FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's downhill explained

Event:Men's downhill
Championship:FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Venue:Birds of Prey
Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.
Date:February 7, 2015
Competitors:46
Nations:21
Win Value:1:43.18
Gold:Patrick Küng
Goldnoc:SUI
Silver:Travis Ganong
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Beat Feuz
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2013
Next:2017
Men's Downhill
Location:Birds of Prey
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Vertical:753m (2,470feet)
Top Elevation:3483m (11,427feet)
Base Elevation:2730m (8,960feet)
Longest Run:2.74km (01.7miles)

The Men's downhill competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Saturday, February 7.[1] [2]

Switzerland's Patrick Küng won the gold medal, Travis Ganong of the United States took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Beat Feuz of Switzerland.

The race course was 2.74km (01.7miles) in length, with a vertical drop of 753m (2,470feet) from a starting elevation of 3483m (11,427feet) above sea level. Küng's winning time of 103.18 seconds yielded an average speed of 95.6km/h and an average vertical descent rate of 7.298m/s.

Results

The race was started at 11:00 MST (UTC-7).[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Diff.
19   1:43.18
22 1:43.42 +0.24
15   1:43.49 +0.31
10 1:43.52 +0.34
17 1:43.57 +0.39
11 1:43.63 +0.45
29 1:43.74 +0.56
6 1:43.81 +0.63
35 1:43.85 +0.67
3   1:43.85 +0.67
11 23   1:43.89 +0.71
12 20 1:44.10 +0.92
13 21 1:44.12 +0.94
14 4 1:44.14 +0.96
15 18 1:44.17 +0.99
16 9 1:44.26 +1.08
17 25 1:44.31 +1.13
18 5 1:44.36 +1.18
19 12 1:44.49 +1.31
20 1 1:44.60 +1.42
21 24 1:44.84 +1.66
22 2 1:44.86 +1.68
23 16 1:45.12 +1.94
24 14 1:45.30 +2.12
25 31 1:45.32 +2.14
26 37 1:45.39 +2.21
27 7 1:45.62 +2.44
28 27 1:45.66 +2.48
29 13 1:45.68 +2.50
30 33 1:45.70 +2.52
31 26 1:45.82 +2.64
32 8 1:45.88 +2.70
33 30 1:45.91 +2.73
34 34 1:46.16 +2.98
35 40 1:46.23 +3.05
36 32 1:46.32 +3.14
37 41 1:46.78 +3.60
38 39 1:47.37 +4.19
39 45 1:47.75 +4.57
40 43 1:48.31 +5.13
41 48 1:48.57 +5.39
42 38 1:49.22 +6.04
43 46 1:51.96 +8.78
44 47 1:52.92 +9.74
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44
36
42

Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/event-details.html?event_id=34977&cal_suchsector=AL Schedule
  2. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0214/2015AL0214SLR0.pdf Start list
  3. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0214/2015AL0214RLR0.pdf Final Results