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

Men's downhill at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
Venue	Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date	9 February 2014
Competitors	49 from 24 nations
Winning time	2:06.23
Medalists
01 ! Matthias Mayer  Austria 02 ! Christof Innerhofer  Italy 03 ! Kjetil Jansrud  Norway
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01 !		Matthias Mayer	Austria
02 !		Christof Innerhofer	Italy
03 !		Kjetil Jansrud	Norway

Men's Downhill
Location	Rosa Khutor
Vertical	1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Top elevation	2,045 m (6,709 ft)
Base elevation	970 m (3,182 ft)

The men's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on 9 February at 11:15 MSK. The race course was longer than average at 3.495 km (2.17 mi), with a vertical drop of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).

The defending champion was Didier Défago from Switzerland. Aksel Lund Svindal, silver medalist in 2010, and bronze medalist Bode Miller also participated, with Miller posting the best training time. None of the 2010 medalists returned to the podium.

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the gold medal, with Christof Innerhofer from Italy in second and Kjetil Jansrud from Norway taking bronze. Mayer had an average speed of 99.675 km/h (61.94 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.516 m/s (27.94 ft/s).

Third racer on the course was Carlo Janka, who took the early lead, soon pushed to the third position by Travis Ganong and immediately after him by Jansrud. Starting 11th, Mayer overtook Jansrud by 0.10 seconds, and Svindal was 0.19 behind Jansrud. Innerhofer was ahead of Mayer's pace in the first half of the course, but fell back and finished 0.06 seconds behind Mayer, pushing Jansrud to the bronze medal position. No competitor after Innerhofer, including Défago, finished in the top nine.

The race was started at 11:15.