# FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's downhill

The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fourth race of the championships, run under spring-like conditions on Saturday, February 12.
Canada's Erik Guay won the gold medal, Didier Cuche of Switzerland took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Christof Innerhofer of Italy.
Mostly in the shade, the north-facing slope of the Kandahar 2 course at Garmisch Classic was 3.300 km (2.05 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 920 m (3,018 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,690 m (5,545 ft) above sea level. Guay's winning time of 118.41 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.329 km/h (62.3 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.7696 m/s (25.5 ft/s). Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed.

## Results

The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was 3 °C (37 °F) at the starting gate and 9 °C (48 °F) at the finish.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Time | Difference |
| | 10 | Erik Guay | Canada | 1:58.41 | — |
| | 18 | Didier Cuche | Switzerland | 1:58.73 | +0.32 |
| | 9 | Christof Innerhofer | Italy | 1:59.17 | +0.76 |
| 4 | 20 | Romed Baumann | Austria | 1:59.51 | +1.10 |
| 5 | 17 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Norway | 1:59.83 | +1.42 |
| 6 | 12 | Andrej Šporn | Slovenia | 2:00.25 | +1.84 |
| 7 | 16 | Michael Walchhofer | Austria | 2:00.28 | +1.87 |
| 8 | 13 | Johan Clarey | France | 2:00.35 | +1.94 |
| 9 | 29 | Beat Feuz | Switzerland | 2:00.47 | +2.06 |
| 10 | 6 | Ambrosi Hoffmann | Switzerland | 2:00.48 | +2.07 |
| 11 | 21 | Klaus Kröll | Austria | 2:00.58 | +2.17 |
| 12 | 19 | Silvan Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 2:00.75 | +2.34 |
| 13 | 5 | Steven Nyman | United States | 2:00.80 | +2.39 |
| 14 | 14 | Peter Fill | Italy | 2:00.81 | +2.40 |
| 15 | 22 | Bode Miller | United States | 2:00.83 | +2.42 |
| 16 | 26 | Hannes Reichelt | Austria | 2:00.99 | +2.58 |
| 17 | 8 | Andrej Jerman | Slovenia | 2:01.16 | +2.75 |
| 18 | 4 | Benjamin Thomsen | Canada | 2:01.18 | +2.77 |
| 19 | 2 | Rok Perko | Slovenia | 2:01.50 | +3.09 |
| 20 | 25 | Dominik Paris | Italy | 2:01.55 | +3.14 |
| 21 | 35 | Ondřej Bank | Czech Republic | 2:01.77 | +3.36 |
| 22 | 15 | Werner Heel | Italy | 2:01.79 | +3.38 |
| 23 | 28 | Guillermo Fayed | France | 2:01.99 | +3.58 |
| 24 | 31 | Travis Ganong | United States | 2:02.19 | +3.78 |
| 25 | 23 | Jan Hudec | Canada | 2:02.45 | +4.04 |
| 26 | 30 | Hans Olsson | Sweden | 2:02.49 | +4.08 |
| 27 | 32 | Andreas Romar | Finland | 2:02.50 | +4.09 |
| 28 | 7 | Natko Zrnčić-Dim | Croatia | 2:02.57 | +4.16 |
| 29 | 1 | Yannick Bertrand | France | 2:02.66 | +4.25 |
| 30 | 24 | Gašper Markič | Slovenia | 2:02.99 | +4.58 |
| 31 | 27 | Tobias Stechert | Germany | 2:03.31 | +4.90 |
| 32 | 37 | Ferrán Terra | Spain | 2:03.79 | +5.38 |
| 33 | 34 | Mirko Deflorian | Moldova | 2:04.04 | +5.63 |
| 34 | 43 | Kevin Esteve Rigail | Andorra | 2:04.58 | +6.17 |
| 35 | 36 | Lars Elton Myhre | Norway | 2:04.93 | +6.52 |
| 36 | 45 | Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria | 2:05.19 | +6.78 |
| 37 | 42 | Paul de la Cuesta | Spain | 2:05.74 | +7.33 |
| 38 | 39 | TJ Baldwin | Great Britain | 2:06.54 | +8.13 |
| 39 | 50 | Nikola Chongarov | Bulgaria | 2:06.57 | +8.16 |
| 40 | 44 | Yuri Danilochkin | Belarus | 2:06.99 | +8.58 |
| 41 | 48 | Michał Kłusak | Poland | 2:07.64 | +9.23 |
| 42 | 40 | Igor Zakurdaev | Kazakhstan | 2:07.66 | +9.25 |
| 43 | 51 | Igor Laikert | Bosnia | 2:08.70 | +10.29 |
| 44 | 54 | Rostyslav Feshchuk | Ukraine | 2:09.69 | +11.28 |
| 45 | 47 | Dmitriy Koshkin | Kazakhstan | 2:11.47 | +13.06 |
| 46 | 53 | Taras Pimenov | Kazakhstan | 2:12.30 | +13.89 |
| 47 | 52 | Pavel Chernichenko | Kazakhstan | 2:13.25 | +14.84 |
| | 3 | Patrik Järbyn | Sweden | DNF | |
| | 11 | Adrien Théaux | France | DNF | |
| | 33 | Andreas Sander | Germany | DNF | |
| | 38 | Tin Široki | Croatia | DNF | |
| | 41 | Roger Vidosa | Andorra | DNF | |
| | 46 | Roberts Rode | Latvia | DNF | |
| | 49 | Martin Vráblík | Czech Republic | DNF | |