The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (48 points) who beat Sweden (44 points) and England (37 points).
Semi final 1 Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup 9 July
Pos. Team Rider Points1 (48 pts) Hans Nielsen 25Erik Gundersen 232 (41 pts) Henka Gustafsson 23Jimmy Nilsen 183 (34 pts) Kai Niemi 24Olli Tyrväinen 104 (32 pts) Troy Butler 23Stephen Davies 95 (31 pts) Lars Gunnestad 21Einar Kyllingstad 106 (31 pts) Mitch Shirra20Gary Allan 117 (30 pts) Vladimir Trofimov 15Rif Saitgareev 158 (17 pts) Rene Elzinga 10Ron Koppe 79 (6 pts) Frans Cools 3Geert Cools 3
Semi final 2 Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana 9 July Pos. Team Rider Points1 (47 pts) Gerd Riss 24Karl Maier 242 (43 pts) Zoltán Adorján 22Antal Kocso 213 (38 pts) Roman Matoušek 23Petr Vandírek 154 (38 pts) Armando Castagna 23Valentino Furlanetto 155 (37 pts) Lance King 19Rick Miller 186 (19 pts) Giorgi Petranov13Zacharia Jordanov 67 (18 pts) Heinrich Schatzer 11Walter Nebel 78 (17 pts) Gregor Pintar17Artur Horvat 29 (12 pts) Thierry Hillaire 12Joel Tresarrieu 0
World final Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno 5 August
Pos. Team Rider Points (48 pts) Hans Nielsen 28Erik Gundersen 20 (44 pts) Jimmy Nilsen 23Per Jonsson 21 (37 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21Paul Thorp 164 (36 pts) Karl Maier 22Gerd Riss 145 (31 pts) Kai Niemi 18Olli Tyrväinen 136 (22 pts) Antal Kocso 14Zoltán Adorján 87 (25 pts) Bohumil Brhel 14Zdeněk Tesař 118 (15 pts) Armando Dal Chiele 9Valentino Furlanetto 69 (11 pts) Piotr Świst 11Roman Jankowski 0
See also 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship 1989 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1989 in sports
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