# Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill skiing events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.
There were 8 events covering 12 disability classes. Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

## Visually impaired

There was one event under the visually impaired classification.

### B1-3

* B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
* B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
* B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Bart Bunting | Australia | B1 | 2:23.03 | 1:19.92 | |
| | Eric Villalon | Spain | B3 | 1:34.43 | 1:20.64 | +0.72 |
| | Yon Santacana | Spain | B2 | 1:30.79 | 1:21.57 | +1.65 |
| 4 | Andrew Parr | United States | B2 | 1:31.70 | 1:22.39 | +2.47 |
| 5 | Radomir Dudas | Slovakia | B2 | 1:38.12 | 1:23.79 | +3.87 |
| 6 | Gianmaria Dal Maistro | Italy | B3 | 1:33.51 | 1:24.01 | +4.09 |
| 7 | Stefan Kopcik | Slovakia | B2 | 1:43.30 | 1:28.22 | +8.30 |
| 8 | Josef Erlacher | Italy | B3 | 1:38.36 | 1:28.37 | +8.45 |
| 9 | Kurt Primus | Austria | B2 | 1:43.72 | 1:28.58 | +8.66 |
| 10 | Jordi Rozas | Spain | B3 | 1:40.16 | 1:29.99 | +10.07 |

## Sitting

There were three events under the sitting classification.

### LW10

* LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Martin Braxenthaler | Germany | LW10 | 1:41.14 | 1:22.20 | |
| | Chris Waddell | United States | LW10 | 1:41.50 | 1:22.49 | +0.29 |
| | Ronny Persson | Sweden | LW10 | 1:42.14 | 1:23.01 | +0.81 |
| 4 | Michael Kroener | Germany | LW10 | 1:31.70 | 1:24.75 | +2.55 |
| 5 | Nick Catanzarite | United States | LW10 | 1:38.12 | 1:28.60 | +6.40 |
| 6 | Iban Calzada | Spain | LW10 | 1:56.12 | 1:34.37 | +12.17 |
| 7 | Stephen Napier | Great Britain | LW10 | 2:13.93 | 1:48.85 | +26.65 |
| 8 | Thomas Bechter | Austria | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| 8 | Peter Toneatti | Switzerland | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW11

* LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Harald Eder | Austria | LW11 | 1:38.05 | 1:21.04 |
| | Andreas Schiestl | Austria | LW11 | 1:39.25 | 1:22.03 | +0.99 |
| | Fabrizio Zardini | Italy | LW11 | 1:40.43 | 1:23.01 | +1.97 |
| 4 | Denis Barbet | France | LW11 | 1:40.77 | 1:23.29 | +2.25 |
| 5 | Robert Froehle | Austria | LW11 | 1:42.81 | 1:24.98 | +3.94 |
| 6 | Joe Tompkins | United States | LW11 | 1:44.15 | 1:26.08 | +5.04 |
| 7 | Raynald Riu | France | LW11 | 1:45.04 | 1:26.82 | +5.78 |
| 8 | Ryuei Shinohe | Japan | LW11 | 1:48.19 | 1:29.42 | +8.38 |
| 9 | Nam Je Kim | South Korea | LW11 | 1:48.39 | 1:29.59 | +8.55 |

