The men's downhill in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had contained nine downhills, but a rescheduled one on 5 March in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, was canceled due to fog and continual snowfall after just nine skiers had finished (with 30 needed to make the race official), and (as discussed below) the downhill during World Cup finals week was also canceled.
The first downhill of the season, conducted in good conditions in Val d'Isère, France, took an unusual turn when Martin Čater of Slovenia, starting 41st, unexpectedly recorded the winning time . . . eleven racers after the organizers had already held the unofficial podium ceremony and the television broadcasters had ended coverage. After that, the season returned to normal, and three=time defending champion Beat Feuz opened up a 48-point lead over his nearest rival, Matthias Mayer of Austria, with only three events to go. But then the first downhill at Saalbach-Hinterglemm was cancelled, Feuz gained 20 more points on Meyer at the second downhill there, and, at the World Cup final (scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland), three straight days of heavy snowfall caused the downhill finals to be cancelled. Thus Feuz, who had previously won two downhills on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel during the season, won the discipline's crystal globe without a final showdown.
The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's downhill took place on 14 February 2021.
Standings RankName Total Beat Feuz 40602610010080x80x4862 Matthias Mayer 3226100806060x60x4183 Dominik Paris 2616506036100x50x3384 Johan Clarey 451329508026x29x2725 Vincent Kriechmayr 02080291424x100x 2676 Romed Baumann 293218324518x22x1967 Otmar Striedinger 8017203215x36x1918 5010040DNS 1909 Max Franz 222920DNF2050x45x18610 Andreas Sander 36151245407x6x16111 Matthieu Bailet 10932362914x24x15412 Christof Innerhofer 032495045x10x14113 Carlo Janka 1336DNF40140x7x13714 Ryan Cochran-Siegle 208036DNFDNS 13615 Urs Kryenbühl 607606DNS 13316 Marco Odermatt 1DNS22DNS2632x45x12617 Martin Čater1006DNS500x0x11118 Travis Ganong 8180222436x0x10819 Bryce Bennett 750DNF7010x26x10020 Kjetil Jansrud 1150DNS13520x0x9921 Nils Allègre2424DNF261212x0x9822 Daniel Hemetsberger259DNS2629x15x8623 Jared Goldberg0401112713x0x8324 Mauro Caviezel152245DNS8225 Dominik Schwaiger1001221422x0x69References
DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start
See also 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel World Cup scoring system
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External links Alpine skiing at FIS website
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