The 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by the host country Sweden (24 points). The silver medal was won by Denmark who beat Poland after a run-off (both 21 points).[5][6]
Semifinal 1
| Placing
|
Pair / Rider Name
|
Total
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
| 1
|
Poland
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
| (1) Zenon Plech
|
13
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
| (2) Henryk Glücklich
|
17
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2
|
USSR
|
22 +3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
| (3) Vladimir Gordeev
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
| (4) Anatoly Kuzmin
|
10
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3
|
CSK
|
22 +2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
| (9) Jiří Štancl
|
12
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
2
|
| (10) Petr Ondrašík
|
10
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
X
|
|
3
|
|
|
E
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
| 4
|
Hungary
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
| (7) Tibor Danka
|
4
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0 |
|
| (8) Sandor Domokos
|
7
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
E
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 5
|
Yugoslavia
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
| (5) Drasko Orsic
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
E
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
E
|
|
|
| (6) Stefan Kekec
|
6
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
| 6
|
Austria
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
| (11) Gunther Walla
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
| (12) Josef Haider
|
3
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
2
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| -
|
Poland B
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
| (13) Stanislaw Kasa
|
11
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
| (14) Marian Zaranek
|
11
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
| -
|
track reserve
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
| (15) Andrzej Koselski
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (16) -
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Placing
|
Pair / Rider Name
|
Total
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside
|
gate B
|
gate C
|
gate D - outside
|
Semifinal 2
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside
|
gate B
|
gate C
|
gate D - outside
|
World final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside
|
gate B
|
gate C
|
gate D - outside
|
See also
References
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Sweden's title". Star Green 'un. 14 September 1958. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.