The 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Bradford, England. The championship was won by Denmark (45 points) who beat host team England (41 points) and United States (39 points).
Semi final 1 Altes Stadion, Abensberg 23 May
Pos. Team Rider Points1 (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 23Erik Gundersen 222 (41 pts) Mitch Shirra 24David Bargh 173 (40 pts) Gerd Riss 25Karl Maier 154 (34 pts) Piotr Swist 19Roman Jankowski 155 (31 pts) Roman Matoušek 17Antonín Kasper Jr. 136 (31 pts) Kai Niemi21Olli Tyrväinen 107 (18 pts) Nikolaj Manev 9Angel Eftimov 98 (16 pts) Ingvar Skogland 10Tor Einar Hielm 69 (15 pts) Robert Jan Munnecom 8Rene Elzinga 7
Semi final 2 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt 30 May Pos. Team Rider Points1 (50 pts) Sam Ermolenko 25Shawn Moran 252 (43 pts) Per Jonsson 25Jimmy Nilsen 183 (40 pts) Zoltán Adorján 23Antal KocsoK 174 (37 pts) Paolo Salvatelli 22Valentino Furlanetto 155 (32 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 20Toni Pilotto 126 (22 pts) Steve Regeling12Steve Baker 107 (14 pts) Patrice Blondy 11Alain Blondy 38 (10 pts) Geert Cools 8Frans Cools 29 (4 pts) Lazar Csaba 3Artur Horvat 1
World final Odsal Stadium, Bradford 31 July
Pos. Team Rider Points (45 pts) Hans Nielsen 27Erik Gundersen 18 (41 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21Simon Cross 20 (39 pts) Shawn Moran 23Sam Ermolenko 164 (32 pts) Mitch Shirra 24Alan Rivett* 85 (29 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 17Per Jonsson 126 (25 pts) Antal Kocso 15Zoltán Adorján 107 (21 pts) Armando Castagna 17Valentino Furlanetto 48 (21 pts) Gerd Riss 17Tommy Dunker 49 (17 pts) Piotr Świst 9Roman Jankowski 8 * New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh
See also 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship 1988 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1988 in sports
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