1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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The 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventeenth FIM
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....

 Speedway World Pairs Championship
Speedway World Pairs Championship
The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first competition was held in 1968 and the final competition was held in 1993. From 1994 it was merged with the World Team Cup.- Rules :...

. The final took place in Pocking
Pocking
Pocking is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.-History:...

, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. The championship was won by Denmark
Denmark national speedway team
Denmark are one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by former rider Jan Stæchmann and the current captain is Peterborough Panthers' Hans Andersen...

 who beat United States
United States national speedway team
The United States national speedway team are an international speedway team from the United States who compete in the annual major international speedway competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by David Joiner and the current captain is 1997 World Champion Greg Hancock...

 after Run-Off (both 46 points). Bronze medal was won by Czechoslovakia (32 points).

World final

Pocking
Pocking
Pocking is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.-History:...

, Rottalstadion
Pos. Team Rider Points
(46+5 pts) Hans Nielsen
Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)
Hans Hollen Nielsen - a prominent speedway rider active from the 1970s to the late 1990s; a former World Champion....

 
27+5
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen was a speedway rider in the late 1970s and 1980s. Gundersen was the Speedway World Championship on three occasions, a two time Long Track World Champion and a seven time World Team Cup winner with Denmark.-Career:Gundersen rode for the Cradley Heath Heathens from 1979 until 1989...

 
19
(46+4 pts) Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran was a professional speedway rider who rode for a number of British clubs and also represented USA....

 
23+4
Sam Ermolenko
Sam Ermolenko
Guy Allen 'Sudden Sam' Ermolenko is a former Speedway rider. In 1993 he won the Speedway World Championship in Pocking, Germany. He is the older brother of Charles 'Dukie' Ermolenko who also rode in the UK....

 
23
(32 pts) Antonín Kasper, Jr.
Antonín Kasper, Jr.
Antonín 'Toni' Kasper was in international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in four Speedway World Championship finals and featured in four Speedway Grand Prix series....

 
22
Roman Matousek  10
4 (32 pts) Jan Andersson  17
Tommy Nilsson  15
5 (32 pts) Larry Ross
Larry Ross
Larry Ross in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a former speedway rider who rode with the Wimbledon Dons, Belle Vue Aces, Halifax Dukes and the Bradford Dukes in the British League.-Career summary:...

 
20
Mitch Shirra
Mitch Shirra
Mitchell Owen Shirra is a former motorcycle speedway rider who rode with the Coventry Bees, Reading Racers, Swindon Robins and Ipswich Witches in the British League.-Career summary:...

 
12
6 (27 pts) Karl Maier
Karl Maier
Karl Maier was a German Esperantist and member of the Universala Esperanto Asocio, for more than 50 years.Maier learned Esperanto in 1924. After emigrate form Germany in 1930, he was living with Esperanto enthusiasts among United States, Mexico and Japan...

 
22
Klaus Lausch  5
7 (23 pts) Jeremy Doncaster
Jeremy Doncaster
Jeremy Doncaster is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Team Cup in 1989, top scoring for Great Britain with 13 points. He also finished in third place in the 1989 World Final...

 
12
Simon Wigg
Simon Wigg
Simon Wigg was a speedway, grasstrack and Longtrack rider who finished runner-up in the Speedway World Championship in 1989....

 
11
8 (15 pts) Valentino Furlanetto  8
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions.-Career:...

 
7
9 (15 pts) Phil Crump
Phil Crump
Philip John "Phil" Crump in Mildura, Victoria is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who attained 3rd place in the 1976 World Championship...

 
10
Steve Regeling
Steve Regeling
Steven Grae Regeling is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for Leicester Lions in the early 1980s and later for Kings Lynn Stars, before riding for several years in the National League for the Exeter Falcons and Middlesbrough Bears...

 
5

See also

  • 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
    1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 30, 1986 Chorzów, Silesian Stadium...

  • 1986 Speedway World Team Cup
  • motorcycle speedway
    Motorcycle speedway
    Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

  • 1986 in sports
    1986 in sports
    1986 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup –** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland-American football:...

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