Orienteering World Championships 1970
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The third World Orienteering Championships were held from 27. September bis 29. September 1970 in the mountainous and forested area of Eisenach and 20 kilometers away spa town of Friedrichroda held in the GDR.
After the World Championships in Finland in 1966 and in Sweden in 1968, the World Championships were held in Central Europe for the first time. In 1964, however, the European Championships were held in Switzerland.
Participating Nations
Athletes from 15 countries took part in the world orienteering championships. That was two more participating nations than in 1968.
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Men's
singles
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Stig mountains | 1:49:46 h |
| 2 | SUI | Karl John | 1:51:07 h |
| 3 | SUI | Dieter Hulliger | 1:51:46 h |
| 4th | NOR | Ola Skarholt | 1:51:56 h |
| 5 | NOR | By Fosser | 1:52:42 h |
| 6th | THE | Flemming Nørgaard | 1:52:47 h |
| 7th | NOR | Jostein Nielsen | 1:54:18 h |
| 8th | NOR | Åge Hadler | 1:54:33 h |
Individual:
Defending champion: Karl Johansson
Location: Hohe Sonne
Length: 14.5 km
Post: 19
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR |
Ola Skarholt Stig Berge Per Fosser Åge Hadler |
3:52:00 h |
| 2 | SWE |
Björn Nordin Karl Johansson Sture Björk Bernt Frilén |
4:07:06 h |
| 3 | TCH |
Zdeněk Lenhart Bohuslav Beránek Jaroslav Jašek Svatoslav Galík |
4:07:20 h |
| 4th | FIN |
Reijo Kujansuu Markku Salt Mines Veijo Tahvanainen Veikko Kostiainen |
4:12:19 h |
| 5 | SUI |
Dieter Hulliger Karl John Hansruedi Brand Urs Schaffner |
4:19:57 h |
| 6th | THE |
Jørn Esbensen Keld Olsen Flemming Nørgaard Leif Nørgaard |
4:20:06 h |
| 7th | HUN |
Zoltán Boros János Sõtér Attila Horváth György Bozán |
4:23:51 h |
| 8th | GDR |
Michael Schubert Tassilo Schmalfeld Helmut Conrad Hans-Dieter Baumgart |
4:30:43 h |
Season:
Defending champions: Karl Johansson , Sture Björk , Sten-Olov Carlström , Göran Öhlund
Ladies
singles
| Platza | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Ingrid Hadler | 1:10:39 h |
| 2 | SWE | Ulla Lindkvist | 1:12:44 h |
| 3 | NOR | Kristin Danielsen | 1:13:44 h |
| 4th | FIN | Pirjo Seppä | 1:14:07 h |
| 5 | SUI | Helen Thommen | 1:14:57 h |
| 6th | HUN | Agnes Hegedűs | 1:17:17 h |
| 7th | SWE | Eivor Steen-Olsson | 1: 17: 24h |
| 8th | HUN | Sarolta Monspart | 1:17:36 h |
Singles:
Defending champion: Ulla Lindkvist
Location: Hohe Sonne
Length: 7.5 km
Post: 10
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE |
Birgitta Larsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist |
2:32:39 h |
| 2 | HUN |
Magda Horváth Agnes Hegedűs Sarolta Monspart |
2:37:13 h |
| 3 | NOR |
Astrid Rødmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler |
2:38:59 h |
| 4th | FIN |
Liisa Liukkonen Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä |
2:39:09 h |
| 5 | TCH |
Naděžda Mertová-Linhartová Renata Vlachová Anna Handzlová |
2:44:01 h |
| 6th | SUI |
Helen Thommen Ruth Schmid Ruth Schaffner |
2:52:16 h |
| 7th | THE |
Else Marker-Larsen Annette Axelsen Mona Hebo |
2:52:41 h |
| 8th | GDR |
Annelies Unger Erika Conrad Hannelore Bregula |
2:55:55 h |
Season:
Defending champions: Ingrid Hadler-Thoresen , Astrid Hensen , Astrid Rødmyr
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Norway
|
3 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |
Sweden
|
1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 3 |
 Switzerland
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4th |
 Hungary
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |