The 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second time after hosting the event in 1950. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. Beginning at these championships, the event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years, a tradition that continues .
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the eighth championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 1000 m Ivan PatzaichinSerghei Covaliov Tamás WichmannGyula Petrikovics Boris LubenovSachko IlievC-2 10000 m Petre MaximGheorghe Simionov Valeriy DrybasVasiliy Kalyagin Bernt LindelöfErik Zeidlitz
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Nikolay GogolAnatoliy TischenkoAnatoliy KobrisevAnatoliy Sedasov Eugen BotezMihai ZafiuIon JacobAurel Vernescu Géza CsapóIstván CsizmadiaMihály HeszJózsef SvidróK-2 500 m Lars AnderssonRolf Peterson Aurel VernescuAtanase Sciotnic Gerhard SeiboldGünther PfaffK-2 1000 m Gerhard SeiboldGünther Pfaff Lars AnderssonRolf Peterson Klaus-Peter EbelingJoachim MatternK-2 10000 m Konstantin KostenkoVyacheslav Kononov Imre SzöllősiVilmos Nagy Costel CoșnițăVasilie SimiocencoK-4 1000 m Yuri FilatovValeri DidenkoYuriy StetsenkoVladimir Morozov Uwe WillEduard AugustinKlaus-Peter EbelingJoachim Mattern István SzabóPéter VárhelyiCsaba GiczyIstván TimárK-4 10000 m Egil SøbySteinar AmundsenTore BergerJan Johansen Horst MatternRainer HennesJochen SchneiderErich Kemnitz Kurt LycjnerWilly TeschÅke SandinHans Nilsson
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Roswitha EsserRenate Breuer Lyudmila BezrukovaTamara Shymanskaya Petra SetzkornPetra GrabowskiK-4 500 m Lyudmila BezrukovaTamara ShymanskayaNatalya BoykoNinel Vakula Petra SetzkornPetra GrabowskiIngeborg LoeschAnita Nüssner-Kobuss Roswitha EsserIrene PepinghegeRoswitha SpohrMonika Bergmann
Medals table
References ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007. Results at Canoeresults.eu