2008 UCI BMX World Championships

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2008 UCI BMX World Championships
VenueTaiyuan, China
Date(s) (2008-05-29 - 2008-06-01)May 29 – June 1, 2008
Events8
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The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX Racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's category.

Medals table[]

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  France 4 5 1 10
2  Australia 1 1 1 3
3  Colombia 1 0 0 1
3  Latvia 1 0 0 1
3  Great Britain 1 0 0 1
6 9  United States 0 1 0 1 2 1
7 6  Italy 0 1 0 1
8  New Zealand 0 0 2 2
9  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
9 7  South Africa 0 0 1 1 0 1
9  Venezuela 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 8 7 24 23

Medal summary[]

event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events

Māris Štrombergs
 Latvia
- (doping)[citation needed]
 United States
Sifiso Nhlapo
 South Africa
Sifiso Nhlapo
 South Africa
?

Sam Willoughby
 Australia
Vincent Pelluard
 France

 United States


 France
Manuel De Vecchi
 Italy
Jonathan Suárez
 Venezuela

Joris Daudet
 France
Vincent Pelluard
 France
Jelle Van Gorkom
 Netherlands
Women's events

Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain
Anne-Caroline Chausson
 France
Sarah Walker
 New Zealand

Manon Valentino
 France
Lauren Reynolds
 Australia

 Australia

Magalie Pottier
 France

 France
Sarah Walker
 New Zealand

Mariana Pajon
 Colombia
Manon Valentino
 France

 France

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