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Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

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Men's downhill
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueRock, Yanqing District
Date7 February
Competitors42 from 20 nations
Winning time1:42.69
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beat Feuz  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johan Clarey  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthias Mayer  Austria
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Men's Downhill
Location"Rock" course
Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
Vertical   894 m (2,933 ft)
Top elevation2,179 m (7,149 ft)  
Base elevation1,285 m (4,216 ft)

The men's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on Monday, 7 February, at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District.[1] Beat Feuz of Switzerland was the champion, Johan Clarey of France was the silver medalist, and Matthias Mayer of Austria took the bronze. This was the first Olympic gold for Feuz and the first Olympic medal for Clarey. The men's downhill at the Olympics has yet to have a repeat champion. At the age of 41, Clarey became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history.

The 2018 Olympic champion, Aksel Lund Svindal, retired from competitive skiing. Prior to the Olympics, eight World Cup downhill events were held: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was leading the ranking, followed by Feuz, Mayer (2014 downhill and 2018 Super-G Olympic champion), and Marco Odermatt. Vincent Kriechmayr was the reigning world champion.

The "Rock" course was 3.152 km (1.96 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 894 m (2,933 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level. Feuz had an average speed of 110.499 km/h (68.7 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.706 m/s (28.6 ft/s).

Schedule

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The event was scheduled for Sunday, 6 February, but was postponed one day due to strong winds.[2]

Qualification

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Results

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The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC+8). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −13.4 °C (8 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed.[3][4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 Beat Feuz  Switzerland 1:42.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 19 Johan Clarey  France 1:42.79 +0.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Matthias Mayer  Austria 1:42.85 +0.16
4 12 James Crawford  Canada 1:42.92 +0.23
5 11 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Norway 1:43.20 +0.51
6 15 Dominik Paris  Italy 1:43.21 +0.52
7 17 Marco Odermatt  Switzerland 1:43.40 +0.71
8 1 Vincent Kriechmayr  Austria 1:43.45 +0.76
9 20 Max Franz  Austria 1:43.52 +0.83
10 23 Boštjan Kline  Slovenia 1:43.75 +1.06
11 22 Adrian Smiseth Sejersted  Norway 1:43.82 +1.13
11 25 Maxence Muzaton  France 1:43.82 +1.13
13 14 Romed Baumann  Germany 1:43.84 +1.15
14 16 Ryan Cochran-Siegle  United States 1:43.91 +1.22
15 8 Matteo Marsaglia  Italy 1:44.06 +1.37
16 7 Niels Hintermann  Switzerland 1:44.08 +1.39
17 32 Adur Etxezarreta  Spain 1:44.12 +1.43
17 6 Andreas Sander  Germany 1:44.12 +1.43
19 3 Bryce Bennett  United States 1:44.25 +1.56
20 18 Travis Ganong  United States 1:44.39 +1.70
21 5 Daniel Hemetsberger  Austria 1:44.59 +1.90
22 29 Brodie Seger  Canada 1:44.68 +1.99
23 26 Josef Ferstl  Germany 1:44.69 +2.00
24 28 Miha Hrobat  Slovenia 1:44.71 +2.02
25 24 Stefan Rogentin  Switzerland 1:44.95 +2.26
26 27 Blaise Giezendanner  France 1:45.00 +2.31
27 10 Matthieu Bailet  France 1:45.23 +2.54
28 31 Marco Pfiffner  Liechtenstein 1:45.79 +3.10
29 36 Arnaud Alessandria  Monaco 1:46.25 +3.56
30 41 Barnabás Szőllős  Israel 1:46.88 +4.19
31 37 Jack Gower  Ireland 1:47.61 +4.92
32 35 Henrik Von Appen  Chile 1:47.69 +5.00
33 39 Ivan Kovbasnyuk  Ukraine 1:48.09 +5.40
34 40 Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander  Bolivia 1:48.26 +5.57
35 43 Albin Tahiri  Kosovo 1:52.44 +9.75
36 42 Xu Mingfu  China 1:56.93 +14.24
2 Dominik Schwaiger  Germany Did not finish
4 Christof Innerhofer  Italy
21 Broderick Thompson  Canada
33 Marko Vukićević  Serbia
34 Nejc Naraločnik  Slovenia
38 Zhang Yangming  China
30 Kjetil Jansrud  Norway Did not start

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Olympics Live: Men's downhill rescheduled due to high winds". Associated Press. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's downhill results" (PDF). FIS. 7 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's Downhill Results - Olympic Alpine Skiing". BOCWOG. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.