# 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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 | Points |
| 1 | Denmark (45 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 23 |
| 1 | Denmark (45 pts) | Erik Gundersen | 22 |
| 2 | New Zealand (41 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 24 |
| 2 | New Zealand (41 pts) | David Bargh | 17 |
| 3 | West Germany (40 pts) | Gerd Riss | 25 |
| 3 | West Germany (40 pts) | Karl Maier | 15 |
| 4 | Poland (34 pts) | Piotr Swist | 19 |
| 4 | Poland (34 pts) | Roman Jankowski | 15 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (31 pts) | Roman Matoušek | 17 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (31 pts) | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 13 |
| 6 | Finland (31 pts) | Kai Niemi | 21 |
| 6 | Finland (31 pts) | Olli Tyrväinen | 10 |
| 7 | Bulgaria (18 pts) | Nikolaj Manev | 9 |
| 7 | Bulgaria (18 pts) | Angel Eftimov | 9 |
| 8 | Norway (16 pts) | Ingvar Skogland | 10 |
| 8 | Norway (16 pts) | Tor Einar Hielm | 6 |
| 9 | Netherlands (15 pts) | Robert Jan Munnecom | 8 |
| 9 | Netherlands (15 pts) | Rene Elzinga | 7 |

## Semi final 2

* Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
* 30 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| 1 | United States (50 pts) | Sam Ermolenko | 25 |
| 1 | United States (50 pts) | Shawn Moran | 25 |
| 2 | Sweden (43 pts) | Per Jonsson | 25 |
| 2 | Sweden (43 pts) | Jimmy Nilsen | 18 |
| 3 | Hungary (40 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 23 |
| 3 | Hungary (40 pts) | Antal KocsoK | 17 |
| 4 | Italy (37 pts) | Paolo Salvatelli | 22 |
| 4 | Italy (37 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto | 15 |
| 5 | Austria (32 pts) | Heinrich Schatzer | 20 |
| 5 | Austria (32 pts) | Toni Pilotto | 12 |
| 6 | Australia (22 pts) | Steve Regeling | 12 |
| 6 | Australia (22 pts) | Steve Baker | 10 |
| 7 | France (14 pts) | Patrice Blondy | 11 |
| 7 | France (14 pts) | Alain Blondy | 3 |
| 8 | Belgium (10 pts) | Geert Cools | 8 |
| 8 | Belgium (10 pts) | Frans Cools | 2 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (4 pts) | Lazar Csaba | 3 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (4 pts) | Artur Horvat | 1 |

## World final

* Odsal Stadium, Bradford
* 31 July
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | Denmark (45 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 27 |
| | Denmark (45 pts) | Erik Gundersen | 18 |
| | England (41 pts) | Kelvin Tatum | 21 |
| | England (41 pts) | Simon Cross | 20 |
| | United States (39 pts) | Shawn Moran | 23 |
| | United States (39 pts) | Sam Ermolenko | 16 |
| 4 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 24 |
| 4 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Alan Rivett* | 8 |
| 5 | Sweden (29 pts) | Jimmy Nilsen | 17 |
| 5 | Sweden (29 pts) | Per Jonsson | 12 |
| 6 | Hungary (25 pts) | Antal Kocso | 15 |
| 6 | Hungary (25 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 10 |
| 7 | Italy (21 pts) | Armando Castagna | 17 |
| 7 | Italy (21 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto | 4 |
| 8 | West Germany (21 pts) | Gerd Riss | 17 |
| 8 | West Germany (21 pts) | Tommy Dunker | 4 |
| 9 | Poland (17 pts) | Piotr Świst | 9 |
| 9 | Poland (17 pts) | Roman Jankowski | 8 |
* New Zealand born, Australian rider Alan Rivett replaced injured New Zealand rider David Bargh