The men's downhill in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of eight events. It had been scheduled for nine, but the finals were cancelled due to fresh snow and high winds. Two-time discipline champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway, who failed to repeat last season because he suffered life-threatening injuries on the Lauberhorn downhill course in January 2024, developed a shoulder infection at the surgical site over the summer and needed a second surgery, which caused him to miss the entire season, making defending discipline champion Marco Odermatt of Switzerland an overwhelming favorite to repeat as the season champion. And Odermatt did indeed repeat as champion when the finals were cancelled with him in the discipline lead.

The season was interrupted for the biennial Alpine Skiing World Championships in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025. The championship in men's downhill was held on Sunday, 9 February, and was dominated by the Swiss team, with young star Franjo von Allmen winning gold, teammate Alexis Monney taking bronze, and five Swiss skiers finishing in the top 12.

Season summary Downhill season began in early December 2024 at Beaver Creek (Colorado), USA with Swiss skier Justin Murisier winning his first-ever World Cup race in an upset over his Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt. However, Odermatt bounced back to dominate the next downhill in Val Gardena. In the third downhill, on the Stelvio course in Bormio, Odermatt made a mid race error that pushed him down to fifth, but two of his Swiss teammates (Alexis Monney and 23-year-old Franjo von Allmen) made up for it by taking the top two places, which gave the Swiss the top four places in the discipline standings for the season. Once again, Odermatt bounced back to defeat Von Allmen on home snow in Wengen, but then the Swiss downhill monopoly for the season was finally ended by Canada's James Crawford, with his first World Cup victory, in Kitzbühel, Austria. The final race before the World Championships, scheduled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was cancelled when two straight days of fog caused both pre-race training runs to be cancelled, which meant that the downhill could not take place; the race was rescheduled for the first day at Kvitfjell.

In the World Championships, von Allmen and Monney continued their meteoric rise, with von Allmen defeating home star Vincent Kriechmayr for the gold medal and Monney claiming the bronze, with Odermatt fifth. In the first race after worlds, von Allmen led another Swiss sweep on the home snow in Crans Montana, with Odermatt second and Monney third. However, in the first of the last two races before final, the make-up at Kvitfjell, Italy's Dominik Paris beat three Swiss skiers led by Odermatt to capture his fifth win (four in DH) on the course. But the next day, the Swiss, led once again by Von Allmen, and followed by Odermatt and Rogentin, swept the podium. With the win, Von Allmen cut Odermatt's lead for the discipline title to 83 points, meaning that either of them could still win the crystal globe for the discipline at finals.

Finals The World Cup finals in the discipline were scheduled to take place on Saturday, 22 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup downhill discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in that discipline (Felix Rösle of Germany), plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 would earn World Cup points. The only 500+-point skier who chose to enter was Loïc Meillard of Switzerland, and two qualified skiers (Cameron Alexander of Canada and Mattia Casse of Italy) did not enter due to injury, leaving the total field at 25 (including Rösle). However, a combination of fresh snow in the morning and high winds in the early afternoon forced the downhill finals to be cancelled, thus handing the discipline crown to Odermatt and also locking up a Swiss podium sweep (with von Allman second and Monney third).

Standings VenueWC R##Skier Total   Marco Odermatt801004510040 x ⑤808080 x6052   Franjo von Allmen380808029 x ①10050100 x5223   Alexis Monney200100DSQ80 x ③604522 x3274 Miha Hrobat6016366045 x DNF292450 x3205 James Crawford5001429100 x ㉓40532 x2706 Dominik Paris12605022 x ④3210040 x2627   Justin Murisier1002403624 x ⑧131626 x2578   Stefan Rogentin 202622220 x ⑫246060 x2349 Cameron AlexanderDNF29604560 x DNS19410 Nils Allègre325026134 x ⑩223214 x19311 Vincent Kriechmayr45032DNFDNS x ②502229 x17812 Ryan Cochran-Siegle2260DNF2412 x ⑬202612 x17613 Bryce Bennett40320402 x ⑩143620 x16414 902929 x ⑥124045 x14415 Stefan Eichberger1140DNF00 x ㉘361824 x12916 Florian Schieder8002616 x ⑯451320 x12817 Daniel Hemetsberger72224350 x ⑦16DNS x122 Mattia Casse518502011 x ㉒18DNS 12219 Stefan Babinsky140161032 x ⑨11299 x12120 Maxence Muzaton15001836 x ⑱DNF2016 x10521   Lars Rösti1322DNF320 x DNS15152 x9922 Elian Lehto0015125 x ⑭26120 x7023 Brodie Seger2624DNS58 x ㉗030 x6624 Otmar Striedinger 2961420 x DNSDNF013 x6425 Romed Baumann0360DNF13 x ⑳760 x6226   Marco Kohler1602900 x DNS428NE 5927 Nejc Naraločnik00000 x ㉝101236NE5828 Adrien Théaux011DNS714 x ㉜01411NE 5729 Martin Čater04550DNF x ㉞000NE 5030 Jan Zabystřan245DNF90 x ⑲080NE 4631 Cyprien Sarrazin 2914DNSNE4332 Giovanni Franzoni4012018 x ㉑015NE4033 Blaise Giezendanner36DNF3DNFDNSNE 3934 Christof Innerhofer041307 x DNS590NE 3835 Nils Alphand2018015 x ㉔DNSNE3536 Sam Morse1000160 x ㊱170NE 3437 Luis Vogt015940 x DNF000NE 28 Jared Goldberg000156 x ㉔601NE 28 Fredrik Møller0011DNFDNS x ⑮1007NE 2840 Matthieu Bailet DNF010113 x DNS300NE 2741 Stefan Rieser015110 x DNS05NE 2242 Simon Jocher0220DNS x ㉚DNSNE22    Livio Hiltbrand0150DNS0 x DNS800NE 22 Nicolo MolteniDNS0000 x DNS0418NE2245 Felix Monsén011009 x ⑯000NE 2046 Benjamin Jacques Alliod00DNF30 x DNS0015NE1847 Felix Hacker028DNSNE10 Christopher NeumayerDNS0010 x DNSNE 10 Wiley Maple00DNF00 x DNS0100NE 10 Andreas PloierDNS0DNS0DNF x DNS10NE1051 Erik Arvidsson08DNSNE 8 Henrik Von AppenDNS0DNS8DNF x ㉛DNF00NE8 Vincent Wieser007DNS1 x DNS00NE854   Josua Mettler07DNSNE755 Raphael Haaser6DNS000NE6 Kyle Negomir00000 x DNS006NE 657 Manuel Traninger00500 x DNS00NE 558 Marco Pfiffner04DNS00 x ㉖000NE459 Jeffrey Read 00000 x ㉙DNF03NE 3References

Legend

DNF = Did not finish DSQ = Disqualified

R# = Rescheduled (make-up) race

See also 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom World Cup scoring system

References

External links Alpine skiing at FIS website

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