Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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The men's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on Monday, 7 February, at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District.[1] Beat Feuz of Switzerland was the champion, Johan Clarey of France was the silver medalist, and Matthias Mayer of Austria took the bronze.[2][3] This was the first Olympic gold for Feuz and the first Olympic medal for Clarey. The men's downhill at the Olympics has yet to have a repeat champion. At the age of 41, Clarey became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history.
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| Venue | Rock, Yanqing District | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7 February 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:42.69 | ||||||||||||
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Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | "Rock" course Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre |
| Vertical | 894 m (2,933 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) |
The 2018 Olympic champion, Aksel Lund Svindal, retired from competitive skiing. Prior to the Olympics, eight World Cup downhill events were held: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was leading the ranking, followed by Feuz, Mayer (2014 downhill and 2018 Super-G Olympic champion), and Marco Odermatt. Vincent Kriechmayr was the reigning world champion.
The "Rock" course was 3.152 km (1.96 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 894 m (2,933 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level. Feuz had an average speed of 110.499 km/h (68.7 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.706 m/s (28.6 ft/s).
Schedule
The event was scheduled for Sunday, 6 February, but was postponed one day due to strong winds.[4]
Qualification
Results
The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC+8). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −13.4 °C (8 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed.[5][6]
