Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX

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Women's BMX
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic BMX Centre
Date17–19 August 2016
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Winning time34.093 s
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mariana Pajón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Silver medal icon.svg Alise Post Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Stefany Hernández Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
  2012
2020  

The women's BMX racing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 17 and 19 August 2016 at the Olympic BMX Centre. [1]

The medals were presented by Camiel Eurlings, IOC member, Netherlands and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 17 August 201613:30Seeding run
Friday, 19 August 201613:30Semi-finals and final

Results

Seeding run

RankNameTimeNotes
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Mariana Pajón  (COL)34.508
2Flag of Australia.svg  Caroline Buchanan  (AUS)34.752
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Laura Smulders  (NED)35.114
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Stefany Hernández  (VEN)35.202
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Simone Christensen  (DEN)35.251
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Elke Vanhoof  (BEL)35.325
7Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Crain  (USA)35.345
8Flag of the United States.svg  Alise Post  (USA)35.509
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Merle van Benthem  (NED)35.644
10Flag of Australia.svg  Lauren Reynolds  (AUS)35.666
11Flag of Russia.svg  Yaroslava Bondarenko  (RUS)35.682
12Flag of France.svg  Manon Valentino  (FRA)36.377
13Flag of Thailand.svg  Amanda Carr  (THA)36.464
14Flag of Germany.svg  Nadja Pries  (GER)37.152
15Flag of Brazil.svg  Priscilla Carnaval  (BRA)37.534
16Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriela Díaz  (ARG)40.073

Semi-finals

Standings after run 2:

Semi-final 1

RankName1st run2nd run3rd runTotalNotes
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Mariana Pajón  (COL)34.642 (1)35.098 (1)34.479 (1)3Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  Alise Post  (USA)35.480 (3)35.117 (2)35.417 (3)8Q
3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Stefany Hernández  (VEN)35.282 (2)52.695 (7)34.912 (2)11Q
4Flag of France.svg  Manon Valentino  (FRA)36.226 (5)35.448 (3)35.744 (4)12Q
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriela Díaz  (ARG)39.669 (8)38.965 (4)38.625 (5)17
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Amanda Carr  (THA)36.869 (6)39.782 (5)43.217 (7)18
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Simone Christensen  (DEN)35.631 (4)48.134 (6)1:21.312 (8)18
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Merle van Benthem  (NED)37.378 (7)1:47.817 (8)39.990 (6)21

Semi-final 2

RankName1st run2nd run3rd runTotalNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Laura Smulders  (NED)34.938 (2)34.670 (1)34.670 (1)4Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Crain  (USA)35.095 (3)35.405 (2)34.891 (2)7Q
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Elke Vanhoof  (BEL)35.350 (4)36.834 (6)35.570 (3)13Q
4Flag of Russia.svg  Yaroslava Bondarenko  (RUS)35.800 (5)35.310 (3)36.126 (5)13Q
5Flag of Australia.svg  Caroline Buchanan  (AUS)34.523 (1)35.405 (4)1:21.586 (8)13
6Flag of Australia.svg  Lauren Reynolds  (AUS)35.800 (6)53.373 (7)36.017 (4)17
7Flag of Germany.svg  Nadja Pries  (GER)36.864 (7)36.683 (5)38.540 (7)19
8Flag of Brazil.svg  Priscilla Carnaval  (BRA)36.949 (8)54.183 (8)38.210 (6)22

Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Colombia.svg  Mariana Pajón  (COL)34.093
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Alise Post  (USA)34.435
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Venezuela.svg  Stefany Hernández  (VEN)34.755
4Flag of the United States.svg  Brooke Crain  (USA)35.520
5Flag of Russia.svg  Yaroslava Bondarenko  (RUS)36.017
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Elke Vanhoof  (BEL)39.538
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Laura Smulders  (NED)1:52.235
8Flag of France.svg  Manon Valentino  (FRA)2:41.109

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References

  1. "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.