1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2] The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts).[3]

The 1985 World Pairs Final was the last World Championship final appearance of legendary New Zealand rider Ivan Mauger. In a career lasting almost 30 years, Mauger had won 15 World Championships, including a record 6 Individual World Championships, 4 World Team Cups, 3 Long Track World Championships and 2 World Pairs Championships.

Preliminary round

• Stichting Baansport Blijham, Blijham
• 21 April

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Italy (26 pts)	Armando Castagna	17
		Valentino Furlanetto	9
	Netherlands (24 pts)	Henny Kroeze	17
		Frits Koppe	7
	Hungary (19+3 pts)	Zoltán Adorján	13+3
		Zoltan Hajdu	6
4	Norway (19+2 pts)	Roy Otto	10+2
		Einar Kyllingstad	9
5	Austria (17 pts)	Heinrich Schatzer	13
		Toni Pilotto	4
6	Bulgaria (11 pts)	Orlin Janakiev	8
		Stanislav Tzankov	3
7	Yugoslavia (10 pts)	Artur Kocmut	6
		Krešo Omerzel	4

Semifinal 1

• Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
• 26 May

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Denmark (28 pts)	Erik Gundersen	16
		Tommy Knudsen	12
	Australia (24 pts)	Phil Crump	13
		Steve Regeling	11
	New Zealand (24 pts)	Mitch Shirra	14
		Ivan Mauger	10
4	West Germany (19 pts)	Karl Maier	14
		Klaus Lausch	5
5	Austria (12 pts)	Heinrich Schatzer	8
		Toni Pilotto	4
6	Netherlands (11 pts)	Henny Kroeze	7
		Frits Koppe	4
7	Hungary (8 pts)	Zoltán Adorján	5
		Zoltan Hajdu	3

Semifinal 2

• Odsal Stadium, Bradford
• 1 June

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	United States (27 pts)	Shawn Moran	15
		Bobby Schwartz	12
	England (24 pts)	Kenny Carter	13
		Kelvin Tatum	11
	Sweden (21 pts)	Jan Andersson	14
		Per Jonsson	7
4	Italy (17 pts)	Armando Castagna	9
		Valentino Furlanetto	8
5	Finland (15 pts)	Kai Niemi	12
		Ari Koponen	3
6	Czechoslovakia (14 pts)	Antonin Kasper, Jr.	9
		Aleš Dryml Sr.	5
7	Norway (8 pts)	Einar Kyllingstad	7
		Roy Otto	1

World final

• Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
• 15 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	29							10							19							29
	(13) Erik Gundersen	16				3			3			3				2			2		3
	(14) Tommy Knudsen	13				2			2			1				3			3		2
2	England	27							10							17							27
	(9) Kenny Carter	14			3			2				2		2			2					3
	(10) Kelvin Tatum	13			2			3				0		3			3					2
3	United States	22							6							16							22
	(1) Bobby Schwartz	11	2			0				2			3				1			3
	(2) Shawn Moran	11	3			1				3			2				0			2
4	New Zealand	15							4							10							15
	(7) Ivan Mauger	8		0				1			3					E				1			3
	(8) Mitch Shirra	7		3				0			2					1				0			1
5	Sweden	14							2							7							14
	(11) Jan Andersson	10			0				1				1		3			3					2
	(12) Per Jonsson	4			1				0				0		1			2					0
6	Australia	11							6							9							11
	(5) Steve Regeling	6		2			1			1					0				1			1
	(6) Phil Crump	5		1			2			0					2				0			0
7	Poland	8							4							6							8
	(3) Andrzej Huszcza	4	0				3				1			0				0			F
	(4) Grzegorz Dzikowski	4	1				0				0			1				1			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

• 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1985 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1985 in sports

References

1. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
3. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.