| Men's downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Åre ski resort | |||||||||
| Location | Åre, Sweden | |||||||||
| Dates | 9 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:44.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Men's Downhill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympia Åre, Sweden |
| Vertical | 844 m (2,769 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,240 m (4,068 ft) |
| Base elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
| Longest run | 2.922 km (1.82 mi) |
The Men's downhill competition of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 at Åre, Sweden, was run on Sunday, February 11.
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the gold medal, Jan Hudec of Canada took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Patrik Järbyn of host Sweden.
The Olympia race course was 2.922 km (1.82 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 844 m (2,769 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,240 m (4,068 ft) above sea level. Svindall's winning time of 104.68 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.489 km/h (62.4 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.0627 m/s (26.5 ft/s).
Results
Delayed a day due to fog, the race started at 10:00 CET (UTC+1) in fog. The air temperature was −12 °C (10 °F) at the starting gate and −8 °C (18 °F) at the finish.
References
- "FIS-Ski - event". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
