Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Alpine Skiing - Downhill (Men)

sport	Alpine skiing
discipline	Departure
gender	Men
Attendees	64 athletes from 28 countries
Competition location	Whistler Creekside
Competition phase	February 13, 2010 (originally) February 15, 2010
Winning time	1: 54.31 min
Medalist  Didier Défago ( SUI )  Aksel Lund Svindal ( NOR )  Bode Miller ( USA )
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Competitions in alpine skiing at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Departure	Women	Men
Super G	Women	Men
Giant slalom	Women	Men
slalom	Women	Men
Alpine combination	Women	Men

The men's downhill skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics should originally have taken place on February 13, but had to be postponed by two days due to warm temperatures and rain in the lower part of the route. The competition was held on February 15th at Whistler Creekside on the Dave Murray slope . The difference in altitude between start and finish was 853 meters and was 3.105 kilometers long. The slope presented itself unevenly and was accordingly difficult to drive on. In contrast to the days before, it was sunshine and all drivers benefited from the same conditions.

The first serious target time set up Bode Miller , who took the lead with starting number 8. Aksel Lund Svindal (No. 16) was able to undercut Miller's time by two hundredths of a second and took the lead. Didier Défago , winner of the Lauberhorn and Streif the previous season , was seven hundredths faster with starting number 18 and achieved a best time that no one could beat. Only in 1992 and 1994 was there a closer decision in an Olympic Downhill. Didier Cuche (No. 22), one of the most popular favorites due to his training performance, was on the medal course until the lowest intermediate time, but chose the wrong line in the last left turn and fell back to sixth place. Other favorites such as No. 17 Michael Walchhofer , No. 20 Carlo Janka or No. 19 Manuel Osborne-Paradis also received no medal.

Photos from the race:

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  Olympic champion Didier Défago

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  Silver medalist Aksel Lund Svindal

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  Bronze medalist Bode Miller

Results

rank	Stnr.	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (s)
1	18th	Didier Defago	Switzerland	1: 54.31
2	16	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	1: 54.38	+0.07
3	8th	Bode Miller	United States	1: 54.40	+0.09
4th	15th	Mario Scheiber	Austria	1: 54.52	+0.21
5	9	Erik Guay	Canada	1: 54.64	+0.33
6th	22nd	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	1: 54.67	+0.36
7th	3	David Poisson	France	1: 54.82	+0.51
8th	10	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	1: 54.84	+0.53
9	13	Klaus Kroell	Austria	1: 54.87	+0.56
10	17th	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	1: 54.88	+0.57
11	20th	Carlo Janka	Switzerland	1: 55.02	+0.71
12	11	Hans Olsson	Sweden	1: 55.19	+0.88
	21st	Werner Heel	Italy	1: 55.19	+0.88
14th	33	Rok Perko	Slovenia	1: 55.26	+0.95
15th	25th	Peter Fill	Italy	1: 55.29	+0.98
16	26th	Adrien Théaux	France	1: 55.40	+1.09
17th	19th	Manuel Osborne-Paradis	Canada	1: 55.44	+1.13
18th	30th	Ivica Kostelić	Croatia	1: 55.49	+1.18
19th	24	Christof Innerhofer	Italy	1: 55.58	+1.27
20th	6th	Steven Nyman	United States	1: 55.71	+1.40
21st	4th	Andrew Weibrecht	United States	1: 55.74	+1.43
22nd	2	Hans Grugger	Austria	1: 55.81	+1.50
23	14th	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Switzerland	1: 56.04	+1.73
24	32	Stephan Keppler	Germany	1: 56.11	+1.80
25th	31	Jan Hudec	Canada	1: 56.19	+1.88
26th	34	Guillermo Fayed	France	1: 56.20	+1.89
27	28	Johan Clarey	France	1: 56.29	+1.98
28	12	Andrei Jerman	Slovenia	1: 56.35	+2.04
29	1	Patrik Jarbyn	Sweden	1: 56.58	+2.27
30th	38	Ondřej Bank	Czech Republic	1: 56.66	+2.35
31	36	Kjetil Jansrud	Norway	1: 56.69	+2.38
	42	Lars Elton Myhre	Norway
33	5	Natko Zrnčić-Dim	Croatia	1: 57.02	+2.71
34	39	Craig Branch	Australia	1: 57.19	+2.88
35	29	Patrick Staudacher	Italy	1: 57.21	+2.90
36	35	Petr Záhrobský	Czech Republic	1: 57.44	+3.13
37	40	Andrej Križaj	Slovenia	1: 57.72	+3.41
38	43	Edward Drake	Great Britain	1: 57.91	+3.60
39	45	Jono brewer	Australia	1: 58.08	+3.77
40	48	Kryštof Krýzl	Czech Republic	1: 58.43	+4.12
41	52	Ivan Ratkić	Croatia	1: 58.58	+4.27
42	37	Andreas Romar	Finland	1: 58.71	+4.40
43	50	Markus Larsson	Sweden	1: 58.82	+4.51
44	41	Ferrán Terra	Spain	1: 58.85	+4.54
45	51	Alexander Khoroshilov	Russia	1: 59.21	+4.90
46	55	Truls Ove Karlsen	Norway	1: 59.52	+5.21
47	54	Kevin Esteve	Andorra	1: 59.61	+5.30
48	58	Roger Vidosa	Andorra	1: 59.65	+5.34
49	44	Maui Gayme	Chile	1: 59.76	+5.45
50	46	Igor Sakurdayev	Kazakhstan	1: 59.80	+5.49
51	49	Paul de la Cuesta	Spain	1: 59.84	+5.53
52	59	Jaroslav Babušiak	Slovakia	1: 59.99	+5.68
53	56	Johnny Albertsen	Denmark	2:00, 12	+5.81
54	63	Stepan Sujew	Russia	2: 00.58	+6.27
55	47	Cristian Javier Simari Birkner	Argentina	2: 01.67	+7.36
56	61	Jorge Mandrú	Chile	2: 01.72	+7.41
57	53	Filip Trejbal	Czech Republic	2: 02.57	+8.26
58	57	Roberts Rode	Latvia	2: 03.36	+9.05
59	64	Andrei Drygin	Tajikistan	2: 04.44	+10.13
	7th	Andrej Šporn	Slovenia	DNF
	23	Robbie Dixon	Canada	DNF
	60	Dragoș Staicu	Romania	DNF
	62	Stefan Georgiev	Bulgaria	DNF
	27	Marco Sullivan	United States	DSQ

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Coronation of the Other Didier. Tages-Anzeiger , February 16, 2010, accessed on February 28, 2010 . 
2. ↑ The double Didier. Spiegel Online , February 16, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010 .