1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

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Speedway World Pairs Championship

The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first competition was held in 1968 and the final competition was held in 1993. From 1994 it was merged with the World Team Cup.- Rules :...

. The final took place in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. The championship was won by England (25 points) who they beat Australia

Australia national speedway team

Australia are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former rider, three time Australian Champion and 1994 World #3 Craig Boyce and captained by three time Speedway World Champion Jason Crump...

(24 pts) and Denmark

Denmark national speedway team

Denmark are one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by former rider Jan Stæchmann and the current captain is Peterborough Panthers' Hans Andersen...

(19 pts).

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Gothenburg

, Ullevi

Ullevi

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Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	(25 pts)	Kenny Carter Kenny Carter Kenneth 'Kenny' Malcolm Carter , was a world class speedway rider. He rode for Newcastle Diamonds , Halifax Dukes and Bradford Dukes ....	15
	(25 pts)	Peter Collins Peter Collins (speedway rider) Peter Spencer Collins MBE is a former Speedway rider who spent his whole career with the Belle Vue Aces, the team he supported as a child...	10
	(24 pts)	Billy Sanders Billy Sanders William Robert Sanders 'Billy Sanders' was an Australian international Speedway rider who won six Australian Championships and was a five time Speedway World Championship finalist with a career best second place in Germany 1983.-Australian Speedway:Billy Sanders bought his first speedway bike from...	15
	(24 pts)	Gary Guglielmi Gary Guglielmi Gary Graham Christopher Guglielmi is a former Australian international Speedway rider who represented Australia in both test matches and in the World Pairs Championship....	9
	(19 pts)	Hans Nielsen Hans Nielsen (speedway rider) Hans Hollen Nielsen - a prominent speedway rider active from the 1970s to the late 1990s; a former World Champion....	11
	(19 pts)	Erik Gundersen Erik Gundersen Erik Gundersen was a speedway rider in the late 1970s and 1980s. Gundersen was the Speedway World Championship on three occasions, a two time Long Track World Champion and a seven time World Team Cup winner with Denmark.-Career:Gundersen rode for the Cradley Heath Heathens from 1979 until 1989...	8
4	(18 pts)	Dennis Sigalos Dennis Sigalos Arthur Dennis Sigalos is a professional speedway rider in the United States. He became World Pairs Champion with Bobby Schwartz in 1982 and appeared in the 1982 and 1983 Speedway World Finals, finishing in third place in 1982 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...	10
4	(18 pts)	Bobby Schwartz Bobby Schwartz Robert Benjamin 'Bobby' Schwartz is a professional speedway rider in the United States. He became World Pairs Champion with Bruce Penhall in 1981 and Dennis Sigalos in 1982....	8
5	(16 pts)	Jan Andersson	12
5	(16 pts)	Pierre Brannefors	4
6	(12 pts)	Egon Müller Egon Müller Egon Muller is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and was winner of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, winning the title in his homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. He was also German Champion eight times...	6
6	(12 pts)	Karl Maier Karl Maier Karl Maier was a German Esperantist and member of the Universala Esperanto Asocio, for more than 50 years.Maier learned Esperanto in 1924. After emigrate form Germany in 1930, he was living with Esperanto enthusiasts among United States, Mexico and Japan...	6
7	(11 pts)	Ivan Mauger Ivan Mauger Ivan Mauger, OBE, MBE, is a retired motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships, a feat only equalled by Tony Rickardsson of Sweden...	7
7	(11 pts)	Larry Ross Larry Ross Larry Ross in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a former speedway rider who rode with the Wimbledon Dons, Belle Vue Aces, Halifax Dukes and the Bradford Dukes in the British League.-Career summary:...	4

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