Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The men's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on 9 February at 11:15 MSK.[1] The race course was longer than average at 3.495 km (2.17 mi), with a vertical drop of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).

Men's downhill
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date9 February 2014
Competitors49 from 24 nations
Winning time2:06.23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthias Mayer  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christof Innerhofer  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kjetil Jansrud  Norway
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Men's Downhill
LocationRosa Khutor
Vertical1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Top elevation2,045 m (6,709 ft)  
Base elevation   970 m (3,182 ft)

Summary

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The defending champion was Didier Défago from Switzerland. Aksel Lund Svindal, silver medalist in 2010, and bronze medalist Bode Miller also participated, with Miller posting the best training time. None of the 2010 medalists returned to the podium.

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the gold medal, with Christof Innerhofer from Italy in second and Kjetil Jansrud from Norway taking bronze. Mayer had an average speed of 99.675 km/h (61.94 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.516 m/s (27.94 ft/s).

Third racer on the course was Carlo Janka, who took the early lead, soon pushed to the third position by Travis Ganong and immediately after him by Jansrud. Starting 11th, Mayer overtook Jansrud by 0.10 seconds, and Svindal was 0.19 behind Jansrud. Innerhofer was ahead of Mayer's pace in the first half of the course, but fell back and finished 0.06 seconds behind Mayer, pushing Jansrud to the bronze medal position. No competitor after Innerhofer, including Défago, finished in the top nine.[2][3]

Results

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The race was started at 11:15 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −2.0 °C (28.4 °F), and the snow condition was hard.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  11 Matthias Mayer   Austria 2:06.23
  20 Christof Innerhofer   Italy 2:06.29 +0.06
  8 Kjetil Jansrud   Norway 2:06.33 +0.10
4 18 Aksel Lund Svindal   Norway 2:06.52 +0.29
5 7 Travis Ganong   United States 2:06.64 +0.41
6 3 Carlo Janka   Switzerland 2:06.71 +0.48
7 14 Peter Fill   Italy 2:06.72 +0.49
8 15 Bode Miller   United States 2:06.75 +0.52
9 9 Max Franz   Austria 2:07.03 +0.80
10 21 Erik Guay   Canada 2:07.04 +0.81
11 17 Dominik Paris   Italy 2:07.13 +0.90
12 10 Werner Heel   Italy 2:07.16 +0.93
13 13 Beat Feuz   Switzerland 2:07.49 +1.26
14 27 Didier Défago   Switzerland 2:07.79 +1.56
15 16 Patrick Küng   Switzerland 2:07.82 +1.59
16 26 David Poisson   France 2:07.83 +1.60
17 23 Georg Streitberger   Austria 2:07.86 +1.63
18 19 Adrien Théaux   France 2:07.89 +1.66
19 6 Benjamin Thomsen   Canada 2:08.00 +1.77
20 29 Ondřej Bank   Czech Republic 2:08.24 +2.01
21 2 Jan Hudec   Canada 2:08.49 +2.26
22 22 Klaus Kröll   Austria 2:08.50 +2.27
23 5 Aleksandr Glebov   Russia 2:08.96 +2.73
24 33 Klemen Kosi   Slovenia 2:08.98 +2.75
25 28 Manuel Osborne-Paradis   Canada 2:09.00 +2.77
26 30 Guillermo Fayed   France 2:09.03 +2.80
27 1 Steven Nyman   United States 2:09.15 +2.92
28 31 Paul de la Cuesta   Spain 2:09.46 +3.23
29 24 Natko Zrnčić-Dim   Croatia 2:09.80 +3.57
30 25 Marco Sullivan   United States 2:10.10 +3.87
31 36 Yuri Danilochkin   Belarus 2:10.58 +4.35
32 34 Kevin Esteve Rigail   Andorra 2:10.80 +4.57
33 35 Igor Zakurdayev   Kazakhstan 2:11.28 +5.05
34 4 Ferran Terra   Spain 2:11.43 +5.20
35 46 Martin Vráblík   Czech Republic 2:11.73 +5.50
36 49 Georgi Georgiev   Bulgaria 2:12.49 +6.26
37 41 Christoffer Faarup   Denmark 2:12.55 +6.32
38 45 Nikola Chongarov   Bulgaria 2:12.57 +6.34
39 39 Arnaud Alessandria   Monaco 2:12.71 +6.48
40 37 Marc Oliveras   Andorra 2:12.76 +6.53
41 42 Henrik von Appen   Chile 2:13.16 +6.93
42 48 Martin Khuber   Kazakhstan 2:13.51 +7.28
43 40 Dmitriy Koshkin   Kazakhstan 2:14.63 +8.40
44 47 Igor Laikert   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:15.07 +8.84
45 43 Martin Bendík   Slovakia 2:15.39 +9.16
46 50 Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie   Romania 2:17.46 +11.23
47 38 Roberts Rode   Latvia 2:17.50 +11.27
44 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner   Argentina DNS
12 Johan Clarey   France DNF
32 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde   Norway DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Mayer produces the run of his life to win Gold". Racer Ready. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Matthias Mayer storms to gold on perilous Rosa Khutor downhill course". Daily Telegraph. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ Final Results