1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship
Introduction The '''1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Bradford, England. The championship was won by Denmark (45 points) who beat host team England (41 points) and United States (39 points).
Semi final 1 *  Altes Stadion, Abensberg* 23 MayPos. Team Rider Points1 (45 pts) Hans Nielsen  23Erik Gundersen 222  (41 pts) Mitch Shirra 24David Bargh 173  (40 pts) Gerd Riss 25Karl Maier 154  (34 pts) Piotr Swist 19Roman Jankowski 155  (31 pts) Roman Matoušek 17Antonín Kasper Jr. 136  (31 pts) Kai Niemi21Olli Tyrväinen 107  (18 pts) Nikolaj Manev  9Angel Eftimov 98  (16 pts) Ingvar Skogland 10Tor Einar Hielm 69  (15 pts) Robert Jan Munnecom 8Rene Elzinga 7
Semi final 2 *  Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt* 30 MayPos. Team Rider Points1 (50 pts) Sam Ermolenko  25Shawn Moran 252  (43 pts) Per Jonsson 25Jimmy Nilsen 183  (40 pts) Zoltán Adorján 23Antal KocsoK 174  (37 pts) Paolo Salvatelli 22Valentino Furlanetto 155  (32 pts)  Heinrich Schatzer 20Toni Pilotto 126  (22 pts) Steve Regeling12Steve Baker 107  (14 pts) Patrice Blondy   11Alain Blondy 38  (10 pts) Geert Cools 8Frans Cools 29  (4 pts) Lazar Csaba 3Artur Horvat 1
World final *  Odsal Stadium, Bradford* 31 JulyPos. Team Rider Points1st  (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 27Erik Gundersen 182nd  (41 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21Simon Cross 203rd  (39 pts) Shawn Moran 23Sam Ermolenko 164  (32 pts) Mitch Shirra 24Alan Rivett* 85  (29 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 17Per Jonsson 126  (25 pts) Antal Kocso 15Zoltán Adorján 107  (21 pts) Armando Castagna 17Valentino Furlanetto 48  (21 pts) Gerd Riss 17Tommy Dunker 49  (17 pts) Piotr Świst 9Roman Jankowski 8''* New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh''
See also * 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1988 Speedway World Team Cup* motorcycle speedway* 1988 in sports
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