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

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
   Austria
   Italy
   Norway
Alpine skiing at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Combined   men   women
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Super-G men women
Men's Downhill
Location Rosa Khutor
Vertical 1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Top elevation 2,045 m (6,709 ft)  
Base elevation    970 m (3,182 ft)

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).

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

The race was started at 11:15.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) 11 Matthias Mayer Austria 2:06.23
2nd, silver medalist(s) 20 Christof Innerhofer Italy 2:06.29 +0.06
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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
49 44 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Argentina DNS
48 12 Johan Clarey France DNF
48 32 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Norway DNF

References

  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Mayer produces the run of his life to win Gold". Racer Ready. 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
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