Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Val-d'Isère, France
Date 9 February 1992
Competitors 55 from 24 nations
Winning time 1:50.37
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Patrick Ortlieb  Austria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Franck Piccard  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Günther Mader  Austria

The Men's Downhill competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Val d'Isère.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Franz Heinzer of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1992 World Cup,[3][4] but finished sixth.

The race was run on a new course on the Face de Bellevarde designed by Bernhard Russi, and was won by Patrick Ortlieb,[5] who had yet to win a World Cup event.

Results

Sunday, 9 February 1992
Source:[1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
1st, gold medalist(s)Patrick Ortlieb Austria1:50.37-
2nd, silver medalist(s)Franck Piccard France1:50.42+0.05
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Günther Mader Austria1:50.47+0.10
4Markus Wasmeier Germany1:50.62+0.25
5Jan Einar Thorsen Norway1:50.79+0.42
6Franz Heinzer Switzerland1:51.39+1.02
7Hansjörg Tauscher Germany1:51.49+1.12
8Lasse Arnesen Norway1:51.63+1.26
9A J Kitt United States1:51.98+1.61
10Franco Colturi Italy1:52.07+1.70
11Kristian Ghedina Italy1:52.28+1.91
12Luc Alphand France1:52.34+1.97
13Daniel Mahrer Switzerland1:52.39+2.02
14Gianfranco Martin Italy1:52.48+2.11
15Xavier Gigandet Switzerland1:52.50+2.13
16Kyle Rasmussen United States1:52.71+2.34
17Helmut Höflehner Austria1:53.10+2.73
18Felix Belczyk Canada1:53.37+3.00
19Berni Huber Germany1:53.38+3.01
20Tommy Moe United States1:53.40+3.03
21Vitaly Andreyev Unified Team1:53.52+3.15
22Aleksey Maslov Unified Team1:53.68+3.31
23Brian Stemmle Canada1:53.77+3.40
24Konstantin Chistyakov Unified Team1:53.93+3.56
25Tsuyoshi Tomii Japan1:54.23+3.86
26Kjetil André Aamodt Norway1:54.24+3.87
27Denis Rey France1:54.28+3.91
28Reggie Crist United States1:54.54+4.17
29Martin Bell Great Britain1:54.83+4.46
30Ricardo Campo Spain1:54.89+4.52
31Boris Duncan Great Britain1:54.95+4.58
32Tom Stiansen Norway1:55.62+5.25
33Graham Bell Great Britain1:55.82+5.45
34Marián Bíreš Czechoslovakia1:56.21+5.84
35Paulo Oppliger Chile1:56.30+5.93
36Steven Lee Australia1:58.55+8.18
37Petar Dichev Bulgaria2:01.21+10.84
38Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe Mexico2:02.98+12.61
39Choi Yong-hee South Korea2:04.85+14.48
40Alexis Racloz Chile2:05.61+15.24
41Lothar Christian Munder Brazil2:07.34+16.97
42Emilian Focşeneanu Romania2:08.81+18.44
43Péter Kristály Hungary2:09.88+19.51
44Aurel Foiciuc Romania2:09.94+19.57
45Lamine Guèye Senegal2:12.84+22.47
-Leonhard Stock AustriaDNF-
-Danilo Sbardellotto ItalyDNF-
-Marc Girardelli LuxembourgDNF-
-Adrien Duvillard FranceDNF-
-Paul Accola SwitzerlandDNF-
-Roman Torn CanadaDNF-
-Markus Foser LiechtensteinDNF-
-Nils Linneberg ChileDNF-
-Alphonse Gomis SenegalDNF-
-Cary Mullen CanadaDQ-

References

  1. 1 2 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. "It's all downhill for Austria's alpine gold medalist". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 10 February 1992.
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