2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

Alpine ski discipline year standings Men's downhill World Cup thumb|180px|center|Peter Fill of Italy, season champion 2016 Men's World Cup Overall • Downhill • Super-G Giant slalom • Slalom • Combined Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2016 The men's downhill competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the season finale in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Two-time discipline champion Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway got off to a fantastic start, winning four of the first five downhills of the season . . . and even winning the downhill run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland for the first time in his career (in his tenth attempt).https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alpine-skiing/wengen-laubenhorn-downhill-1.3407029 Associated Press Aksel Lund Svindal captures elusive World Cup downhill win at Lauberhorn CBC 16 January 2016 18 February 2023 Unfortunately, in the very next downhill race a week later, at the Streif downhill run in Kitzbühel (where Svindal had won a Super-G two days before), Svindal crashed and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his right knee, ending his season.https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/01/23/aksel-lund-svindal-kitzbuehel-crash-alpine-skiing-world-cup-hahnenkamm/ Nick Zaccardi Aksel Lund Svindal crashes hard, tears ACL NBC Sports 23 January 2016 17 February 2023 Because of poor visibility and dangerous winds, which already had led the course to be shortened before the race even started, the Streif downhill was stopped after just 30 skiers, the minimum number for the race to be deemed official -- but it already had produced three serious crashes among the best downhillers in the world.http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3452895-155/skiing-world-cup-leader-svindal-blows Eric Willemsen Skiing: World Cup leader Svindal blows out knee in downhill crash Salt Lake Tribune 23 January 2016 18 February 2023 However, the surprise winner on the Streif was Peter Fill of Italy, who had started the day 245 points behind Svindal but picked up 100 for the win.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alpine-skiing/peter-fill-wins-abbreviated-kitzbuehel-downhill-1.3416948 Associated Press Kitzbuehel races: Peter Fill wins abbreviated Kitzbuehel downhill race CBC 23 January 2016 18 February 2023 After four more downhills, and heading into the finals, Fill and Svindal were tied on points (436) with Italy's Dominik Paris only four points behind.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/paris-wins-kvitfell-downhill-fill-misses-131240618--ski.html AFP Paris wins downhill as Fill misses out Yahoo! Sports 12 March 2016 18 February 2023 In the finals at St. Moritz, although both skied cautiously, Fill placed tenth, scoring 26 points, but Paris finished nineteenth and failed to score any points (as only the top 15 score at the finals), thus allowing Fill to become the first ever Italian man to win the downhill crystal globe.https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/16/sport/world-cup-downhill-finals-skiing/ Rob Hodgetts FIS Alpine World Cup: Peter Fill wins downhill shootout in St. Moritz CNN 16 March 2016 18 February 2023 Standings RankName28 Nov 2015 Lake LouiseCAN4 Dec 2015 Beaver CreekUSA19 Dec 2015 Val Gardena/Gröden ITA29 Dec 2015 Santa Caterina ITA16 Jan 2016 Wengen  SUI 23 Jan 2016 Kitzbühel AUT30 Jan 2016 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER6 Feb 2016 Jeongseon KOR20 Feb 2016 Chamonix FRA12 Mar 2016 Kvitfjell NOR16 Mar 2016 St. Moritz  SUI Total 25pxITA Peter Fill 803250DNF2910024504526264622NOR Aksel Lund Svindal10010010036100DNFDNS4363ITA Dominik Paris3611200501520801001000432NOR Kjetil Jansrud 29806042218141001045504325 SUI  Beat Feuz DNS2480604560451004146USA Steven Nyman151629515DNF26608060803867FRA Adrien Théaux 2426610036324532402903708FRA Guillermo Fayed5060802991092650DNS3239 SUI  Carlo Janka 4545722326053682032 31210AUT Hannes Reichelt135058080DNFDNF222602029611USA Travis Ganong 60222014013409DNS324025012CAN Erik Guay262445DNS1824DNF3321560247AUT Christof Innerhofer2236050451250101516 247NOR Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 1615DNFDNF1640100DNF2436024715FRA Johan Clarey2092415850DNF1622264523516AUT Romed Baumann12015451422152911142219917SLO Boštjan Kline74097880241482418518AUT Vincent Kriechmayr1183640133602522918219FRA David Poisson400604029161437DNS17320FRA Valentin Giraud Moine0DNS1680DNSDNF1318803617121CAN Manuel Osborne-Paradis1022DNF01610036501815322USA Andrew Weibrecht74514DNF102014151311014923AUT Klaus Kröll 183131260DNF171516014524AUT Otmar Striedinger320113122634020DNF013825GER Andreas Sander 0082620143247220133Referenceshttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0051/2016AL0051.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Men DH (CAN) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0201/2016AL0201.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men DH (USA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0201/2016AL0201.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena/Gröden Men DH (ITA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0124/2016AL0124.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Santa Caterina Men DH (ITA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0185/2016AL0185.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men DH (SUI) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0040/2016AL0040.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men DH (AUT) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0108/2016AL0108.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men DH (GER) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0134/2016AL0134.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Jeongseon Men DH (KOR) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0104/2016AL0104.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Chamonix Men DH (FRA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0149/2016AL0149.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kvitfjell Men DH (NOR) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0191/2016AL0191.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Men DH (SUI) www.fis-ski.com #ffcf40 Winner #c0c0c0 2nd place #cc9966 3rd place DNF = Did Not Finish DNS = Did Not Start Updated at 19 March 2016, after all events.https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/alpine-skiing/cup-standings.html?sectorcode=AL&seasoncode=2016&cupcode=WC&disciplinecode=DH&gendercode=M&nationcode= CUP STANDINGS - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP 2016 fis-ski.com 4 February 2023 See also 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined World Cup scoring system References External links Alpine skiing at FIS website External links https://www.fis-ski.com Men's downhill Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's downhill discipline titles