Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
The marquee event of alpine skiing was held on Sunday, February 10, at the Snowbasin ski area, east of Ogden under clear skies.[1][2]
Men's downhill at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Pictogram for alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
Venue | Snowbasin | ||||||||||||
Date | February 10 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:39.13 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Snowbasin Grizzly Downhill |
Vertical | 883 m (2,897 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,831 m (9,288 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,948 m (6,391 ft) |
Designed by 1972 gold medalist Bernhard Russi, the steep "Grizzly Downhill" course was just 1.777 miles (2.860 km) in length, and began at a lofty 9,288 feet (2,831 m) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 2,897 feet (883 m). The average gradient on the Grizzly Downhill was 30.87% (17.98°), exceeding the classic layouts of Kitzbühel (860 m vertical / 3312 m length = 25.97%, 15.05°) and Wengen (1025 m vertical / 4455 m length = 23.01%, 13.30°).
The top five finishers completed the course in less than a hundred seconds, making it the quickest descending Olympic downhill. The average speed of the medalists for the entire course exceeded 64 mph (103 km/h), rating it among the fastest courses in international competition.
Pre-race favorite Stephan Eberharter of Austria took the bronze medal, bested by compatriot Fritz Strobl and all-arounder Lasse Kjus of Norway.[2][3][4] Strobl's average speed was 64.538 mph (103.864 km/h), at an average vertical descent of 29.224 ft/s (8.907 m/s).
Results
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −4.0 °C (24.8 °F).
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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10 | Fritz Strobl | 1:39.13 | |||
13 | Lasse Kjus | 1:39.35 | +0.22 | ||
9 | Stephan Eberharter | 1:39.41 | +0.28 | ||
4 | 12 | Kjetil André Aamodt | 1:39.78 | +0.65 | |
5 | 19 | Claude Crétier | 1:39.96 | +0.83 | |
6 | 7 | Christian Greber | 1:40.00 | +0.87 | |
7 | 3 | Fredrik Nyberg | 1:40.30 | +1.17 | |
8 | 15 | Ambrosi Hoffmann | 1:40.31 | +1.18 | |
9 | 31 | Marco Sullivan | 1:40.37 | +1.24 | |
10 | 2 | Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz | 1:40.39 | +1.26 | |
11 | 18 | Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin | 1:40.58 | +1.45 | |
12 | 23 | Bjarne Solbakken | 1:40.74 | +1.61 | |
5 | Antoine Dénériaz | ||||
14 | 14 | Didier Cuche | 1:40.76 | +1.63 | |
15 | 11 | Franco Cavegn | 1:40.81 | +1.68 | |
16 | 17 | Daron Rahlves | 1:40.84 | +1.71 | |
17 | 21 | Roland Fischnaller | 1:40.85 | +1.72 | |
18 | 28 | Patrik Järbyn | 1:41.05 | +1.92 | |
19 | 4 | Alessandro Fattori | 1:41.24 | +2.11 | |
20 | 22 | Christoph Gruber | 1:41.25 | +2.12 | |
21 | 29 | Didier Défago | 1:41.27 | +2.14 | |
22 | 6 | Kurt Sulzenbacher | 1:41.56 | +2.43 | |
23 | 16 | Peter Pen | 1:41.66 | +2.53 | |
24 | 27 | Ed Podivinsky | 1:41.69 | +2.56 | |
25 | 20 | Kenneth Sivertsen | 1:41.70 | +2.57 | |
26 | 32 | Jürgen Hasler | 1:41.76 | +2.63 | |
27 | 34 | Jakub Fiala | 1:41.84 | +2.71 | |
28 | 41 | Andrej Jerman | 1:41.85 | +2.72 | |
29 | 25 | Marco Büchel | 1:41.86 | +2.73 | |
1 | Scott Macartney | ||||
31 | 26 | Gregor Sparovec | 1:41.88 | +2.75 | |
32 | 24 | Darin McBeath | 1:42.15 | +3.02 | |
33 | 36 | Jernej Koblar | 1:42.41 | +3.18 | |
34 | 30 | Max Rauffer | 1:42.52 | +3.39 | |
35 | 8 | Kristian Ghedina | 1:42.54 | +3.41 | |
36 | 46 | Maksim Kedrin | 1:43.04 | +3.91 | |
37 | 39 | AJ Bear | 1:43.19 | +4.06 | |
38 | 35 | Dave Anderson | 1:43.20 | +4.07 | |
39 | 50 | Ondřej Bank | 1:43.33 | +4.20 | |
40 | 42 | Borek Zakouřil | 1:43.63 | +4.50 | |
41 | 40 | Andrey Filichkin | 1:43.73 | +4.60 | |
42 | 43 | Yasuyuki Takishita | 1:43.75 | +4.62 | |
43 | 37 | Pavel Chestakov | 1:44.35 | +5.22 | |
44 | 48 | Sergey Komarov | 1:45.25 | +6.12 | |
45 | 38 | Craig Branch | 1:45.34 | +6.21 | |
46 | 44 | Jan Holický | 1:45.59 | +6.36 | |
47 | 54 | Ivan Heimschild | 1:46.36 | +7.23 | |
48 | 47 | Maui Gayme | 1:47.63 | +8.50 | |
49 | 52 | Nikolay Skriabin | 1:47.65 | +8.52 | |
50 | 45 | Mikael Gayme | 1:48.37 | +9.24 | |
51 | 55 | Alexander Heath | 1:48.84 | +9.71 | |
52 | 51 | Nicolás Arsel | 1:49.75 | +10.62 | |
53 | 53 | Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce | 1:54.42 | +15.29 | |
49 | Ross Green | DNS | |||
33 | Cristian Javier Simari Birkner | DSQ |
References
- "Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- Layden, Tim (February 18, 2002). "Grizzly Bear". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
- "Strobl's downhill shock". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 11, 2002. p. C6.
- Pennington, Bill (February 11, 2002). "Austria's downhill dominance returns". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1E.