FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's downhill

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 Patrick Küng    Switzerland
silver medal Travis Ganong   United States
bronze medal Beat Feuz    Switzerland
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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]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) 19 Patrick Küng   Switzerland 1:43.18 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 22 Travis Ganong  United States 1:43.42 +0.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 15 Beat Feuz   Switzerland 1:43.49 +0.31
4 10 Steven Nyman  United States 1:43.52 +0.34
5 17 Guillermo Fayed  France 1:43.57 +0.39
6 11 Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway 1:43.63 +0.45
7 29 Ondřej Bank  Czech Republic 1:43.74 +0.56
8 6 Adrien Théaux  France 1:43.81 +0.63
9 35 Andrew Weibrecht  United States 1:43.85 +0.67
9 3 Carlo Janka   Switzerland 1:43.85 +0.67
11 23 Didier Défago   Switzerland 1:43.89 +0.71
12 20 Matthias Mayer  Austria 1:44.10 +0.92
13 21 Hannes Reichelt  Austria 1:44.12 +0.94
14 4 David Poisson  France 1:44.14 +0.96
15 18 Kjetil Jansrud  Norway 1:44.17 +0.99
16 9 Johan Clarey  France 1:44.26 +1.08
17 25 Andreas Sander  Germany 1:44.31 +1.13
18 5 Benjamin Thomsen  Canada 1:44.36 +1.18
19 12 Max Franz  Austria 1:44.49 +1.31
20 1 Jared Goldberg  United States 1:44.60 +1.42
21 24 Manuel Osborne-Paradis  Canada 1:44.84 +1.66
22 2 Josef Ferstl  Germany 1:44.86 +1.68
23 16 Dominik Paris  Italy 1:45.12 +1.94
24 14 Christof Innerhofer  Italy 1:45.30 +2.12
25 31 Martin Cater  Slovenia 1:45.32 +2.14
26 37 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Norway 1:45.39 +2.21
27 7 Klaus Brandner  Germany 1:45.62 +2.44
28 27 Matteo Marsaglia  Italy 1:45.66 +2.48
29 13 Georg Streitberger  Austria 1:45.68 +2.50
30 33 Natko Zrnčić-Dim  Croatia 1:45.70 +2.52
31 26 Andreas Romar  Finland 1:45.82 +2.64
32 8 Werner Heel  Italy 1:45.88 +2.70
33 30 Boštjan Kline  Slovenia 1:45.91 +2.73
34 34 Aleksandr Glebov  Russia 1:46.16 +2.98
35 40 Max Ullrich  Croatia 1:46.23 +3.05
36 32 Morgan Pridy  Canada 1:46.32 +3.14
37 41 Henrik von Appen  Chile 1:46.78 +3.60
38 39 Christoffer Faarup  Denmark 1:47.37 +4.19
39 45 Arnaud Alessandria  Monaco 1:47.75 +4.57
40 43 Willis Feasey  New Zealand 1:48.31 +5.13
41 48 Andreas Žampa  Slovakia 1:48.57 +5.39
42 38 Igor Zakurdayev  Kazakhstan 1:49.22 +6.04
43 46 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner  Argentina 1:51.96 +8.78
44 47 Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie  Romania 1:52.92 +9.74
28 Klemen Kosi  Slovenia DNF
44 Istok Rodeš  Croatia DNF
36 Marvin van Heek  Netherlands DNS
42 Nick Prebble  New Zealand DNS

References

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ a b c Final Results