{{Short description|13th 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 = 1982 }}
The '''1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the thirteenth [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]]. The final took place in [[Sydney]], Australia, at the [[Liverpool Speedway|Liverpool City Raceway]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}</ref>
The championship was won by [[Dennis Sigalos]] and [[Bobby Schwartz]] of the [[United States national speedway team|United States]], who were undefeated on the night. [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] and [[Kenny Carter]] of [[England national speedway team|England]] finished second, with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] and [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] of [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] third. As the host nation, [[Australia national speedway team|Australia]] was seeded directly to the Final and were represented by [[Australian Individual Speedway Championship|Australian Champion]] [[Billy Sanders]] and Australian championship runner up [[Gary Guglielmi]], both Sydney based riders who were riding on their home track. Australia finished in a disappointing fourth place.<ref>{{cite web | title = Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 3) | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2009-08-03 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/03/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-3/ | accessdate = 2009-08-03 }}</ref>
Despite [[motorcycle speedway]] having its origins in Australia as far back as the 1910s, the 1982 World Pairs Final was the first time Australia had held a Speedway World Final. 1982 was also the only time the World Pairs Championship was held outside of England or Europe.
==Preliminary round== * {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], [[Krško]] * 2 May {| 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}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} - '''24'''||align=left|[[Zoltan Adorjan]] ||13 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Zoltan Hajdu]] ||11 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} - '''21''' ||align=left|[[Armando Dal Chiele]] ||12 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|[[Francesko Biginato]] ||9 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|BUL}} - '''20''' ||align=left|[[Nikolaj Manev]] ||10 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Veselin Markov]] ||10 |- align=center |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NED}} - '''20'''||align=left|[[Henny Kroeze]] ||7 |- align=center |align=left|[[Rudy Muts]] ||13 |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|YUG}} - '''18'''||align=left|[[Stefan Kekec]] ||9 |- align=center |align=left|[[Vlado Kocuvan]] ||9 |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUT}} - '''17'''||align=left|[[Adi Funk]] ||10 |- align=center |align=left|[[Herbert Scherecz]] ||7 |- align=center |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SUI}} - '''6'''||align=left|[[Romano Reutimann]] ||5 |- align=center |align=left|[[Paul Kaspar]] ||1 |}
==Semifinal 1== * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens Speedway Center]], [[Vojens]] * 5 June
{{speedway event 7p|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1||{{speedway|DEN}} |7|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |3||3||3||2||3||2||1b= |8|[[Erik Gundersen]] |2||2||2||3||2||1||2b= }}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2||{{speedway|NZL}} |1|[[Ivan Mauger]] |3||3||3||3||3||1||1b= |2|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] |2||2||1||1||2||0||2b= }}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3||{{speedway|FIN}} |11|[[Kai Niemi]] |2||2||2||3||3||3||2b= |12|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] |3||3||0||0||2||0||1b= }}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4||{{speedway|SWE}} |5|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] |1||3||2||2||3||2||1b= |6|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] |0||2||0||1||2||3||2b= }}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5||{{speedway|FRG}} |9|[[Egon Müller]] |1||1||3||3||1||0| |10|[[Georg Gilgenreiner]] |0||0||1|||E|0||1||2b= }}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6||{{speedway|ITA}} |3|[[Francesco Biginato]] |1||1||1||1||1||1| |4|[[Armando Dal Chiele]] |0||0||0||2|||F|3||2b= }}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7||{{speedway|BUL}} |13|[[Nikolaj Manev]] |0||1||2||1|||E|2| |14|[[Veselin Markov]] |1||0||0||0||1||0| }} }}
==Semifinal 2== * {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] * 5 June
{{speedway event 7p|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1||{{speedway|ENG}} |7|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] |2||1||3||3||3||2||1b= |8|[[Kenny Carter]] |3||3||2||2||2||3||2b= }}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2||{{speedway|USA}} |11|[[Bruce Penhall]] |2||3||2||2||2||0||1b= |12|[[Dennis Sigalos]] |3||2||3||3||3||1||2b= }}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3||{{speedway|CSK}} |5|[[Aleš Dryml, Sr|Aleš Dryml]] |1||3||3||1||3||3||2b= |6|[[Petr Ondrasik]] |0||2||2||0||2||2||1b= }}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4||{{speedway|HUN}} |9|[[Zoltan Hajdu]] |1||0||1||1||0||1||1b= |10|[[Zoltan Adorjan]] |0||2||2||3||3||0||2b= }}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5||{{speedway|POL}} |13|[[Edward Jancarz]] |3||1||3||1||0||3| |14|[[Zenon Plech]] ||E|0||0||0||1|||E|2b= }}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6||{{speedway|NOR}} |1|[[Dag Haaland]] |2||1|||F|1||2||0| |2|[[Roy Otto]] |1||2||1||0||1||1||2b= }}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7||{{speedway|NED}} |3|[[Henny Kroeze]] |3||1|||X|2||1||2| |4|[[Rudy Muts]] |0|||E|1|||E|0||1| }} }}
==World final== * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Liverpool Speedway|Liverpool City Raceway]], [[Sydney]] * 11 December * Referee: {{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Bass
{{speedway event 7p|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1||{{speedway|USA}} |11|[[Bobby Schwartz]] |2||2||2||2||2||2||1b= |12|[[Dennis Sigalos]] |3||3||3||3||3||3||2b= }}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2||{{speedway|ENG}} |5|[[Kenny Carter]] |0||1||2||0||2||2||1b= |6|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] |2||3||3||1||3||3||2b= }}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3||{{speedway|DEN}} |13|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] |3||1||3||2||1||1||2b= |14|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |2||0||2||3||0||3||1b= }}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4||{{speedway|AUS}} |3|[[Billy Sanders]] |2||2||3||2|||E|2||1b= |4|[[Gary Guglielmi]] |0||0||1||3||1|||X|2b= }}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5||{{speedway|FIN}} |7|[[Kai Niemi]] |3||2||2||1||3||1| |8|[[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] |1||3||0|||E|0||0||2b= }}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6||{{speedway|NZL}} |1|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] |1||1||1||0|||X|2| |2|[[Mitch Shirra]] |3||0||0||1||3||1||2b= }}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7||{{speedway|CSK}} |9|[[Aleš Dryml, Sr|Aleš Dryml]] |0||1||1||0||1||0| |10|[[Jiří Štancl]] |1||0||0||1||2||1| }} }}
==See also== * [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship]] * [[1982 Speedway World Team Cup]] * [[motorcycle speedway]] * [[1982 in sports]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway World Pairs Championship}} {{International speedway}}
[[Category:Speedway World Pairs Championship|1982]] [[Category:1982 in speedway|World Pairs]]