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Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX racing

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Women's BMX racing
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic BMX cycling
VenueVélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Date1–2 August 2024
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time34.231 sec
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Saya Sakakibara  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manon Veenstra  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zoé Claessens  Switzerland
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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.

Background

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This 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

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Main article: Cycling at the 2024 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:[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

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The 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

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The 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

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Quarterfinals

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Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
Heat Time Heat Time Heat Time
1 77  Saya Sakakibara (AUS) 1 34.549 (1) 1 34.376 (1) 1 34.515 (1) 3 Q
2 911  Beth Shriever (GBR) 3 34.688 (2) 2 34.421 (2) 2 34.590 (2) 3 Q
3 11  Alise Willoughby (USA) 2 35.459 (4) 3 35.033 (3) 3 35.483 (4) 3 Q
4 44  Molly Simpson (CAN) 3 35.752 (5) 2 35.508 (6) 1 35.311 (3) 7 Q
5 61  Manon Veenstra (NED) 1 35.872 (6) 1 35.042 (4) 3 35.520 (5) 7 Q
6 110  Laura Smulders (NED) 1 35.076 (3) 3 35.728 (9) 3 35.792 (8) 8 Q
7 31  Daleny Vaughn (USA) 2 36.099 (9) 3 36.482 (14) 2 36.360 (10) 8 Q
8 2  Zoé Claessens (SUI) 3 36.018 (8) 2 35.423 (5) 2 36.393 (11) 8 Q
9 21  Lauren Reynolds (AUS) 1 35.952 (7) 1 35.564 (7) 1 35.589 (6) 10 Q
10 22  Merel Smulders (NED) 1 36.137 (10) 3 35.760 (10) 3 35.649 (7) 11 Q
11 94  Nadine Aeberhard (SUI) 3 36.588 (12) 1 35.654 (8) 2 37.099 (17) 15 Q
12 13  Axelle Étienne (FRA) 3 36.354 (11) 2 1:00.895 (24) 1 36.050 (9) 16 Q
13 14  Gabriela Bolle (COL) 3 38.211 (20) 2 37.266 (17) 2 36.593 (12 16 q
14 100  Mariana Pajón (COL) 2 37.832 (19) 1 35.847 (11) 2 36.823 (14) 16 q
15 203  Paola Reis (BRA) 1 37.101 (14) 2 36.259 (12) 1 36.998 (15) 16 q
16 175  Malene Kejlstrup (DEN) 2 37.270 (16) 3 36.762 (15) 3 37.629 (20) 16 q
17 7  Leila Walker (NZL) 2 36.974 (13) 1 36.288 (13) 1 38.347 (22) 17 q
18 218  Veronika Stūriška (LAT) 1 37.206 (15) 3 37.007 (16) 3 37.120 (18) 19 q
19 215  Aiko Gommers (BEL) 3 37.315 (17) 2 37.329 (18) 1 37.362 (19) 19 q
20 85  Sae Hatakeyama (JPN) 1 DNF (24) 1 37.953 (19) 1 36.720 (13) 20 q
21 230  Alina Beck (GER) 2 38.371 (21) 3 39.874 (21) 3 37.017 (16) 20
22 23  Felicia Stancil (USA) 2 37.732 (18) 1 46.155 (23) 2 37.763 (21) 20
23 101  Shanayah Howell (ARU) 3 39.325 (22) 3 38.889 (20) 2 39.492 (23) 23
24 209  Miyanda Maseti (RSA) 2 43.011 (23) 2 42.401 (22) 3 43.210 (24) 23

Last chance race

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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

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Heat 1

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Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 77  Saya Sakakibara (AUS) 34.162 (1) 34.847 (1) 34.189 (1) 3 Q
2 61  Manon Veenstra (NED) 35.016 (3) 35.178 (2) 35.543 (4) 9 Q
3 110  Laura Smulders (NED) 36.165 (4) 35.128 (2) 35.610 (3) 9 Q
4 11  Alise Willoughby (USA) 34.892 (2) 36.624 (7) 34.833 (2) 11 Q
5 13  Axelle Étienne (FRA) 37.202 (6) 36.244 (5) 36.413 (4) 15 Q
6 100  Mariana Pajón (COL) 36.802 (5) 35.649 (3) 40.796 (7) 15
7 94  Nadine Aeberhard (SUI) DNF 36.334 (6) 36.517 (5) 19
8 175  Malene Kejlstrup (DEN) 37.493 (7) 37.861 (8) 37.454 (6) 21

Heat 2

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Rank # Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1 911  Beth Shriever (GBR) 34.297 (1) 34.339 (1) 34.326 (1) 3 Q
2 2  Zoé Claessens (SUI) 36.235 (5) 35.206 (3) 34.848 (3) 11 Q
3 44  Molly Simpson (CAN) 35.599 (2) 35.953 (4) 36.349 (5) 11 Q
4 21  Lauren Reynolds (AUS) 35.814 (3) 35.917 (4) 52.185 (8) 15
5 31  Daleny Vaughn (USA) 36.181 (4) 37.333 (6) 36.910 (6) 16
6 14  Gabriela Bolle (COL) 37.232 (6) 36.199 (5) 37.795 (8) 19
7 22  Merel Smulders (NED) REL 37.459 (7) 35.057 (2) 19
8 85  Sae Hatakeyama (JPN) 37.600 (7) 38.154 (8) 37.207 (7) 22

Final

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Rank # Name Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 77  Saya Sakakibara (AUS) 34.231
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 61  Manon Veenstra (NED) 34.954
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Cycling BMX Racing" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Schedule – Cycling BMX racing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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