The men's downhill competition is one of the marquee events of the Winter Olympics, and is the first alpine

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 event on the schedule. It consists of a single high-speed run down a challenging slope, with a vertical drop exceeding 2624 feet (800 m).

The defending Olympic champion was Fritz Strobl

Fritz Strobl

Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, and the reigning world champion was Bode Miller

Bode Miller

Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...

 of the U.S., who won the downhill at the 2005 World Championships. Austrian Michael Walchhofer

Michael Walchhofer

Michael Walchhofer is a former Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the downhill world cup three times, one silver medal at Olympics Games, and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at World Ski...

 led the downhill World Cup

2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Downhill

The 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Downhill season involved 10 events at sites in North America and Europe between November 2005 and March 2006...

 entering the Olympics, ahead of Strobl and American Daron Rahlves

Daron Rahlves

Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...

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At the 2006 Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

, the men's downhill started at an elevation of 9186 feet (2800 m) above sea level and descended 2999 feet (914 m), at a course length of 2.05 miles (3.30 km). The winning time of Antoine Dénériaz

Antoine Dénériaz

Antoine Dénériaz is a French Alpine skier. He won a gold medal in the Olympic downhill competition at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, trailed by Austrian Michael Walchhofer and Swiss Bruno Kernen...

 of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 was 108.8 seconds, an average course speed of 67.8 mph (109.2 km/h), with an average vertical descent speed of 27.6 ft/s (8.4 m/s).

Results

The results of the men's downhill event in Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

