Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill explained

Event:Men's downhill
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates:8 March
Competitors:50
Nations:15
Prev:2010
Next:2018
Event:Men's downhill (visually impaired)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:11
Nations:7
Gold:Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
Goldnpc:ESP
Silver:Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maros Hudik
Silvernpc:SVK
Bronze:Mac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy
Bronzenpc:CAN
Event:Men's downhill (standing)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:17
Nations:8
Gold:Markus Salcher
Goldnpc:AUT
Silver:Alexey Bugaev
Silvernpc:RUS
Bronze:Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
Bronzenpc:FRA
Event:Men's downhill (sitting)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:22
Nations:10
Gold:Akira Kano
Goldnpc:JPN
Silver:Josh Dueck
Silvernpc:CAN
Bronze:Takeshi Suzuki
Bronzenpc:JPN

The Men's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 8 March 2014.

Visually impaired

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
22Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide

Miguel Galindo Garces

1:21.76
21 Miroslav Haraus
Guide
1:22.01+0.25
26Mac MarcouxGuide

Robin Femy

1:23.02+1.26|-| 4| 28| align="left" | Jakub KrakoGuide

Martin Motyka| align="left" || 1:23.38|+1.62|-| 5| 25| align="left" | Mark BathumGuide

Cade Yamamoto| align="left" || 1:23.81|+2.05|-| 6| 29| align="left" | Alessandro DaldossGuide

Luca Negrini| align="left" || 1:23.97|+2.21|-| 7| 24| align="left" | Gabriel Juan Gorce YepesGuide

Josep Arnau Ferrer Ventura| align="left" || 1:24.59|+2,83|-| 8| 27| align="left" | Hugo ThomasGuide

Luana Bergamin| align="left" || 1:26.02|+4.26

923 Ivan Frantsev
Guide
1:30.67+8.91
1031Radomir DudasGuide

Michal Cerven

1:33.37+11.61
1130 Michal Beladic
Guide
1:35.98+14.22

Standing

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
37Markus Salcher1:24.35
43Alexey Bugaev1:24.41+0.06|-| | 38| align="left" |Vincent Gauthier-Manuel| align="left" || 1:25.30|+0.95|-| 4| 39| align="left" |Matthias Lanzinger| align="left" || 1:25.57|+1.22|-| 5| 42| align="left" |Michael Brügger| align="left" || 1:26.08|+1.73
632 1:26.25+1,90
734Mitchell Gourley1:26.71+2,36|-| 8| 47| align="left" |Christian Lanthaler| align="left" || 1:27.99|+3.64
948Hiraku Misawa1:28.13+3.78|-| 10| 36| align="left" |Thomas Pfyl| align="left" || 1:28.31|+3.96|-| 11| 46| align="left" |Alexander Alyabyev (alpine skier)| align="left" || 1:28.70|+4.35|-| 12| 45| align="left" |Romain Riboud| align="left" || 1:29.20|+4.85|-| 13|| 33 || align="left" |Alexander Vetrov || align="left" | || 1:30.19||+5.84|-| 14| 41| align="left" |Bart Verbruggen| align="left" || 1:30.32|+5.97
35 DNF
40 DNF
44 DNF

Sitting

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
62Akira Kano1:23.80
54Josh Dueck1:24.19+0.39|-| | 59| align="left" |Takeshi Suzuki| align="left" || 1:24.75|+0.95
458Roman Rabl1:25.35+1.55|-| 5| 57| align="left" |Kurt Oatway| align="left" || 1:25.46|+1.66
649 1:25.62+1.82
760Yohann Taberlet1:26.61+2.81|-| 8| 56| align="left" |Georg Kreiter| align="left" || 1:26.65|+2.85
964Christoph Kunz1:27.10+3.30|-| 10| 52| align="left" |Christopher Devlin-Young| align="left" || 1:27.84|+4.04
1169Thomas Nolte1:29.31+5.51|-| 12| 70| align="left" |Park Jong-Seork| align="left" || 1:37.61|+13.81
50 DNS
51 DNF
53 DNF
55 DNF
61 DNF
63 DNF
65 DNF
66 DNF
67 DNF
68 DNF

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25580284 Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports