Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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| Men's Downhill at the XXI Olympic Winter Games |
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 Alpine skiing |
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| Venue | Whistler Creekside | |||||||||
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| Date | February 15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 28 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:54.31 | |||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics |
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| Combined | men | women | ||
| Downhill | men | women | ||
| Giant slalom | men | women | ||
| Slalom | men | women | ||
| Super-G | men | women | ||
The Men's Downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, February 13th, but was postponed due to rain and warm temperatures;[1] the competition was held on Monday, February 15th.[2][3]
The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Downhill course was 2799 feet (853 m), starting at an elevation of 5505 feet (1678 m) above sea level and finishing at 2706 feet (825 m); the course length was 1.929 miles (3.105 km).[4]
The time margins between the medalists were the closest in the history of the event in any Olympics.
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Aksel Lund Svindal racing for the silver medal
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Bode Miller, the bronze medalist
[edit] Results
[edit] References
- ^ Vancouver 2010.com - schedules by sport
- ^ Vancouver 2010.com - results
- ^ FIS-ski.com 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - results
- ^ FIS-ski.com - race results .pdf
[edit] External links
- 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Downhill, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-15.
- Ski Racing.com - Defago Gets Downhill Gold, Bode Bronze - accessed 2010-02-15
