Val Gardena

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Location in the Alps of Europe

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

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

Sunday, 15 February

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	2:24.57	—
	Karl Cordin	Austria	2:24.79	+ 0.22
	Malcolm Milne	Australia	2:25.09	+ 0.52
4	Karl Schranz	Austria	2:25.46	+ 0.89
5	Marcello Varallo	Italy	2:25.52	+ 0.95
5	Billy Kidd	United States	2:25.52	+ 0.95
7	Rudi Sailer	Austria	2:26.12	+ 1.55
8	Jean-Luc Pinel	France	2:26.59	+ 2.02
9	Anders Hansson	Sweden	2:26.89	+ 2.32
10	Jon Terje Øverland	Norway	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	4:19.19	—
	Werner Bleiner	Austria	4:19.58	+ 0.39
	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland	4:21.15	+ 1.96
4	Heini Messner	Austria	4:22.11	+ 2.92
4	Max Rieger	West Germany	4:22.11	+ 2.92
6	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland	4:22.76	+ 3.57
7	Kurt Schnider	Switzerland	4:22.81	+ 3.62
8	Patrick Russel	France	4:22.97	+ 3.78
9	Alain Penz	France	4:23.04	+ 3.85
10	Erik Håker	Norway	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	1:39.47	—
	Patrick Russel	France	1:39.51	+ 0.04
	Billy Kidd	United States	1:39.53	+ 0.06
4	Gustav Thöni	Italy	1:40.23	+ 0.76
5	Alain Penz	France	1:40.54	+ 1.07
6	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland	1:42.38	+ 2.91
7	Peter Frei	Switzerland	1:43.33	+ 3.86
8	Håkan Bjørge	Norway	1:43.59	+ 4.12
9	F. Fernández Ochoa	Spain	1:43.73	+ 4.26
10	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland	1:43.94	+ 4.47

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

Combined

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Billy Kidd	United States	21.25	5	15
	Patrick Russel	France	50.15	43	8
	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland	60.90	32	6	10
4	Max Rieger	West Germany	66.31	36	4	13
5	Edmund Bruggmann	Switzerland	69.29	12	14	16
6	Hansjörg Schlager	West Germany	70.08	16	18	14
7	Peter Duncan	Canada	72.48	28	25	12
8	Aurelio García	Spain	91.81	21	32	15
9	F. Fernández Ochoa	Spain	92.23	42	33	9
10	Keith Shepherd	Canada	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	Annerösli Zryd	1:58.34
2	France	Isabelle Mir	1:58.84
3	Austria	Annemarie Pröll	2:00.43

Source: ^{[2] [10]}

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 14 February

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

Source: ^[2]

Slalom

Friday, 13 February

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

Source: ^{[2] [11]}

Combined

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	France	Michèle Jacot	30.31
2	France	Florence Steurer	37.69
3	United States	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	3	5	2	10
2	Switzerland	2	–	1	3
3	Austria	1	2	1	4
4	United States	1	1	2	4
5	Canada	1	–	–	1
6	Australia	–	–	1	1
	Poland	–	–	1	1

References

External links

• FIS-ski.com – results – 1970 World Championships – Val Gardena, Italy
• FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships