1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by the host country Sweden (24 points). The silver medal was won by Denmark who beat Poland after a run-off (both 21 points).[5][6]

Semifinal 1

• Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
• 13 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	22
1	Poland	30							10							20							30
	(1) Zenon Plech	13	3			2				2			2				2			2
	(2) Henryk Glücklich	17	2			3				3			3				3			3
2	USSR	22 +3							6							13							22
	(3) Vladimir Gordeev	12	1				3				3			0				2			3			3
	(4) Anatoly Kuzmin	10	0				2				2			2				3			1
3	CSK	22 +2							10							16							22
	(9) Jiří Štancl	12			3			2				2		1			1					3		2
	(10) Petr Ondrašík	10			2			3				X		3			E					2
4	Hungary	11							6							8							11
	(7) Tibor Danka	4		2				1			1					0				0			0
	(8) Sandor Domokos	7		3				0			E					1				1			2
5	Yugoslavia	6							2							4							6
	(5) Drasko Orsic	0		0			0			E					0				0			E
	(6) Stefan Kekec	6		1			1			1					1				1			1
6	Austria	5							2							4							5
	(11) Gunther Walla	2			1				1				0		-			-					-
	(12) Josef Haider	3			0				0				0		2			0					1
-	Poland B	22							6							15							22
	(13) Stanislaw Kasa	11				0			2			1				3			3		2
	(14) Marian Zaranek	11				1			3			3				2			2		0
-	track reserve	7							0							3							7
	(15) Andrzej Koselski	7
	(16) -	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	22

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

• Poole Stadium, Poole
• 23 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	22
1	Denmark	23 +3							6							14							23
	(1) Ole Olsen	18	3			3				3			3				3			3				3
	(2) Kurt Bøgh	5	0			0				2			0				2			1
2	New Zealand	23 +2							7							15							23
	(3) Ivan Mauger	17	2				3				3			3				3			3			2
	(4) Graeme Stapleton	6	1				1				1			1				2			0
3	Norway	22							7							15							22
	(13) Reidar Eide	12				2			3			0				3			3		1
	(14) Dag Lövaas	10				1			1			3				2			1		2
4	England	19							7							15							19
	(11) Terry Betts	9			3				E				2		3			0					1
	(12) Ray Wilson	10			2				2				1		2			1					2
5	Sweden	18							10							13							18
	(7) Christer Löfqvist	6		2				2			0					E				2			0
	(8) Bernt Persson	12		3				3			2					1				X			3
6	Scotland	11							2							7							11
	(9) George Hunter	6			1			1				2		E			0					2
	(10) Bobby Beaton	5			0			0				1		2			1					1
7	Australia	10							3							5							10
	(5) John Boulger	7		1			X			1					0				2			3
	(6) John Titman	3		0			2			0					1				0			X
-	track reserve	0							0							0							0
	(15) Bobby Collins	0
	(16) -	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	22

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

World final

• Ryavallen, Borås
• 8 June 1973

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	24							10							18							24
	(13) Anders Michanek	15				2			3			3				2			3		2
	(14) Tommy Jansson	9				3			2			2				1			0		1
2	Denmark	21							6							13							21
	(3) Ole Olsen	18+3	3				3				3			3				3			3
	(4) Kurt Bøgh	3	0				0				0			1				2			0
3	Poland	21							9							15							21
	(7) Zenon Plech	14+2		3				3			2					3				X			3
	(8) Zbigniew Marcinkowski	7		1				2			1					E				2			1
4	Soviet Union	20							5							12							20
	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	10		2			2			0					2				1			3
	(6) Anatoly Kuzmin	10		0			1			2					3				2			2
5	Norway	17							4							11							17
	(1) Reidar Eide	9	1			1				1			3				3			E
	(2) Dag Lövaas	8	2			0				3			0				0			3
6	Czechoslovakia	11							4							7							11
	(9) Jiří Štancl	9			2			1				1		2			2					1
	(10) Petr Ondrašík	2			1			0				0		0			1					0
7	New Zealand	10							4							7							10
	(11) Ivan Mauger	8			3				1				2		X			X					2
	(12) Graeme Stapleton	2			0				0				1		X			1					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

See also

• 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1973 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1973 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. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
6. "Sweden's title". Star Green 'un. 14 September 1958. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.