# 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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21st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

1990 World Pairs Championship

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The **1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship** was the twenty-first [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [Speedway World Pairs Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship).[1]

The final took place at the [Ellermühle Stadium](/source/Ellerm%C3%BChle_Stadium) in [Landshut](/source/Landshut), Germany.[2] The championship Final was dominated by favourites [Denmark](/source/Denmark_national_speedway_team) and the less fancied [Australia](/source/Australia_national_speedway_team). Danes [Jan O. Pedersen](/source/Jan_O._Pedersen) and [Hans Nielsen](/source/Hans_Nielsen_(speedway_rider)) scored 43 points to narrowly beat Australians [Todd Wiltshire](/source/Todd_Wiltshire) and [Leigh Adams](/source/Leigh_Adams) who scored 41.[3] [Hungary](/source/Hungary_national_speedway_team) ([Zoltán Adorján](/source/Zolt%C3%A1n_Adorj%C3%A1n) and [Sándor Tihanyi](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Tihanyi)) finished a distant third on 33 points. [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_speedway_team) ([Jimmy Nilsen](/source/Jimmy_Nilsen) and [Per Jonsson](/source/Per_Jonsson)) also finished on 33 points, though as Hungary scored three heat wins to one for the Swedes they were awarded third place.[4]

## Semifinal 1

- [Stadion Wiener Neustadt](/source/Stadion_Wiener_Neustadt), [Wiener Neustadt](/source/Wiener_Neustadt)

- 16 June

Pos. Team Rider Points England - 45 Simon Cross - (4,4,4,3,5,4) 24 Kelvin Tatum - (5,5,5,5,x,1) 21 Sweden - 40 Per Jonsson - (3,3,4,4,3,3) 20 Jimmy Nilsen - (2,2,5,5,4,2) 20 Australia - 39 Todd Wiltshire - (4,5,4,2,5,5) 25 Leigh Adams - (1,4,5,4,e,0) 14 4 New Zealand - 41* Mitch Shirra - (3,5,3,3,5,5) 24 David Bargh - (5,4,2,x,2,4) 17 5 Austria - 28 Heinrich Schatzer - (3,3,3,2,3,3) 17 Toni Pilotto - (2,2,1,1,4,1) 11 6 Italy - 20 Armando Dal Chiele - (2,1,1,2,3,2) 11 Armando Castagna - (e,0,3,5,2,0) 9 7 Soviet Union - 27* Rif Saitgareev - (1,3,0,4,4,5) 17 Vladimir Trofimov - (0,2,2,3,e,3) 10 8 Yugoslavia - 14 Gregor Pintar - (0,0,2,1,1,4) 8 Martin Peterca - (1,1,0,0,2,2) 6 9 Poland - 9 Piotr Świst - (5,f,-,-,-,-) 5 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - (4,x,-,-,-,-) 4

## Semifinal 2

- [Markéta Stadium](/source/Mark%C3%A9ta_Stadium), [Prague](/source/Prague)

- 17 June

Pos. Team Rider Points Denmark - 50 Hans Nielsen - (2,4,4,5,5,5) 25 Jan O. Pedersen - (4,5,5,3,4,4) 25 United States - 44 Ronnie Correy - (5,4,4,3,5,3) 24 Kelly Moran - (3,3,3,5,4,2) 20 Hungary - 37 Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,1,5,5,1) 22 Sándor Tihanyi - (4,2,3,4,2,0) 15 4 Czechoslovakia - 38* Roman Matoušek - (3,5,5,4,4,0) 21 Antonín Kasper Jr. - (2,3,2,2,3,5) 17 5 Finland - 31 Olli Tyrväinen - (4,4,0,4,3,4) 19 Kai Niemi - (5,2,2,0,2,1) 12 6 Norway - 24 Lars Gunnestad - (3,1,5,1,3,2) 15 Arnt Førland - (0,0,4,0,2,3) 9 7 Bulgaria - 21 Nikolaj Manev - (1,2,0,3,1,5) 12 Zdravko Iordanov - (2,0,1,2,0,4) 9 8 Netherlands - 18 Ron Koppe - (x/2m,1,3,1,1,3) 9 Rene Elzinga - (1,3,2,2,0,1) 9 9 France - 7 David Ochocki - (1,1,1,1,1,2) 7 Patrice Blondy - (0,0,0,0,0,0) 0

## World final

- [Ellermühle Stadium](/source/Ellerm%C3%BChle_Stadium), [Landshut](/source/Landshut)

- 21 July

- Attendance: 10,000

Pos. Team Rider Points Denmark - 43 Jan O. Pedersen - (4,4,2,5,5,4) 24 Hans Nielsen - (X,2,5,4,3,5) 19 Australia (41 pts) Todd Wiltshire - (5,5,3,4,5,3) 25 Leigh Adams - (3,1,4,2,4,2) 16 Hungary (33 pts) Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,4,5,1,1) 21 Sándor Tihanyi - (3,2,1,3,3,0) 12 4 Sweden (33 pts) Jimmy Nilsen - (4,4,1,3,4,2) 17 Per Jonsson - (2,2,3,2,5,1) 16 5 New Zealand (32 pts) Mitch Shirra - (4,5,4,1,4,5) 23 David Bargh - (2,0,5,X,2,0) 9 6 United States (28 pts) Ronnie Correy - (5,0,0,5,2,3) 15 Kelly Moran - (1,3,3,1,1,4) 13 7 Czechoslovakia (21 pts) Antonín Kasper Jr. - (0,3,2,3,0,3) 11 Roman Matoušek - (1,1,0,2,1,5) 10 8 England (20 pts) Kelvin Tatum - (3,4,5,1,4,3) 20 Simon Cross - (X,-,-,-,-,-) 0 9 West Germany (15 pts) Klaus Lausch - (2,3,2,4,2,2) 15 Gerd Riss - (F,-,-,-,-,-) 0

## See also

- [1990 Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/1990_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship)

- [1990 Speedway World Team Cup](/source/1990_Speedway_World_Team_Cup)

- [motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway)

- [1990 in sports](/source/1990_in_sports)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["World Pairs Championship 1968-1993"](http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html). *Edinburgh Speedway*. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Moran blast after injury"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19900723/036/0036). *Manchester Evening News*. 23 July 1990. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Speedway riders, history and results"](https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8573/1990-world-pairs-final-landshut). *wwosbackup*. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)"](http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/) (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090822150934/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/) from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.

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