1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1969 World Pairs Championship
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The 1969 Speedway World Best Pairs Championship was the unofficial World Best Pairs Championship FIM. The final took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (27 points) and England (21 points)

Western Zone Semifinal

• London
• August 14

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	England - 20+3	5.Nigel Boocock (2,3,2,3,3)	13+3
		6.Trevor Hedge (3,2,1,1,f)	7
	New Zealand - 20+2	9.Ivan Mauger (1,1,3,2,1)	8
		10.Ronnie Moore (2,3,2,3,2)	12+2
	Denmark - 18	11.Ole Olsen (3,3,3,3,3)	15
		12.Bent N. Jensen (0,0,0,1,2)	3
4	Scotland - 13	7.Jim McMillan (0,2,3,2,3)	10
		8.Ken McKinlay (1,0,0,x,2)	3
5	Australia - 10	1.Charlie Monk (2,2,1,0,0)	3
		2.Jim Airey (1,1,0,1,2)	5
6	Norway - 9	3.Reidar Eide (3,1,2,0,0)	6
		4.Oyvind S.Berg (0,0,1,1,1)	3

European Semifinal

• Meissen
• August 31

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia - 23+3	Jan Holub I	15
		Zdenek Majstr	8
	East Germany - 23+2	Jochen Dinse	12
		Gerhard Uhlenbrock	11
	Bulgaria - 16	Petr Petkov	?
		Petar Iliev	?
4	Yugoslavia - ?	?	?
		?	?
5	Hungary - ?	?	?
		?	?
6	Romania - ?	?	?
		?	?

Final

• Stockholm, Gubbängens IP
• September 25

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 Nörregaard-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) Zdenek 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

• 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1968 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1968 in sports