Venue | Lenzerheide, Switzerland Val di Sole, Italy |
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Date(s) | 5–6 July 2018 5–9 September 2018 |
Events | 5 |
The 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 29th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. It was held from 5 to 9 September 2018 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The four-cross competitions were held in Val di Sole, Italy from 5 to 6 July 2018 [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Elite Cross-country [2] | Nino Schurter Switzerland | Gerhard Kerschbaumer Italy | Mathieu van der Poel Netherlands |
Under-23 Cross-country | Alan Hatherly South Africa | Christopher Blevins United States | David Nordemann Netherlands |
Junior Cross-country [3] | Alexandre Balmer Switzerland | Leon Kaiser Germany | Mathis Azzaro France |
Elite Downhill [4] | Loïc Bruni France | Martin Maes Belgium | Danny Hart Great Britain |
Junior Downhill | Kade Edwards Great Britain | Kye A'Hern Australia | Elliot Jamieson Canada |
Elite 4X [5] | Quentin Derbier France | Tomas Slavik Czech Republic | Mikulas Nevrkla Czech Republic |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Elite Cross-country [6] | Kate Courtney United States | Annika Langvad Denmark | Emily Batty Canada |
Under-23 Cross-country | Alessandra Keller Switzerland | Sina Frei Switzerland | Marika Tovo Italy |
Junior Cross-country [7] | Laura Stigger Austria | Tereza Sásková Czech Republic | Harriet Harnden Great Britain |
Elite Downhill [8] | Rachel Atherton Great Britain | Tahnée Seagrave Great Britain | Myriam Nicole France |
Junior Downhill | Valentina Höll Austria | Anna Newkirk United States | Mille Johnset Norway |
Elite 4X [9] | Romana Labounková Czech Republic | Natasha Bradley Great Britain | Raphaela Richter Germany |
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