| Men's race at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships | |
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| Venue | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
| Date | 25 July 2015 |
| Competitors | 75 |
| Events at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships | ||
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| Participating nations | ||
| Elite Events | ||
| Elite race | men | women |
| Elite time trial | men | women |
| Junior events | ||
| Junior BMX race | men | women |
| Junior time trial | men | women |
The Men's race event of the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships was held on 25 July 2015.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Gap | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Liam Phillips |  United Kingdom | 33.461 | — | Q |
| 2 | Anthony Dean |  Australia | 33.752 | +0.291 | Q | |
| 3 | Carlos Oquendo |  Colombia | 34.216 | +0.755 | Q | |
| 4 | Jelle van Gorkom |  Netherlands | 34.367 | +0.906 | Q | |
| 5 | Dave van der Burg | Netherlands | 34.834 | +1.373 | ||
| 6 | Justin Posey |  United States | 38.925 | +5.464 | ||
| 7 | Twan van Gendt | Netherlands | 1:18.272 | +44.811 | ||
| 8 | Joris Daudet |  France | DNF | |||
| 2 | 1 | Niek Kimmann | Netherlands | 32.742 | — | Q |
| 2 | Sam Willoughby | Australia | 33.387 | +0.645 | Q | |
| 3 | David Graf |  Switzerland | 33.396 | +0.654 | Q | |
| 4 | Raymon van der Biezen | Netherlands | 33.870 | +1.128 | Q | |
| 5 | Jared Garcia | United States | 34.706 | +1.964 | ||
| 6 | Trent Jones |  New Zealand | 34.782 | +2.040 | ||
| 7 | Connor Fields | United States | 37.661 | +4.919 | ||
| 8 | Joris Harmsen | Netherlands | 1:20.842 | +48.100 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niek Kimmann | Netherlands | 33.386 | — |
| 2 | Jelle van Gorkom | Netherlands | 33.753 | +0.367 |
| 3 | David Graf | Switzerland | 33.817 | +0.431 |
| 4 | Carlos Oquendo | Colombia | 34.082 | +0.696 |
| 5 | Liam Phillips | United Kingdom | 34.535 | +1.149 |
| 6 | Raymon van der Biezen | Netherlands | 34.749 | +1.363 |
| 7 | Sam Willoughby | Australia | DNF | |
| 8 | Anthony Dean | Australia | DNF |
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