Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Birds of Prey Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||
Date | February 7, 2015 | |||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:43.18 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the World Ski Championships 2015 | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Team | mixed | |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Birds of Prey Beaver Creek, Colorado |
Vertical | 753 m (2,470 ft) |
Top elevation | 3,483 m (11,427 ft) |
Base elevation | 2,730 m (8,957 ft) |
Longest run | 2.740 km (1.70 mi) |
The Men's downhill competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Saturday, February 7. [1] [2]
Switzerland's Patrick Küng won the gold medal, Travis Ganong of the United States took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Beat Feuz of Switzerland. [3]
The race course was 2.740 km (1.70 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 753 m (2,470 ft) from a starting elevation of 3,483 m (11,427 ft) above sea level. Küng's winning time of 103.18 seconds yielded an average speed of 95.600 km/h (59.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.298 m/s (23.9 ft/s). [3]
The race was started at 11:00 MST (UTC-7). [3]
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