The marquee event of alpine skiing was held on February 10th at the Snowbasin

Snowbasin

Snowbasin Resort is located northeast of Salt Lake City, in Weber County, Utah. Opened in 1939, as part of an effort by the city of Ogden, Utah to restore the Wheeler Creek watershed, it is one of the oldest ski resorts in the United States. Over the next 50 years Snowbasin grew slowly...

 ski area, east of Ogden

Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...

 under clear skies.

Designed by 1972

Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sapporo, Japan, from February 5–13, 1972. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.-Downhill:February 7, 1972...

 gold medalist Bernhard Russi

Bernhard Russi

Bernhard Russi is a former alpine ski racer. He was an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event....

, the steep "Grizzly

Grizzly Bear

The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...

 Downhill" course was just 1.77 miles (2.86 km) in length, and began at a lofty 9288 feet (2831 m) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 2897 feet (883 m). The average gradient on the Grizzly Downhill was 30.87% (17.98°), exceeding the classic layouts of Kitzbühel

Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel

The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...

 (860 m vertical / 3312 m length = 25.97%, 15.05°) and Wengen

Lauberhorn

The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald. Its summit is at an elevation of 8110 feet above sea level....

 (1025 m vertical / 4455 m length = 23.01%, 13.30°).

The top five finishers completed the course in less than 100 seconds, making it the quickest descending Olympic downhill, at an average vertical descent of more than 29 ft/s (8.8 m/s). http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2002/AL/1551/1551RLR0.pdf The average speed of the medalists for the entire course exceeded 64 mph (103 km/h), rating it among the fastest courses in international competition.

Pre-race favorite Stephan Eberharter

Stephan Eberharter

Stephan Eberharter is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

 of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 took the bronze medal, bested by compatriot Fritz Strobl

Fritz Strobl

Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 and the all-rounder Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...

 of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Results

The results of the men's downhill event in Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

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Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		1:39.13
	Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...		1:39.35	+0.22
	Stephan Eberharter Stephan Eberharter Stephan Eberharter is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s...		1:39.41	+0.28
	Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....		1:39.78	+0.65
	Claude Cretier		1:39.96	+0.83
	Christian Greber		1:40.00	+0.87
	Fredrik Nyberg Fredrik Nyberg Fredrik Nyberg is a former Swedish Alpine skier.He was born in Skön .Excelling in giant slalom and super G, he won a total of seven World Cup races in those disciplines...		1:40.30	+1.17
	Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann is a Swiss alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he finished 8th in downhill. He won a bronze medal in Super-G at the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 17th in the downhill event.-External links:...		1:40.31	+1.18
	Marco Sullivan Marco Sullivan Marco Sullivan is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won one World Cup race, on January 26, 2008 in Chamonix, France.-2002:...		1:40.37	+1.24
10	Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz		1:40.39	+1.26
11	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin is a French Alpine skier.Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified.- World Cup victories :-External links:* official* profile...		1:40.58	+1.45
12	Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from Stranda who has competed at the Olympics, World Championships and the World Cup.-Olympics:...		1:40.74	+1.61
12	Antoine Dénériaz Antoine Dénériaz Antoine Dénériaz is a French Alpine skier. He won a gold medal in the Olympic downhill competition at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, trailed by Austrian Michael Walchhofer and Swiss Bruno Kernen...		1:40.74	+1.61
14	Didier Cuche Didier Cuche Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...		1:40.76	+1.63
15	Franco Cavegn		1:40.81	+1.68
16	Daron Rahlves Daron Rahlves Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...		1:40.84	+1.71
17	Roland Fischnaller		1:40.85	+1.72
18	Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn is a World Cup alpine ski racer.Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super G...		1:41.05	+1.92
19	Alessandro Fattori		1:41.24	+2.11
20	Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber is an Austrian skier competing in all World Cup disciplines apart from slalom. In his World Cup debut, the Super G in Aspen, Colorado on November 27, 1998, he finished in fourteenth position. On December 21, 2000, he won his first World Cup race, a Giant Slalom, in Bormio...		1:41.25	+2.12
21	Didier Défago Didier Défago Didier Défago is analpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill and Giant Slalom...		1:41.27	+2.14
22	Kurt Sulzenbacher		1:41.56	+2.43
23	Peter Pen		1:41.66	+2.53
24	Ed Podivinsky Ed Podivinsky Edward "Ed" Charles Podivinsky is a Canadian alpine skier with Czech ancestry who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and in the 2002 Winter Olympics.He was born in Edmonton....		1:41.69	+2.56
25	Kenneth Sivertsen Kenneth Sivertsen (skier) Kenneth Sivertsen is a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Narvik. He competed in the downhill, giant slalom and Super-G at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002....		1:41.70	+2.57
26	Juergen Hasler		1:41.76	+2.63
27	Jakub Fiala		1:41.84	+2.71
28	Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...		1:41.85	+2.72
29	Marco Büchel Marco Büchel Marco Büchel is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010....		1:41.86	+2.73
29	Scott Macartney Scott Macartney Scott Macartney is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.-Biography:Macartney grew up in the Seattle area, in Redmond, where his parents were public school teachers. He skied at the Crystal Mountain ski area, located southeast of Seattle, where his parents were members of the volunteer ski...		1:41.86	+2.73
31	Gregor Sparovec		1:41.88	+2.75
32	Darin McBeath		1:42.15	+3.02
33	Jernej Koblar		1:42.41	+3.18
34	Max Rauffer		1:42.52	+3.39
35	Kristian Ghedina Kristian Ghedina Kristian Ghedina is a former alpine ski racer, currently an auto racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...		1:42.54	+3.41
36	Maxim Kedrin		1:43.04	+3.91
37	AJ Bear		1:43.19	+4.06
38	Dave Anderson		1:43.20	+4.07
39	Ondřej Bank Ondrej Bank Ondřej Bank is a Czech alpine skier.Bank began his international career in 1995 when he first competed at the Junior World Championship. His first World Cup race was in 2001...		1:43.33	+4.20
40	Borek Zakouril		1:43.63	+4.50
41	Andrey Filichkin		1:43.73	+4.60
42	Yasuyuki Takishita Yasuyuki Takishita is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...		1:43.75	+4.62
43	Pavel Chestakov		1:44.35	+5.22
44	Sergey Komarov		1:45.25	+6.12
45	Craig Branch Craig Branch Craig Branch is an Australian alpine skier. He competed for Australia at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 27th place in the Super G at the 2002 Olympics.-External links:...		1:45.34	+6.21
46	Jan Holicky		1:45.59	+6.36
47	Ivan Heimschild		1:46.36	+7.23
48	Maui Gayme Maui Gayme Maui Gayme is an alpine skier who represented Chile at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also represented Chile at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He finished 57th in the Downhill discipline at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		1:47.63	+8.50
49	Nikolay Skriabin		1:47.65	+8.52
50	Mikael Gayme		1:48.37	+9.24
51	Alexander Heath Alexander Heath Alexander Heath is a South African Olympic athlete. In the 2006 Winter Olympics, he became the first African to participate in all five Alpine events. He resides in Cape Town....		1:48.84	+9.71
52	Nicolas Arsel		1:49.75	+10.62
53	Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce		1:54.42	+15.29

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Cristian Javier Simari Birkner

Cristian Simari Birkner is an Alpine skier from Argentina. He competed in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He served as Argentina's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony....

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