Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill explained

Event:	Alpine skiing - Men's downhill
Games:	2006 Winter
Venue:	Sestriere
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

Men's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 & 12 March.

There were 3 events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

The visually impaired event took place on 12 March. It was won by Gerd Gradwohl, representing .^[1]

Rank	Name	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Guide: Karl Heinz Vachenauer	B2	1:30.12	1:17.22
	Guide: Robert Taylor	B3	1:26.89	1:17.99	+0.77
	Guide: Sophie Troc	B2	1:31.49	1:18.39	+1.17
4	Guide: Maros Hudik	B2	1:32.48	1:19.24	+2.02
5	Guide: Tommaso Balasso	B3	1:31.56	1:22.19	+4.97
6	Guide: Hodei Yurrita	B2	1:37.04	1:23.15	+5.93
7	Guide: Michal Cerven	B2	1:40.27	1:25.92	+8.70
8	Guide: Miroslav Bulovsky	B2	1:41.06	1:26.60	+9.38
	Guide: Ivan Morlotti	B1	DSQ

Sitting

The sitting event took place on 12 March. It was won by Kevin Bramble, representing .^[2]

Rank	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	LW12-1	1:36.26	1:21.03
	LW12-1	1:37.46	1:22.04	+1.01
	LW11	1:39.35	1:22.20	+1.17
	LW12-2	1:36.61	1:22.29	+1.26
	LW11	1:39.68	1:22.48	+1.45
	LW11	1:39.96	1:22.71	+1.68
	LW11	1:40.50	1:23.16	+2.13
	LW11	1:40.76	1:23.37	+2.34
	LW11	1:41.24	1:23.77	+2.74
10	LW12-1	1:40.42	1:24.54	+3.51
11	LW12-1	1:40.76	1:24.82	+3.79
12	LW10-2	1:44.97	1:25.13	+4.10
13	LW11	1:42.94	1:25.17	+4.14
14	LW11	1:43.07	1:25.28	+4.25
15	LW12-2	1:40.71	1:25.79	+4.76
16	LW11	1:43.93	1:25.99	+4.96
17	LW12-2	1:41.51	1:26.47	+5.44
18	LW12-1	1:44.12	1:27.65	+6.62
19	LW10-1	1:54.08	1:32.40	+11.37
20	LW12-2	1:49.00	1:32.85	+11.82
	LW11	DNS
	LW12-1	DNS
	LW11	DNF
	LW11	DNF
	LW12-1	DNF
	LW12-1	DNF
	LW12-1	DNF
	LW11	DNF
	LW10-1	DNF
	LW11	DNF
	LW12-1	DNF

Standing

The standing event took place on 11 March. It was won by Gerd Schönfelder, representing .^[3]

Rank	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	LW5/7-2	1:19.86	1:18.49
	LW2	1:24.40	1:19.86	+1.37
	LW6/8-2	1:20.19	1:20.19	+1.70
	LW4	1:20.54	1:20.34	+1.85
	LW4	1:22.66	1:22.45	+3.96
	LW4	1:22.70	1:22.49	+4.00
	LW3-2	1:27.72	1:22.68	+4.19
	LW9-2	1:26.86	1:22.80	+4.31
	LW2	1:27.92	1:23.20	+4.71
10	LW4	1:23.50	1:23.29	+4.80
11	LW6/8-2	1:23.43	1:23.43	+4.94
12	LW6/8-1	1:23.72	1:23.55	+5.06
13	LW4	1:23.83	1:23.62	+5.13
14	LW4	1:24.11	1:23.90	+5.41
15	LW4	1:24.25	1:24.04	+5.55
16	LW2	1:28.83	1:24.06	+5.57
17	LW2	1:29.10	1:24.31	+5.82
18	LW2	1:29.47	1:24.66	+6.17
19	LW6/8-2	1:24.83	1:24.83	+6.34
19	LW2	1:29.65	1:24.83	+6.34
21	LW4	1:25.26	1:25.05	+6.56
22	LW4	1:25.27	1:25.06	+6.57
23	LW4	1:25.47	1:25.26	+6.77
24	LW9-2	1:29.97	1:25.77	+7.28
25	LW2	1:31.00	1:26.11	+7.62
26	LW9-2	1:30.37	1:26.15	+7.66
27	LW2	1:31.77	1:26.84	+8.35
28	LW6/8-2	1:27.22	1:27.22	+8.73
29	LW6/8-1	1:27.51	1:27.33	+8.84
30	LW2	1:32.33	1:27.37	+8.88
31	LW4	1:27.89	1:27.67	+9.18
32	LW2	1:32.67	1:27.69	+9.20
33	LW3-1	1:33.96	1:27.94	+9.45
34	LW6/8-2	1:29.48	1:29.48	+10.99
35	LW4	1:29.81	1:29.58	+11.09
36	LW2	1:36.36	1:31.18	+12.69
37	LW2	1:36.41	1:31.23	+12.74
37	LW6/8-2	1:31.23	1:31.23	+12.74
39	LW2	1:36.48	1:31.30	+12.81
40	LW4	1:32.40	1:32.17	+13.68
41	LW1	1:47.05	1:32.20	+13.71
42	LW2	1:38.36	1:33.07	+14.58
43	LW6/8-1	1:34.85	1:34.66	+16.17
44	LW9-2	1:40.23	1:35.55	+17.06
	LW2	DNF
	LW2	DNF
	LW2	DNF
	LW2	DNF
	LW2	DNF

Notes and References

Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614140819/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASM310101.pdf. Men's Downhill Visually impaired. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 9 October 2012.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614073346/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASM210101.pdf. Men's Downhill Sitting. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 9 October 2012.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614042118/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASM110101.pdf. Men's Downhill Standing. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 9 October 2012.