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
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Lake Placid when
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'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
30 km
16 February 1970
50 km
20 February 1970
4 × 10 km relay
22 February 1970
Women's cross-country
5 km
17 February 1970
10 km
16 February 1970
3 × 5 km relay
22 February 1970
Men's Nordic combined
Individual
15/16 February 1970
Men's ski jumping
Individual normal hill
14 February 1970
Individual large hill
21 February 1970
Medal table
References
FIS 1970 Cross country results
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070930120849/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=§or=JP&season=1970&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1970 Ski jumping results* Results from German Wikipedia
Development of Slovak television
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