Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's Downhill
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Whistler Creekside
Date February 15, 2010
Competitors 64 from 28 nations
Winning time 1:54.31
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Didier Défago  Switzerland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bode Miller  United States

The Men's Downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, February 13, but was postponed due to rain and warm temperatures;[1] it was held on Monday, February 15.[2][3]

The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Downhill course was 853 m (2,799 ft), starting at an elevation of 1,678 m (5,505 ft) above sea level and finishing at 825 m (2,707 ft); the course length was 3.105 km (1.929 mi).[4]

The time margins between the medalists were the closest in the history of the event in any Olympics; only 0.09 seconds separated gold and bronze.

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
1st, gold medalist(s)18Didier Défago Switzerland1:54.310.00
2nd, silver medalist(s)16Aksel Lund Svindal Norway1:54.38+0.07
3rd, bronze medalist(s)8Bode Miller United States1:54.40+0.09
415Mario Scheiber Austria1:54.52+0.21
59Erik Guay Canada1:54.64+0.33
622Didier Cuche Switzerland1:54.67+0.36
73David Poisson France1:54.82+0.51
810Marco Büchel Liechtenstein1:54.84+0.53
913Klaus Kröll Austria1:54.87+0.56
1017Michael Walchhofer Austria1:54.88+0.57
1120Carlo Janka Switzerland1:55.02+0.71
1211Hans Olsson Sweden1:55.19+0.88
21Werner Heel Italy
1433Rok Perko Slovenia1:55.26+0.95
1525Peter Fill Italy1:55.29+0.98
1626Adrien Theaux France1:55.40+1.09
1719Manuel Osborne-Paradis Canada1:55.44+1.13
1830Ivica Kostelić Croatia1:55.49+1.18
1924Christof Innerhofer Italy1:55.58+1.27
206Steven Nyman United States1:55.71+1.40
214Andrew Weibrecht United States1:55.74+1.43
222Hans Grugger Austria1:55.81+1.50
2314Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland1:56.04+1.73
2432Stephan Keppler Germany1:56.11+1.80
2531Jan Hudec Canada1:56.19+1.88
2634Guillermo Fayed France1:56.20+1.89
2728Johan Clarey France1:56.29+1.98
2812Andrej Jerman Slovenia1:56.35+2.04
291Patrik Järbyn Sweden1:56.58+2.27
3038Ondřej Bank Czech Republic1:56.66+2.35
3136Kjetil Jansrud Norway1:56.69+2.38
42Lars Elton Myhre Norway
335Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia1:57.02+2.71
3439Craig Branch Australia1:57.19+2.88
3529Patrick Staudacher Italy1:57.21+2.90
3635Petr Záhrobský Czech Republic1:57.44+3.13
3740Andrej Križaj Slovenia1:57.72+3.41
3843Edward Drake Great Britain1:57.91+3.60
3945Jono Brauer Australia1:58.08+3.77
4048Kryštof Krýzl Czech Republic1:58.43+4.12
4152Ivan Ratkić Croatia1:58.58+4.27
4237Andreas Romar Finland1:58.71+4.40
4350Markus Larsson Sweden1:58.82+4.51
4441Ferran Terra Spain1:58.85+4.54
4551Aleksandr Khoroshilov Russia1:59.21+4.90
4655Truls Ove Karlsen Norway1:59.52+5.21
4754Kevin Esteve Rigail Andorra1:59.61+5.30
4858Roger Vidosa Andorra1:59.65+5.34
4944Maui Gayme Chile1:59.76+5.45
5046Igor Zakurdaev Kazakhstan1:59.80+5.49
5149Paul de la Cuesta Spain1:59.84+5.53
5259Jaroslav Babušiak Slovakia1:59.99+5.68
5356Johnny Albertsen Denmark2:00.12+5.81
5463Stepan Zuev Russia2:00.58+6.27
5547Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Argentina2:01.67+7.36
5661Jorge Mandru Chile2:01.72+7.41
5753Filip Trejbal Czech Republic2:02.57+8.26
5857Roberts Rode Latvia2:03.36+9.05
5964Andrei Drygin Tajikistan2:04.44+10.13
7Andrej Šporn SloveniaDNF
23Robbie Dixon CanadaDNF
60Dragoș Staicu RomaniaDNF
62Stefan Georgiev BulgariaDNF
27Marco Sullivan United StatesDSQ

References

  1. ↑ Vancouver 2010.com Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. - schedules by sport
  2. ↑ Vancouver 2010.com Archived 2010-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. - results
  3. ↑ FIS-ski.com Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - results
  4. ↑ FIS-ski.com - race results .pdf
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