The women's BMX racing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 1 and 2 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
| Women's BMX racing at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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_pictogram.svg) Olympic BMX cycling | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | ||||||||||||
| Date | 1–2 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 34.231 sec | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Background
editThis will be the 5th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since BMX racing was added to the programme in 2008.
Qualification
editA 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:[1]
- UCI nation ranking (17 places): The top two NOCs each earn three places. NOCs ranked third to fifth each earn two places. NOCs ranked sixth through 10th each earn one place. Each continent was guaranteed one place.
- UCI elite individual ranking (three places): Outside Europe and Oceania, the highest-ranked NOC will secure a single quota place at the BMX continental championships for Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
- 2023 & 2024 World Championships (four place): The remaining four spots will be allocated to the top BMX riders competing at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow and at the 2024 Worlds in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
- Host place (one place): Host nation France was guaranteed one place.
Competition format
editThe competition was a three-round tournament, with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. In each round, the cyclists raced around a 400 metres (1,300 ft) course with jumps and banked turns. The competition proceeded as follows:[2][3]
- Quarterfinals: three heats of eight 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 six cyclists in each heat (12 total) advanced to the semifinals, and the riders ranked 13–20 move to a last chance qualifier. In the last-chance qualifier, those eight riders race one time, and the top-four finishers advance to the semifinals, while the others 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. In both the quarterfinals and the semifinals, riders are reseeded for the next heat according to time. If two or more riders are equal in points at the end of three runs, the times will be used to break the tie.
- Final: one final of eight cyclists. There was only a single run.
Schedule
editThe event will take place over two consecutive days.[4]
All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August | 20:20 | Quarterfinals |
| 22:15 | Last chance race | |
| 2 August | 20:15 | Semifinals |
| 21:50 | Final |
Results
editQuarterfinals
edit| Rank | # | Name | Nation | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | Total | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Heat | Time | Heat | Time | ||||||
| 1 | 77 | Saya Sakakibara |  Australia |
1 | 34.549 (1) | 1 | 34.376 (1) | 1 | 34.515 (1) | 3 | Q |
| 2 | 911 | Beth Shriever |  Great Britain |
3 | 34.688 (2) | 2 | 34.421 (2) | 2 | 34.590 (2) | 3 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Alise Willoughby |  United States |
2 | 35.459 (4) | 3 | 35.033 (3) | 3 | 35.483 (4) | 3 | Q |
| 4 | 44 | Molly Simpson |  Canada |
3 | 35.752 (5) | 2 | 35.508 (6) | 1 | 35.311 (3) | 7 | Q |
| 5 | 61 | Manon Veenstra |  Netherlands |
1 | 35.872 (6) | 1 | 35.042 (4) | 3 | 35.520 (5) | 7 | Q |
| 6 | 110 | Laura Smulders | Netherlands |
1 | 35.076 (3) | 3 | 35.728 (9) | 3 | 35.792 (8) | 8 | Q |
| 7 | 31 | Daleny Vaughn | United States |
2 | 36.099 (9) | 3 | 36.482 (14) | 2 | 36.360 (10) | 8 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Zoé Claessens |  Switzerland |
3 | 36.018 (8) | 2 | 35.423 (5) | 2 | 36.393 (11) | 8 | Q |
| 9 | 21 | Lauren Reynolds | Australia |
1 | 35.952 (7) | 1 | 35.564 (7) | 1 | 35.589 (6) | 10 | Q |
| 10 | 22 | Merel Smulders | Netherlands |
1 | 36.137 (10) | 3 | 35.760 (10) | 3 | 35.649 (7) | 11 | Q |
| 11 | 94 | Nadine Aeberhard | Switzerland |
3 | 36.588 (12) | 1 | 35.654 (8) | 2 | 37.099 (17) | 15 | Q |
| 12 | 13 | Axelle Étienne |  France |
3 | 36.354 (11) | 2 | 1:00.895 (24) | 1 | 36.050 (9) | 16 | Q |
| 13 | 14 | Gabriela Bolle |  Colombia |
