1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1] The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten, West Germany. [2] The championship was won by Sweden (24 points) who beat Great Britain (21 points) and Norway (16 points). [3] Although unofficial at the time it is now regarded as being a major event and is included in all speedway lists. [4]

Final

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden - 24 Ove Fundin (3,3,3,3,2)14
Torbjörn Harrysson (2,2,2,1,3)10
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 21 Geoff Mudge (1,3,3,3,2)12
Ray Wilson (0,2,2,2,3)9
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway - 16 Odd Fossengen (3,3,1,1,3)11
Øyvind S. Berg (2,1,0,0,2)5
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany B - 12 Peter Barth (1,2,2,3,1)9
Rudolf Kastl (0,0,1,2,0)3
5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A - 10 Manfred Poschenreider (f,3,3,2,0)8
Fred Aberl (-,1,0,0,1)2
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark - 6 Jens Hauser (1,2,0,1,0)4
Kurt W. Petersen (0,0,1,0,1)2

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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.
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