The men's downhill competition is the marquee outdoor event of the Winter Olympics, and is the first alpine event on the schedule. It consists of a single high-speed run down a challenging slope, with a vertical drop exceeding 800 meters (2,625 ft).[1]
The thirtieth racer on the course, Antoine Dénériaz of France won the gold medal, Walchhofer took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Bruno Kernen of Switzerland; Miller was fifth, Strobl eighth, and Rahlves tenth.[3][4][5] Dénériaz's surprise win was by a margin of 0.72 seconds, the largest in this event in 42 years.[3] He had entered the Olympics tied for tenth in the World Cup downhill standings; his best finish was seventh at Val Gardena in mid-December.
Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste, the course started at an elevation of 2,800 m (9,186 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 914 m (2,999 ft) and a length of 3.299 km (2.05 mi). Dénériaz's winning time of 108.80 seconds yielded an average course speed of 109.158 km/h (67.8 mph), with an average vertical descent speed of 8.401 m/s (27.6 ft/s).
Resultsedit
The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −5.6 °C (22 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 2.1 °C (36 °F).
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External linksedit
FIS results
March 22, 2024
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The men s downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at Sestriere Italy on Sunday 12 February Men s downhillat the XX Olympic Winter GamesPictogram for alpine skiingVenueSestriereDateFebruary 12Competitors55 from 25 nationsWinning time1 48 80MedalistsAntoine Deneriaz FranceMichael Walchhofer AustriaBruno Kernen Switzerland 20022010 Men s downhillLocationSestriereKandahar BanchettaVertical 914 m 2 999 ft Top elevation2 800 m 9 186 ft Base elevation1 886 m 6 188 ft The men s downhill competition is the marquee outdoor event of the Winter Olympics and is the first alpine event on the schedule It consists of a single high speed run down a challenging slope with a vertical drop exceeding 800 meters 2 625 ft 1 The defending Olympic champion was Fritz Strobl of Austria the reigning world champion was Bode Miller of the United States Austrian Michael Walchhofer was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season entering the Olympics ahead of Strobl and American Daron Rahlves 2 The thirtieth racer on the course Antoine Deneriaz of France won the gold medal Walchhofer took the silver and the bronze medalist was Bruno Kernen of Switzerland Miller was fifth Strobl eighth and Rahlves tenth 3 4 5 Deneriaz s surprise win was by a margin of 0 72 seconds the largest in this event in 42 years 3 He had entered the Olympics tied for tenth in the World Cup downhill standings his best finish was seventh at Val Gardena in mid December Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste the course started at an elevation of 2 800 m 9 186 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 914 m 2 999 ft and a length of 3 299 km 2 05 mi Deneriaz s winning time of 108 80 seconds yielded an average course speed of 109 158 km h 67 8 mph with an average vertical descent speed of 8 401 m s 27 6 ft s Results editThe race was started at 12 00 local time UTC 1 At the starting gate the skies were partly cloudy the temperature was 5 6 C 22 F and the snow condition was hard the temperature at the finish was 2 1 C 36 F Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 30 Antoine Deneriaz nbsp France 1 48 80 nbsp 10 Michael Walchhofer nbsp Austria 1 49 52 0 72 nbsp 14 Bruno Kernen nbsp Switzerland 1 49 82 1 024 17 Kjetil Andre Aamodt nbsp Norway 1 49 88 1 085 18 Bode Miller nbsp United States 1 49 93 1 136 15 Hermann Maier nbsp Austria 1 50 00 1 207 28 Marco Buchel nbsp Liechtenstein 1 50 04 1 248 4 Fritz Strobl nbsp Austria 1 50 12 1 329 25 Patrick Staudacher nbsp Italy 1 50 29 1 4910 20 Daron Rahlves nbsp United States 1 50 33 1 5311 22 Pierre Emmanuel Dalcin nbsp France 1 50 35 1 5512 3 Tobias Grunenfelder nbsp Switzerland 1 50 44 1 6413 29 Manuel Osborne Paradis nbsp Canada 1 50 45 1 6514 8 Lasse Kjus nbsp Norway 1 50 64 1 8415 23 Scott Macartney nbsp United States 1 50 68 1 8816 11 Francois Bourque nbsp Canada 1 50 70 1 9017 13 Ambrosi Hoffmann nbsp Switzerland 1 50 72 1 9218 6 Kurt Sulzenbacher nbsp Italy 1 50 84 2 0419 27 Steve Nyman nbsp United States 1 50 88 2 0819 Peter Fill nbsp Italy21 26 Aksel Lund Svindal nbsp Norway 1 50 90 2 1022 21 Klaus Kroll nbsp Austria 1 50 91 2 1123 12 Kristian Ghedina nbsp Italy 1 50 98 2 1824 16 Yannick Bertrand nbsp France 1 51 37 2 5725 2 Finlay Mickel nbsp Great Britain 1 51 48 2 6826 24 Didier Defago nbsp Switzerland 1 51 51 2 7127 7 John Kucera nbsp Canada 1 51 55 2 7528 32 Andrej Jerman nbsp Slovenia 1 51 70 2 9029 9 Bjarne Solbakken nbsp Norway 1 51 72 2 9230 38 Pavel Chestakov nbsp Russia 1 51 93 3 1331 34 Andrej Sporn nbsp Slovenia 1 52 17 3 3732 1 Craig Branch nbsp Australia 1 52 55 3 7533 31 Patrik Jarbyn nbsp Sweden 1 52 87 4 0734 39 Petr Zahrobsky nbsp Czech Republic 1 52 90 4 1035 35 Claudio Sprecher nbsp Liechtenstein 1 53 34 4 5436 36 Borek Zakouril nbsp Czech Republic 1 54 07 5 2737 33 Roger Cruickshank nbsp Great Britain 1 54 65 5 8538 42 Aleksandr Khoroshilov nbsp Russia 1 54 70 5 9039 37 Alex Antor nbsp Andorra 1 55 01 6 2140 41 Konstantin Sats nbsp Russia 1 55 03 6 2341 47 Mikael Gayme nbsp Chile 1 55 73 6 9342 40 Maui Gayme nbsp Chile 1 56 10 7 3043 45 Nikolai Hentsch nbsp Brazil 1 56 58 7 7844 49 Michal Kalwa nbsp Poland 1 56 81 8 0145 54 Jaroslav Babusiak nbsp Slovakia 1 57 45 8 6546 43 Renars Dorss nbsp Latvia 1 57 54 8 7447 51 Nikolay Skriabin nbsp Ukraine 1 57 56 8 7648 46 Sindri Mar Palsson nbsp Iceland 1 57 69 8 8949 50 Jorge Mandru nbsp Chile 1 58 77 9 9750 48 Roger Vidosa nbsp Andorra 1 59 24 10 4451 52 Andrei Drygin nbsp Tajikistan 1 59 41 10 6152 53 Alexander Heath nbsp South Africa 1 59 79 10 9953 44 Florentin Nicolae nbsp Romania 2 00 93 12 135 Ondrej Bank nbsp Czech Republic DNF55 Ivan Heimschild nbsp Slovakia DNFReferences edit Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games Men s Downhill Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 2 April 2018 FIS Ski Cup Standings Archived from the original on 2009 03 12 Retrieved 2010 03 08 a b Fendrich Howard February 13 2006 Sacre bleu Deneriaz springs surprise Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press p D5 Olympic report Alpine skiing Spokesman Review Spokane Washington wire services February 13 2006 p C3 Layden Tim February 20 2006 Slow out of the gate Sports Illustrated p 45 External links editOfficial Olympic Report FIS results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Men 27s downhill amp oldid 1168734905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
