B (22 points) who beat Sweden A after Run-Off.^[1]

Semifinal 1

• London
• May 11

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	New Zealand (27 pts)	Ivan Mauger	15
Ronnie Moore		12
	England (25 pts)	Ray Wilson	14
Terry Betts		11
	Sweden (22 pts)	Anders Michanek	11
Bengt Jansson		11
4	Scotland (15 pts)	Jim McMillan	9
		George Hunter	6
5	Australia (14 pts)	Geoff Curtis	7
		Garry Middleton	7
6	Denmark (9 pts)	Ole Olsen	7
		Paul Rosenkilde	2
7	Norway (9 pts)	Öyvind S.Berg	6
		Reidar Eide	3

Semifinal 2

• Debrecen
• May 14

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Poland (? pts)	Zbigniew Marcinkowski	?
Wiktor Jastrzębski		?
	Hungary (? pts)	?	?
?		?
	Czechoslovakia (21 pts)	Petr Ondrasik	11
Jan Verner		10
4	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	Template:Country data ? (? pts)	?	?
		?	?

World final

• Borås
• 1 June 1972

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	24							6							14							24
	(11) Ray Wilson	15+3			3				1				3		3			2					3
	(12) Terry Betts	9			2				0				1		1			3					2*
2	New Zealand	24							8							16							24
	(13) Ivan Mauger	14+F				2			2			3				1			3		3
	(14) Ronnie Moore	10				1			3			2				2			0		2
3	Sweden B	22							8							16							22
	(7) Bernt Persson	13+3		2				3			3					3				2			0
	(8) Hasse Holmqvist	9		1				2			2					0				3			1
4	Sweden A	22							8							14							22
	(5) Anders Michanek	15+2		3			3			3					2				1			3
	(6) Bengt Jansson	7		0			2			1					0				2			2
5	Poland	15							6							10							15
	(1) Zbigniew Marcinkowski	13	3			3				2			2				3			F
	(2) Wiktor Jastrzębski	2	0			0				0			X				2			X
6	Czechoslovakia	12							4							10							12
	(3) Jan Holub I	5	1				0				1			3				0			0
	(4) Jiri Stancl	7	2				1				0			2				1			1
7	Hungary	6							2							4							6
	(9) Ferenc Radacsi	6			1			1				1		1			1					1
	(10) Pal Perenyi	0			0			0				0		0			0					X
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

• 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1972 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1972 in sports

References

1. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 

Speedway World Pairs Championship
Seasons	Unofficial 1968 1969 Championships 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Team Cup 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
See also	Medalists Medal classification

International speedway competitions
World	Individual (SGP) Pairs Team (SWC) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Champion's Cup
Europe	Individual (SEC) Pairs Individual U-19 Team U-19 Club
National Championships	Australia (U-21) Czech Republic Denmark (U-21) Germany Great Britain (U-21) Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland (U-21) Russia Sweden USA
Ice speedway	World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual
Long track	World Championships: Individual Team
Governing Bodies	World (FIM) Europe (UEM)