The men's downhill competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the season finale in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Two-time discipline champion Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway got off to a fantastic start, winning four of the first five downhills of the season . . . and even winning the downhill run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland for the first time in his career (in his tenth attempt). Unfortunately, in the very next downhill race a week later, at the Streif downhill run in Kitzbühel (where Svindal had won a Super-G two days before), Svindal crashed and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his right knee, ending his season. Because of poor visibility and dangerous winds, which already had led the course to be shortened before the race even started, the Streif downhill was stopped after just 30 skiers, the minimum number for the race to be deemed official -- but it already had produced three serious crashes among the best downhillers in the world.
However, the surprise winner on the Streif was Peter Fill of Italy, who had started the day 245 points behind Svindal but picked up 100 for the win. After four more downhills, and heading into the finals, Fill and Svindal were tied on points (436) with Italy's Dominik Paris only four points behind. In the finals at St. Moritz, although both skied cautiously, Fill placed tenth, scoring 26 points, but Paris finished nineteenth and failed to score any points (as only the top 15 score at the finals), thus allowing Fill to become the first ever Italian man to win the downhill crystal globe.
Standings RankName Total Peter Fill 803250DNF2910024504526264622 Aksel Lund Svindal10010010036100DNFDNS4363 Dominik Paris3611200501520801001000432 Kjetil Jansrud 29806042218141001045504325 Beat Feuz DNS2480604560451004146 Steven Nyman151629515DNF26608060803867 Adrien Théaux 2426610036324532402903708 Guillermo Fayed5060802991092650DNS3239 Carlo Janka 4545722326053682032 31210 Hannes Reichelt135058080DNFDNF222602029611 Travis Ganong 60222014013409DNS324025012 Erik Guay262445DNS1824DNF3321560247 Christof Innerhofer2236050451250101516 247 1615DNFDNF1640100DNF2436024715 Johan Clarey2092415850DNF1622264523516 Romed Baumann12015451422152911142219917 Boštjan Kline74097880241482418518 Vincent Kriechmayr1183640133602522918219 David Poisson400604029161437DNS173200DNS1680DNSDNF1318803617121 Manuel Osborne-Paradis1022DNF01610036501815322 Andrew Weibrecht74514DNF102014151311014923 Klaus Kröll 183131260DNF171516014524 Otmar Striedinger320113122634020DNF013825 Andreas Sander 0082620143247220133References
DNF = Did Not Finish DNS = Did Not Start
See also 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined World Cup scoring system
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External links Alpine skiing at FIS website
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