FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's downhill

The Men's downhill competition of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 at Åre, Sweden, was run on Sunday, February 11.[1][2]

Men's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007
VenueÅre ski resort
LocationÅre, Sweden
Dates9 February
Competitors56 from 20 nations
Winning time1:44.68
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Sweden
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Men's Downhill
LocationOlympia
Åre, Sweden
Vertical   844 m (2,769 ft)
Top elevation1,240 m (4,068 ft)
Base elevation   396 m (1,299 ft)
Longest run2.922 km (1.82 mi)

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the gold medal, Jan Hudec of Canada took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Patrik Järbyn of host Sweden.[2]

The Olympia race course was 2.922 km (1.82 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 844 m (2,769 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,240 m (4,068 ft) above sea level.[2] Svindall's winning time of 104.68 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.489 km/h (62.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.0627 m/s (26.5 ft/s).

Results

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Delayed a day due to fog, the race started at 10:00 CET (UTC+1) in fog. The air temperature was −12 °C (10 °F) at the starting gate and −8 °C (18 °F) at the finish.[2]

Rank Name Country Time Diff.
  Aksel Lund Svindal   Norway 1:44.68
  Jan Hudec   Canada 1:45.40 +0.72
  Patrik Järbyn   Sweden 1:45.65 +0.97
4 Erik Guay   Canada 1:45.67 +0.99
5 Ambrosi Hoffmann   Switzerland 1:45.68 +1.00
6 Didier Cuche   Switzerland 1:45.69 +1.01
7 Bode Miller   United States 1:45.95 +1.27
8 Mario Scheiber   Austria 1:45.99 +1.31
9 Manuel Osborne-Paradis   Canada 1:46.11 +1.43
10 Didier Défago   Switzerland 1:46.12 +1.44
11 Peter Fill   Italy 1:46.39 +1.71
12 Bruno Kernen   Switzerland 1:46.41 +1.73
13 Hermann Maier   Austria 1:46.43 +1.75
14 Kurt Sulzenbacher   Italy 1:46.54 +1.86
15 Marc Bottollier-Lasquin   France 1:46.56 +1.88
15 Michael Walchhofer   Austria 1:46.56 +1.88
17 Andrej Jerman   Slovenia 1:46.58 +1.90
18 Yannick Bertrand   France 1:46.78 +2.10
19 Andrej Šporn   Slovenia 1:46.83 +2.15
19 Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin   France 1:46.83 +2.15
21 Steven Nyman   United States 1:46.86 +2.18
22 Fritz Strobl   Austria 1:46.97 +2.29
23 Hans Olsson   Sweden 1:47.08 +2.40
24 Niklas Rainer   Sweden 1:47.22 +2.54
25 Lars Myhre   Norway 1:47.36 +2.68
26 Finlay Mickel   United Kingdom 1:47.45 +2.77
27 Johannes Stehle   Germany 1:47.49 +2.81
28 Marco Sullivan   United States 1:47.58 +2.90
29 Bjarne Solbakken   Norway 1:47.63 +2.95
30 Scott Macartney   United States 1:47.66 +2.98
31 John Kucera   Canada 1:47.72 +3.04
32 Patrick Staudacher   Italy 1:47.79 +3.11
33 Antoine Dénériaz   France 1:47.82 +3.14
34 Natko Zrnčić-Dim   Croatia 1:47.87 +3.19
35 Ondřej Bank   Czech Republic 1:47.92 +3.24
36 Matts Olsson   Sweden 1:48.05 +3.37
37 Petr Záhrobský   Czech Republic 1:48.26 +3.58
38 Christof Innerhofer   Italy 1:48.30 +3.62
39 Aleš Gorza   Slovenia 1:48.84 +4.16
40 Jouni Pellinen   Finland 1:48.95 +4.27
41 Thomas Lanning   United States 1:49.01 +4.33
42 Andreas Romar   Finland 1:49.19 +4.51
43 Aleksandr Khoroshilov   Russia 1:49.37 +4.69
44 Maui Gayme   Chile 1:50.35 +5.67
45 Ivan Ratkić   Croatia 1:50.46 +5.78
46 Roger Vidosa   Andorra 1:50.78 +6.10
47 Jorge Mandrú   Chile 1:51.19 +6.51
48 Tin Široki   Croatia 1:51.57 +6.89
Stephan Keppler   Germany DNF
Marco Büchel   Liechtenstein DNF
Rok Perko   Slovenia DNF
Mark Bridgwater   New Zealand DNF
Cristián Anguita   Chile DNF
Konstantin Sats   Russia DNF
Filip Trejbal   Czech Republic DNS
Wojciech Zagórski   Poland DNS

References

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  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - event". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ a b c d "Final results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2023.