1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship
{{Short description|20th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Motorsport season
|title = World Pairs Championship
|link = Speedway World Pairs Championship
|year = 1989
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The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}} The championship was won by Denmark (48 points){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19890807/024/0024 |title=Tatum targets Munich |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=7 August 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}} who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points).{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/9561/1989-world-paris-final-leszno|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}} {{cite web | title = Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4) | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2009-08-19 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ | accessdate = 2009-08-23 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003221232/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/| archivedate= 3 October 2009 | url-status= live}}
Semi final 1
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup
- 9 July
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=200px|Team | width=200px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center
|rowspan=2 |1 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} (48 pts) | align=left|Hans Nielsen | 25 |
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|align=left|Erik Gundersen | 23 | ||
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|rowspan=2|2 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} (41 pts) | align=left|Henka Gustafsson | 23 |
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|align=left|Jimmy Nilsen | 18 | ||
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|rowspan=2|3 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} (34 pts) | align=left|Kai Niemi | 24 |
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|align=left|Olli Tyrväinen | 10 | ||
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|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} (32 pts) | align=left|Troy Butler | 23 |
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|align=left|Stephen Davies | 9 | ||
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|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NOR}} (31 pts) | align=left|Lars Gunnestad | 21 |
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|align=left|Einar Kyllingstad | 10 | ||
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|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} (31 pts) | align=left|Mitch Shirra | 20 |
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|align=left|Gary Allan | 11 | ||
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|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|URS}} (30 pts) | align=left|Vladimir Trofimov | 15 |
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|align=left|Rif Saitgareev | 15 | ||
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|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NED}} (17 pts) | align=left|Rene Elzinga | 10 |
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|align=left|Ron Koppe | 7 | ||
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|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|BEL}} (6 pts) | align=left|Frans Cools | 3 |
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|align=left|Geert Cools | 3 |
Semi final 2
- {{flagicon|YUG}} Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana
- 9 July
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=200px|Team | width=200px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center
|rowspan=2 |1 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} (47 pts) | align=left|Gerd Riss | 24 |
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|align=left|Karl Maier | 24 | ||
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|rowspan=2|2 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} (43 pts) | align=left|Zoltán Adorján | 22 |
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|align=left|Antal Kocso | 21 | ||
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|rowspan=2|3 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|TCH}} (38 pts) | align=left|Roman Matoušek | 23 |
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|align=left|Petr Vandírek | 15 | ||
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|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} (38 pts) | align=left|Armando Castagna | 23 |
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|align=left|Valentino Furlanetto | 15 | ||
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|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USA}} (37 pts) | align=left|Lance King | 19 |
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|align=left|Rick Miller | 18 | ||
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|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|BUL}} (19 pts) | align=left|Giorgi Petranov | 13 |
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|align=left|Zacharia Jordanov | 6 | ||
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|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUT}} (18 pts) | align=left|Heinrich Schatzer | 11 |
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|align=left|Walter Nebel | 7 | ||
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|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|YUG}} (17 pts) | align=left|Gregor Pintar | 17 |
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|align=left|Artur Horvat | 2 | ||
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|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRA}} (12 pts) | align=left|Thierry Hillaire | 12 |
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|align=left|Joel Tresarrieu | 0 |
World final
- {{flagicon|POL}} Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
- 5 August
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=160px|Team | width=170px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} (48 pts) | align=left|Hans Nielsen | 28 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|align=left|Erik Gundersen | 20 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} (44 pts) | align=left|Jimmy Nilsen | 23 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|align=left|Per Jonsson | 21 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} (37 pts) | align=left|Kelvin Tatum | 21 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|align=left|Paul Thorp | 16 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} (36 pts) | align=left|Karl Maier | 22 |
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|align=left|Gerd Riss | 14 | ||
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|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} (31 pts) | align=left|Kai Niemi | 18 |
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|align=left|Olli Tyrväinen | 13 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} (22 pts) | align=left|Antal Kocso | 14 |
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|align=left|Zoltán Adorján | 8 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} (25 pts) | align=left|Bohumil Brhel | 14 |
| align=center
|align=left|Zdeněk Tesař | 11 | ||
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|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} (15 pts) | align=left|Armando Dal Chiele | 9 |
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|align=left|Valentino Furlanetto | 6 | ||
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|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|POL}} (11 pts) | align=left|Piotr Świst | 11 |
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|align=left|Roman Jankowski | 0 |
See also
References
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