FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007
VenueÅre ski resort
LocationÅre, Sweden
Dates9 February
Competitors56 from 20 nations
Winning time1:44.68
Medalists
gold medal Aksel Lund Svindal   Norway
silver medal Jan Hudec   Canada
bronze medal Patrik Järbyn   Sweden
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
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Men's Downhill
LocationOlympia
Åre, Sweden
Vertical   844 m (2,769 ft)
Top elevation1,240 m (4,068 ft)
Base elevation   396 m (1,299 ft)
Longest run2.922 km (1.82 mi)

The Men's downhill competition of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 at Åre, Sweden, was run on Sunday, February 11.[1][2]

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the gold medal, Jan Hudec of Canada took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Patrik Järbyn of host Sweden.[2]

The Olympia race course was 2.922 km (1.82 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 844 m (2,769 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,240 m (4,068 ft) above sea level.[2] Svindall's winning time of 104.68 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.489 km/h (62.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.0627 m/s (26.5 ft/s).

Results

Delayed a day due to fog, the race started at 10:00 CET (UTC+1) in fog. The air temperature was −12 °C (10 °F) at the starting gate and −8 °C (18 °F) at the finish.[2]

Rank Name Country Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway 1:44.68 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Hudec  Canada 1:45.40 +0.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrik Järbyn  Sweden 1:45.65 +0.97
4 Erik Guay  Canada 1:45.67 +0.99
5 Ambrosi Hoffmann  Switzerland 1:45.68 +1.00
6 Didier Cuche  Switzerland 1:45.69 +1.01
7 Bode Miller  United States 1:45.95 +1.27
8 Mario Scheiber  Austria 1:45.99 +1.31
9 Manuel Osborne-Paradis  Canada 1:46.11 +1.43
10 Didier Défago  Switzerland 1:46.12 +1.44
11 Peter Fill  Italy 1:46.39 +1.71
12 Bruno Kernen  Switzerland 1:46.41 +1.73
13 Hermann Maier  Austria 1:46.43 +1.75
14 Kurt Sulzenbacher  Italy 1:46.54 +1.86
15 Marc Bottollier-Lasquin  France 1:46.56 +1.88
15 Michael Walchhofer  Austria 1:46.56 +1.88
17 Andrej Jerman  Slovenia 1:46.58 +1.90
18 Yannick Bertrand  France 1:46.78 +2.10
19 Andrej Šporn  Slovenia 1:46.83 +2.15
19 Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin  France 1:46.83 +2.15
21 Steven Nyman  United States 1:46.86 +2.18
22 Fritz Strobl  Austria 1:46.97 +2.29
23 Hans Olsson  Sweden 1:47.08 +2.40
24 Niklas Rainer  Sweden 1:47.22 +2.54
25 Lars Myhre  Norway 1:47.36 +2.68
26 Finlay Mickel  United Kingdom 1:47.45 +2.77
27 Johannes Stehle  Germany 1:47.49 +2.81
28 Marco Sullivan  United States 1:47.58 +2.90
29 Bjarne Solbakken  Norway 1:47.63 +2.95
30 Scott Macartney  United States 1:47.66 +2.98
31 John Kucera  Canada 1:47.72 +3.04
32 Patrick Staudacher  Italy 1:47.79 +3.11
33 Antoine Dénériaz  France 1:47.82 +3.14
34 Natko Zrnčić-Dim  Croatia 1:47.87 +3.19
35 Ondřej Bank  Czech Republic 1:47.92 +3.24
36 Matts Olsson  Sweden 1:48.05 +3.37
37 Petr Záhrobský  Czech Republic 1:48.26 +3.58
38 Christof Innerhofer  Italy 1:48.30 +3.62
39 Aleš Gorza  Slovenia 1:48.84 +4.16
40 Jouni Pellinen  Finland 1:48.95 +4.27
41 Thomas Lanning  United States 1:49.01 +4.33
42 Andreas Romar  Finland 1:49.19 +4.51
43 Aleksandr Khoroshilov  Russia 1:49.37 +4.69
44 Maui Gayme  Chile 1:50.35 +5.67
45 Ivan Ratkić  Croatia 1:50.46 +5.78
46 Roger Vidosa  Andorra 1:50.78 +6.10
47 Jorge Mandrú  Chile 1:51.19 +6.51
48 Tin Široki  Croatia 1:51.57 +6.89
— Stephan Keppler  Germany DNF —
— Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein DNF
— Rok Perko  Slovenia DNF
— Mark Bridgwater  New Zealand DNF
— Cristián Anguita  Chile DNF
— Konstantin Sats  Russia DNF
— Filip Trejbal  Czech Republic DNS
— Wojciech Zagórski  Poland DNS

References

  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - event". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ a b c d "Final results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2023.