Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
# Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The men's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on 9 February at 11:15 MSK. The race course was longer than average at 3.495 km (2.17 mi), with a vertical drop of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).

## Summary

The defending champion was Didier Défago from Switzerland. Aksel Lund Svindal, silver medalist in 2010, and bronze medalist Bode Miller also participated, with Miller posting the best training time. None of the 2010 medalists returned to the podium.

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the gold medal, with Christof Innerhofer from Italy in second and Kjetil Jansrud from Norway taking bronze. Mayer had an average speed of 99.675 km/h (61.94 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.516 m/s (27.94 ft/s).

Third racer on the course was Carlo Janka, who took the early lead, soon pushed to the third position by Travis Ganong and immediately after him by Jansrud. Starting 11th, Mayer overtook Jansrud by 0.10 seconds, and Svindal was 0.19 behind Jansrud. Innerhofer was ahead of Mayer's pace in the first half of the course, but fell back and finished 0.06 seconds behind Mayer, pushing Jansrud to the bronze medal position. No competitor after Innerhofer, including Défago, finished in the top nine.

## Results

The race was started at 11:15 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −2.0 °C (28.4 °F), and the snow condition was hard.

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 11 | Matthias Mayer | Austria | 2:06.23 | — |
| | 20 | Christof Innerhofer | Italy | 2:06.29 | +0.06 |
| | 8 | Kjetil Jansrud | Norway | 2:06.33 | +0.10 |
| 4 | 18 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Norway | 2:06.52 | +0.29 |
| 5 | 7 | Travis Ganong | United States | 2:06.64 | +0.41 |
| 6 | 3 | Carlo Janka | Switzerland | 2:06.71 | +0.48 |
| 7 | 14 | Peter Fill | Italy | 2:06.72 | +0.49 |
| 8 | 15 | Bode Miller | United States | 2:06.75 | +0.52 |
| 9 | 9 | Max Franz | Austria | 2:07.03 | +0.80 |
| 10 | 21 | Erik Guay | Canada | 2:07.04 | +0.81 |
| 11 | 17 | Dominik Paris | Italy | 2:07.13 | +0.90 |
| 12 | 10 | Werner Heel | Italy | 2:07.16 | +0.93 |
| 13 | 13 | Beat Feuz | Switzerland | 2:07.49 | +1.26 |
| 14 | 27 | Didier Défago | Switzerland | 2:07.79 | +1.56 |
| 15 | 16 | Patrick Küng | Switzerland | 2:07.82 | +1.59 |
| 16 | 26 | David Poisson | France | 2:07.83 | +1.60 |
| 17 | 23 | Georg Streitberger | Austria | 2:07.86 | +1.63 |
| 18 | 19 | Adrien Théaux | France | 2:07.89 | +1.66 |
| 19 | 6 | Benjamin Thomsen | Canada | 2:08.00 | +1.77 |
| 20 | 29 | Ondřej Bank | Czech Republic | 2:08.24 | +2.01 |
| 21 | 2 | Jan Hudec | Canada | 2:08.49 | +2.26 |
| 22 | 22 | Klaus Kröll | Austria | 2:08.50 | +2.27 |
| 23 | 5 | Aleksandr Glebov | Russia | 2:08.96 | +2.73 |
| 24 | 33 | Klemen Kosi | Slovenia | 2:08.98 | +2.75 |
| 25 | 28 | Manuel Osborne-Paradis | Canada | 2:09.00 | +2.77 |
| 26 | 30 | Guillermo Fayed | France | 2:09.03 | +2.80 |
| 27 | 1 | Steven Nyman | United States | 2:09.15 | +2.92 |
| 28 | 31 | Paul de la Cuesta | Spain | 2:09.46 | +3.23 |
| 29 | 24 | Natko Zrnčić-Dim | Croatia | 2:09.80 | +3.57 |
| 30 | 25 | Marco Sullivan | United States | 2:10.10 | +3.87 |
| 31 | 36 | Yuri Danilochkin | Belarus | 2:10.58 | +4.35 |
| 32 | 34 | Kevin Esteve Rigail | Andorra | 2:10.80 | +4.57 |
| 33 | 35 | Igor Zakurdayev | Kazakhstan | 2:11.28 | +5.05 |
| 34 | 4 | Ferran Terra | Spain | 2:11.43 | +5.20 |
| 35 | 46 | Martin Vráblík | Czech Republic | 2:11.73 | +5.50 |
| 36 | 49 | Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria | 2:12.49 | +6.26 |
| 37 | 41 | Christoffer Faarup | Denmark | 2:12.55 | +6.32 |
| 38 | 45 | Nikola Chongarov | Bulgaria | 2:12.57 | +6.34 |
| 39 | 39 | Arnaud Alessandria | Monaco | 2:12.71 | +6.48 |
| 40 | 37 | Marc Oliveras | Andorra | 2:12.76 | +6.53 |
| 41 | 42 | Henrik von Appen | Chile | 2:13.16 | +6.93 |
| 42 | 48 | Martin Khuber | Kazakhstan | 2:13.51 | +7.28 |
| 43 | 40 | Dmitriy Koshkin | Kazakhstan | 2:14.63 | +8.40 |
| 44 | 47 | Igor Laikert | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:15.07 | +8.84 |
| 45 | 43 | Martin Bendík | Slovakia | 2:15.39 | +9.16 |
| 46 | 50 | Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie | Romania | 2:17.46 | +11.23 |
| 47 | 38 | Roberts Rode | Latvia | 2:17.50 | +11.27 |
| | 44 | Cristian Javier Simari Birkner | Argentina | DNS | |
| | 12 | Johan Clarey | France | DNF | |
| | 32 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Norway | DNF | |
