The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships was the fourth race of the championships, run under spring-like conditions on Saturday, February 12th. At the start of the race at 11:00 am CET

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, the temperature was 3 C (37 F) at the starting gate (1690 m, 5544 ft) and 9 C (48 F) at the finish area (770 m, 2526 ft). Mostly in the shade, the north-facing slope of the Kandahar 2 course at Garmisch Classic

Garmisch Classic

Garmisch Classic is an alpine ski resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. The resort is in the Bavarian Alps, and its maximum elevation is 6726 feet above sea level, with a vertical drop of 4429 feet...

 had a vertical drop of 920 m (3018 ft). Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed.

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Time	Difference
	10	Erik Guay Erik Guay Erik Guay is a Canadian alpine skier from Mont-Tremblant, Québec. Guay is best known winning the discipline trophy in Super G during the 2010 World Cup season and for winning the downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011.- Career :Erik Guay was five when he competed in his first...		1:58.41	----
	18	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...		1:58.73	+0.32
	9	Christof Innerhofer Christof Innerhofer Christof Innerhofer is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He skis in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.Innerhofer lives in Gais, South Tyrol...		1:59.17	+0.76
	20	Romed Baumann Romed Baumann Romed Baumann is an Austrian alpine skier.Baumann has won one Alpine skiing world cup race, in Super-combined in Sestriere, Italy and two more podiums in the same discipline.- Race victories :...		1:59.51	+1.10
	17	Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Kjeller. He is a two-time winner of the overall , an Olympic gold medalist in Super G at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a four-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined .-Career:As of...		1:59.83	+1.42
	12	Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn is a Slovenian alpine skier.Šporn began his career as a competitor in slalom, though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines - the downhill and Super-G and is also good in giant slalom. He has been a successful competitor since early age, having won competitions in...		2:00.25	+1.84
	16	Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer is a former Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the downhill world cup three times, one silver medal at Olympics Games, and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at World Ski...		2:00.28	+1.87
	13	Johan Clarey Johan Clarey -References:...		2:00.35	+1.94
	29	Beat Feuz Beat Feuz Beat Feuz is a Swiss alpine skier.He secured his first two podium positions in the 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup , both of which came in downhill at Kvitfjell, Norway, in March 2011...		2:00.47	+2.06
10	6	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:...		2:00.48	+2.07
11	21	Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll is a World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics.In 2006 he finished 22nd in the Olympic downhill race....		2:00.58	+2.17
12	19	Silvan Zurbriggen Silvan Zurbriggen Silvan Zurbriggen is a Swiss alpine skier and a distant cousin of Pirmin Zurbriggen.He was born in Brig, Valais...		2:00.75	+2.34
13	5	Steven Nyman Steven Nyman Steven Nyman , is an alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, competing mainly in downhill, super G, and combined....		2:00.80	+2.39
14	14	Peter Fill Peter Fill Peter Fill is an Italian alpine skier.-World Cup victories:- Career :Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since Alberto Tomba in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner...		2:00.81	+2.40
15	22	Bode Miller Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...		2:00.83	+2.42
16	26	Hannes Reichelt Hannes Reichelt Hannes Reichelt is an Austrian alpine skier, competing in Super-G, Downhill, Giant Slalom, and Alpine Combined races....		2:00.99	+2.58
17	8	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...		2:01.16	+2.75
18	4	Benjamin Thomsen		2:01.18	+2.77
19	2	Rok Perko Rok Perko Rok Perko is a Slovenian alpine ski racer. He is specialized in Downhill and Super-G.- Skiing career :His first FIS race was in January 2001. In the 2003/04 season he finished in fifth place in the 2004 Junior World Championship...		2:01.50	+3.09
