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 as of 2009[update].
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
editMen's
editCanoe
edit| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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| C-1 1000 m |  Tibor Tatai (HUN) |
 Jerzy Opara (POL) |
 Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) |
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| C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |
 Afansie Butelchin (ROU) |
 Nikolay Fedulov (URS) |
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| C-2 1000 m | Romania Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov |
Hungary Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics |
 BulgariaBoris Lubenov Sachko Iliev |
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| C-2 10000 m | Romania Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov |
Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Vasiliy Kalyagin |
 SwedenBernt Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz |
Kayak
editWomen's
editKayak
editMedals table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |