FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's downhill

The Men's Downhill competition at the 2011 World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 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 3.300 km in length, with a vertical drop of 920 m from a starting elevation of 1690 m above sea level. Guay's winning time of 118.41 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.329 km/h and an average vertical descent rate of 7.7696 m/s. Fifty four athletes from 24 countries competed.

Results
The race started at 11:00 CET (UTC+1) under clear skies. The air temperature was 3 C at the starting gate and 9 C at the finish.