2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill explained

The men's downhill in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had contained nine downhills, but a rescheduled one on 5 March in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, was canceled due to fog and continual snowfall after just nine skiers had finished (with 30 needed to make the race official),^[1] and (as discussed below) the downhill during World Cup finals week was also canceled.

The first downhill of the season, conducted in good conditions in Val d'Isère, France, took an unusual turn when Martin Čater of Slovenia, starting 41st, unexpectedly recorded the winning time . . . eleven racers after the organizers had already held the unofficial podium ceremony and the television broadcasters had ended coverage.^[2] After that, the season returned to normal, and three=time defending champion Beat Feuz opened up a 48-point lead over his nearest rival, Matthias Mayer of Austria, with only three events to go. But then the first downhill at Saalbach-Hinterglemm was cancelled, Feuz gained 20 more points on Meyer at the second downhill there,^[3] and, at the World Cup final (scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland), three straight days of heavy snowfall caused the downhill finals to be cancelled. Thus Feuz, who had previously won two downhills on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel during the season, won the discipline's crystal globe without a final showdown.^[4]

The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's downhill took place on 14 February 2021.

Standings

Rank	Name										Total
	align=left bgcolor=ffcf40	*Beat Feuz*	40	60	26	100	100	80	bgcolor=red	x	80	bgcolor=red	x	486
2	align=left bgcolor=c0c0c0		32	26	100	80	60	60	bgcolor=red	x	60	bgcolor=red	x	418
3	align=left bgcolor=db781b		26	16	50	60	36	100	bgcolor=red	x	50	bgcolor=red	x	338
4		45	13	29	50	80	26	bgcolor=red	x	29	bgcolor=red	x	272
5		0	20	80	29	14	24	bgcolor=red	x	100	bgcolor=red	x	267
6		29	32	18	32	45	18	bgcolor=red	x	22	bgcolor=red	x	196
7		80	1	7	20	32	15	bgcolor=red	x	36	bgcolor=red	x	191
8		50	100	40	bgcolor=lavender colspan=6	DNS	190
9		22	29	20	DNF	20	50	bgcolor=red	x	45	bgcolor=red	x	186
10		36	15	12	45	40	7	bgcolor=red	x	6	bgcolor=red	x	161
11		10	9	32	36	29	14	bgcolor=red	x	24	bgcolor=red	x	154
12		0	3	24	9	50	45	bgcolor=red	x	10	bgcolor=red	x	141
13		13	36	DNF	40	1	40	bgcolor=red	x	7	bgcolor=red	x	137
14		20	80	36	DNF	bgcolor=lavender colspan=5	DNS	136
15		60	7	60	6	bgcolor=lavender colspan=5	DNS	133
16		1	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	22	DNS	26	32	bgcolor=red	x	45	bgcolor=red	x	126
17	Martin Čater	100	6	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	5	0	0	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	111
18		8	18	0	22	24	36	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	108
19		7	50	DNF	7	0	10	bgcolor=red	x	26	bgcolor=red	x	100
20		11	50	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	13	5	20	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	99
21	Nils Allègre	24	24	DNF	26	12	12	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	98
22	Daniel Hemetsberger	2	5	9	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	26	29	bgcolor=red	x	15	bgcolor=red	x	86
23	Jared Goldberg	0	40	11	12	7	13	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	83
24	Mauro Caviezel	15	22	45	DNS	82
25	Dominik Schwaiger	10	0	1	22	14	22	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=red	x	69
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