Men's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
VenueBirds of Prey
Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.
DateFebruary 7, 2015
Competitors46 from 21 nations
Winning time1:43.18
Medalists
gold medal     Switzerland
silver medal    United States
bronze medal     Switzerland
Men's Downhill
LocationBirds of Prey
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Vertical   753 m (2,470 ft)
Top elevation3,483 m (11,427 ft)
Base elevation2,730 m (8,957 ft)
Longest run2.740 km (1.70 mi)

The Men's downhill competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Saturday, February 7.[1][2]

Switzerland's Patrick Küng won the gold medal, Travis Ganong of the United States took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Beat Feuz of Switzerland.[3]

The race course was 2.740 km (1.70 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 753 m (2,470 ft) from a starting elevation of 3,483 m (11,427 ft) above sea level. Küng's winning time of 103.18 seconds yielded an average speed of 95.600 km/h (59.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.298 m/s (23.9 ft/s).[3]

Results

The race was started at 11:00 MST (UTC-7).[3]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDiff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)19Patrick Küng   Switzerland1:43.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)22Travis Ganong United States1:43.42+0.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)15Beat Feuz   Switzerland1:43.49+0.31
410Steven Nyman United States1:43.52+0.34
517Guillermo Fayed France1:43.57+0.39
611Aksel Lund Svindal Norway1:43.63+0.45
729Ondřej Bank Czech Republic1:43.74+0.56
86Adrien Théaux France1:43.81+0.63
935Andrew Weibrecht United States1:43.85+0.67
93Carlo Janka   Switzerland1:43.85+0.67
1123Didier Défago   Switzerland1:43.89+0.71
1220Matthias Mayer Austria1:44.10+0.92
1321Hannes Reichelt Austria1:44.12+0.94
144David Poisson France1:44.14+0.96
1518Kjetil Jansrud Norway1:44.17+0.99
169Johan Clarey France1:44.26+1.08
1725Andreas Sander Germany1:44.31+1.13
185Benjamin Thomsen Canada1:44.36+1.18
1912Max Franz Austria1:44.49+1.31
201Jared Goldberg United States1:44.60+1.42
2124Manuel Osborne-Paradis Canada1:44.84+1.66
222Josef Ferstl Germany1:44.86+1.68
2316Dominik Paris Italy1:45.12+1.94
2414Christof Innerhofer Italy1:45.30+2.12
2531Martin Cater Slovenia1:45.32+2.14
2637Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Norway1:45.39+2.21
277Klaus Brandner Germany1:45.62+2.44
2827Matteo Marsaglia Italy1:45.66+2.48
2913Georg Streitberger Austria1:45.68+2.50
3033Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia1:45.70+2.52
3126Andreas Romar Finland1:45.82+2.64
328Werner Heel Italy1:45.88+2.70
3330Boštjan Kline Slovenia1:45.91+2.73
3434Aleksandr Glebov Russia1:46.16+2.98
3540Max Ullrich Croatia1:46.23+3.05
3632Morgan Pridy Canada1:46.32+3.14
3741Henrik von Appen Chile1:46.78+3.60
3839Christoffer Faarup Denmark1:47.37+4.19
3945Arnaud Alessandria Monaco1:47.75+4.57
4043Willis Feasey New Zealand1:48.31+5.13
4148Andreas Žampa Slovakia1:48.57+5.39
4238Igor Zakurdayev Kazakhstan1:49.22+6.04
4346Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Argentina1:51.96+8.78
4447Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie Romania1:52.92+9.74
28Klemen Kosi SloveniaDNF
44Istok Rodeš CroatiaDNF
36Marvin van Heek NetherlandsDNS
42Nick Prebble New ZealandDNS

References

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