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| Venue | Copenhagen, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | July 27–31, 2011 |
| Stadium | Copenhagen BMX Track |
| Events | 8 |
The 2011 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Copenhagen in Denmark and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.
| |
| Venue | Copenhagen, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | July 27–31, 2011 |
| Stadium | Copenhagen BMX Track |
| Events | 8 |
The 2011 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Copenhagen in Denmark and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's events | |||
| Elite Men | Joris Daudet  France | Māris Štrombergs  Latvia | Marc Willers  New Zealand |
| Junior Men | Alfredo Campo  Ecuador | Trent Woodcock New Zealand | Antonin Dupire France |
| Elite Men Time Trial | André Fosså Aguiluz  Norway | Jelle Van Gorkom  Netherlands | Brian Kirkham  Australia |
| Junior Men Time Trial | Darryn Goodwin Australia | Trent Woodcock New Zealand | Thomas Doucet France |
| Women's events | |||
| Elite Women | Mariana Pajón  Colombia | Sarah Walker New Zealand | Magalie Pottier France |
| Junior Women | Melinda McLeod Australia | Abbie Taylor  United Kingdom | Brooke Crain  United States |
| Elite Women Time Trial | Shanaze Reade United Kingdom | Caroline Buchanan Australia | Mariana Pajón Colombia |
| Junior Women Time Trial | Melinda McLeod Australia | Brooke Crain United States | Nadja Pries  Germany |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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