The Men's downhill competition of the 2009 World Championships at Val-d'Isère, France, was run on Saturday, February 7, the fourth race of the championships.
| Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | La face de Bellevarde | |||||||||
| Location | Val-d'Isère, France | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:07.01 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | La face de Bellevarde Val-d'Isère, France |
| Vertical | 959 m (3,146 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,807 m (9,209 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,848 m (6,063 ft) |
| Longest run | 2.988 km (1.86 mi) |
Canada's John Kucera won the gold medal, Didier Cuche of Switzerland took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Carlo Janka, also of Switzerland.
The La face de Bellevarde race course was 2.988 km (1.86 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 959 m (3,146 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,807 m (9,209 ft) above sea level. Kucera's winning time of 127.01 seconds yielded an average speed of 84.6925 km/h (52.6 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.5506 m/s (24.8 ft/s).
Results edit
The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under partly cloudy skies. The air temperature was −7 °C (19 °F) at the starting gate and −1 °C (30 °F) at the finish.
References edit
- FIS-ski.com - official results
- Ski Racing.com - Worlds: Canadian Kucera claims downhill - 07-Feb-2009