The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, [oland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points).
Semifinal 1 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien 11 June Pos. Team Rider Points (28 pts) Ole Olsen 17Finn Thomsen 11 (25 pts) Ivan Mauger 14Larry Ross 11 (22 pts) Anders Michanek 15Jan Andersson 74 (17 pts) Phil Crump 11Phil Herne 65 (15 pts) Ila Teromaa 10Kai Niemi 56 (12 pts) Henny Kroeze 6Rudi Muts 67 (6 pts) Audun Ove Olsen 5Trond Helge Skretting 1
Semifinal 2 Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen 11 June Pos. Team Rider Points (30 pts) Malcolm Simmons 15Gordon Kennett 15 (24 pts) Jiří Štancl 13Jan Verner 11 (22 pts) Hans Wassermann 16Georg Hack 64 (17 pts) Giuseppe Marzotto 11Mauro Ferracioli 65 (16 pts) Istvan Sziraczky 12Janos Oresko 46 (10 pts) Adi Funk 7Walter Grubmuller 37 (3 pts) Djuro Fleten 2Josef Mauser 1
World final Silesian Stadium, Chorzów 25 June
See also 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship 1978 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1978 in sports
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