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

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Men's BMX racing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic BMX cycling
VenueAriake Urban Sports Park
Date29–30 July 2021
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time39.053 s
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Niek Kimmann  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kye Whyte  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlos Ramírez  Colombia
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The men's BMX racing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 29 and 30 July 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park.[1] 24 cyclists from 17 nations competed in the event.[2]

Background[]

This was the 4th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since BMX racing was added to the programme in 2008.

The reigning Olympic champion was Connor Fields of the United States, and the reigning (2019) World Champion was Twan van Gendt of the Netherlands.

A preview by Olympics.com noted the favourites as Fields, van Gendt, Niek Kimmann (also of the Netherlands), Joris Daudet of France, and Carlos Ramírez of Colombia.[3]

Fields suffered a horrific crash in his semi-final heat and was unable to continue racing. He was hospitalized.[4]

Qualification[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three qualified cyclists in the BMX race. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 24 quota places available, allocated as follows:[2]

  • UCI nation ranking (18 places): The top two NOCs each earn three places. NOCs ranked third to fifth each earn two places. NOCs ranked sixth through 11th each earn one place. Each continent was guaranteed one place.
  • UCI elite individual ranking (three places): The three NOCs with the top individuals on this ranking, which have not yet earned any quota places, each earn one place.
  • 2020 World Championships (two places): The top two NOCs at the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships, which have not yet earned any quota places, each earn one place. Because the 2020 World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these places were reallocated to the UCI nation ranking.
  • Host place (one place): Host nation Japan was guaranteed one place.

Competition format[]

The competition was a three-round tournament, with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The time-trial seeding run from previous Games was eliminated. In each round, the cyclists raced around a 400 metres (1,300 ft) course with jumps and banked turns. The competition proceeded as follows:[3][5]

  • Quarterfinals: four heats of six cyclists each. Each heat had three runs, using a point-for-place system (one point for the winner of a run, two points for second, etc.), with the lowest points over the three runs winning. The best four cyclists in each heat (16 total) advanced to the semifinals; the others (eight cyclists) were eliminated.
  • Semifinals: two heats of eight cyclists each. Again there were three runs per heat, using the point-for-place system. The top four cyclists in each semifinal (eight total) advanced to the final; the others (eight cyclists) were eliminated.
  • Final: one final of eight cyclists. There was only a single run.

Schedule[]

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

H Heats QF Quarterfinals SF Semifinals 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 Racing
Men's BMX racing QF SF F

Results[]

Quarterfinals[]

Sources:[6][7]

Heat 1[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 3  Sylvain André (FRA) 40.436 (1) 40.131 (1) 40.294 (1) 3 Q
2 5  Kye Whyte (GBR) 41.012 (3) 40.201 (2) 40.983 (4) 9 Q
3 100  Romain Mahieu (FRA) 40.701 (2) 40.603 (3) 40.996 (5) 10 Q
4 24  Corben Sharrah (USA) 41.408 (4) 41.222 (5) 40.537 (2) 11 Q
5 993  Yoshitaku Nagasako (JPN) 41.862 (5) 40.984 (4) 40.851 (3) 12
6 950  Alex Limberg (RSA) 46.005 (6) 50.119 (6) 44.773 (6) 18

Heat 2[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 313  Niek Kimmann (NED) 40.681 (2) 40.249 (1) 39.932 (1) 4 Q
2 1  Twan van Gendt (NED) 40.555 (1) 40.477 (2) 40.258 (2) 5 Q
3 500  Renato Rezende (BRA) 40.980 (3) 40.983 (4) 40.705 (3) 10 Q
4 143  Nicolás Torres (ARG) 41.243 (4) 40.527 (3) 42.525 (6) 13 Q
5 76  Helvijs Babris (LAT) 41.529 (5) 41.710 (5) 42.490 (5) 15
6 66  James Palmer (CAN) 41.708 (6) 41.971 (6) 41.167 (4) 16

