1970 Winter Universiade

VI Winter Universiade
VI Talviuniversiadit
VI Vinteruniversiaden

Host city	Rovaniemi, Finland
Country	Finland
Nations	25
Athletes	591
Events	7 sports
Opening	April 3, 1970
Closing	April 9, 1970
Opened by	Urho Kekkonen

The 1970 Winter Universiade, the 6th Winter Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes, took place in Rovaniemi, Finland. 416 athletes from 25 countries participated in the games.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	14	16	7	37
2	United States (USA)	5	5	1	11
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	0	0	3
4	West Germany (FRG)	2	0	2	4
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	3	5
6	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
8	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	1	2
9	Austria (AUT)	0	0	3	3
10	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
11	Finland (FIN)*	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		26	25	22	73

Sports

•  Alpine skiing (6) ()
•  Cross-country skiing (4) ()
•  Figure skating (3) ()
•  Ice hockey (1) ()
•  Nordic combined (1) ()
•  Ski jumping (1) ()
•  Speed skating (8) ()

Participating nations

•  Austria
•  Bulgaria
•  Canada
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Mongolia
•  Netherlands
•  North Korea
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  United States
•  Yugoslavia