1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship


The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by United States first time. American pair beat New Zealand and Poland.
The win by American's Bruce Penhall and Bobby Schwartz was the first time an American team or riders had won a World Championship in speedway since Jack Milne had won the 1937 World Final at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Later in 1981 Penhall would go on to win the Individual World Final at Wembley.

Preliminary round

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
21+3Rolf Gramstaad17
21+3Ingvar Hauverstad4
21+2Stefan Kekec15
21+2Vlado Kocuvan6
20Adi Funk9
20Herbert Szerecz11
419Henny Kroeze6-
419Frits Koppe13
518Zoltan Adorjan16
518Isztvan Sziracky2
613Angel Jeftimov8
613Nikolaj Manev5
711M.Gerard8
711F.Ender3

Semifinal 1