Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 comprised ski jumping events held from 14 to 22 February 1970 at the ski jumping hills in à  trbské Pleso, as part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia.
For the third time in championship history, two individual ski jumping competitions were held â one on the normal hill and one on the large hill. Additionally, an unofficial team competition was staged on the final day as an exhibition event.
Gariy Napalkov of the Soviet Union became a double world champion, securing gold medals in both individual events. This marked the second instance in history where a single athlete won both ski jumping competitions at the same world championships. Silver medals were awarded to Yukio Kasaya on the normal hill and Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka on the large hill, while bronze medals went to Lars Grini on the normal hill and Stanisà Âaw Gàsienica Daniel on the large hill.
The 1970 ski jumping events were the 18th edition of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the third time (following 1925 and 1935) the championships were hosted in Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships for the third time, with the event returning to Vysoké Tatry for the second time since 1935. The ski jumping hill used in 1935, JarolÃÂmek, was demolished in 1962. A new ski jumping complex, named MS 1970, was constructed in à  trbské Pleso between 1968 and 1969 specifically for the championships. Cross-country trails were modernized, and surrounding infrastructure was rebuilt. The rack railway was upgraded and electrified, replacing the previous steam railway. These improvements made Vysoké Tatry the most modern skiing center in Central Europe at the time.
The organizing committee was chaired by Jozef LukáÃÂ, with Ladislav Harvan as vice-chairman. The technical delegate for ski jumping events from the International Ski Federation was Anatoliy Akientyev. Notable attendees included Czechoslovak President LudvÃÂk Svoboda, Prime Minister LubomÃÂr à  trougal, Communist Party leader Gustáv Husák, and International Ski Federation President Marc Hodler.
At the previous 1966 championships in Oslo, Bjørn Wirkola won both the normal and large hill events, the first time a single skier achieved this feat at one championship. In the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka won the normal hill, and Vladimir Belousov won the large hill.
The 18th Four Hills Tournament (1969/1970) saw victories by Gariy Napalkov in Oberstdorf, Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bischofshofen, and Bjørn Wirkola in Innsbruck. Despite no individual wins, Horst Queck won the overall tournament, edging out Wirkola by 2.8 points.
Queck also dominated the sixth Friendship Cup in ski jumping, winning all three events in Oberhof, Klingenthal, and Brotterode.
On 1 February 1970, the European Junior Ski Championships 1970 in Gosau saw Bernd Eckstein win gold, Odd Grette silver, and Bernd Hoddow bronze. , who placed sixth, also competed in Vysoké Tatry.
Leading up to the championships, favorites included Soviet skiers Vladimir Belousov and Gariy Napalkov, East German Horst Queck, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola, and Czechoslovak Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka.
Competitors performed three jumps: one practice and two competitive jumps. Five FIS-appointed judges evaluated each competitive jump, awarding up to 20 points for style (flight and landing). The total score included points for distance, calculated relative to the construction point, and style, based on the three median judges' scores (excluding the highest and lowest).
The ski jumping hills in à  trbské Pleso, built specifically for the championships, were named MS 1970. The large hill had a construction point at 90 meters, and the normal hill at 70 meters.
The championships opened with a ceremony where Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka took the athletes' oath on behalf of competitors. The normal hill competition, the first event of the championships, began with a practice round at 1:00 PM on 14 February 1970, an hour after the opening ceremony.
67 athletes were registered, with 66 competing. In the first competitive round, 12 skiers reached or exceeded 80 meters, with Lars Grini (81.0 m) the first to do so and Yukio Kasaya achieving the longest jump at 84.5 m. Kasaya led after the first round, followed by Vladimir Belousov, who jumped 81.5 m but earned higher style scores, and Karl-Erik Johansson (84.0 m). Medal favorite Horst Queck fell during his 80.5 m jump, receiving low style scores (7 and 10 points), which dropped him to 30th place.
In the second round, six skiers reached or surpassed 80 meters. Gariy Napalkov, 10th after the first round, jumped 84.0 m to win gold. Other notable jumps included Josef Matouà ¡ (82.5 m), Lars Grini (81.5 m), Jo Inge Bjørnebye (81.0 m), Horst Queck (81.0 m), and Josef Zehnder (80.0 m). Kasaya's 79.0 m jump secured silver, overtaking Belousov, while Grini's performance earned bronze.
The large hill competition on 21 February 1970 involved 68 competitors. 19 skiers reached or exceeded the 90-meter construction point in the first round, with Jürgen Dommerich (91.0 m) the first to do so. and Karl-Erik Johansson jumped 95.0 m, but Tadeusz Pawlusiak (94.5 m) and Karel Kodejà ¡ka (93.0 m) led due to higher style scores. Napalkov was 13th after a 91.0 m jump.
Before the second round, the jury raised the starting gate, resulting in longer jumps: 51 skiers reached at least 90 meters, and 13 hit 100 meters or more. Napalkov and Ingolf Mork both jumped 109.5 m, setting a new hill record for MS 1970 A, though Mork fell. Napalkov's jump secured gold. Heinz Schmidt (104.0 m) and Hans Schmid (102.0 m) followed in distance. Jià ÂàRaà ¡ka (99.0 m) won silver, and Stanisà Âaw Gàsienica Daniel (100.5 m) took bronze. Pawlusiak, leading after the first round, fell after a 100.5 m jump, dropping to 34th.
Approximately 140,000 spectators attended the ski jumping events.
Excluding Olympic results counted as "dual championships", Napalkov became the first Soviet skier to win a world championship in ski jumping and the second, after Bjørn Wirkola, to win both events at one championship. Raà ¡ka's silver was Czechoslovakia's first world championship medal since 1933 (Rudolf Burkert's silver in Innsbruck), and Gàsienica Daniel's bronze was Poland's first since 1962 (Antoni à Âaciak's silver in Zakopane).
On the final day of the World Championships, 22 February 1970, a team competition was held with the participation of 18 teams. However, the team event was not included in the official championship schedule and was only held as a demonstration competition. The winners were the representatives of Czechoslovakia, followed by East Germany in second place, the Soviet Union in third, Japan in fourth, Poland in fifth, and Norway in sixth.
18 of the 25 participating nations in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 fielded ski jumping teams in à  trbské Pleso.