Heat 3[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 33  Joris Daudet (FRA) 40.570 (1) 40.207 (1) 39.911 (1) 3 Q
2 921  Joris Harmsen (NED) 40.698 (2) 40.327 (2) 40.463 (2) 6 Q
3 40  Tore Navrestad (NOR) 41.122 (3) 40.768 (3) 41.395 (3) 9 Q
4 120  Vincent Pelluard (COL) 41.479 (5) 41.675 (5) 41.452 (4) 14 Q
5 179  Simon Marquart (SUI) 41.274 (4) 41.675 (4) 1:25.514 (6) 14
6 155  Evgeny Kleshchenko (ROC) 42.432 (6) 41.912 (6) 42.337 (5) 17

Heat 4[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 11  Connor Fields (USA) 40.887 (2) 41.084 (1) 40.138 (1) 4 Q
2 7  David Graf (SUI) 40.459 (1) 41.473 (2) 40.436 (3) 6 Q
3 278  Carlos Ramírez (COL) 42.164 (4) 41.620 (3) 40.801 (4) 11 Q
4 593  Alfredo Campo (ECU) 1:09.531 (6) 41.941 (4) 40.329 (2) 12 Q
5 117  Giacomo Fantoni (ITA) 41.576 (3) 42.766 (6) 40.979 (5) 14
6 44  Anthony Dean (AUS) 1:00.186 (5) 42.750 (5) 42.251 (6) 16

Semifinals[]

Sources:[8][9]

Heat 1[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 100  Romain Mahieu (FRA) 40.265 (1) 40.293 (2) 40.244 (1) 4 Q
2 278  Carlos Ramírez (COL) 41.207 (4) 41.005 (4) 41.281 (2) 10 Q
3 3  Sylvain André (FRA) 40.695 (2) 40.490 (3) 1:09.511 (6) 11 Q
4 11  Connor Fields (USA) 40.762 (3) 40.270 (1) DNF (8) 12 Q
5 143  Nicolás Torres (ARG) 41.693 (5) 41.014 (5) 41.360 (3) 13
6 120  Vincent Pelluard (COL) 42.002 (6) 41.422 (6) 42.250 (5) 17
7 921  Joris Harmsen (NED) 42.978 (7) 42.265 (7) 41.801 (4) 18
8 1  Twan van Gendt (NED) 58.692 (8) 42.315 (8) 1:51.080 (7) 23

Heat 2[]

Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 313  Niek Kimmann (NED) 39.981 (1) 40.023 (3) 39.352 (2) 6 Q
2 5  Kye Whyte (GBR) 40.769 (3) 40.076 (4) 39.299 (1) 8 Q
3 33  Joris Daudet (FRA) 41.141 (4) 39.629 (1) 39.924 (3) 8 Q
4 593  Alfredo Campo (ECU) 40.442 (2) 39.738 (2) 40.173 (4) 8 Q
5 7  David Graf (SUI) 41.645 (6) 1:15.178 (7) 40.462 (5) 18
6 40  Tore Navrestad (NOR) 41.648 (7) 40.302 (5) 40.722 (6) 18
7 500  Renato Rezende (BRA) 41.561 (5) 1:28.740 (8) 40.992 (7) 20
8 24  Corben Sharrah (USA) 42.208 (8) 40.994 (6) 43.532 (8) 22

Final[]

Sources:[10][11]

Rank # Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 313  Niek Kimmann (NED) 39.053
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Kye Whyte (GBR) 39.167
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 278  Carlos Ramírez (COL) 40.572
4 3  Sylvain André (FRA) 40.676
5 593  Alfredo Campo (ECU) 40.705
6 100  Romain Mahieu (FRA) 41.952
7 33  Joris Daudet (FRA) DNF
8 11  Connor Fields (USA) DNS

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cycling BMX Racing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Cycling BMX Racing" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "American BMX rider Fields released from hospital". ESPN.com. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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