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

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Men's downhill
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Men'sDownhillSochi2014.jpg
Medalists
Venue Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date9 February 2014
Competitors49 from 24 nations
Winning time2:06.23
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Matthias Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Christof Innerhofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Kjetil Jansrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2010
2018  
Men's Downhill
RosaKhutor2013.jpg
Location Rosa Khutor
Vertical1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Top elevation2,045 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).

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
Gold medal icon.svg11 Matthias Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:06.23
Silver medal icon.svg20 Christof Innerhofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:06.29+0.06
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Kjetil Jansrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:06.33+0.10
418 Aksel Lund Svindal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:06.52+0.29
57 Travis Ganong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.64+0.41
63 Carlo Janka Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:06.71+0.48
714 Peter Fill Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:06.72+0.49
815 Bode Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.75+0.52
99 Max Franz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:07.03+0.80
1021 Erik Guay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:07.04+0.81
1117 Dominik Paris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:07.13+0.90
1210 Werner Heel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:07.16+0.93
1313 Beat Feuz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:07.49+1.26
1427 Didier Défago Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:07.79+1.56
1516 Patrick Küng Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:07.82+1.59
1626 David Poisson Flag of France.svg  France 2:07.83+1.60
1723 Georg Streitberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:07.86+1.63
1819 Adrien Théaux Flag of France.svg  France 2:07.89+1.66
196 Benjamin Thomsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.00+1.77
2029 Ondřej Bank Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:08.24+2.01
212 Jan Hudec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.49+2.26
2222 Klaus Kröll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:08.50+2.27
235 Aleksandr Glebov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:08.96+2.73
2433 Klemen Kosi Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:08.98+2.75
2528 Manuel Osborne-Paradis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:09.00+2.77
2630 Guillermo Fayed Flag of France.svg  France 2:09.03+2.80
271 Steven Nyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.15+2.92
2831 Paul de la Cuesta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:09.46+3.23
2924 Natko Zrnčić-Dim Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:09.80+3.57
3025 Marco Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.10+3.87
3136 Yuri Danilochkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:10.58+4.35
3234 Kevin Esteve Rigail Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:10.80+4.57
3335 Igor Zakurdayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:11.28+5.05
344 Ferran Terra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:11.43+5.20
3546 Martin Vráblík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:11.73+5.50
3649 Georgi Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:12.49+6.26
3741 Christoffer Faarup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:12.55+6.32
3845 Nikola Chongarov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:12.57+6.34
3939 Arnaud Alessandria Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 2:12.71+6.48
4037 Marc Oliveras Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:12.76+6.53
4142 Henrik von Appen Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:13.16+6.93
4248 Martin Khuber Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:13.51+7.28
4340 Dmitriy Koshkin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:14.63+8.40
4447 Igor Laikert Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:15.07+8.84
4543 Martin Bendík Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:15.39+9.16
4650 Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:17.46+11.23
4738 Roberts Rode Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:17.50+11.27
44 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNS
12 Johan Clarey Flag of France.svg  France DNF
32 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF

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