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Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970
Location	Val Gardena, Italy
Date	15 February
Competitors	91 from 29 nations
Winning time	2:24.57
Medalists
Bernhard Russi     Switzerland   Karl Cordin    Austria   Malcolm Milne    Australia
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The Men's downhill competition was the final event of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970, held on Sunday, 15 February.

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	15	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	2:24.57	—
	3	Karl Cordin	Austria	2:24.79	+ 0.22
	14	Malcolm Milne	Australia	2:25.09	+ 0.52
4	6	Karl Schranz	Austria	2:25.49	+ 0.92
5	13	Billy Kidd	United States	2:25.52	+ 0.95
5	23	Marcello Varallo	Italy	2:25.52	+ 0.95
7	12	Rudi Sailer	Austria	2:26.12	+ 1.55
8	5	Jean-Luc Pinel	France	2:26.59	+ 2.02
9	41	Anders Hansson	Sweden	2:26.89	+ 2.32
10	18	Jon-Terje Oeverland	Norway	2:27.09	+ 2.52
11	17	Ruud Pyles	United States	2:27.13	+ 2.56
12	24	Edmund Bruggmann	Switzerland	2:27.16	+ 2.59
13	48	Erik Håker	Norway	2:27.46	+ 2.89
14	4	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler	Switzerland	2:27.47	+ 2.90
15	20	Gary Rinaldi	Canada	2:27.84	+ 3.27
16	19	Hans-Joerg Schlager	West Germany	2:27.92	+ 3.35
17	9	Heini Messner	Austria	2:28.39	+ 3.82
18	36	Rune Lindström	Sweden	2:28.71	+ 4.14
19	7	Keith Shepherd	Canada	2:28.92	+ 4.35
20	25	Antonio Campaña	Spain	2:29.03	+ 4.46
21	21	Aurelio García-Oliver	Spain	2:29.22	+ 4.65
22	44	Eberhard Schmalzl	Italy	2:29.23	+ 4.66
23	42	Dave Irwin	Canada	2:29.31	+ 4.74
24	2	Andreas Sprecher	Switzerland	2:29.63	+ 5.06
25	10	Henry Duvillard	France	2:29.80	+ 5.23
26	8	Bob Cochran	United States	2:29.90	+ 5.33
27	47	Olle Rolen	Sweden	2:29.99	+ 5.42
28	30	Peter Duncan	Canada	2:30.20	+ 5.63
29	27	Hans Boerge	Norway	2:30.27	+ 5.70
30	65	Tadeusz Kaim	Poland	2:30.55	+ 5.98
31	28	Mike Lafferty	United States	2:30.58	+ 6.01
32	38	Andrzej Bachleda-Curus	Poland	2:30.68	+ 6.11
33	25	Helmuth Schmalzl	Italy	2:30.93	+ 6.36
34	45	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	2:31.09	+ 6.52
35	39	Masahiko Otsue	Japan	2:31.23	+ 6.66
36	49	Max Rieger	West Germany	2:31.50	+ 6.93
37	1	Bernard Orcel	France	2:31.51	+ 6.94
38	31	Willi Lesch	West Germany	2:31.65	+ 7.08
39	59	Luke O'Reilly	Great Britain	2:31.87	+ 7.30
40	40	Jaroslav Janda	Czechoslovakia	2:32.46	+ 7.89
41	37	Jože Gazvoda	Yugoslavia	2:32.69	+ 8.12
42	29	Francisco Fernández-Ochoa	Spain	2:33.15	+ 8.58
43	22	Patrick Russel	France	2:33.64	+ 9.07
44	57	Royston Varley	Great Britain	2:34.41	+ 9.84
45	35	Julian Vasey	Great Britain	2:34.59	+ 10.02
46	58	Jan Bachleda	Poland	2:34.99	+ 10.42
47	84	Matti Lepannen	Finland	2:35.64	+ 11.07
48	43	Blaz Jakopic	Yugoslavia	2:35.81	+ 11.24
49	61	Dusan Javnik	Yugoslavia	2:35.82	+ 11.25
50	52	Anatolij Tormoshin	Soviet Union	2:36.51	+ 11.94
51	74	Tuomo Kilpelainen	Finland	2:36.58	+ 12.01
52	71	Christian Woomersley	New Zealand	2:36.93	+ 12.36
53	53	Raimo Manninen	Finland	2:37.23	+ 12.66
54	56	Miloslav Sochor	Czechoslovakia	2:37.42	+ 12.85
55	86	Willi Frommelt	Liechtenstein	2:37.52	+ 12.95
56	76	Vasiliy Melnikov	Soviet Union	2:37.65	+ 13.08
57	51	Ryszard Cwikla	Poland	2:37.84	+ 13.27
58	68	Teodorico Fabi	Brazil	2:38.11	+ 13.54
59	55	Luciano Del Cacho	Spain	2:38.24	+ 13.67
60	79	Felipe Briones	Chile	2:38.71	+ 14.14
61	82	Iain Finlayson	Great Britain	2:38.80	+ 14.23
62	85	Federico-Emilio Tutzaner	Argentina	2:39.13	+ 14.56
63	92	Carlos-Antonio Perner	Argentina	2:39.19	+ 14.62
64	62	Patrick Escourbiac	Andorra	2:39.25	+ 14.68
65	60	Resmi Resmiev	Bulgaria	2:39.68	+ 15.11
66	67	Petar Angelov	Bulgaria	2:39.79	+ 15.22
67	63	Virgil Brenci	Romania	2:40.63	+ 16.06
68	73	Dan Christea	Romania	2:41.18	+ 16.61
69	69	Jiri Skampa	Czechoslovakia	2:41.58	+ 17.01
70	54	George Vulpe	Romania	2:42.49	+ 17.92
71	77	Francisco Giobbi	Brazil	2:42.64	+ 18.07
72	88	Ivan Penev	Bulgaria	2:43.06	+ 18.49
73	81	Robert Blanchaer	Belgium	2:43.10	+ 18.53
74	78	Pavel Schalamanov	Bulgaria	2:43.23	+ 18.66
75	87	Pierre Descampes	Belgium	2:44.08	+ 19.51
76	66	Gustavo-Osvaldo Ezquera	Argentina	2:44.70	+ 20.13
77	70	Antoni Naudi	Andorra	2:45.90	+ 21.33
78	83	Athanasios Tsimikalis	Greece	2:49.91	+ 25.34
79	64	Michel Poussier	Andorra	2:50.16	+ 25.59
80	72	Bo Ussing	Denmark	2:53.50	+ 28.93
81	89	Viktor Bourlas	Greece	2:55.17	+ 30.60
82	90	Spyridon Theodorou	Greece	2:56.02	+ 31.45
DSQ	11	Stefano Anzi	Italy	2:25.56	+ 0.99
	91	Alexandris Takis	Greece	DNF
	46	Ulf Ekstam	Finland	DNS
		Franz Vogler	West Germany	DNS

References

1. "15.02.1970. Val Gardena Downhill, men" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
2. "Kidd wins combined gold, announces he'll turn pro". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 16, 1970. p. 10.
3. "Kidd ends amateur career after winning crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 1970. p. 2B.

• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970
• Downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships