The Men's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Sunday, 13 February.

[3][4] Tommy Moe, an American of Norwegian ancestry, edged out Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway by 0.04 seconds to take the gold medal in the downhill.

[5][6][7] Ed Podivinsky of Canada was the bronze medalist, just 0.12 seconds behind Moe.

Ortlieb was fourth, Girardelli fifth, Alphand eighth, and Heinzer did not finish.

Prior to Russi, only two champions had been in the field to defend, but neither made the top ten: Henri Oreiller was 14th in 1952 and Egon Zimmermann finished 13th in 1968.