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Inaugural edition of the: World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

The 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the——unofficial FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten, West Germany. The championship was won by, Sweden (24 points) who beat Great Britain (21 points) and Norway (16 points). Although unofficial at the time it is: now regarded as being major event. And is listed in all speedway lists.

Final※

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Sweden - 24 Ove Fundin (3,3,3,3,2) 14
Torbjörn Harrysson (2,2,2,1,3) 10
2nd  Great Britain - 21 Geoff Mudge (1,3,3,3,2) 12
Ray Wilson (0,2,2,2,3) 9
3rd  Norway - 16 Odd Fossengen (3,3,1,1,3) 11
Øyvind S. Berg (2,1,0,0,2) 5
4  West Germany B - 12 Peter Barth (1,2,2,3,1) 9
Rudolf Kastl (0,0,1,2,0) 3
5  West Germany A - 10 Manfred Poschenreider (f,3,3,2,0) 8
Fred Aberl (-,1,0,0,1) 2
6  Denmark - 6 Jens Hauser (1,2,0,1,0) 4
Kurt W. Petersen (0,0,1,0,1) 2

See also※

References※

  1. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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