### LW12

* LW 12 – sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Kevin Bramble | United States | LW12 | 1:37.80 | 1:22.05 |
| | Christopher Devlin-Young | United States | LW12 | 1:38.00 | 1:22.22 | +0.17 |
| | Daniel Wesley | Canada | LW12 | 1:38.00 | 1:23.20 | +1.15 |
| 4 | Reinhold Sampl | Austria | LW12 | 1:39.32 | 1:23.33 | +1.28 |
| 5 | Stacy William Kohut | Canada | LW12 | 1:39.73 | 1:23.67 | +1.62 |
| 6 | Hans Joerg Arnold | Switzerland | LW12 | 1:40.76 | 1:24.53 | +2.48 |
| 7 | Ludwig Wolf | Germany | LW12 | 1:39.69 | 1:24.63 | +2.58 |
| 8 | Harald Guldahl | Norway | LW12 | 1:41.17 | 1:24.88 | +2.83 |
| 9 | Daniel Metivier | United States | LW12 | 1:41.51 | 1:25.16 | +3.11 |
| 10 | Toshihiko Takamura | Japan | LW12 | 1:44.15 | 1:27.38 | +5.33 |
| 11 | Luca Maraffio | Italy | LW12 | 1:45.09 | 1:28.17 | +6.12 |
| 12 | Sang Min Han | South Korea | LW12 | 1:47.33 | 1:30.05 | +8.00 |
| 13 | Knut Andre Nordstoga | Norway | LW12 | 1:52.40 | 1:34.30 | +12.25 |
| 14 | Peter Boonaerts | Australia | LW12 | 1:54.52 | 1:36.08 | +14.03 |
| 15 | Scott Patterson | Canada | LW12 | 2:01.32 | 1:42.99 | +20.94 |
| 16 | Peter Sutor | Slovakia | LW12 | 2:22.96 | 1:59.94 | +37.89 |
| - | Jean Yves Le Meur | France | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Thomas Mayer | Germany | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Noriyuki Mori | Japan | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Russell Docker | Great Britain | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Martin Krivos | Slovakia | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Standing

There were 4 events under the standing classification.

### LW2

* LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Michael Milton | Australia | LW2 | 1:28.37 | 1:23.64 |
| | Christian Lanthaler | Italy | LW2 | 1:30.46 | 1:25.62 | +1.98 |
| | Jason Lalla | United States | LW2 | 1:30.74 | 1:25.88 | +2.24 |
| 4 | Greg Mannino | United States | LW2 | 1:30.79 | 1:25.93 | +2.29 |
| 5 | Monte Meier | United States | LW2 | 1:32.01 | 1:27.09 | +3.45 |
| 6 | Michael Hipp | Germany | LW2 | 1:32.98 | 1:28.00 | +4.36 |
| 7 | Florian Planker | Italy | LW2 | 1:33.08 | 1:28.10 | +4.46 |
| 8 | Fritz Berger | Switzerland | LW2 | 1:33.69 | 1:28.68 | +5.04 |
| 9 | Cameron Rahles-Rahbula | Australia | LW2 | 1:33.80 | 1:28.78 | +5.14 |
| 10 | Gordon Michael Tuck | Canada | LW2 | 1:35.70 | 1:30.58 | +6.94 |
| 11 | Asle Tangvik | Norway | LW2 | 1:35.85 | 1:30.72 | +7.08 |
| 12 | Kjeld Punt | Netherlands | LW2 | 1:36.68 | 1:31.51 | +7.87 |
| 13 | Matthias Uhlig | Germany | LW2 | 1:37.01 | 1:31.82 | +8.18 |
| 14 | Martijn Wijsman | Netherlands | LW2 | 1:37.23 | 1:32.03 | +8.39 |
| 15 | David Warner | South Africa | LW2 | 1:37.52 | 1:32.30 | +8.66 |
| 16 | Michal Nevrkla | Czech Republic | LW2 | 1:37.55 | 1:32.33 | +8.69 |
| 17 | Tetsuya Tanaka | Japan | LW2 | 1:37.86 | 1:32.62 | +8.98 |
| 18 | Garush Danielyan | Armenia | LW2 | 1:46.41 | 1:40.72 | +17.08 |
| 19 | Hayk Abgaryan | Armenia | LW2 | 1:48.73 | 1:42.91 | +19.27 |
| 20 | Simon Raaflaub | Switzerland | LW2 | 1:50.05 | 1:44.16 | +20.52 |
| - | Stasik Nazaryan | Armenia | LW2 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

