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The Eighth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date	6–25 October 1970 (1970-10-06 –1970-10-25)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by	Fryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
Winner	Garrick Ohlsson
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TheVIII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish:VIII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 6 to 25 October 1970 in Warsaw. The competition was won byGarrick Ohlsson of the United States, becoming the first American winner.

This was the first competition that was held in October; previous competitions had been held in February.

The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists.

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

Prize		Winner
1st	40,000zł	Garrick Ohlsson	United States
2nd	30,000zł	Mitsuko Uchida	Japan
3rd	25,000zł	Piotr Paleczny	Poland
4th	20,000zł	Eugen Indjic	United States
5th	15,000zł	Natalya Gavrilova [ru]	Soviet Union
6th	10,000zł	Janusz Olejniczak	Poland
HM	5,000zł	Emanuel Ax	United States
	5,000zł	Ikuko Endo [jp]	Japan
	5,000zł	Ivan Klánský	Czechoslovakia
	5,000zł	Alain Neveux	France
	5,000zł	Karol Nicze [pl]	Poland
	5,000zł	Irina Smolina	Soviet Union

Two special prizes were awarded:

Special prize		Winner
Best Performance of Mazurkas	10,000zł	Garrick Ohlsson	United States
Best Performance of a Polonaise	10,000zł	Piotr Paleczny	Poland

The jury consisted of:^[1]

Leon Fleisher (USA) resigned just before the competition due to an illness.

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