2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

The men's downhill in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had contained nine downhills, but a rescheduled one on 5 March in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, was canceled due to fog and continual snowfall after just nine skiers had finished (with 30 needed to make the race official),^[1] and (as discussed below) the downhill during World Cup finals week was also canceled.

The first downhill of the season, conducted in good conditions in Val d'Isère, France, took an unusual turn when Martin Čater of Slovenia, starting 41st, unexpectedly recorded the winning time . . . eleven racers after the organizers had already held the unofficial podium ceremony and the television broadcasters had ended coverage.^[2] After that, the season returned to normal, and three=time defending champion Beat Feuz opened up a 48-point lead over his nearest rival, Matthias Mayer of Austria, with only three events to go. But then the first downhill at Saalbach-Hinterglemm was cancelled, Feuz gained 20 more points on Meyer at the second downhill there,^[3] and, at the World Cup final (scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland), three straight days of heavy snowfall caused the downhill finals to be cancelled. Thus Feuz, who had previously won two downhills on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel during the season, won the discipline's crystal globe without a final showdown.^[4]

The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's downhill took place on 14 February 2021.

Rank	Name	13 Dec 2020 Val-d'Isère	19 Dec 2020 Val Gardena/Gröden	30 Dec 2020 Bormio	22 Jan 2021 Kitzbühel	24 Jan 2021 Kitzbühel	26 Feb 2021 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	5 Mar 2021 Saalbach-Hinterglemm	06 Mar 2021 Saalbach-Hinterglemm	17 Mar 2021 Lenzerheide	Total
	Beat Feuz	40	60	26	100	100	80	x	80	x	486
2	Matthias Mayer	32	26	100	80	60	60	x	60	x	418
3	Dominik Paris	26	16	50	60	36	100	x	50	x	338
4	Johan Clarey	45	13	29	50	80	26	x	29	x	272
5	Vincent Kriechmayr	0	20	80	29	14	24	x	100	x	267
6	Romed Baumann	29	32	18	32	45	18	x	22	x	196
7	Otmar Striedinger	80	1	7	20	32	15	x	36	x	191
8	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	50	100	40	DNS						190
9	Max Franz	22	29	20	DNF	20	50	x	45	x	186
10	Andreas Sander	36	15	12	45	40	7	x	6	x	161
11	Matthieu Bailet	10	9	32	36	29	14	x	24	x	154
12	Christof Innerhofer	0	3	24	9	50	45	x	10	x	141
13	Carlo Janka	13	36	DNF	40	1	40	x	7	x	137
14	Ryan Cochran-Siegle	20	80	36	DNF	DNS					136
15	Urs Kryenbühl	60	7	60	6	DNS					133
16	Marco Odermatt	1	DNS	22	DNS	26	32	x	45	x	126
17	Martin Čater	100	6	DNS	5	0	0	x	0	x	111
18	Travis Ganong	8	18	0	22	24	36	x	0	x	108
19	Bryce Bennett	7	50	DNF	7	0	10	x	26	x	100
20	Kjetil Jansrud	11	50	DNS	13	5	20	x	0	x	99
21	Nils Allègre	24	24	DNF	26	12	12	x	0	x	98
22	Daniel Hemetsberger	2	5	9	DNS	26	29	x	15	x	86
23	Jared Goldberg	0	40	11	12	7	13	x	0	x	83
24	Mauro Caviezel	15	22	45	DNS						82
25	Dominik Schwaiger	10	0	1	22	14	22	x	0	x	69
	References	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[1]	[11]	[4]

•   Winner
•   2nd place
•   3rd place
• DNF = Did not finish
• DNS = Did not start
• Updated at 17 March 2021, after all events.^[12]

• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings
• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall
• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G
• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom
• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom
• 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel
• World Cup scoring system

• Alpine skiing at FIS website

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