1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship


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 who they beat England and United States.
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

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Armando Castagna17
Valentino Furlanetto9
Henny Kroeze17
Frits Koppe7
Zoltan Adorjan13+3
Zoltan Hajdu6
4 Roy Otto10+2
4 Einar Kyllingstad9
5 Heinrich Schatzer13
5 Toni Pilotto4
6 Orlin Janakiev8
6 Stanislav Tzankov3
7 Artur Kocmut6
7 Kreso Omerzel4

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Erik Gundersen16
Tommy Knudsen12
Phil Crump13
Steve Regeling11
Mitch Shirra14
Ivan Mauger10
4 Karl Maier14
4 Klaus Lausch5
5 Heinrich Schatzer8
5 Toni Pilotto4
6 Henny Kroeze7
6 Frits Koppe4
7 Zoltan Adorjan5
7 Zoltan Hajdu3

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
Shawn Moran15
Bobby Schwartz12
Kenny Carter13
Kelvin Tatum11
Jan Andersson14
Per Jonsson7
4 Armando Castagna9
4 Valentino Furlanetto8
5 Kai Niemi12
5 Ari Koponen3
6 Antonin Kasper, Jr.9
6 Aleš Dryml5
7 Einar Kyllingstad7
7 Roy Otto1

World final