The 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Sydney, Australia, at the Liverpool City Raceway.
The championship was won by Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz of the United States, who were undefeated on the night. Peter Collins and Kenny Carter of England finished second, with Hans Nielsen and Ole Olsen of Denmark third. As the host nation, Australia was seeded directly to the Final and were represented by Australian Champion Billy Sanders and Australian championship runner up Gary Guglielmi, both Sydney based riders who were riding on their home track. Australia finished in a disappointing fourth place.
Despite motorcycle speedway having its origins in Australia as far back as the 1910s, the 1982 World Pairs Final was the first time Australia had held a Speedway World Final. 1982 was also the only time the World Pairs Championship was held outside of England or Europe.
Preliminary round Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško 2 May Pos. Team Rider Points - 24Zoltan Adorjan 13Zoltan Hajdu 11 - 21 Armando Dal Chiele 12Francesko Biginato 9 - 20 Nikolaj Manev 10Veselin Markov 104 - 20Henny Kroeze 7Rudy Muts 135 - 18Stefan Kekec 9Vlado Kocuvan 96 - 17Adi Funk 10Herbert Scherecz 77 - 6Romano Reutimann 5Paul Kaspar 1
Semifinal 1 Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens 5 June
Semifinal 2 Markéta Stadium, Prague 5 June
World final Liverpool City Raceway, Sydney 11 December Referee: Sam Bass
See also 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship 1982 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1982 in sports
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