1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place at the Hyde Road Speedway in Belle Vue, Manchester, England.[2][3] The championship was won by Sweden (28 points) from Australia (23 pts) and New Zealand (21 pts).[4][5] Host nation England, represented by Peter Collins and Dave Jessup, finished 4th with 21 points.[6]

Swedish rider Anders Michanek, who successfully defended his World Pairs crown at this meeting, completed the double later in 1974 when he won the Individual World Championship.

Semifinal 1

• Mladost Stadum, Prelog
• 26 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
1	Poland	28							10							20							28
	(5) Zenon Plech	13		3			2			3					2				X			3
	(6) Edward Jancarz	15		2			3			2					3				3			2
2	Soviet Union	26							8							18							26
	(13) Vladimir Gordeev	15				3			3			2				3			2		2
	(14) Viktor Kalmykov	11				X			2			3				2			1		3
3	Czechoslovakia	24							8							14							24
	(1) Jiri Stancl	12	3			2				1			2				2			2
	(2) Milan Spinka	12	2			1				0			3				3			3
4	Yugoslavia	12							2							8							12
	(3) Evald Babic	1	1				-				-			-				-			-
	(4) Josip Francic	11	0				1				3			3				3			1
5	Hungary	12							4							6							12
	(11) Janos Szöke	6			3				1				0		0			0					2
	(12) Istvan Sziraczky	6			X				0				1		1			1					3
6	Austria	9							5							7							9
	(9) Hubert Fischbacher	9			2			3				1		1			1					1
	(10) Helmut Schippl	0			F			-				-		-			-					-
7	Italy	9							4							7							9
	(7) Francesco Biginato	8		1				2			2					1				1			1
	(8) Sandro Pastorelli	1		0				1			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

• Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach
• 26 May[7]

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	Australia	28							9							19							28
	(11) Phil Crump	16			3				3				3		3			1					3
	(12) John Boulger	12			2				1				2		2			3					2
2	New Zealand	22							9							16							22
	(7) Ivan Mauger	15		3				3			2					3				3			1
	(8) Barry Briggs	7		1				2			1					1				2			0
3	Sweden	20							8							15							20
	(3) Anders Michanek	10	2				1				0			3				2			2
	(4) Tommy Jansson	10	3				2				3			1				0			1
4	Denmark	18							6							12							18
	(13) Ole Olsen	16				3			2			3				2			3		3
	(14) Finn Thomsen	2				1			0			1				0			0		0
5	Norway	15							5							11							15
	(5) Reidar Eide	11		2			3			3					1				1			1
	(6) Dag Lövaas	4		0			0			2					0				2			0
6	Scotland	14							2							6							14
	(9) Jim McMillan	9			0			1				2		2			1					3
	(10) George Hunter	5			1			0				0		0			2					2
7	West Germany	9							3							5							9
	(1) Gerhard Uhlenbrock	8	0			2				1			1				3			1
	(2) Jürgen Hehlert	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

World final

• Hyde Road, Manchester
• 13 July

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	28							10							18							28
	(13) Anders Michanek	14				3			2			2				3			2		2
	(14) Sören Sjösten	14				2			3			1				2			3		3
2	Australia	23							10							17							23
	(3) John Boulger	9	2				2				1			1				2			1
	(4) Phil Crump	14	3				3				3			2				3			0
3	New Zealand	21							5							11							21
	(9) Barry Briggs	4			0			E				0		0			2					2
	(10) Ivan Mauger	17			2			3				3		3			3					3
4	England	20							5							15							20
	(11) Peter Collins	12			1				1				3		3			1					3
	(12) Dave Jessup	8			3				0				2		2			0					1
5	Poland	18							8							11							18
	(7) Edward Jancarz	6		2				2			0					0				2			0
	(8) Zenon Plech	12		3				1			2					1				3			2
6	Soviet Union	10							2							8							10
	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	4		1			1			2					0				0			0
	(6) Grigory Khlinovsky	6		0			0			3					1				1			1
7	Czechoslovakia	6							2							4							6
	(1) Jan Hadek	3	0			0				1			1				1			0
	(2) Jan Holub I	3	1			1				0			0				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

• 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1974 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1974 in sports

References

1. "It's Ivan and me for pairs event". Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
3. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
5. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
6. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
7. "Jürgen Hehlert: The first German Speedway Champion". Speedweek. Retrieved 23 March 2024.