Venue Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia Competitors 61 from 25 nations | Date February 16, 1984 Winning time 1:45.59 | |
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The Men's downhill competition of the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia. Due to weather delays, it was run on Thursday, February 16, a full week after originally scheduled.
The reigning world champion was Harti Weirather of Austria, while Austria's Franz Klammer was the reigning World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Urs Räber led the 1984 World Cup. Similar to 1980, the defending Olympic downhill champion was from Austria and did not compete. Leonhard Stock was injured a month earlier in January.
In order to meet the minimum vertical drop requirement of 800 metres (2,625 feet), the starting gate was in a newly constructed lodge at the mountain's summit, with a connecting ramp to the mountain proper.
Bill Johnson of the United States became the first from outside the Alps to win an Olympic downhill.
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