Winter Olympics: Men's Downhill

2006 Gold Medalist Antoine Deneriaz of FranceMens Downhill

The Men's Downhill is an alpine skiing event at the Winter Olympics - was first held at the 1948 Winter Olympic Games. The event consists of one single high-speed run down the mountain slope.

Austria has the most Gold Medals with six. France has won the Gold five times, including 2006 Gold Medalist Antoine Deneriaz.



2006 - Turin
Gold Medal: Antoine Deneriaz (France) (1:48.80)
Silver Medal: Michael Walchhofer (Austria)
Bronze: Bruno Kernen (Switzerland)
2002 - Salt Lake City
Gold Medal: Fritz Strobl (Austria) (1:39.13)
Silver Medal: Lasse Kjus (Norway)
Bronze: Stephan Eberharter (Austria)
1998 - Nagano
Gold Medal: Jean-Luc Cretier (France) (1:50.11)
Silver Medal: Lasse Kjus (Norway)
Bronze: Hannes Trinkl (Austria)
1994 - Lillehammer
Gold Medal: Tommy Moe (United States) (1:45.75)
Silver Medal: Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Norway)
Bronze: Edward Podivinsky (Canada)
1992 - Albertville
Gold Medal: Patrick Ortlieb (Austria) (1:50.37)
Silver Medal: Franck Piccard (France)
Bronze: Gunther Mader (Austria)
1988 - Calgary
Gold Medal: Pirmin Zurbriggen (Switzerland) (1:59.63)
Silver Medal: Peter Muller (Switzerland)
Bronze: Franck Piccard (France)
1984 - Sarajevo
Gold Medal: William Johnson (United States) (1:45.59)
Silver Medal: Peter Muller (Switzerland)
Bronze: Anton Steiner (Austria)
1980 - Lake Placid
Gold Medal: Leonhard Stock (Austria) (1:45.50)
Silver Medal: Peter Wirnsberger (Austria)
Bronze: Steve Podborski (Canada)
1976 - Innsbruck
Gold Medal: Franz Klammer (Austria) (1:45.73)
Silver Medal: Bernhard Russi (Switzerland)
Bronze: Herbert Plank (Italy)
1972 - Sapporo
Gold Medal: Bernhard Russi (Switzerland) (1:51.43)
Silver Medal: Roland Collombin (Switzerland)
Bronze: Heinrich Messner (Austria)
1968 - Grenoble
Gold Medal: Jean-Claude Killy (France) (1:59.85)
Silver Medal: Guy Perillat (France)
Bronze: John-Daniel Datwyler (Switzerland)
1964 - Innsbruck
Gold Medal: Egon Zimmermann (Austria) (2:18.16)
Silver Medal: Leo Lacroix (France)
Bronze: Wolfgang Bartels (Germany)
1960 - Squaw Valley
Gold Medal: Jean Vuarnet (France) (2:06.0)
Silver Medal: Hans-Peter Lanig (Germany)
Bronze: Guy Perillat (France)
1956 - Cortina
Gold Medal: Anton Sailer (Austria) (2:52.2)
Silver Medal: Raymond Fellay (Switzerland)
Bronze: Andreas Molterer (Austria)
1952 - Oslo
Gold Medal: Zeno Colo (Italy) (2:30.8)
Silver Medal: Othmar Schneider (Austria)
Bronze: Christian Pravda (Austria)
1948 - St Moritz
Gold Medal: Henri Oreiller (France) (2:55.0)
Silver Medal: Franz Gabl (Austria)
Bronze: Karl Molitor (Switzerland)

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