The men's downhill in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The season had been planned with fourteen downhills, but early in the season, two scheduled downhills on 29/30 October 2022 on the Matterhorn, running from Switzerland (Zermatt) into Italy (Cervinia), were canceled due to lack of snow and not rescheduled. Later in the season, a downhill scheduled for Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 28 January 2023 was also cancelled for lack of snow and not rescheduled. Finally, on 3 March, a scheduled downhill at Aspen was canceled due to poor visibility and deteriorating weather conditions, even though 24 racers had already started. The first out of the starting gate, Norway's Adrian Smiseth Sejersted, held the lead and was hoping for six more competitors to start so that the race would become official, but the weather conditions prevented that.
After eight events, defending champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway had won five times, and held more than a 150-point lead over three-time winner Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria. The remaining downhills will take place in March 2023, by which time four-time former discipline champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland will have retired, joining longtime star Matthias Mayer of Austria with an in-season retirement, even though both were currently in the top 10 in the discipline. After another cancelation, Kilde won the downhill in Aspen, thus clinching the season championship prior to the finals.
The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France from 6–19 February 2023. Although the Alpine skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts both the World Cup and the World Championships, the World Championships are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is generally permitted per nation), and (since 1970) the results count only for World Championship medals, not for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the World Championship are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The men's downhill was held on 12 February at Courchevel on the L'Éclipse course.
The season final took place on 15 March at Soldeu, Andorra. Eligible to partake were the top 25 in the downhill standings, others who have at least 500 points in the overall standings, and the downhill gold medalist at the Junior World Championships. With the reduced field, only the top 15 earned points.
Standings Venue WC#SkierTotal xx100100451006010015100x②x100407602 Vincent Kriechmayrxx244510001005010045x⑪x501006143 Marco Odermattxx6080803650800DNSx①x60164624 Johan Clareyxx40135080DNFDNS1380x㉓x45223435 James Crawfordxx060364580203x⑤x80203266 Mattia Cassexx11906029601450x⑳x15402887 Niels Hintermannxx362914DNFDNS366026x⑫x40262678 Romed Baumannxx26400141315032x⑲x24802449 Daniel Hemetsbergerxx8024DNF02418032x⑭x115023910 Florian Schiederxx0320020128022x⑦x362922211 Dominik ParisxxDNF110026294518x⑧x364521012 Otmar Striedinger xx181422220141840xDNFx203220013 Matthias Mayerxx50506022DNS 18214 Beat Feuz xx45292913DNS45315DNS17915 Travis Ganongxx204136703660x㉘x14017816 Andreas Sander xx012189DNS01612x㉙x296015617 Ryan Cochran-Sieglexx293618645DNF011x㉔x40149 xx1161260164520x⑯xDNF2414919 Stefan Rogentin xx1224267162007xDNSx18013020 Adrien Théauxxx2018501813016x㉞x6012321 Josef Ferstlxx918403DNF7024x㉗x13011422 Jared Goldbergxx00829DNF1150DNFx㉖x12011023 Cameron AlexanderxxDNS0022DNF1240x③x91810124 Nils Allègrexx00322401086x㉑x508525 Cyprien Sarrazin xxDNS012404DNF26DNFxDNS8226 Gilles Roulinxx7800323200xDNSx0NE7927 Alexis Monneyxx001351026240x⑱xDNFNE7828 Justin MurisierxxDNS00DNS3602213x⑫DNS0NE7129 Thomas Dreßenxx3270DNS820DNFx⑩xDNFNE67 Miha Hrobatxx150012DNS3361x⑧x0NE6731 Marco SchwarzxxDNS40DNSx④x2406432 Christof Innerhoferxx1308091914xDNSx9NE6333 Sam Morsexx002616000DNFxDNSx18NE6034 Urs Kryenbühlxx0DNS01840DNSNE5835 Bryce Bennettxx0528DNF529xDNSx26NE5736 Matteo Marsagliaxx3150011240DNSx⑮x2NE55 Broderick Thompsonxx00015002910xDNSx1NE5538 Matthieu Bailet xx163260DNSNE5439 Brodie Segerxx5001115068xDNFDNSNE4540 Maxence Muzatonxx8DNS02402x⑥x10NE4441 Dominik Schwaigerxx2220DNF0DNF000xDNSx0NE4242 Martin Čaterxx1010000775x㉟xDNFNE3943 Erik Arvidssonxx000015DNF100x⑰x0NE2544 Julian Schütterxx0002910DNFDNFxDNSNE2145 Jeffrey Read xx400012000x㉛x3NE1946 Elian LehtoxxDNS110DNS400x㉕x0NE1547 Simon Jocherxx14DNSxDNSxDNSNE1448 Nicolo Moltenixx66000000xDNSx0NE12 Christopher NeumayerxxDNS102DNSNE1250 Blaise Giezendannerxx02301014xDNSx0NE11 Josua MettlerxxDNS0DNS110xDNSNE11 Lars Röstixx00011DNSDNFDNSxDNSx0NE1153 Stefan Babinskyxx00900000x㉜x0NE954 Henrik Røa xx00044DNS0DNSNE855 Guglielmo Boscaxx0160DNSDNF00xDNSx0NE7 Marco KohlerxxDNS0xDNSx7NE7 Henrik von AppenxxDNF0002DNF5DNFx㉒x0NE758 Pietro ZazzixxDNS0DNS6DNS00xDNSx0NE659 Giovanni Franzonixx00DNS5DNSNE560 xx004DNF00DNSDNFxDNSx0NE4 Marco Pfiffner xx00000040x㉝DNSNE4References Legend
DNF = Did not finish DSQ = Disqualified
See also 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website
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