FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's downhill

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Men's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
Venue Kandahar 2, Garmisch Classic
Location Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Dates12 February
Competitors54 from 24 nations
Winning time1:58.41
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Erik Guay  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Didier Cuche  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Christof Innerhofer  Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Men's Downhill
Location Kandahar 2
Garmisch Classic,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Vertical   920 m (3,018 ft)
Top elevation1,690 m (5,545 ft)  
Base elevation   770 m (2,526 ft)
Longest run3.300 km (2.05 mi)

The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fourth race of the championships, run under spring-like conditions on Saturday, February 12. [1]

Canada's Erik Guay won the gold medal, Didier Cuche of Switzerland took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Christof Innerhofer of Italy. [2]

Mostly in the shade, the north-facing slope of the Kandahar 2 course at Garmisch Classic was 3.300 km (2.05 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 920 m (3,018 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,690 m (5,545 ft) above sea level. Guay's winning time of 118.41 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.329 km/h (62.3 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.7696 m/s (25.5 ft/s). [2] Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed. [3]

Results

The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was 3 °C (37 °F) at the starting gate and 9 °C (48 °F) at the finish. [2]

RankBibNameNationTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg10 Erik Guay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.41—
Silver medal icon.svg18 Didier Cuche Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:58.73+0.32
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Christof Innerhofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.17+0.76
420 Romed Baumann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:59.51+1.10
517 Aksel Lund Svindal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:59.83+1.42
612 Andrej Šporn Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:00.25+1.84
716 Michael Walchhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:00.28+1.87
813 Johan Clarey Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.35+1.94
929 Beat Feuz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:00.47+2.06
106 Ambrosi Hoffmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:00.48+2.07
1121 Klaus Kröll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:00.58+2.17
1219 Silvan Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:00.75+2.34
135 Steven Nyman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.80+2.39
1414 Peter Fill Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:00.81+2.40
1522 Bode Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.83+2.42
1626 Hannes Reichelt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:00.99+2.58
178 Andrej Jerman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.16+2.75
184 Benjamin Thomsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.18+2.77
192 Rok Perko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.50+3.09
2025 Dominik Paris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.55+3.14
2135 Ondřej Bank Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:01.77+3.36
2215 Werner Heel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.79+3.38
2328 Guillermo Fayed Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.99+3.58
2431 Travis Ganong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.19+3.78
2523 Jan Hudec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.45+4.04
2630 Hans Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.49+4.08
2732 Andreas Romar Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.50+4.09
287 Natko Zrnčić-Dim Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:02.57+4.16
291 Yannick Bertrand Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.66+4.25
3024 Gašper Markič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:02.99+4.58
3127 Tobias Stechert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:03.31+4.90
3237 Ferrán Terra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:03.79+5.38
3334 Mirko Deflorian Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2:04.04+5.63
3443 Kevin Esteve Rigail Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:04.58+6.17
3536 Lars Elton Myhre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:04.93+6.52
3645 Georgi Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:05.19+6.78
3742 Paul de la Cuesta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:05.74+7.33
3839 TJ Baldwin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:06.54+8.13
3950 Nikola Chongarov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:06.57+8.16
4044 Yuri Danilochkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:06.99+8.58
4148 Michał Kłusak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:07.64+9.23
4240 Igor Zakurdaev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:07.66+9.25
4351 Igor Laikert Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia 2:08.70+10.29
4454 Rostyslav Feshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:09.69+11.28
4547 Dmitriy Koshkin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:11.47+13.06
4653 Taras Pimenov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:12.30+13.89
4752 Pavel Chernichenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:13.25+14.84
3 Patrik Järbyn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
11 Adrien Théaux Flag of France.svg  France DNF
33 Andreas Sander Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF
38 Tin Široki Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia DNF
41 Roger Vidosa Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNF
46 Roberts Rode Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DNF
49 Martin Vráblík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNF

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References

  1. ↑ Ski Racing.com - Canada retains World DH title as Guay takes gold - 2011-02-12
  2. 1 2 3 "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill M Results". FIS. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill M Official Starter List" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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