Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX freestyle

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Men's BMX freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic BMX cycling
VenueAriake Urban Sports Park
Date31 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Logan Martin  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Dhers  Venezuela
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Declan Brooks  Great Britain
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The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park.[1] 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed.[2]

Background[]

This was the debut appearance of the event, with freestyle BMX added to the programme for the first time (BMX racing was added in 2008).

The reigning (2021) World Champion is Logan Martin of Australia, who was also the 2017 winner and 2019 silver medalist.

A preview by Olympics.com noted the favourites as Brandon Loupos of Australia (the 2019 World Champion), Daniel Dhers of Venezuela, and Rim Nakamura of Japan.[3] Australia had hoped to have both Martin and Loupos compete.[4] The final rankings, however, put the United States as the #1-ranked nation.[5] This meant that the United States was the only nation able to send two cyclists in the event; Australia, as the #2-ranked nation, could send only one.[2] Further, Loupos was seriously injured during the 2021 World Championship less than two months before the Games, which would have kept him from competing in any case.[4] Martin was selected as Australia's only men's BMX freestyle rider.[6]

The United States selected Justin Dowell (2018 World Champion) and Nick Bruce (2019 bronze medalist); the Americans finished the 2021 World Championship with 3 cyclists in the top 5 places (Bruce 5th, Dowell 4th, and Daniel Sandoval taking silver).[7]

Qualification[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the BMX freestyle. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 9 quota places available, allocated as follows:[2]

  • UCI nation ranking (6 places): Top NOC earns 2 places. NOCs ranked 2nd to 5th each earn 1 place.
  • 2019 World Championships (2 places): The top 2 NOCs at the , which have not yet earned any quota places, each earn 1 place.
  • Host place (1 place): Host nation Japan was guaranteed 1 place.

Competition format[]

The competition is a two-round tournament, with a seeding round and a final. Each round has the cyclists all do two runs. The runs are 60 seconds long. Five judges give scores between 0.00 and 99.99 based on the difficulty and execution of the rider's run; the scores are averaged for a total run score. In the seeding round, the rider's two run scores are averaged to give a total seeding score. These seeding scores are used to determine the start order of the cyclists in the final, providing a knowledge advantage to the later riders. In the final, only the better score of the two runs counts.[3][8]

Schedule[]

The event took place over two consecutive days.[1]

H Heats QF Quarter-Finals SF Semi-Finals F Finals
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling
Event↓/Date → 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 Jul 1 Aug
BMX Freestyle
Men's freestyle H F

Results[]

Seeding[]

The seeding phase determines the start order for the final. The best ranked rider from the seeding will start last in the final.[9]

Rank Cyclist Nation Run 1 Run 2 Average Notes
1 Logan Martin  Australia 91.90 90.04 90.97
2 Rim Nakamura  Japan 86.20 89.14 87.67
3 Daniel Dhers  Venezuela 84.20 86.00 85.10
4 Anthony Jeanjean  France 83.00 86.30 84.65
5 Irek Rizaev  ROC 81.20 81.30 81.25
6 Kenneth Tencio  Costa Rica 75.20 84.40 79.80
7 Declan Brooks  Great Britain 74.30 79.20 76.75
8 Justin Dowell  United States 69.80 80.60 75.20
9 Nick Bruce  United States 6.60 1.00 3.80

Final[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Logan Martin  Australia 93.30 41.40 93.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Dhers  Venezuela 90.10 92.05 92.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Declan Brooks  Great Britain 89.40 90.80 90.80
4 Kenneth Tencio  Costa Rica 84.20 90.50 90.50
5 Rim Nakamura  Japan 72.20 85.10 85.10
6 Irek Rizaev  ROC 36.60 82.40 82.40
7 Anthony Jeanjean  France 78.20 51.20 78.20
8 Justin Dowell  United States 44.60 31.60 44.60
9 Nick Bruce  United States 24.60 DNS 24.60

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cycling BMX Freestyle Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Cycling BMX Freestyle" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Knee injury knocks out Brandon Loupos from Olympic BMX freestyle debut". Neos Kosmos. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Athletes quota for Cycling – BMX Freestyle men's events" (PDF). UCI.
  6. ^ "AUSSIE OLYMPIC HISTORY WITH BMX AND MOUNTAIN BIKE SELECTIONS FOR TOKYO 2020". 16 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Hannah Roberts, Olympic gold medal favorite in new BMX event, wins third world title". NBC. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Seeding Results" (PDF).
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