# 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship > Source revision: 1309730780 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 9th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship 1978 World Pairs Championship Previous [1977](/source/1977_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) Next [1979](/source/1979_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) The **1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship** was the ninth [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [Speedway World Pairs Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship).[1][2][3] The final took place in [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w), [oland. The championship was won by [England](/source/England_national_speedway_team) who beat [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_speedway_team) after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by [Denmark](/source/Denmark_national_speedway_team) (21 points).[4] ## Semifinal 1 - [Geiteryggen Speedwaybane](/source/Geiteryggen_Speedwaybane), [Skien](/source/Skien_Municipality) - 11 June Pos. Team Rider Points Denmark (28 pts) Ole Olsen 17 Finn Thomsen 11 New Zealand (25 pts) Ivan Mauger 14 Larry Ross 11 Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 15 Jan Andersson 7 4 Australia (17 pts) Phil Crump 11 Phil Herne 6 5 Finland (15 pts) Ila Teromaa 10 Kai Niemi 5 6 Netherlands (12 pts) Henny Kroeze 6 Rudi Muts 6 7 Norway (6 pts) Audun Ove Olsen 5 Trond Helge Skretting 1 ## Semifinal 2 - [Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex](/source/G%C3%A1zvezet%C3%A9k_Street_Sports_Complex), [Debrecen](/source/Debrecen) - 11 June Pos. Team Rider Points England (30 pts) Malcolm Simmons 15 Gordon Kennett 15 Czechoslovakia (24 pts) Jiří Štancl 13 Jan Verner 11 West Germany (22 pts) Hans Wassermann 16 Georg Hack 6 4 Italy (17 pts) Giuseppe Marzotto 11 Mauro Ferracioli 6 5 Hungary (16 pts) Istvan Sziraczky 12 Janos Oresko 4 6 Austria (10 pts) Adi Funk 7 Walter Grubmuller 3 7 Yugoslavia (3 pts) Djuro Fleten 2 Josef Mauser 1 ## World final - [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium), [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w) - 25 June 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 England 24 9 16 24 (5) Malcolm Simmons 15+3 3 3 0 3 3 3 (6) Gordon Kennett 9 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 New Zealand 24 10 16 24 (1) Ivan Mauger 12+2 3 2 2 1 3 1 (2) Larry Ross 12 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 Denmark 21 8 13 21 (11) Ole Olsen 16 2 3 3 2 3 3 (12) Finn Thomsen 5 1 2 0 E 1 1 4 Czechoslovakia 18 3 11 18 (3) Jiří Štancl 9 1 0 1 2 2 3 (4) Jan Verner 9 0 2 2 3 0 2 5 Poland 15 4 10 15 (7) Edward Jancarz 13 1 2 3 2 3 2 (8) Bolesław Proch 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 West Germany 13 2 10 13 (13) Georg Hack 8 1 1 3 3 0 0 (14) Hans Wassermann 5 0 0 2 0 2 1 7 Sweden 11 6 8 11 (9) Börje Klingberg 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (10) Jan Andersson 10 3 3 1 E 1 2 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 - [1978 Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/1978_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) - [1978 Speedway World Team Cup](/source/1978_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) - [motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) - [1978 in sports](/source/1978_in_sports) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bott, Richard (1980). *The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4*. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-09-141751-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-141751-1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["World Pairs Championship 1968-1993"](http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html). *Edinburgh Speedway*. Retrieved 11 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Oakes, Peter (1981). *1981 Speedway Yearbook*. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86215-017-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86215-017-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)"](http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/16/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-parczesc-2/) (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009. v t e World championships in pairs speedway Speedway World Pairs Championship 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Speedway of Nations (SON) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025 List of Speedway World Pairs Championship medalists v t e International speedway competitions World Individual (Grand Prix) (Qualification) Pairs (Speedway of Nations) World Team Cup (World Cup) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Individual U-16 Europe Individual Pairs Team U21 U19 Junior (team) National Championships Argentina Australia / (U-21) Austria Czech/Czech Rep Denmark / (U-21) Finland France Germany/East/West Great Britain / (U-21) / (U-19) Hungary Italy Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland / (U-21) Romanian Russia/Soviet Slovenia Sweden / (U-21) USA (AMA) / USA (SRA) National Leagues Denmark Great Britain Poland Sweden Czech/Czech Rep Germany/East/West Hungary Russia/Soviet Ice speedway World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual Long track World Championships: Individual Team Former Championships Australasian British Nordic Champions Cup (indiv) Champions' Cup (teams) Commonwealth Continental Estonian Intercontinental Nordic Overseas Star Riders' Governing Bodies World (FIM) FIM Europe This motorcycle speedway competition-related article is a stub. 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