The men's downhill in the 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup included eleven events including the final. A scheduled downhill on 5 December 2021 at Beaver Creek, Colorado was cancelled due to bad weather, but after several abortive attempts to run it at other venues, it was finally added to Kvitfjell on March 4, the day before the previously scheduled race.
The season was interrupted by the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China (at the Yanqing National Alpine skiing Centre in Yanqing District) from 6–19 February 2022. The men's downhill was held at the "Rock" course on 7 February 2022.
After ten events, with just the season final remaining, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway had won three times and was clinging to a 23-point lead over four-time defending champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland going into the final, with Matthias Mayer of Austria and Dominik Paris of Italy also still alive. In the final, Kilde finished fourth for 50 points, but Feuz could only manage to finish third for 60 points, allowing Kilde to win by 13 points and giving him a sweep of the speed titles for the season, as he had already won the Super-G championship.
The season final took place on 16 March 2022 at Courchevel, France, on the new L'Éclipse course. Only the top 25 in the downhill discipline ranking and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus athletes who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification, are eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earn points there.
Standings Venue #SkierTotal 29100DNF401003610040⑤4580506202 Beat Feuz 606045DNF608032100①5060606073 Dominik Paris3245501002960436⑥26100405224 Marco Odermatt5016DNS8080504580⑦1620805175 Matthias Mayer10080152240455050③6024225086 Vincent Kriechmayr80291836221002020⑧0401004657 Niels Hintermann2236606013202932⑯10060DNF4328 Daniel Hemetsberger1832105050242660㉑922453469 Johan Clarey1013402418138045②4018030110 Ryan Cochran-Siegle264041132160DNF⑭24453223011 Travis Ganong5716321103624⑳22322621112 Bryce Bennett59100036102422⑲00020613 Otmar Striedinger 16108020102915DNFDNS041820214 Max Franz 45626DNF4526018⑨3101619515 Daniel Danklmaier 1524029515DNF26DNS3622918116 James Crawford71361518408④20163617017 Matteo Marsaglia050026932214⑮0024148 Dominik Schwaiger824145714189DNF002214819 Romed Baumann408139412616⑬1514013720 Christof Innerhofer61814020221429DNF09013221 Cameron Alexander0DNS00DNSDNS10015011522 Josef Ferstl125291501011㉓726010623 Martin Čater0209026409DNFDNS00010424 Boštjan Kline 24142410011DNS⑩01209525 Stefan Rogentin 14358163200㉕14009226 Maxence Muzaton34110001313⑪1032NE8627 Simon Jocher1032DNF0720DNS360NE7828 Matthieu Bailet 36201804DNFDNS㉗124NE7629 Mattia Casse00361414250DNS0DNFNE71 Blaise Giezendanner000500602㉖40NE71References
DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start
See also 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website
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