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 Kjetil Jansrud   Norway
silver medal Aksel Lund Svindal   Norway
bronze medal Vincent Kriechmayr   Austria
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019
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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

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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDiff
1st place, gold medalist(s)6Kjetil Jansrud Norway1:19.98—
2nd place, silver medalist(s)9Aksel Lund Svindal Norway1:20.00+0.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)17Vincent Kriechmayr Austria1:20.31+0.33
415Beat Feuz   Switzerland1:20.42+0.44
55Matthias Mayer Austria1:20.63+0.65
613Dominik Paris Italy1:20.72+0.74
74Benjamin Thomsen Canada1:20.73+0.75
87Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Norway1:20.80+0.82
911Bryce Bennett United States1:20.81+0.83
93Mauro Caviezel   Switzerland1:20.81+0.83
1119Christof Innerhofer Italy1:20.97+0.99
1235Ryan Cochran-Siegle United States1:21.00+1.02
1323Matteo Marsaglia Italy1:21.15+1.17
1430Adrian Smiseth Sejersted Norway1:21.18+1.20
152Adrien Théaux France1:21.23+1.25
1632Felix Monsén Sweden1:21.25+1.27
1728Mattia Casse Italy1:21.35+1.37
1714Johan Clarey France1:21.35+1.37
1912Brice Roger France1:21.38+1.40
2036Boštjan Kline Slovenia1:21.45+1.45
2124Niels Hintermann   Switzerland1:21.45+1.47
2239Christoffer Faarup Denmark1:21.47+1.49
2320Steven Nyman United States1:21.55+1.57
2440Henrik von Appen Chile1:21.56+1.58
2529Dominik Schwaiger Germany1:21.57+1.59
2627Travis Ganong United States1:21.63+1.65
2733Miha Hrobat Slovenia1:21.70+1.82
2810Josef Ferstl Germany1:21.83+1.85
291Hannes Reichelt Austria1:21.87+1.89
3022Maxence Muzaton France1:21.90+1.92
3118Otmar Striedinger Austria1:21.92+1.94
3225Manuel Schmid Germany1:21.95+1.97
3326Brodie Seger Canada1:22.03+2.05
3441Olle Sundin Sweden1:22.30+2.32
358Carlo Janka   Switzerland1:22.38+2.40
3616Gilles Roulin   Switzerland1:22.39+2.41
3756Linus Straßer Germany1:22.45+2.47
3831Marko Vukićević Serbia1:22.46+2.48
3938Andreas Romar Finland1:22.48+2.50
4045Adur Etxezarreta Spain1:22.54+2.56
4142Jack Gower Great Britain1:22.59+2.61
4134Jeffrey Read Canada1:22.59+2.61
4321Klemen Kosi Slovenia1:22.90+2.92
4443Marc Oliveras Andorra1:23.14+3.16
4549Filip Platter Sweden1:23.24+3.26
4637Alexander Köll Sweden1:23.29+3.31
4750Jan Zabystřan Czech Republic1:23.33+3.35
4853Tomáš Klinský Czech Republic1:23.72+3.74
4958Yuri Danilochkin Belarus1:23.90+3.92
5046Ondřej Berndt Czech Republic1:24.06+4.08
5147Martin Bendík Slovakia1:24.12+4.14
5261Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander Bolivia1:24.30+4.32
5354Sven von Appen Chile1:24.93+4.95
5457Ivan Kovbasnyuk Ukraine1:25.81+5.83
5560Albin Tahiri Kosovo1:25.84+5.86
5659Elvis Opmanis Latvia1:26.64+6.66
5755Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie Romania1:27.00+7.02
—52Matej Prieložný SlovakiaDid not finish
44Natko Zrnčić-Dim CroatiaDid not start
48Filip Zubčić Croatia
51Štefan Hadalin Slovenia

References
  1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. 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. Final results
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