| Venue |  Rotterdam, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 22–27 July 2014 |
| Events | 8 |
The 2014 UCI BMX World Championships were the nineteenth edition of the UCI BMX World Championships and took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX racing. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's events | |||
| Elite Men | Sam Willoughby  Australia | Tory Nyhaug  Canada | Tre Whyte  Great Britain |
| Junior Men | Niek Kimmann Netherlands | Sean Gaian  United States | Romain Racine  France |
| Elite Men Time Trial | Sam Willoughby Australia | Corben Sharrah United States | Joris Daudet France |
| Junior Men Time Trial | Niek Kimmann Netherlands | Collin Hudson United States | Brandon Te Hiko Australia |
| Women's events | |||
| Elite Women | Mariana Pajón  Colombia | Alise Post United States | Laura Smulders Netherlands |
| Junior Women | Doménica Azuero  Ecuador | Shealen Reno United States | Tatiana Kapitanova  Russia |
| Elite Women Time Trial | Laura Smulders Netherlands | Caroline Buchanan Australia | Mariana Pajón Colombia |
| Junior Women Time Trial | Sandie Thibaut France | Doménica Azuero Ecuador | Shealen Reno United States |
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED)* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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