Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill

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Men's downhill
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic alpine skiing
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates8 March
Competitors50 from 15 nations
2010
2018
Men's downhill (visually impaired)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miroslav Haraus
Guide:
 Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy
 Canada
Men's downhill (standing)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors17 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Markus Salcher  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexey Bugaev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vincent Gauthier-Manuel  France
Men's downhill (sitting)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Akira Kano  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josh Dueck  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Takeshi Suzuki  Japan

The Men's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 8 March 2014.

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)1012
2 Austria (AUT)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
4 Canada (CAN)0112
5 Russia (RUS)*0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
7 France (FRA)0011
Totals (7 nations)3339

Visually impaired[]

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 22 Yon Santacana Maiztegui

Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces

 Spain 1:21.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 21 Miroslav Haraus
Guide:
 Slovakia 1:22.01 +0.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 26 Mac Marcoux

Guide: Robin Femy

 Canada 1:23.02 +1.26
4 28 Jakub Krako

Guide:

 Slovakia 1:23.38 +1.62
5 25 Mark Bathum

Guide:

 United States 1:23.81 +2.05
6 29

Guide:

 Italy 1:23.97 +2.21
7 24 Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes

Guide:

 Spain 1:24.59 +2,83
8 27

Guide:

 Switzerland 1:26.02 +4.26
9 23
Guide:
 Russia 1:30.67 +8.91
10 31

Guide:

 Slovakia 1:33.37 +11.61
11 30
Guide:
 Slovakia 1:35.98 +14.22

Standing[]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 37 Markus Salcher  Austria 1:24.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 43 Alexey Bugaev  Russia 1:24.41 +0.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 38 Vincent Gauthier-Manuel  France 1:25.30 +0.95
4 39 Matthias Lanzinger  Austria 1:25.57 +1.22
5 42  Switzerland 1:26.08 +1.73
6 32 Toby Kane  Australia 1:26.25 +1,90
7 34 Mitchell Gourley  Australia 1:26.71 +2,36
8 47 Christian Lanthaler  Italy 1:27.99 +3.64
9 48  Japan 1:28.13 +3.78
10 36 Thomas Pfyl  Switzerland 1:28.31 +3.96
11 46  Russia 1:28.70 +4.35
12 45 Romain Riboud  France 1:29.20 +4.85
13 33  Russia 1:30.19 +5.84
14 41 Bart Verbruggen  Netherlands 1:30.32 +5.97
35  Canada DNF
40  Canada DNF
44  Japan DNF

Sitting[]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 62 Akira Kano  Japan 1:23.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 54 Josh Dueck  Canada 1:24.19 +0.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 59 Takeshi Suzuki  Japan 1:24.75 +0.95
4 58 Roman Rabl  Austria 1:25.35 +1.55
5 57 Kurt Oatway  Canada 1:25.46 +1.66
6 49 Caleb Brousseau  Canada 1:25.62 +1.82
7 60 Yohann Taberlet  France 1:26.61 +2.81
8 56  Germany 1:26.65 +2.85
9 64 Christoph Kunz  Switzerland 1:27.10 +3.30
10 52 Christopher Devlin-Young  United States 1:27.84 +4.04
11 69  Germany 1:29.31 +5.51
12 70  South Korea 1:37.61 +13.81
50  Austria DNS
51 Frederic Francois  France DNF
53 Taiki Morii  Japan DNF
55 Kees-Jan van der Klooster  Netherlands DNF
61 Tyler Walker  United States DNF
63 Arly Velasquez  Mexico DNF
65  Germany DNF
66  France DNF
67  Japan DNF
68  United States DNF

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25580284 Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports
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