1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship

2nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

1969 World Pairs Championship

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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][4]

## Western Zone Semifinal

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* Wimbledon Stadium, London[5]
* 14 August

Pos. | Team | Rider | Points

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|  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 Nørregaard-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.Øyvind S. Berg (0,0,1,1,1) | 3

## European Semifinal

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* Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen
* 31 August

Pos. | Team | Rider | Points

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|  Czechoslovakia – 23+3 | Jan Holub I | 15
Zdeněk 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

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* Gubbängens IP, Stockholm
* 25 September[6]

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

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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

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## See also

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* 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship
* 1969 Speedway World Team Cup
* motorcycle speedway
* 1969 in sports

## References

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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 0-86215-017-5.27-28&rft.pub=Studio+Publications+(Ipswich)+Ltd&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-86215-017-5&rft.aulast=Oakes&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1969+Speedway+World+Pairs+Championship" class="Z3988">
5. ^ "Nigel gives England first place". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 August 1969. Retrieved 19 December 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "The World Pairs Final - 1969". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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