FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's downhill

The Men's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 was held on Saturday, 9 February.[1][2]

Men's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019
VenueÅre ski resort
LocationÅre, Sweden
Dates9 February
Competitors58 from 25 nations
Winning time1:19.98
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    Norway
bronze medal    Austria
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Men's Downhill
LocationOlympia
Åre, Sweden
Vertical   637 m (2,090 ft)
Top elevation1,033 m (3,389 ft)
Base elevation   396 m (1,299 ft)
Longest run2.172 km (1.35 mi)

In the final event of his international career, Aksel Lund Svindal won the silver medal, two-hundredths of a second behind compatriot and training partner Kjetil Jansrud.[3][4]

The race course was 2.172 km (1.35 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 637 m (2,090 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,033 m (3,389 ft) above sea level. Jansrud's winning time of 79.98 seconds yielded an average speed of 97.764 km/h (60.7 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.9645 m/s (26.1 ft/s).[5]

Results

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Delayed an hour due to weather, the race started at 13:30 CET (UTC+1) under mostly cloudy skies.[5] Snowing during the race, its start was lowered 234 m (768 ft) to the super-G start, shortening the length by 0.95 km (0.59 mi) to 2.172 km (1.35 mi).[2][5] The air temperature was −6 °C (21 °F) at the starting gate and −4 °C (25 °F) at the finish.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Diff
  6 Kjetil Jansrud   Norway 1:19.98
  9 Aksel Lund Svindal   Norway 1:20.00 +0.02
  17 Vincent Kriechmayr   Austria 1:20.31 +0.33
4 15 Beat Feuz    Switzerland 1:20.42 +0.44
5 5 Matthias Mayer   Austria 1:20.63 +0.65
6 13 Dominik Paris   Italy 1:20.72 +0.74
7 4 Benjamin Thomsen   Canada 1:20.73 +0.75
8 7 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde   Norway 1:20.80 +0.82
9 11 Bryce Bennett   United States 1:20.81 +0.83
9 3 Mauro Caviezel    Switzerland 1:20.81 +0.83
11 19 Christof Innerhofer   Italy 1:20.97 +0.99
12 35 Ryan Cochran-Siegle   United States 1:21.00 +1.02
13 23 Matteo Marsaglia   Italy 1:21.15 +1.17
14 30 Adrian Smiseth Sejersted   Norway 1:21.18 +1.20
15 2 Adrien Théaux   France 1:21.23 +1.25
16 32 Felix Monsén   Sweden 1:21.25 +1.27
17 28 Mattia Casse   Italy 1:21.35 +1.37
17 14 Johan Clarey   France 1:21.35 +1.37
19 12 Brice Roger   France 1:21.38 +1.40
20 36 Boštjan Kline   Slovenia 1:21.45 +1.45
21 24 Niels Hintermann    Switzerland 1:21.45 +1.47
22 39 Christoffer Faarup   Denmark 1:21.47 +1.49
23 20 Steven Nyman   United States 1:21.55 +1.57
24 40 Henrik von Appen   Chile 1:21.56 +1.58
25 29 Dominik Schwaiger   Germany 1:21.57 +1.59
26 27 Travis Ganong   United States 1:21.63 +1.65
27 33 Miha Hrobat   Slovenia 1:21.70 +1.82
28 10 Josef Ferstl   Germany 1:21.83 +1.85
29 1 Hannes Reichelt   Austria 1:21.87 +1.89
30 22 Maxence Muzaton   France 1:21.90 +1.92
31 18 Otmar Striedinger   Austria 1:21.92 +1.94
32 25 Manuel Schmid   Germany 1:21.95 +1.97
33 26 Brodie Seger   Canada 1:22.03 +2.05
34 41 Olle Sundin   Sweden 1:22.30 +2.32
35 8 Carlo Janka    Switzerland 1:22.38 +2.40
36 16 Gilles Roulin    Switzerland 1:22.39 +2.41
37 56 Linus Straßer   Germany 1:22.45 +2.47
38 31 Marko Vukićević   Serbia 1:22.46 +2.48
39 38 Andreas Romar   Finland 1:22.48 +2.50
40 45 Adur Etxezarreta   Spain 1:22.54 +2.56
41 42 Jack Gower   Great Britain 1:22.59 +2.61
41 34 Jeffrey Read   Canada 1:22.59 +2.61
43 21 Klemen Kosi   Slovenia 1:22.90 +2.92
44 43 Marc Oliveras   Andorra 1:23.14 +3.16
45 49 Filip Platter   Sweden 1:23.24 +3.26
46 37 Alexander Köll   Sweden 1:23.29 +3.31
47 50 Jan Zabystřan   Czech Republic 1:23.33 +3.35
48 53 Tomáš Klinský   Czech Republic 1:23.72 +3.74
49 58 Yuri Danilochkin   Belarus 1:23.90 +3.92
50 46 Ondřej Berndt   Czech Republic 1:24.06 +4.08
51 47 Martin Bendík   Slovakia 1:24.12 +4.14
52 61 Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander   Bolivia 1:24.30 +4.32
53 54 Sven von Appen   Chile 1:24.93 +4.95
54 57 Ivan Kovbasnyuk   Ukraine 1:25.81 +5.83
55 60 Albin Tahiri   Kosovo 1:25.84 +5.86
56 59 Elvis Opmanis   Latvia 1:26.64 +6.66
57 55 Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie   Romania 1:27.00 +7.02
52 Matej Prieložný   Slovakia Did not finish
44 Natko Zrnčić-Dim   Croatia Did not start
48 Filip Zubčić   Croatia
51 Štefan Hadalin   Slovenia

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. ^ a b Start list
  3. ^ "'Like a fairytale': Svindal wins world silver in final ski". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ "The downhill World Champion title goes to Kjetil Jansrud". FIS-Ski.com. 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Final results