2009 Alpine Skiing World Championship - Downhill (Men)

The men's downhill competition at the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Championships was held on February 7 , this was the fourth start of the championship. 38 skiers went to the start, 10 of them left the race.

Gold was unexpectedly won by 24-year-old Canadian John Kucera , who never in his career got into the top three in downhill skiing at the stages of the World Cup (neither before nor after the World Cup). At the same time, the other three Canadians retired. One of the main favorites, the Swiss Didier Kusch , who on February 4 confidently won gold in the super giant , lost 0.04 seconds to Kucher. The third was another Swiss Carlo Janka . 37-year-old veteran from Liechtenstein, Marco Bühel became the fourth.