1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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The 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-second 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 Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. 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...

 (28 points) who beat Sweden
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...

 (24 points) and Norway
Norway national speedway team
The Norway national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Norway. The most famous riders is Rune Holta, Speedway Grand Prix permanent rider...

 (19 points).

World final

Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, Olimpia Poznań Stadium
Pos. Team Rider Points
(28 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....

 
14
Jan O. Pedersen
Jan O. Pedersen
Jan Osvald Pedersen is a former Speedway rider who became Speedway World Champion in 1991 after finishing runner-up in 1986 and in third place in 1988 behind fellow Danes Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen...

 
14
Tommy Knudsen
Tommy Knudsen
Tommy Knudsen is a former Speedway rider who became Speedway World Pairs Champion in 1995 with Erik Gundersen. Tommy was also World Under-21 Champion in 1980...

 
(24 pts) Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Anders Gustafsson is an international Motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup with Sweden in 1994 and 2000...

 
9
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches....

 
8
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...

 
7
(19 pts) Lars Gunnestad
Lars Gunnestad
Lars Gunnestad is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.His son, Lars Daniel, is speedway rider also...

 
11
Einar Kyllingstad  8
Tor Einar Hielm 
4 (18 pts) Gerd Riss
Gerd Riss
Gerd Riss is a German motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Germany team at 2001 Speedway World Cup and who was started in Speedway Grand Prix of Germany....

 
9
Klaus Lausch  9
Tommy Dunker 
5 (18 pts) Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel is a Czech speedway rider and he won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovakian title on six occasions-World Final Appearances:* 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt...

 
12
Roman Matousek  6
Zdenek Tesar  0
6 (10 pts) 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:...

 
9
Valentino Furlanetto  1
Fabrizio Vesprini  0
7 (9 pts) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz  5
Piotr Świst
Piotr Swist
Piotr Świst is a Polish speedway rider who won Individual U-21 Polish Championship three times.His family name "Świst" in Polish language mean whizz.- Career :* Individual World Championship...

 
3
Wojciech Załuski  1

See also

  • 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship
    1991 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 31, 1991 Göteborg, Ullevi...

  • 1991 Speedway World Team Cup
    1991 Speedway World Team Cup
    -Group D - Venue : Leipzig, Germany and Krsko, Slovenia:Yugoslavia to Group C.-Group C - Venue : Lonigo, Italy and Tarnów, Poland:Norway to Group B.-Group B - Venue : Diedenbergen, Germany and Debrecen, Holland:Hungary to Group A....

  • 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...

  • 1991 in sports
    1991 in sports
    1991 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: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...

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