List of men's downhill races in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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This is a list of Men's Downhill races in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup from 1967 to present.

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Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt im Pongau 1
Flag of Sweden.svg Åre ●●●●8
Flag of the United States.svg Aspen ●●●●●●●●17
Flag of France.svg Avoriaz 1
Flag of Austria.svg Bad Kleinkirchheim 2
Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek ●●●●●●20
Flag of Italy.svg Bormio ●●●●●●●●23
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary 1
Flag of France.svg Chamonix ●●11
Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo ●●5
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Crans-Montana 3
Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Mountain ●●2
Flag of the United States.svg Franconia 1
Flag of Japan.svg Furano 2
Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen ●●●●●●●●●●34
Flag of France.svg Chamrousse 1
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Grindelwald 1
Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley ●●2
Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck 1
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Hole 2
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeongseon 1
Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●57
Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●29
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Laax ●●5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise 20
Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Las Leñas ●●●●4
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Lenzerheide 4
Flag of France.svg Les Houches 1
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Leukerbad ●●2
Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio 1
Flag of France.svg Megève ●●6
Flag of France.svg Méribel 1
Flag of France.svg Morzine ●●●●6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Panorama ●●3
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Pontresina 1
Flag of France.svg Pra-Loup 1
Flag of Austria.svg Saalbach-Hinterglemm 2
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo 1
Flag of Austria.svg Schladming 8
Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere 3
Flag of Spain.svg Sierra Nevada 2
Flag of Russia.svg Sochi 1
Flag of Austria.svg Sankt Anton am Arlberg 7
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Saint Moritz 8
Flag of Italy.svg Santa Caterina 2
Flag of the United States.svg Sugarloaf ●●2
Flag of the United States.svg Vail 3
Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère ●●●●●●●●●●35
Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●54
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Veysonnaz ●●3
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Villars-sur-Ollon 1
  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Wengen ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●43
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Whistler 7
Flag of Austria.svg Zell am See 1
Number of races55667787981089710101110101311101098910119911111011910111211911998911891011462

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