The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland.[1] The championship was won by Denmark (48 points)[2] who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points).[3] [4]
Semi final 1
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Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup- 9 July
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark (48 pts) |
Hans Nielsen | 25 |
| Erik Gundersen | 23 | ||
| 2 |  Sweden (41 pts) |
Henka Gustafsson | 23 |
| Jimmy Nilsen | 18 | ||
| 3 |  Finland (34 pts) |
Kai Niemi | 24 |
| Olli Tyrväinen | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Australia (32 pts) |
Troy Butler | 23 |
| Stephen Davies | 9 | ||
| 5 |  Norway (31 pts) |
Lars Gunnestad | 21 |
| Einar Kyllingstad | 10 | ||
| 6 |  New Zealand (31 pts) |
Mitch Shirra | 20 |
| Gary Allan | 11 | ||
| 7 |  Soviet Union (30 pts) |
Vladimir Trofimov | 15 |
| Rif Saitgareev | 15 | ||
| 8 |  Netherlands (17 pts) |
Rene Elzinga | 10 |
| Ron Koppe | 7 | ||
| 9 |  Belgium (6 pts) |
Frans Cools | 3 |
| Geert Cools | 3 |
Semi final 2
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Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana- 9 July
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany (47 pts) |
Gerd Riss | 24 |
| Karl Maier | 24 | ||
| 2 |  Hungary (43 pts) |
Zoltán Adorján | 22 |
| Antal Kocso | 21 | ||
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia (38 pts) |
Roman Matoušek | 23 |
| Petr Vandírek | 15 | ||
| 4 |  Italy (38 pts) |
Armando Castagna | 23 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 15 | ||
| 5 |  United States (37 pts) |
Lance King | 19 |
| Rick Miller | 18 | ||
| 6 |  Bulgaria (19 pts) |
Giorgi Petranov | 13 |
| Zacharia Jordanov | 6 | ||
| 7 |  Austria (18 pts) |
Heinrich Schatzer | 11 |
| Walter Nebel | 7 | ||
| 8 |  Yugoslavia (17 pts) |
Gregor Pintar | 17 |
| Artur Horvat | 2 | ||
| 9 |  France (12 pts) |
Thierry Hillaire | 12 |
| Joel Tresarrieu | 0 |
World final
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Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno- 5 August
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
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Denmark (48 pts) |
Hans Nielsen | 28 |
| Erik Gundersen | 20 | ||
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Sweden (44 pts) |
Jimmy Nilsen | 23 |
| Per Jonsson | 21 | ||
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 England (37 pts) |
Kelvin Tatum | 21 |
| Paul Thorp | 16 | ||
| 4 | West Germany (36 pts) |
Karl Maier | 22 |
| Gerd Riss | 14 | ||
| 5 | Finland (31 pts) |
Kai Niemi | 18 |
| Olli Tyrväinen | 13 | ||
| 6 | Hungary (22 pts) |
Antal Kocso | 14 |
| Zoltán Adorján | 8 | ||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (25 pts) |
Bohumil Brhel | 14 |
| Zdeněk Tesař | 11 | ||
| 8 | Italy (15 pts) |
Armando Dal Chiele | 9 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 6 | ||
| 9 |  Poland (11 pts) |
Piotr Świst | 11 |
| Roman Jankowski | 0 |
See also
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edit- ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Tatum targets Munich". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1989. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.