# FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 – Men's downhill

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 | |