FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970
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| Host city | Vysoké Tatry |
|---|---|
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Events | 10 |
| Opening | 14 February 1970 |
| Closing | 22 February 1970 |
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was televised in colour from Czechoslovakia though broadcasting there remained in black and white. This was the first championships that timed the results in hundredths of a second, a practice that continued until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid when Sweden's Thomas Wassberg edged out Finland's Juha Mieto by 0.01 seconds in the men's 15 km event.
Men's cross-country
15 km
17 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE)
|
47:04.71 |
| Silver |  Odd Martinsen (NOR)
|
47:38.19 |
| Bronze |  Fyodor Simashev (URS)
|
47:49.00 |
30 km
16 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
|
1:39:48.01 |
| Silver |  Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
1:40:25.58 |
| Bronze | Odd Martinsen (NOR)
|
1:41:04.42 |
50 km
20 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN)
|
2:49:34.70 |
| Silver | Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
|
2:50:04.82 |
| Bronze | Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
|
2:50:12.88 |
4 × 10 km relay
22 February 1970
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Vladimir Voronkov, Valery Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin)
|
2:06:36.47 |
| Silver | East Germany (Gerd Hessler, Axel Lesser, Gerhard Grimmer, Gert-Dietmar Klause)
|
2:06:50.59 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Ove Lestander, Jan Halvarsson, Ingvar Sandström, Lars-Göran Åslund)
|
2:06:56.80 |
Women's cross-country
5 km
17 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
18:07.89 |
| Silver | Galina Pilyushenko (URS)
|
18:27.91 |
| Bronze | Nina Fyodorova (URS)
|
18:28.51 |
10 km
16 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Alevtina Olyunina (URS)
|
36:19.00 |
| Silver | Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)
|
36:40.05 |
| Bronze | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
37:06.04 |
3 × 5 km relay
22 February 1970
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Nina Fyodorova, Galina Kulakova, Alevtina Olyunina)
|
54:32.18 |
| Silver | East Germany (Gabriele Haupt, Renate Fischer, Anna Unger)
|
55:09.65 |
| Bronze | Finland (Senja Pusula, Helena Takalo, Marjatta Kajosmaa)
|
55:33.76 |
Men's Nordic combined
Individual
15/16 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Ladislav Rygl (TCH)
|
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| Silver | Nikolay Nogovitsyn (URS)
|
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| Bronze | Vyacheslav Dryagin (URS)
|
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
14 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gariy Napalkov (URS)
|
240.6 |
| Silver |  Yukio Kasaya (JPN)
|
237.7 |
| Bronze | Lars Grini (NOR)
|
234.6 |
Individual large hill
21 February 1970
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gariy Napalkov (URS)
|
226.0 |
| Silver | Jiří Raška (TCH)
|
212.3 |
| Bronze |  Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel (POL)
|
211.8 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
References
- FIS 1970 Cross country results
- FIS 1970 Nordic combined results
- FIS 1970 Ski jumping results
- Results from German Wikipedia
- Development of Slovak television (in Slovak)
