# 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points).

## Semifinal 1

* KS Apator Stadium, Toruń
* 6 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | Denmark (54 pts) | 11.Hans Nielsen (5,4,4,5,4,5) | 27 |
| | Denmark (54 pts) | 12.Erik Gundersen (4,5,5,4,5,4) | 27 |
| | New Zealand (44 pts) | 15.Mitch Shirra (5,5,4,2,5,2) | 23 |
| | New Zealand (44 pts) | 16.David Bargh (3,3,5,3,4,3) | 21 |
| | Poland (36 pts) | 9.Wojciech Żabiałowicz (3,4,4,5,4,1) | 21 |
| | Poland (36 pts) | 10.Roman Jankowski (2,2,5,4,2,0) | 15 |
| 4 | Finland (35 pts) | 13.Kai Niemi (4,4,3,2,3,4) | 20 |
| 4 | Finland (35 pts) | 14.Olli Tyrväinen (2,5,1,0,5,2) | 15 |
| 5 | Sweden (30 pts) | 5.Jimmy Nilsen (5,3,0,1,3,5) | 17 |
| 5 | Sweden (30 pts) | 6.Per Jonsson (4,0,3,3,0,3) | 13 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (26 pts) | 7.Angel Jeftimov (1,1,2,2,0,4) | 10 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (26 pts) | 8.Nikolaj Manev (0,3,1,5,2,5) | 16 |
| 7 | Norway (20 pts) | 3.Arne Svendsen (3,0,2,4,3,1) | 13 |
| 7 | Norway (20 pts) | 4.Tor Einar Hielm (2,1,0,3,1,0) | 7 |
| 8 | France (16 pts) | 17.Thierry Hilaire (1,2,2,1,1,3) | 9 |
| 8 | France (16 pts) | 18.Patrice Blondy (0,1,3,0,0,2) | 7 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (9 pts) | 1.Czaba Lazar (1,0,1,1,2,1) | 5 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (9 pts) | 2.Artur Horvat (0,2,0,0,1,0) | 4 |

## Semifinal 2

* Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
* 6 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | United States (49 pts) | Shawn Moran | 26 |
| | United States (49 pts) | Kelly Moran | 23 |
| | England (40 pts) | Kelvin Tatum | 21 |
| | England (40 pts) | Simon Wigg | 19 |
| | Italy (38 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto | 23 |
| | Italy (38 pts) | Armando Castagna | 15 |
| 4 | Australia (36 pts) | Steve Regeling | 18 |
| 4 | Australia (36 pts) | Steve Baker | 18 |
| 5 | Hungary (25 pts) | Zoltan Adorjan | 15 |
| 5 | Hungary (25 pts) | Jozsef Petrikovics | 10 |
| 6 | West Germany (23 pts) | Karl Maier | 19 |
| 6 | West Germany (23 pts) | Gerd Riss | 4 |
| 7 | Austria (23 pts) | Toni Pilotto | 17 |
| 7 | Austria (23 pts) | Heinrich Schatzer | 6 |
| 8 | Netherlands (14 pts) | Robert-Jan Munnecom | 10 |
| 8 | Netherlands (14 pts) | Will Stroes | 4 |
| 9 | Belgium (14 pts) | Vital Cardeynaels | 9 |
| 9 | Belgium (14 pts) | Geert Cools | 5 |

## World final

* Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice
* 28 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | Denmark (52 pts) | Erik Gundersen (4,4,5,4,4,5) | 26 |
| | Denmark (52 pts) | Hans Nielsen (3,5,4,5,5,4) | 26 |
| | England (44 pts) | Kelvin Tatum (5,5,5,5,3,1) | 24 |
| | England (44 pts) | Simon Wigg (1,4,4,4,5,2) | 20 |
| | United States (36 pts) | Sam Ermolenko (3,0,5,2,5,3) | 18 |
| | United States (36 pts) | Kelly Moran (4,3,4,3,4,e) | 18 |
| 4 | New Zealand (36 pts) | David Bargh (2,3,3,5,3,4) | 20 |
| 4 | New Zealand (36 pts) | Mitch Shirra (5,1,2,4,1,3) | 16 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (30 pts) | Roman Matoušek (2,1,3,2,3,5) | 16 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (30 pts) | Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,2,2,3,2,2) | 14 |
| 6 | Finland (19 pts) | Olli Tyrväinen (5,4,0,e,2,0) | 11 |
| 6 | Finland (19 pts) | Kai Niemi (1,e,1,1,4,1) | 8 |
| 7 | Australia (21 pts) | Steve Baker (4,2,0,3,2,5) | 16 |
| 7 | Australia (21 pts) | Steve Regeling (0,e,1,2,0,2) | 5 |
| 8 | Italy (18 pts) | Armando Castagna (2,5,2,1,1,0) | 11 |
| 8 | Italy (18 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto (0,3,3,0,0,1) | 7 |
| 9 | Poland (14 pts) | Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,2,1,1,1,3) | 8 |
| 9 | Poland (14 pts) | Roman Jankowski (1,1,0,0,0,4) | 6 |