Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill

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Men's downhill
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueJeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea
Dates10 March
Competitors65 from 24 nations
2014
2022
Men's downhill (visually impaired)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mac Marcoux
Guide: Jack Leitch
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakub Krako
Guide: Branislav Brozman
 Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
 Italy
Men's downhill (standing)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors29 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Theo Gmür  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Bauchet  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Markus Salcher  Austria
Men's downhill (sitting)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrew Kurka  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Taiki Morii  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Corey Peters  New Zealand

The Men's downhill competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 10 March 2018.

Medal table[edit]

Visually impaired[edit]

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.

The race was started at 10:47.[2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Mac Marcoux
Guide: Jack Leitch
 Canada 1:23.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jakub Krako
Guide: Branislav Brozman
 Slovakia 1:25.35 +1.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
 Italy 1:26.46 +2.53
4 2 Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garcés
 Spain 1:27.40 +3.47
5 4 Ivan Frantsev
Guide: German Agranovskii
 Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:30.72 +6.79
6 6 Patrik Hetmer
Guide: Miroslav Máčala
 Czech Republic 1:31.21 +7.28
7 1 Kevin Burton
Guide: Brandon Ashby
 United States 1:31.35 +7.42
8 10 Maciej Krężel
Guide: Anna Ogarzyńska
 Poland 1:38.25 +14.32
7 Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maros Hudik
 Slovakia DNF
9 Mark Bathum
Guide: Cade Yamamoto
 United States DNF

Standing[edit]

The race was started at 11:07.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 12 Theo Gmür  Switzerland 1:25.45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 19 Arthur Bauchet  France 1:26.29 +0.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 24 Markus Salcher  Austria 1:26.39 +0.94
4 13 Alexis Guimond  Canada 1:27.09 +1.64
5 16 Adam Hall  New Zealand 1:27.52 +2.07
6 14 Kirk Schornstein  Canada 1:28.53 +3.08
7 27 Alexey Bugaev  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:28.68 +3.23
8 20 Robin Cuche  Switzerland 1:29.28 +3.83
9 23 Thomas Pfyl  Switzerland 1:29.77 +4.32
10 25 James Whitley  Great Britain 1:29.85 +4.40
11 18 Alexander Alyabyev  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:30.41 +4.96
12 28 Nico Pajantschitsch  Austria 1:30.50 +5.05
13 15 Santeri Kiiveri  Finland 1:30.64 +5.19
14 26 Jordan Broisin  France 1:30.74 +5.29
15 22 Hiraku Misawa  Japan 1:31.23 +5.78
16 31 Martin France  Slovakia 1:31.82 +6.37
17 30 Michael Brügger  Switzerland 1:32.81 +7.36
18 29 Andrew Haraghey  United States 1:32.84 +7.39
19 11 Jeffrey Stuut  Netherlands 1:33.14 +7.69
20 32 Chris Lloyd  Great Britain 1:34.00 +8.55
21 38 Davide Bendotti  Italy 1:34.69 +9.24
22 33 Jonty O'Callaghan  Australia 1:34.86 +9.41
23 39 Alexey Mikushin  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:35.67 +10.22
24 37 Tomáš Vaverka  Czech Republic 1:37.83 +12.38
17 Mitchell Gourley  Australia DNF
21 Braydon Luscombe  Canada DNF
34 Gakuta Koike  Japan DNF
35 Miroslav Lidinský  Czech Republic DNF
36 Roger Puig Davi  Andorra DNF

Sitting[edit]

The race was started at 11:57.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 47 Andrew Kurka  United States 1:24.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 41 Taiki Morii  Japan 1:25.75 +1.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 45 Corey Peters  New Zealand 1:26.01 +1.90
4 42 Yohann Taberlet  France 1:26.23 +2.12
5 43 Roman Rabl  Austria 1:26.66 +2.55
6 53 Jesper Pedersen  Norway 1:26.82 +2.71
6 51 Frédéric François  France 1:26.82 +2.71
8 49 Kurt Oatway  Canada 1:27.50 +3.39
9 44 Takeshi Suzuki  Japan 1:27.53 +3.42
10 46 Georg Kreiter  Germany 1:28.23 +4.12
11 57 Sam Tait  Australia 1:28.56 +4.45
12 58 Han Sang-min  South Korea 1:30.61 +6.50
13 56 Nicolas Bisquertt Hudson  Chile 1:31.08 +6.97
14 40 Niels de Langen  Netherlands 1:31.40 +7.29
15 62 Igor Sikorski  Poland 1:31.69 +7.58
16 60 Lee Chi-won  South Korea 1:31.78 +7.67
17 65 Dino Sokolović  Croatia 1:32.20 +8.09
18 48 Stephen Lawler  United States 1:32.82 +8.71
19 61 Pavel Bambousek  Czech Republic 1:33.46 +9.35
20 63 Thomas Nolte  Germany 1:34.27 +10.16
50 Christoph Kunz  Switzerland DNF
52 Akira Kano  Japan DNF
54 Jeroen Kampschreur  Netherlands DNF
55 Kenji Natsume  Japan DNF
59 Mark Soyer  Australia DNF
64 Arly Velásquez  Mexico DNF

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