3 | 38.211 (20) | 2 | 37.266 (17) | 2 | 36.593 (12 | 16 | q |
| 14 | 100 | Mariana Pajón | Colombia |
2 | 37.832 (19) | 1 | 35.847 (11) | 2 | 36.823 (14) | 16 | q |
| 15 | 203 | Paola Reis |  Brazil |
1 | 37.101 (14) | 2 | 36.259 (12) | 1 | 36.998 (15) | 16 | q |
| 16 | 175 | Malene Kejlstrup |  Denmark |
2 | 37.270 (16) | 3 | 36.762 (15) | 3 | 37.629 (20) | 16 | q |
| 17 | 7 | Leila Walker |  New Zealand |
2 | 36.974 (13) | 1 | 36.288 (13) | 1 | 38.347 (22) | 17 | q |
| 18 | 218 | Veronika Stūriška |  Latvia |
1 | 37.206 (15) | 3 | 37.007 (16) | 3 | 37.120 (18) | 19 | q |
| 19 | 215 | Aiko Gommers |  Belgium |
3 | 37.315 (17) | 2 | 37.329 (18) | 1 | 37.362 (19) | 19 | q |
| 20 | 85 | Sae Hatakeyama |  Japan |
1 | DNF (24) | 1 | 37.953 (19) | 1 | 36.720 (13) | 20 | q |
| 21 | 230 | Alina Beck |  Germany |
2 | 38.371 (21) | 3 | 39.874 (21) | 3 | 37.017 (16) | 20 | |
| 22 | 23 | Felicia Stancil | United States |
2 | 37.732 (18) | 1 | 46.155 (23) | 2 | 37.763 (21) | 20 | |
| 23 | 101 | Shanayah Howell |  Aruba |
3 | 39.325 (22) | 3 | 38.889 (20) | 2 | 39.492 (23) | 23 | |
| 24 | 209 | Miyanda Maseti |  South Africa |
2 | 43.011 (23) | 2 | 42.401 (22) | 3 | 43.210 (24) | 23 | |
Last chance race
edit| Rank | # | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | Mariana Pajón (COL) |
36.015 | Q |
| 2 | 85 | Sae Hatakeyama (JPN) |
37.068 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Gabriela Bolle (COL) |
37.373 | Q |
| 4 | 175 | Malene Kejlstrup (DEN) |
37.375 | Q |
| 5 | 215 | Aiko Gommers (BEL) |
37.819 | |
| 6 | 7 | Leila Walker (NZL) |
38.362 | |
| 7 | 203 | Paola Reis (BRA) |
2:14.343 | |
| 8 | 218 | Veronika Stūriška (LAT) |
2:15.767 |
Semifinals
editSource:[5]
| Rank | # | Name | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | Total | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Heat | Time | Heat | Time | |||||
| 1 | 77 | Saya Sakakibara (AUS)
|
1 | 34.162 (1) | 1 | 34.847 (1) | 2 | 34.189 (1) | 3 | Q |
| 2 | 911 | Beth Shriever (GBR)
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2 | 34.297 (1) | 2 | 34.339 (1) | 1 | 34.326 (1) | 3 | Q |
| 3 | 61 | Manon Veenstra (NED)
|
1 | 35.016 (3) | 1 | 35.178 (2) | 1 | 35.543 (4) | 9 | Q |
| 4 | 110 | Laura Smulders (NED)
|
1 | 36.165 (4) | 2 | 35.128 (2) | 2 | 35.610 (3) | 9 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | Alise Willoughby (USA)
|
1 | 34.892 (2) | 2 | 36.624 (7) | 1 | 34.833 (2) | 11 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Zoé Claessens (SUI)
|
2 | 36.235 (5) | 1 | 35.206 (3) | 1 | 34.848 (3) | 11 | Q |
| 7 | 44 | Molly Simpson (CAN)
|
2 | 35.599 (2) | 1 | 35.953 (4) | 1 | 36.349 (5) | 11 | Q |
| 8 | 13 | Axelle Étienne (FRA)
|
1 | 37.202 (6) | 2 | 36.244 (5) | 2 | 36.413 (4) | 15 | Q |
| 9 | 100 | Mariana Pajón (COL)
|
1 | 36.802 (5) | 2 | 35.649 (3) | 2 | 40.796 (7) | 15 | |
| 10 | 21 | Lauren Reynolds (AUS)
|
2 | 35.814 (3) | 2 | 35.917 (4) | 2 | 52.185 (8) | 15 | |
| 11 | 31 | Daleny Vaughn (USA)
|
2 | 36.181 (4) | 1 | 37.333 (6) | 1 | 36.910 (6) | 16 | |
| 12 | 22 | Merel Smulders (NED)
|
2 | REL | 1 | 37.459 (7) | 2 | 35.057 (2) | 19 | |
| 13 | 94 | Nadine Aeberhard (SUI)
|
1 | DNF | 2 | 36.334 (6) | 2 | 36.517 (5) | 19 | |
| 14 | 14 | Gabriela Bolle (COL)
|
2 | 37.232 (6) | 1 | 36.199 (5) | 1 | 37.795 (8) | 19 | |
| 15 | 175 | Malene Kejlstrup (DEN)
|
1 | 37.493 (7) | 1 | 37.861 (8) | 2 | 37.454 (6) | 21 | |
| 16 | 85 | Sae Hatakeyama (JPN)
|
2 | 37.600 (7) | 2 | 38.154 (8) | 1 | 37.207 (7) | 22 | |
Final
edit| Rank | # | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
77 | Saya Sakakibara (AUS) |
34.231 | |
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61 | Manon Veenstra (NED) |
34.954 | |
 |
2 | Zoé Claessens (SUI) |
35.060 | |
| 4 | 110 | Laura Smulders (NED) |
35.745 | |
| 5 | 44 | Molly Simpson (CAN) |
35.833 | |
| 6 | 11 | Alise Willoughby (USA) |
36.171 | |
| 7 | 13 | Axelle Étienne (FRA) |
36.273 | |
| 8 | 911 | Beth Shriever (GBR) |
36.496 |
References
edit- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Cycling BMX Racing" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Schedule – Cycling BMX racing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Semifinal Results" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.