FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 were held from 8 to 15 February in Gröden/Val Gardena, Italy.^[1][2]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970

Host city	Val Gardena
Country	Italy
Events	8
Opening	8 February 1970 (1970-02-08)
Closing	15 February 1970 (1970-02-15)
Opened by	Giuseppe Saragat
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Val Gardena

Location in the Alps of Europe

For the only time, results from a World Championships were included in the World Cup points standings, then in its fourth season. Two seasons earlier, results from the Winter Olympics (concurrent World Championships) were also included in the World Cup standings.

The French team again led with ten medals: three gold, five silver, and two bronze.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Main article: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 – Men's downhill

Sunday, 15 February

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland (SUI)	2:24.57	—
	Karl Cordin	Austria (AUT)	2:24.79	+ 0.22
	Malcolm Milne	Australia (AUS)	2:25.09	+ 0.52
4	Karl Schranz	Austria (AUT)	2:25.46	+ 0.89
5	Marcello Varallo	Italy (ITA)	2:25.52	+ 0.95
5	Billy Kidd	United States (USA)	2:25.52	+ 0.95
7	Rudi Sailer	Austria (AUT)	2:26.12	+ 1.55
8	Jean-Luc Pinel	France (FRA)	2:26.59	+ 2.02
9	Anders Hansson	Sweden (SWE)	2:26.89	+ 2.32
10	Jon Terje Øverland	Norway (NOR)	2:27.05	+ 2.48

Source:^[2][3][4][5]

Giant slalom

Monday,    9 February (run 1)
Tuesday, 10 February (run 2)

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Karl Schranz	Austria (AUT)	4:19.19	—
	Werner Bleiner	Austria (AUT)	4:19.58	+ 0.39
	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland (SUI)	4:21.15	+ 1.96
4	Heini Messner	Austria (AUT)	4:22.11	+ 2.92
4	Max Rieger	West Germany (FRG)	4:22.11	+ 2.92
6	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland (POL)	4:22.76	+ 3.57
7	Kurt Schnider	Switzerland (SUI)	4:22.81	+ 3.62
8	Patrick Russel	France (FRA)	4:22.97	+ 3.78
9	Alain Penz	France (FRA)	4:23.04	+ 3.85
10	Erik Håker	Norway (NOR)	4:24.49	+ 5.30

Source:^[2][6]

Schranz led after the first run at 2:15.15; Bleiner was next, 0.30 seconds back.^[7]

Slalom

Sunday, 8 February

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Jean-Noël Augert	France (FRA)	1:39.47	—
	Patrick Russel	France (FRA)	1:39.51	+ 0.04
	Billy Kidd	United States (USA)	1:39.53	+ 0.06
4	Gustav Thöni	Italy (ITA)	1:40.23	+ 0.76
5	Alain Penz	France (FRA)	1:40.54	+ 1.07
6	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland (SUI)	1:42.38	+ 2.91
7	Peter Frei	Switzerland (SUI)	1:43.33	+ 3.86
8	Håkan Bjørge	Norway (NOR)	1:43.59	+ 4.12
9	F. Fernández Ochoa	Spain (ESP)	1:43.73	+ 4.26
10	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland (POL)	1:43.94	+ 4.47

Source:^[2][8][9]

Combined

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Billy Kidd	United States (USA)	21.25	5	15
	Patrick Russel	France (FRA)	50.15	43	8
	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland (POL)	60.90	32	6	10
4	Max Rieger	West Germany (FRG)	66.31	36	4	13
5	Edmund Bruggmann	Switzerland (SUI)	69.29	12	14	16
6	Hansjörg Schlager	West Germany (FRG)	70.08	16	18	14
7	Peter Duncan	Canada (CAN)	72.48	28	25	12
8	Aurelio García	Spain (ESP)	91.81	21	32	15
9	F. Fernández Ochoa	Spain (ESP)	92.23	42	33	9
10	Keith Shepherd	Canada (CAN)	99.31	19	22	21

Source:^[2][3][4][5]

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Women's competitions

Downhill

Wednesday, 11 February

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Switzerland (SUI)	Annerösli Zryd	1:58.34
2	France (FRA)	Isabelle Mir	1:58.84
3	Austria (AUT)	Annemarie Pröll	2:00.43

Source:^[2][10]

Giant slalom

Saturday, 14 February

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Canada (CAN)	Betsy Clifford	1:20.46
2	France (FRA)	Ingrid Lafforgue	1:20.53
3	France (FRA)	Françoise Macchi	1.20.60

Source:^[2]

Slalom

Friday, 13 February

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	France (FRA)	Ingrid Lafforgue	1:40.44
2	United States (USA)	Barbara Ann Cochran	1:42.15
3	France (FRA)	Michèle Jacot	1:42.20

Source:^[2][11]

Combined

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	France (FRA)	Michèle Jacot	30.31
2	France (FRA)	Florence Steurer	37.69
3	United States (USA)	Marilyn Cochran	41.84

Source:^[2]

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	3	5	2	10
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	–	1	3
3	Austria (AUT)	1	2	1	4
4	United States (USA)	1	1	2	4
5	Canada (CAN)	1	–	–	1
6	Australia (AUS)	–	–	1	1
6	Poland (POL)	–	–	1	1