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
Matthias Mayer  Austria
Christof Innerhofer  Italy
Kjetil Jansrud  Norway
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

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 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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
11Matthias Mayer Austria2:06.23
20Christof Innerhofer Italy2:06.29+0.06
8Kjetil Jansrud Norway2:06.33+0.10
418Aksel Lund Svindal Norway2:06.52+0.29
57Travis Ganong United States2:06.64+0.41
63Carlo Janka Switzerland2:06.71+0.48
714Peter Fill Italy2:06.72+0.49
815Bode Miller United States2:06.75+0.52
99Max Franz Austria2:07.03+0.80
1021Erik Guay Canada2:07.04+0.81
1117Dominik Paris Italy2:07.13+0.90
1210Werner Heel Italy2:07.16+0.93
1313Beat Feuz Switzerland2:07.49+1.26
1427Didier Défago Switzerland2:07.79+1.56
1516Patrick Küng Switzerland2:07.82+1.59
1626David Poisson France2:07.83+1.60
1723Georg Streitberger Austria2:07.86+1.63
1819Adrien Théaux France2:07.89+1.66
196Benjamin Thomsen Canada2:08.00+1.77
2029Ondřej Bank Czech Republic2:08.24+2.01
212Jan Hudec Canada2:08.49+2.26
2222Klaus Kröll Austria2:08.50+2.27
235Aleksandr Glebov Russia2:08.96+2.73
2433Klemen Kosi Slovenia2:08.98+2.75
2528Manuel Osborne-Paradis Canada2:09.00+2.77
2630Guillermo Fayed France2:09.03+2.80
271Steven Nyman United States2:09.15+2.92
2831Paul de la Cuesta Spain2:09.46+3.23
2924Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia2:09.80+3.57
3025Marco Sullivan United States2:10.10+3.87
3136Yuri Danilochkin Belarus2:10.58+4.35
3234Kevin Esteve Rigail Andorra2:10.80+4.57
3335Igor Zakurdayev Kazakhstan2:11.28+5.05
344Ferran Terra Spain2:11.43+5.20
3546Martin Vráblík Czech Republic2:11.73+5.50
3649Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria2:12.49+6.26
3741Christoffer Faarup Denmark2:12.55+6.32
3845Nikola Chongarov Bulgaria2:12.57+6.34
3939Arnaud Alessandria Monaco2:12.71+6.48
4037Marc Oliveras Andorra2:12.76+6.53
4142Henrik von Appen Chile2:13.16+6.93
4248Martin Khuber Kazakhstan2:13.51+7.28
4340Dmitriy Koshkin Kazakhstan2:14.63+8.40
4447Igor Laikert Bosnia and Herzegovina2:15.07+8.84
4543Martin Bendík Slovakia2:15.39+9.16
4650Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie Romania2:17.46+11.23
4738Roberts Rode Latvia2:17.50+11.27
44Cristian Javier Simari Birkner ArgentinaDNS
12Johan Clarey FranceDNF
32Aleksander Aamodt Kilde NorwayDNF

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. 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
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