The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships at

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, 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 in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting

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. Guay's winning time of 118.41 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of . Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed.

Results

The race started at 11:00

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''(UTC+1)'' under clear skies. The air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish.

References

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