Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill

The Men's downhill competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 10 March 2018.

Men's downhill
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueJeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea
Dates10 March
Competitors65 from 24 nations
2014
2022
Men's downhill (visually impaired)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mac Marcoux
Guide: Jack Leitch
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakub Krako
Guide: Branislav Brozman
 Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
 Italy
Men's downhill (standing)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors29 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Theo Gmür  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Bauchet  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Markus Salcher  Austria
Men's downhill (sitting)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrew Kurka  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Taiki Morii  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Corey Peters  New Zealand

Medal table edit

Visually impaired edit

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

The race was started at 10:47.[2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  3 Mac Marcoux
Guide: Jack Leitch
  Canada 1:23.93
  5 Jakub Krako
Guide: Branislav Brozman
  Slovakia 1:25.35 +1.42
  8 Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
  Italy 1:26.46 +2.53
4 2 Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garcés
  Spain 1:27.40 +3.47
5 4 Ivan Frantsev
Guide: German Agranovskii
  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:30.72 +6.79
6 6 Patrik Hetmer
Guide: Miroslav Máčala
  Czech Republic 1:31.21 +7.28
7 1 Kevin Burton
Guide: Brandon Ashby
  United States 1:31.35 +7.42
8 10 Maciej Krężel
Guide: Anna Ogarzyńska
  Poland 1:38.25 +14.32
7 Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maros Hudik
  Slovakia DNF
9 Mark Bathum
Guide: Cade Yamamoto
  United States DNF

Standing edit

The race was started at 11:07.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  12 Theo Gmür   Switzerland 1:25.45
  19 Arthur Bauchet   France 1:26.29 +0.84
  24 Markus Salcher   Austria 1:26.39 +0.94
4 13 Alexis Guimond   Canada 1:27.09 +1.64
5 16 Adam Hall   New Zealand 1:27.52 +2.07
6 14 Kirk Schornstein   Canada 1:28.53 +3.08
7 27 Alexey Bugaev   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:28.68 +3.23
8 20 Robin Cuche   Switzerland 1:29.28 +3.83
9 23 Thomas Pfyl   Switzerland 1:29.77 +4.32
10 25 James Whitley   Great Britain 1:29.85 +4.40
11 18 Alexander Alyabyev   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:30.41 +4.96
12 28 Nico Pajantschitsch   Austria 1:30.50 +5.05
13 15 Santeri Kiiveri   Finland 1:30.64 +5.19
14 26 Jordan Broisin   France 1:30.74 +5.29
15 22 Hiraku Misawa   Japan 1:31.23 +5.78
16 31 Martin France   Slovakia 1:31.82 +6.37
17 30 Michael Brügger   Switzerland 1:32.81 +7.36
18 29 Andrew Haraghey   United States 1:32.84 +7.39
19 11 Jeffrey Stuut   Netherlands 1:33.14 +7.69
20 32 Chris Lloyd   Great Britain 1:34.00 +8.55
21 38 Davide Bendotti   Italy 1:34.69 +9.24
22 33 Jonty O'Callaghan   Australia 1:34.86 +9.41
23 39 Alexey Mikushin   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:35.67 +10.22
24 37 Tomáš Vaverka   Czech Republic 1:37.83 +12.38
17 Mitchell Gourley   Australia DNF
21 Braydon Luscombe   Canada DNF
34 Gakuta Koike   Japan DNF
35 Miroslav Lidinský   Czech Republic DNF
36 Roger Puig Davi   Andorra DNF

Sitting edit

The race was started at 11:57.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  47 Andrew Kurka   United States 1:24.11
  41 Taiki Morii   Japan 1:25.75 +1.64
  45 Corey Peters   New Zealand 1:26.01 +1.90
4 42 Yohann Taberlet   France 1:26.23 +2.12
5 43 Roman Rabl   Austria 1:26.66 +2.55
6 53 Jesper Pedersen   Norway 1:26.82 +2.71
6 51 Frédéric François   France 1:26.82 +2.71
8 49 Kurt Oatway   Canada 1:27.50 +3.39
9 44 Takeshi Suzuki   Japan 1:27.53 +3.42
10 46 Georg Kreiter   Germany 1:28.23 +4.12
11 57 Sam Tait   Australia 1:28.56 +4.45
12 58 Han Sang-min   South Korea 1:30.61 +6.50
13 56 Nicolas Bisquertt Hudson   Chile 1:31.08 +6.97
14 40 Niels de Langen   Netherlands 1:31.40 +7.29
15 62 Igor Sikorski   Poland 1:31.69 +7.58
16 60 Lee Chi-won   South Korea 1:31.78 +7.67
17 65 Dino Sokolović   Croatia 1:32.20 +8.09
18 48 Stephen Lawler   United States 1:32.82 +8.71
19 61 Pavel Bambousek   Czech Republic 1:33.46 +9.35
20 63 Thomas Nolte   Germany 1:34.27 +10.16
50 Christoph Kunz   Switzerland DNF
52 Akira Kano   Japan DNF
54 Jeroen Kampschreur   Netherlands DNF
55 Kenji Natsume   Japan DNF
59 Mark Soyer   Australia DNF
64 Arly Velásquez   Mexico DNF

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