The 1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial World Best Pairs Championship FIM. The final took place in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (27 points) and England (21 points).[2][3] Although unofficial at the time it is now regarded as being a major event and is listed in all speedway lists.[4]

Western Zone Semifinal

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st England - 20+35.Nigel Boocock (2,3,2,3,3)13+3
6.Trevor Hedge (3,2,1,1,f)7
2nd New Zealand - 20+29.Ivan Mauger (1,1,3,2,1)8
10.Ronnie Moore (2,3,2,3,2)12+2
3rd Denmark - 1811.Ole Olsen (3,3,3,3,3)15
12.Bent Nørregaard-Jensen (0,0,0,1,2)3
4 Scotland - 137.Jim McMillan (0,2,3,2,3)10
8.Ken McKinlay (1,0,0,x,2)3
5 Australia - 101.Charlie Monk (2,2,1,0,0)3
2.Jim Airey (1,1,0,1,2)5
6 Norway - 93.Reidar Eide (3,1,2,0,0)6
4.Øyvind S. Berg (0,0,1,1,1)3

European Semifinal

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Czechoslovakia - 23+3Jan Holub I15
Zdeněk Majstr8
2nd East Germany - 23+2Jochen Dinse12
Gerhard Uhlenbrock11
3rd Bulgaria - 16Petr Petkov?
Petar Iliev?
4 Yugoslavia - ???
??
5 Hungary - ???
??
6 Romania - ???
??

Final

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  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(5) Ivan Mauger 18 3 3 3 3 3 3
(6) Bob Andrews 10 2 2 2 2 2 0
2  Sweden 27 10 20 27
(9) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 1 2
(10) Göte Nordin 12 2 2 2 2 3 1
3  England 21 10 14 21
(1) Nigel Boocock 11 3 3 1 2 0 2
(2) Martin Ashby 10 2 2 0 1 2 3
4  Denmark 15 5 9 15
(11) Ole Olsen 11 1 3 3 1 3 2
(12) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
5  Czechoslovakia 12 2 4 12
(3) Jan Holub 8 1 1 1 1 1 3
(4) Zdeněk Majstr 4 0 0 0 T 2 2
6  East Germany 9 3 5 9
(13) Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8 1 2 F 1 3 1
(14) Jochen Dinse 1 E 0 1 0 F
7  Bulgaria 8 2 4 8
(7) Petr Petkov 6 1 1 1 1 2 0
(8) Petar Iliev 2 0 0 0 0 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

References

  1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  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. "Nigel gives England first place". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 August 1969. Retrieved 19 December 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
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