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The 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Kempten, West Germany.[2] The championship was won by Sweden (24 points) who beat Great Britain (21 points) and Norway (16 points).[3] Although unofficial at the time it is now regarded as being a major event and is listed in all speedway lists.[4]

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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