20	25	Dominik Paris Dominik Paris Dominik Paris is an Italian alpine skier. He represents Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		2:01.55	+3.14
21	35	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...		2:01.77	+3.36
22	15	Werner Heel Werner Heel Werner Heel is an Italian alpine ski racer.Born in Meran, Heel grew up in St. Leonhard in Passeier and currently resides in Meran, where he works as a police officer. He began skiing at the age of four. His main disciplines are downhill and super-G. In order to be competitive in super combined he...		2:01.79	+3.38
23	28	Guillermo Fayed Guillermo Fayed Guillermo Fayed is a French Alpine skier who represented France in the 2010 Olympic Games. He took 26th with a time of 1:56:20 in the men's downhill.-References:...		2:01.99	+3.58
24	31	Travis Ganong		2:02.19	+3.78
25	23	Jan Hudec Jan Hudec Jan Hudec is a Canadian alpine skier. On February 11, 2007, he won the silver medal in downhill at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. In the November of the same year he won his first World cup victory, a downhill in Lake Louise...		2:02.45	+4.04
26	30	Hans Olsson Hans Olsson (alpine skier) Hans Olsson is a Swedish alpine skier. He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Hans came 12th in downhill at the Olympic Games. Olsson specialises in the speed disciplines of Super G and particularly downhill...		2:02.49	+4.08
27	32	Andreas Romar Andreas Romar Andreas Romar is a Finnish alpine skier. He represents Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		2:02.50	+4.09
28	7	Natko Zrnčić-Dim Natko Zrncic-Dim Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a Croatian alpine skier. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, France. He is a member of SK Medveščak....		2:02.57	+4.16
29	1	Yannick Bertrand		2:02.66	+4.25
30	24	Gašper Markič Gašper Markič Gašper Markič is a Slovenian alpine skier.At 2006 FIS Junior World Ski Championships he won a silver Super-G medal in Le Massif, Canada. His 2009 World Cup debut performance was in Wengen, Switzerland. He also competed in Downhill at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011.- External links :* at...		2:02.99	+4.58
31	27	Tobias Stechert		2:03.31	+4.90
32	37	Ferrán Terra Ferran Terra Ferran Terra is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was 27th in the Super-G.-External links:...		2:03.79	+5.38
33	34	Mirko Deflorian		2:04.04	+5.63
34	43	Kevin Esteve Rigail Kevin Esteve Rigail Kevin Esteve Rigail is an alpine skier from Andorra. He competed for Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:...		2:04.58	+6.17
35	36	Lars Elton Myhre Lars Elton Myhre Lars Elton Myhre is a Norwegian alpine skier. He participated in slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		2:04.93	+6.52
36	45	Georgi Georgiev		2:05.19	+6.78
37	42	Paul de la Cuesta Paul de la Cuesta Paul de la Cuesta is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:...		2:05.74	+7.33
38	39	TJ Baldwin	United Kingdom	2:06.54	+8.13
39	50	Nikola Chongarov		2:06.57	+8.16
40	44	Yuri Danilochkin		2:06.99	+8.58
41	48	Michał Kłusak		2:07.64	+9.23
42	40	Igor Zakurdaev Igor Zakurdaev Igor Zakurdayev is a skier who performed in the Alpine Skiing in Vancouver 2010-External links:*...		2:07.66	+9.25
43	51	Igor Laikert	Bosnia	2:08.70	+10.29
44	54			2:09.69	+11.28
45	47	Dmitriy Koshkin		2:11.47	+13.06
46	53	Taras Pimenov		2:12.30	+13.89
47	52	Pavel Chernichenko		2:13.25	+14.84
	3	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...
	11	Adrien Théaux Adrien Théaux Adrien Théaux is a French alpine skier.He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, participating in the downhill, super-G and Super Combined.- Race victories :- External links :* official...
	33	Andreas Sander
	38	Tin Široki
	41	Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa is an Andorran alpine skier. He represented Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- Fis Race results :Slalom1st place - 5 times2nd place - 9 times3rd place - 3 times...
	46	Roberts Rode Roberts Rode Roberts Rode is an alpine skier from Latvia. He competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best finish was a 58th place in the downhill.-External links:...
	49	Martin Vráblík Martin Vráblík Martin Vráblík is a Czech alpine skier. Vráblík has appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 World Championships...