Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX

The men's BMX racing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the BMX track at the Velopark within the Olympic Park, from 8 to 10 August.[1]

Men's BMX
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
The BMX track at the Velopark
VenueLondon Velopark
Date8 to 10 August
Competitors32 from 19 nations
Winning time37.576 s
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Māris Štrombergs  Latvia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sam Willoughby  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlos Oquendo  Colombia
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Latvia's Māris Štrombergs won the gold medal, successfully defending his victory in 2008, with a time of 37.576 seconds. Sam Willoughby, representing Australia, won silver and Carlos Oquendo from Colombia took the bronze.

Competition format edit

The riders were seeded into four quarter-finals based on a time trial. Each of the four quarter-finals comprised five runs, using a point-for-place system. The top two riders after three runs advanced to the semi-finals (without having to finish the remaining two rides), in addition the top two remaining riders progressed after the full five runs. The semi-finals consisted of three runs, with the top four in each group advancing to the final. The final was a one-run contest.[2]

Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday 8 August 2012 15:00 Qualification
Thursday 9 August 2012 15:00 Quarterfinals
Friday 10 August 2012 16:40 Semi-finals and final

Results edit

Seeding run edit

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Raymon van der Biezen   Netherlands 37.779
2 Joris Daudet   France 38.221
3 Twan van Gendt   Netherlands 38.339
4 Connor Fields   United States 38.431
5 Andrés Jiménez   Colombia 38.445
6 Sam Willoughby   Australia 38.496
7 Nicholas Long   United States 38.601
8 Renato Rezende   Brazil 38.628
9 Quentin Caleyron   France 38.637
10 Marc Willers   New Zealand 38.687
11 Māris Štrombergs   Latvia 38.697
12 Liam Phillips   Great Britain 38.719
13 Rihards Veide   Latvia 38.753
14 Carlos Oquendo   Colombia 38.775
15 David Herman   United States 38.955
16 Kurt Pickard   New Zealand 39.057
17 Khalen Young   Australia 39.304
18 Manuel de Vecchi   Italy 39.385
19 Luis Brethauer   Germany 39.431
20 Tory Nyhaug   Canada 39.515
21 Jelle van Gorkom   Netherlands 39.529
22 Brian Kirkham   Australia 39.610
23 Roger Rinderknecht   Switzerland 39.618
24 Emilio Falla   Ecuador 39.737
25 Morten Therkildsen   Denmark 39.738
26 Ernesto Pizarro   Argentina 39.765
27 Arnaud Dubois   Belgium 39.772
28 Moana Moo Caille   France 40.015
29 Maik Baier   Germany 40.231
30 Sifiso Nhlapo   South Africa 40.788
31 Daniel Caluag   Philippines 40.900
Edžus Treimanis   Latvia DNF

Quarter-finals edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes
1   Raymon van der Biezen (NED) 37.974 (1) 38.269 (1) 38.392 (1) Advanced 3 Q
2   Edžus Treimanis (LAT) 40.130 (4) 52.014 (6) 38.572 (2) Advanced 12 Q
3   Quentin Caleyron (FRA) 42.560 (7) 41.336 (5) 1:04.609 (5) 39.162 (1) 38.489 (1) 19 q
4   Khalen Young (AUS) DNF (8) 39.189 (2) 39.456 (3) 39.484 (2) 1:04.756 (4) 19 q
5   Morten Therkildsen (DEN) 40.789 (6) 39.788 (4) 39.896 (4) 40.160 (4) 39.104 (2) 20
6   Emilio Falla (ECU) 39.602 (3) DNF (8) 1:31.130 (6) 39.756 (3) 41.793 (3) 23
7   Kurt Pickard (NZL) 40.200 (5) 39.539 (3) DNF (7) DNS (8) DNS (8) 31
8   Renato Rezende (BRA) 38.343 (2) DNF (8) DNS (10) DNS (8) DNS (8) 36

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes
1   Connor Fields (USA) 37.721 (1) 38.350 (1) 38.025 (1) Advanced 3 Q
2   Liam Phillips (GBR) 38.072 (2) 38.625 (2) 38.301 (2) Advanced 6 Q
3   Andrés Jiménez (COL) 38.753 (4) 39.208 (3) 38.865 (4) 38.581 (1) 44.026 (5) 17 q
4   Rihards Veide (LAT) 39.489 (6) 39.416 (4) 38.609 (3) 39.508 (4) 39.110 (2) 19 q
5   Tory Nyhaug (CAN) 38.610 (3) 1:03.089 (7) 39.949 (6) 39.503 (3) 38.808 (1) 20
6   Moana Moo Caille (FRA) 39.191 (5) 39.560 (5) 39.512 (5) 38.705 (2) 1:30.608 (6) 23
7   Jelle van Gorkom (NED) 39.691 (7) 1:37.793 (8) 42.707 (8) 40.419 (5) 40.096 (3) 31
8   Maik Baier (GER) 40.558 (8) 56.453 (6) 40.541 (7) 46.131 (6) 41.109 (4) 31

