| Downhill at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | |
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| Venue | Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N. |
| Location | Sestriere |
| Date | January 16 |
| Alpine skiing at the World Ski Championships 2011 | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Team | mixed | |
The Downhill competitions of the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N., in Sestriere, Italy on January 16.
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. [1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova |  Slovakia | 1:28.36 | |
 | 1 | Melissa Perrine Guide: Andrew Bor |  Australia | 1:40.50 | +12.14 |
 | 5 | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya |  Russia | 1:41.87 | +13.51 |
| 3 | Anna Kuliskova Guide: Michaela Hubacova |  Czech Republic | DNF | ||
| 4 | Danelle Umstead Guide: Robert Umstead |  United States | DSQ |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Andrea Rothfuss |  Germany | 1:29.62 | |
| 7 | Marie Bochet |  France | 1:29.86 | +0.24 |
| 8 | Solène Jambaqué | France | 1:30.09 | +0.47 |
| 4 | 11 | Melania Corradini |  Italy | 1:30.94 | +1.32 |
| 5 | 9 | Karolina Wisniewska |  Canada | 1:35.56 | +5.94 |
| 6 | 6 | Danja Haslacher |  Austria | 1:36.26 | +6.64 |
| 7 | 12 | Petra Smarzova | Slovakia | 1:37.52 | +7.90 |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Alana Nichols | United States | 1:30.45 | |
| 13 | Laurie Stephens | United States | 1:33.05 | +2.60 |
| 15 | Claudia Loesch | Austria | 1:35.35 | +4.90 |
| 4 | 16 | Anna Schaffelhuber | Germany | 1:37.59 | +7.14 |
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. [1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Nicolas Berejny Guide: Gregory Nouhaud | France | 1:21.40 | |
| 21 | Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces |  Spain | 1:21.59 | +0.19 |
| 25 | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy | Canada | 1:22.76 | +1.36 |
| 4 | 19 | Miroslav Haraus Guide: Martin Makovnik | Slovakia | 1:22.84 | +1.44 |
| 5 | 26 | Jakub Krako Guide: Dusan Simo | Slovakia | 1:25.11 | +3.71 |
| 6 | 22 | Radomir Dudas Guide: Maros Hudik | Slovakia | 1:26.35 | +4.95 |
| 7 | 18 | Christoph Prettner Guide: Stefan Schoner | Austria | 1:28.42 | +7.02 |
| 8 | 27 | Ivan Frantsev Guide: Evgeny Pinaev | Russia | 1:29.79 | +8.39 |
| T9 | 24 | Michal Beladic Guide: Martin Pavlak | Slovakia | 1:30.24 | +8.84 |
| T9 | 17 | Norbert Holik Guide: Lubos Bosela | Slovakia | 1:30.24 | +8.84 |
| 11 | Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes Guide: Josep Arnau Ferrer Ventura | Spain | 1:30.84 | +9.44 |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Gerd Schönfelder | Germany | 1:21.84 | |
| 39 | Vincent Gauthier-Manuel | France | 1:22.08 | +0.24 |
| 34 | Thomas Pfyl |  Switzerland | 1:22.96 | +1.12 |
| 4 | 28 | Toby Kane | Australia | 1:24.13 | +2.29 |
| 5 | 45 | Markus Salcher | Austria | 1:24.48 | +2.64 |
| 6 | 30 | Mitchell Gourley | Australia | 1:25.83 | +3.99 |
| 7 | 29 | Michael Bruegger | Switzerland | 1:25.84 | +4.00 |
| 8 | 33 | Andreas Preiss | Austria | 1:27.20 | +5.36 |
| 9 | 38 | Bernhard Habersatter | Austria | 1:27.28 | +5.44 |
| 10 | 44 | Alexandr Alyabyev | Russia | 1:27.60 | +5.76 |
| 11 | 35 | Christian Lanthaler | Italy | 1:28.21 | +6.37 |
| 12 | 42 | Kirk Schornstein | Canada | 1:29.18 | +7.34 |
| 13 | 37 | Hiraku Misawa |  Japan | 1:31.37 | +9.53 |
| 14 | 31 | Ralph Green | United States | 1:34.75 | +12.91 |
| 15 | 43 | Martin France | Slovakia | 1:37.02 | +15.18 |
| 41 | Matt Hallat | Canada | DNF | ||
| 40 | Bart Verbruggen |  Netherlands | DNF | ||
| 32 | Cameron Rahles-Rahbula | Australia | DNF |
Great Britain's Talan Skeels-Piggins did not compete in the Downhill race, as he had a crash in a training run the day before. [3] [4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | Akira Kano | Japan | 1:20.94 | |
| 60 | Taiki Morii | Japan | 1:21.39 | +0.45 |
| 48 | Kees-Jan van der Klooster | Netherlands | 1:21.63 | +0.69 |
| 4 | 56 | Takeshi Suzuki | Japan | 1:22.04 | +1.10 |
| 5 | 49 | Josh Dueck | Canada | 1:22.41 | +1.47 |
| 6 | 50 | Sean Rose |  United Kingdom | 1:23.00 | +2.06 |
| 7 | 47 | Thomas Nolte | Germany | 1:23.95 | +3.01 |
| 8 | 62 | Philipp Bonadimann | Austria | 1:24.09 | +3.15 |
| 9 | 63 | Franz Hanfstingl | Germany | 1:24.81 | +3.87 |
| 10 | 61 | Sang Min Han |  South Korea | 1:25.04 | +4.10 |
| 11 | 65 | Cyril More | France | 1:25.05 | +4.11 |
| 12 | 54 | Frederic Francois | France | 1:25.51 | +4.57 |
| 13 | 64 | Robert Froehle | Austria | 1:30.12 | +9.18 |
| 14 | 46 | Christopher Devlin-Young | United States | 1:31.15 | +10.21 |
| 15 | 66 | Akira Taniguchi | Japan | 1:36.20 | +15.26 |
| 51 | Jasmin Bambur |  Serbia | DNF | ||
| 52 | Jong Seork Park | South Korea | DNF | ||
| 59 | Christoph Kunz | Switzerland | DNF | ||
| 58 | Reinhold Sampl | Austria | DNF | ||
| 57 | Yohann Taberlet | France | DNF | ||
| 53 | Tyler Walker | United States | DNS |
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