The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fourth race of the championships, run under spring-like conditions on Saturday, February 12.Ski Racing.com - Canada retains World DH title as Guay takes gold - 2011-02-12
Canada's Erik Guay won the gold medal, Didier Cuche of Switzerland took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Christof Innerhofer of Italy.
Mostly in the shade, the north-facing slope of the Kandahar 2 course at Garmisch Classic was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting elevation of above sea level. Guay's winning time of 118.41 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of . Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed.
Results The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish. Rank Bib Name Nation Time Difference 10 Erik Guay 1:58.41 — 18 Didier Cuche 1:58.73 +0.32 9 Christof Innerhofer 1:59.17 +0.76 20 Romed Baumann 1:59.51 +1.10 17 Aksel Lund Svindal 1:59.83 +1.42 12 Andrej Šporn 2:00.25 +1.84 16 Michael Walchhofer 2:00.28 +1.87 13 Johan Clarey 2:00.35 +1.94 29 Beat Feuz 2:00.47 +2.06 10 6 Ambrosi Hoffmann 2:00.48 +2.07 11 21 Klaus Kröll 2:00.58 +2.17 12 19 Silvan Zurbriggen 2:00.75 +2.34 13 5 Steven Nyman 2:00.80 +2.39 14 14 Peter Fill 2:00.81 +2.40 15 22 Bode Miller 2:00.83 +2.42 16 26 Hannes Reichelt 2:00.99 +2.58 17 8 Andrej Jerman 2:01.16 +2.75 18 4 Benjamin Thomsen 2:01.18 +2.77 19 2 Rok Perko 2:01.50 +3.09 20 25 Dominik Paris 2:01.55 +3.14 21 35 Ondřej Bank 2:01.77 +3.36 22 15 Werner Heel 2:01.79 +3.38 23 28 Guillermo Fayed 2:01.99 +3.58 24 31 Travis Ganong 2:02.19 +3.78 25 23 Jan Hudec 2:02.45 +4.04 26 30 Hans Olsson 2:02.49 +4.08 27 32 Andreas Romar 2:02.50 +4.09 28 7 Natko Zrnčić-Dim 2:02.57 +4.16 29 1 Yannick Bertrand 2:02.66 +4.25 30 24 Gašper Markič 2:02.99 +4.58 31 27 Tobias Stechert 2:03.31 +4.90 32 37 Ferrán Terra 2:03.79 +5.38 33 34 Mirko Deflorian 2:04.04 +5.63 34 43 Kevin Esteve Rigail 2:04.58 +6.17 35 36 Lars Elton Myhre 2:04.93 +6.52 36 45 Georgi Georgiev 2:05.19 +6.78 37 42 Paul de la Cuesta 2:05.74 +7.33 38 39 TJ Baldwin 2:06.54 +8.13 39 50 Nikola Chongarov 2:06.57 +8.16 40 44 Yuri Danilochkin 2:06.99 +8.58 41 48 Michał Kłusak 2:07.64 +9.23 42 40 Igor Zakurdaev 2:07.66 +9.25 43 51 Igor Laikert Bosnia 2:08.70 +10.29 44 54 2:09.69 +11.28 45 47 Dmitriy Koshkin 2:11.47 +13.06 46 53 Taras Pimenov 2:12.30 +13.89 47 52 Pavel Chernichenko 2:13.25 +14.84 3 Patrik Järbyn 11 Adrien Théaux 33 Andreas Sander 38 Tin Široki 41 Roger Vidosa 46 Roberts Rode 49 Martin Vráblík
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