1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship
Introduction The '''1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who they beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts).The 1985 World Pairs Final was the last World Championship final appearance of legendary New Zealand rider Ivan Mauger. In a career lasting almost 30 years, Mauger had won 15 World Championships, including a record 6 Individual World Championships, 4 World Team Cups, 3 Long Track World Championships and 2 World Pairs Championships.
Preliminary round *  Stichting Baansport Blijham, Blijham* 21 AprilPos. Team Rider Points1st  (26 pts) Armando Castagna 17Valentino Furlanetto 92nd  (24 pts) Henny Kroeze 17Frits Koppe 73rd  (19+3 pts) Zoltán Adorján 13+3Zoltan Hajdu 64  (19+2 pts) Roy Otto 10+2Einar Kyllingstad 95  (17 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 13Toni Pilotto 46  (11 pts) Orlin Janakiev 8Stanislav Tzankov 37  (10 pts) Artur Kocmut 6Krešo Omerzel 4
Semifinal 1 *  Motodrom Halbemond, Norden* 26 MayPos. Team Rider Points1st  (28 pts) Erik Gundersen 16Tommy Knudsen 122nd  (24 pts) Phil Crump 13Steve Regeling 113rd  (24 pts) Mitch Shirra 14Ivan Mauger 104  (19 pts) Karl Maier 14Klaus Lausch 55  (12 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 8Toni Pilotto 46  (11 pts) Henny Kroeze 7Frits Koppe 47  (8 pts) Zoltán Adorján 5Zoltan Hajdu 3
Semifinal 2 *  Odsal Stadium, Bradford* 1 JunePos. Team Rider Points1st  (27 pts) Shawn Moran 15Bobby Schwartz 122nd  (24 pts) Kenny Carter 13Kelvin Tatum 113rd  (21 pts) Jan Andersson 14Per Jonsson 74  (17 pts) Armando Castagna 9Valentino Furlanetto85  (15 pts) Kai Niemi 12Ari Koponen 36  (14 pts) Antonin Kasper, Jr. 9Aleš Dryml Sr. 57  (8 pts) Einar Kyllingstad 7Roy Otto 1
World final *  Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik* 15 June
See also * 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1985 Speedway World Team Cup* motorcycle speedway* 1985 in sports
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