### LW3, 5/7, 9

* LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
* LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
* LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Gerd Schoenfelder | Germany | LW9 | 1:25.19 | 1:23.76 |
| | Arno Hirschbuehl | Austria | LW5/7 | 1:33.55 | 1:27.71 | +3.95 |
| | Jacob Rife | United States | LW5/7 | 1:33.86 | 1:28.07 | +4.31 |
| 4 | Walter Kaelin | Switzerland | LW3 | 1:46.42 | 1:28.51 | +4.75 |
| 5 | Romain Riboud | France | LW5/7 | 1:34.71 | 1:28.79 | +5.03 |
| 6 | George Sansonetis | United States | LW5/7 | 1:38.99 | 1:32.81 | +9.05 |
| 7 | Jozef Mistina | Slovakia | LW5/7 | 1:40.47 | 1:34.27 | +10.51 |
| 8 | Mark Drinnan | Australia | LW5/7 | 1:41.60 | 1:35.33 | +11.57 |
| 9 | Jin Jeon Young | South Korea | LW9 | 1:37.63 | 1:35.99 | +12.23 |
| 10 | Mher Avanesyan | Armenia | LW9 | 1:37.78 | 1:36.14 | +12.38 |
| - | Hongbin Kim | South Korea | LW9 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

### LW4

* LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Hans Burn | Switzerland | LW4 | 1:23.86 | 1:23.65 |
| | James Lagerstrom | United States | LW4 | 1:24.42 | 1:24.20 | +0.55 |
| | Steven Bayley | New Zealand | LW4 | 1:25.13 | 1:24.91 | +1.26 |
| 4 | Michael Bruegger | Switzerland | LW4 | 1:25.86 | 1:25.64 | +1.99 |
| 5 | Robert Meusburger | Austria | LW4 | 1:26.18 | 1:25.96 | +2.31 |
| 6 | Manfred Auer | Austria | LW4 | 1:26.82 | 1:26.60 | +2.95 |
| 7 | Hubert Mandl | Austria | LW4 | 1:27.09 | 1:26.87 | +3.22 |
| 8 | Cedric Amafroi-Broisat | France | LW4 | 1:27.42 | 1:27.20 | +3.55 |
| 9 | Mark Ludbrook | Canada | LW4 | 1:28.24 | 1:28.01 | +4.36 |
| 10 | Clay Fox | United States | LW4 | 1:29.14 | 1:28.91 | +5.26 |
| 11 | Igor Kostenko | Russia | LW4 | 1:31.77 | 1:31.54 | +7.89 |
| 12 | Scott Adams | Australia | LW4 | 1:36.62 | 1:36.37 | +12.72 |
| - | Naoya Maruyama | Japan | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW6/8

* LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Rolf Heinzmann | Switzerland | LW6/8 | 1:24.26 | 1:24.26 |
| | Lionel Brun | France | LW6/8 | 1:24.27 | 1:24.27 | +0.01 |
| | Markus Pfefferle | Germany | LW6/8 | 1:24.70 | 1:24.70 | +0.44 |
| 4 | Ian Balfour | Canada | LW6/8 | 1:25.60 | 1:25.60 | +1.34 |
| 5 | Frank Pfortmueller | Germany | LW6/8 | 1:25.76 | 1:25.76 | +1.50 |
| 6 | Martin Cupka | Slovakia | LW6/8 | 1:26.17 | 1:26.17 | +1.91 |
| 7 | Adam Fromma | United States | LW6/8 | 1:26.30 | 1:26.30 | +2.04 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Moosbrugger | Austria | LW6/8 | 1:26.97 | 1:26.97 | +2.71 |
| 9 | Stanislav Loska | Czech Republic | LW6/8 | 1:27.37 | 1:27.37 | +3.11 |
| 10 | Walter Lackner | Austria | LW6/8 | 1:27.52 | 1:27.52 | +3.26 |
| 11 | Shinji Inoue | Japan | LW6/8 | 1:29.11 | 1:29.11 | +4.85 |
| 12 | Walter Kaelin | Switzerland | LW6/8 | 1:29.40 | 1:29.40 | +5.14 |
| 13 | Yasunori Todoroki | Japan | LW6/8 | 1:33.18 | 1:33.18 | +8.92 |