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

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Men's Downhill
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueWhistler Creekside
DateFebruary 15, 2010
Competitors64 from 28 nations
Winning time1:54.31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Didier Défago  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bode Miller  United States
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Men's Downhill
LocationWhistler Creekside
Dave Murray Downhill
Vertical   853 m (2,799 ft)
Top elevation1,678 m (5,505 ft)  
Base elevation   825 m (2,707 ft)

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 defending Olympic champion was Antoine Dénériaz of France and the reigning world champion was John Kucera of Canada; neither competed as Dénériaz had retired and Kucera was out for the season with a broken leg. Austrian Michael Walchhofer was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Didier Cuche of Switzerland led the current season, ahead of teammate Carlo Janka and Walchhofer.

Switzerland's Didier Défago won the gold medal, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Bode Miller of the United States;[4] Cuche was sixth, Walchhofer tenth, and Janka eleventh.

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, with a length of 3.105 km (1.929 mi).[5] Défago's winning time of 114.31 seconds yielded an average course speed of 97.787 km/h (60.8 mph), with an average vertical descent speed of 7.462 m/s (24.5 ft/s).

This was the seventeenth edition of the men's downhill at the Olympics and the time margins between the medalists were the closest in history; only 0.09 seconds separated gold and bronze.

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC −8). At the starting gate, the skies were cloudy, the temperature was −1.9 °C (28.6 °F), and the snow condition was granular; the temperature at the finish was 2.5 °C (36.5 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 18 Didier Défago  Switzerland 1:54.31 0.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 16 Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway 1:54.38 +0.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Bode Miller  United States 1:54.40 +0.09
4 15 Mario Scheiber  Austria 1:54.52 +0.21
5 9 Erik Guay  Canada 1:54.64 +0.33
6 22 Didier Cuche  Switzerland 1:54.67 +0.36
7 3 David Poisson  France 1:54.82 +0.51
8 10 Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein 1:54.84 +0.53
9 13 Klaus Kröll  Austria 1:54.87 +0.56
10 17 Michael Walchhofer  Austria 1:54.88 +0.57
11 20 Carlo Janka  Switzerland 1:55.02 +0.71
12 11 Hans Olsson  Sweden 1:55.19 +0.88
21 Werner Heel  Italy
14 33 Rok Perko  Slovenia 1:55.26 +0.95
15 25 Peter Fill  Italy 1:55.29 +0.98
16 26
Adrien Theaux
  France 1:55.40 +1.09
17 19 Manuel Osborne-Paradis  Canada 1:55.44 +1.13
18 30 Ivica Kostelić  Croatia 1:55.49 +1.18
19 24 Christof Innerhofer  Italy 1:55.58 +1.27
20 6 Steven Nyman  United States 1:55.71 +1.40
21 4 Andrew Weibrecht  United States 1:55.74 +1.43
22 2 Hans Grugger  Austria 1:55.81 +1.50
23 14 Ambrosi Hoffmann  Switzerland 1:56.04 +1.73
24 32 Stephan Keppler  Germany 1:56.11 +1.80
25 31 Jan Hudec  Canada 1:56.19 +1.88
26 34 Guillermo Fayed  France 1:56.20 +1.89
27 28 Johan Clarey  France 1:56.29 +1.98
28 12 Andrej Jerman  Slovenia 1:56.35 +2.04
29 1 Patrik Järbyn  Sweden 1:56.58 +2.27
30 38 Ondřej Bank  Czech Republic 1:56.66 +2.35
31 36 Kjetil Jansrud  Norway 1:56.69 +2.38
42 Lars Elton Myhre  Norway
33 5 Natko Zrnčić-Dim  Croatia 1:57.02 +2.71
34 39 Craig Branch  Australia 1:57.19 +2.88
35 29 Patrick Staudacher  Italy 1:57.21 +2.90
36 35 Petr Záhrobský  Czech Republic 1:57.44 +3.13
37 40 Andrej Križaj  Slovenia 1:57.72 +3.41
38 43 Edward Drake  Great Britain 1:57.91 +3.60
39 45 Jono Brauer  Australia 1:58.08 +3.77
40 48 Kryštof Krýzl  Czech Republic 1:58.43 +4.12
41 52 Ivan Ratkić  Croatia 1:58.58 +4.27
42 37 Andreas Romar  Finland 1:58.71 +4.40
43 50 Markus Larsson  Sweden 1:58.82 +4.51
44 41 Ferran Terra  Spain 1:58.85 +4.54
45 51
Aleksandr Khoroshilov
  Russia 1:59.21 +4.90
46 55 Truls Ove Karlsen  Norway 1:59.52 +5.21
47 54
Kevin Esteve Rigail
  Andorra 1:59.61 +5.30
48 58 Roger Vidosa  Andorra 1:59.65 +5.34
49 44 Maui Gayme  Chile 1:59.76 +5.45
50 46
Igor Zakurdaev
  Kazakhstan 1:59.80 +5.49
51 49 Paul de la Cuesta  Spain 1:59.84 +5.53
52 59 Jaroslav Babušiak  Slovakia 1:59.99 +5.68
53 56 Johnny Albertsen  Denmark 2:00.12 +5.81
54 63 Stepan Zuev  Russia 2:00.58 +6.27
55 47 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner  Argentina 2:01.67 +7.36
56 61
Jorge Mandru
  Chile 2:01.72 +7.41
57 53 Filip Trejbal  Czech Republic 2:02.57 +8.26
58 57 Roberts Rode  Latvia 2:03.36 +9.05
59 64 Andrei Drygin  Tajikistan 2:04.44 +10.13
7 Andrej Šporn  Slovenia DNF
23 Robbie Dixon  Canada DNF
60 Dragoș Staicu  Romania DNF
62 Stefan Georgiev  Bulgaria DNF
27 Marco Sullivan  United States DSQ

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. ^ Layden, Tim (February 22, 2010). "The spirit is back". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  5. ^ FIS-ski.com Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine - race results .pdf

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