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Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Antoine Dénériaz Antoine Dénériaz Antoine Dénériaz is a French Alpine skier. He won a gold medal in the Olympic downhill competition at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, trailed by Austrian Michael Walchhofer and Swiss Bruno Kernen...		1:48.80
	Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer is a former Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the downhill world cup three times, one silver medal at Olympics Games, and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at World Ski...		1:49.52	+0.72
	Bruno Kernen Bruno Kernen Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...		1:49.82	+1.02
	Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....		1:49.88	+1.08
	Bode Miller Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...		1:49.93	+1.13
	Hermann Maier Hermann Maier Hermann Maier is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. Maier ranks among the finest alpine ski racers in history, having won four overall World Cup titles , two Olympic gold medals , and three World Championship titles...		1:50.00	+1.20
	Marco Büchel Marco Büchel Marco Büchel is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010....		1:50.04	+1.24
	Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		1:50.12	+1.32
	Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher is an Italian alpine skier.He won the Super-G gold medal at the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre.- External links :* * *...		1:50.29	+1.49
10	Daron Rahlves Daron Rahlves Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...		1:50.33	+1.53
11	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin is a French Alpine skier.Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified.- World Cup victories :-External links:* official* profile...		1:50.35	+1.55
12	Tobias Grünenfelder Tobias Grünenfelder Tobias Grünenfelder is a Swiss alpine skier. He is the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Swiss champion in Super-G. He also won national Downhill gold in 2007 and 2009.He participated at the World Championships in Vail 1999, St...		1:50.44	+1.64
13	Manuel Osborne-Paradis Manuel Osborne-Paradis Manuel Osborne-Paradis is a Canadian alpine skier.He grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada...		1:50.45	+1.65
14	Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...		1:50.64	+1.84
15	Scott Macartney Scott Macartney Scott Macartney is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.-Biography:Macartney grew up in the Seattle area, in Redmond, where his parents were public school teachers. He skied at the Crystal Mountain ski area, located southeast of Seattle, where his parents were members of the volunteer ski...		1:50.68	+1.88
16	François Bourque François Bourque François Bourque is a Canadian alpine skier.François Bourque Began his national debut in 2002. Bourque won the super-G event at the 2003 Junior World Championships and the combined event at the 2004 Junior World Championships. In the 2005 season, he picked up a third place finish in the super-G in...		1:50.70	+1.90
17	Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann is a Swiss alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he finished 8th in downhill. He won a bronze medal in Super-G at the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 17th in the downhill event.-External links:...		1:50.72	+1.92
18	Kurt Sulzenbacher		1:50.84	+2.04
19	Steve Nyman		1:50.88	+2.08
19	Peter Fill Peter Fill Peter Fill is an Italian alpine skier.-World Cup victories:- Career :Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since Alberto Tomba in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner...		1:50.88	+2.08
21	Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Kjeller. He is a two-time winner of the overall , an Olympic gold medalist in Super G at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a four-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined .-Career:As of...		1:50.90	+2.10
22	Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll is a World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics.In 2006 he finished 22nd in the Olympic downhill race....		1:50.91	+2.11
23	Kristian Ghedina Kristian Ghedina Kristian Ghedina is a former alpine ski racer, currently an auto racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...		1:50.98	+2.18
24	Yannick Bertrand		1:51.37	+2.57
25	Finlay Mickel Finlay Mickel Finlay Mickel is a former Scottish skier. He was educated at Stewart's Melville College in his younger years.Mickel first appeared in the World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada in November 2000...		1:51.48	+2.68
26	Didier Défago Didier Défago Didier Défago is analpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill and Giant Slalom...		1:51.51	+2.71
27	John Kucera John Kucera John Kucera is a World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. He races in all five alpine disciplines, focusing on the speed events of downhill and Super-G. He is the current world champion in the downhill, but has been sidelined due to injury since November 2009...		1:51.55	+2.75
28	Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...		1:51.70	+2.90
29	Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from Stranda who has competed at the Olympics, World Championships and the World Cup.-Olympics:...		1:51.72	+2.92
30	Pavel Chestakov		1:51.93	+3.13
31	Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn is a Slovenian alpine skier.Šporn began his career as a competitor in slalom, though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines - the downhill and Super-G and is also good in giant slalom. He has been a successful competitor since early age, having won competitions in...		1:52.17	+3.37
32	Craig Branch Craig Branch Craig Branch is an Australian alpine skier. He competed for Australia at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 27th place in the Super G at the 2002 Olympics.-External links:...		1:52.55	+3.75
33	Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn is a World Cup alpine ski racer.Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super G...		1:52.87	+4.07
34	Petr Záhrobský Petr Záhrobský Petr Záhrobský is an alpine skier from Czech Republic. He competed for Czech Republic at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 24th in the Super-G in the 2002 Olympics....		1:52.90	+4.10
35	Claudio Sprecher		1:53.34	+4.54
36	Bořek Zakouřil		1:54.07	+5.27
37	Roger Cruickshank Roger Cruickshank Roger Cruickshank is a Scottish trainee pilot in the Royal Air Force, a Flying Officer, and one of United Kingdom's top downhill skiers....		1:54.65	+5.85
38	Aleksandr Khoroshilov Aleksandr Viktorovich Khoroshilov Aleksandr Viktorovich Khoroshilov is a Russian olympic alpine skier.- External links :*...		1:54.70	+5.90
39	Alex Antor Alex Antor Alex Antor is an Andorran alpine skier.He represented Andorra at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. He was their flag bearer in the 2006 Opening Ceremonies. He never raced in the World Cup....		1:55.01	+6.21
40	Konstantin Sats		1:55.03	+6.23
41	Mikael Gayme		1:55.73	+6.93
42	Maui Gayme Maui Gayme Maui Gayme is an alpine skier who represented Chile at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also represented Chile at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He finished 57th in the Downhill discipline at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		1:56.10	+7.30
43	Nikolai Hentsch		1:56.58	+7.78
44	Michał Kałwa		1:56.81	+8.01
45	Jaroslav Babušiak Jaroslav Babušiak Jaroslav Babušiak is an alpine skier from Slovakia. He competed for Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jaroslav also competed for Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he achieved his best result, a 24th place finish in the slalom.-External links:...		1:57.45	+8.65
46	Renārs Doršs		1:57.54	+8.74
47	Nikolay Skriabin		1:57.56	+8.76
48	Sindri M. Pálsson		1:57.69	+8.89
49	Jorge Mandrú Jorge Mandrú Jorge Mandrú is an alpine skier from Chile. He competed for Chile at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Mandrú was Chile's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- External links :...		1:58.77	+9.97
50	Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa is an Andorran alpine skier. He represented Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- Fis Race results :Slalom1st place - 5 times2nd place - 9 times3rd place - 3 times...		1:59.24	+10.44
51	Andrei Drygin Andrei Drygin Andrei Drygin, born June 12, 1977, is a Tajik alpine skier.Drygin was the flag-bearer and only representative of Tajikistan at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. He also competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the only competitor again but was not the flag bearer. In 2002, he competed...		1:59.41	+10.61
52	Alexander Heath Alexander Heath Alexander Heath is a South African Olympic athlete. In the 2006 Winter Olympics, he became the first African to participate in all five Alpine events. He resides in Cape Town....		1:59.79	+10.99
53	Florentin-Daniel Nicolae		2:00.93	+12.13

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Ondrej Bank

Ondřej Bank is a Czech alpine skier.Bank began his international career in 1995 when he first competed at the Junior World Championship. His first World Cup race was in 2001...

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