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes
1   Marc Willers (NZL) 40.558 (1) 38.879 (2) 38.467 (1) Advanced 4 Q
2   Joris Daudet (FRA) 54.108 (4) 38.789 (1) 38.644 (2) Advanced 7 Q
3   David Herman (USA) DNF (8) 39.400 (3) 39.373 (4) 38.319 (1) 39.005 (2) 18 q
4   Roger Rinderknecht (SUI) 54.108 (3) 39.901 (5) 39.209 (3) 39.844 (4) 39.453 (3) 18 q
5   Nicholas Long (USA) 1:46.734 (7) 39.533 (4) 39.379 (5) 38.383 (2) 38.428 (1) 19
6   Ernesto Pizarro (ARG) 1:20.748 (6) 40.179 (6) 39.905 (7) 38.799 (3) 40.141 (4) 26
7   Manuel de Vecchi (ITA) 53.365 (2) 41.499 (8) 50.728 (8) 40.342 (6) 40.261 (5) 29
8   Daniel Caluag (PHI) 1:02.086 (5) 40.763 (7) 39.902 (6) 40.342 (5) 40.380 (6) 29

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes
1   Twan van Gendt (NED) 38.094 (1) 38.190 (2) 38.402 (4) Advanced 7 Q
2   Māris Štrombergs (LAT) 38.359 (2) 40.353 (5) 37.738 (1) Advanced 8 Q
3   Sam Willoughby (AUS) 40.250 (4) 37.856 (1) 38.200 (3) 38.840 (2) 59.499 (6) 16 q
4   Carlos Oquendo (COL) DNF (8) 39.148 (4) 37.976 (2) 1:23.505 (6) 38.167 (1) 21 q
5   Luis Brethauer (GER) 43.391 (6) 39.108 (3) 39.435 (5) 40.134 (4) 38.973 (4) 22
6   Arnaud Dubois (BEL) 40.179 (3) 51.285 (8) 40.003 (7) 39.564 (3) 38.620 (3) 24
7   Brian Kirkham (AUS) 59.988 (7) 48.026 (7) 40.519 (8) 38.158 (1) 38.475 (2) 25
8   Sifiso Nhlapo (RSA) 41.773 (5) 40.539 (6) 39.653 (6) 40.377 (5) 39.835 (5) 27

Semi-finals edit

Semi-final 1 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1   Connor Fields (USA) 51.791 (4) 37.885 (1) 37.736 (1) 6 Q
2   Raymon van der Biezen (NED) 38.372 (1) 38.046 (2) 38.948 (5) 8 Q
3   Liam Phillips (GBR) 38.770 (2) 38.179 (3) 38.509 (4) 9 Q
4   Andrés Jiménez (COL) 40.730 (3) 38.882 (6) 38.490 (3) 12 Q
5   Edžus Treimanis (LAT) 51.856 (5) 39.125 (7) 37.926 (2) 14
6   Quentin Caleyron (FRA) DNF (8) 38.392 (4) 40.265 (6) 18
7   Rihards Veide (LAT) 53.670 (6) 38.640 (5) 48.466 (7) 18
8   Khalen Young (AUS) 1:40.272 (7) 45.520 (8) DNS (10) 25

Semi-final 2 edit

Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1   Sam Willoughby (AUS) 38.059 (1) 37.542 (1) 38.506 (3) 5 Q
2   Twan van Gendt (NED) 44.742 (5) 37.798 (2) 38.046 (1) 8 Q
3   Māris Štrombergs (LAT) 41.856 (4) 37.995 (4) 38.088 (2) 10 Q
4   Carlos Oquendo (COL) 39.236 (2) 37.542 (5) 38.811 (4) 11 Q
5   David Herman (USA) 40.277 (3) 38.954 (6) 48.205 (6) 15
6   Joris Daudet (FRA) 45.702 (6) 37.990 (3) 2:05.214 (7) 16
7   Roger Rinderknecht (SUI) 52.320 (7) 40.070 (7) 43.021 (5) 19
8   Marc Willers (NZL) 1:34.759 (8) 42.269 (8) DNS (10) 26

Final edit

Rank Name Time
    Māris Štrombergs (LAT) 37.576
    Sam Willoughby (AUS) 37.929
    Carlos Oquendo (COL) 38.251
4   Raymon van der Biezen (NED) 38.492
5   Twan van Gendt (NED) 44.744
6   Andrés Jiménez (COL) 53.377
7   Connor Fields (USA) 1:03.033
8   Liam Phillips (GBR) 2:11.918

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympic Cycling - BMX - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's BMX - Olympic Cycling - BMX | London 2012". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.