Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX freestyle

Last updated

Men's BMX freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
BMX freestyle pictogram.svg
Olympic BMX cycling
Venue Ariake Urban Sports Park
Date31 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Logan Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Dhers Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg Declan Brooks Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
2024  →

The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. [1] 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. [2]

Contents

Background

This was the debut appearance of the event, with freestyle BMX added to the programme for the first time (BMX racing was added in 2008).

The reigning (2021) World Champion is Logan Martin of Australia, who was also the 2017 winner and 2019 silver medalist.

A preview by Olympics.com noted the favourites as Brandon Loupos of Australia (the 2019 World Champion), Daniel Dhers of Venezuela, and Rim Nakamura of Japan. [3] Australia had hoped to have both Martin and Loupos compete. [4] The final rankings, however, put the United States as the #1-ranked nation. [5] This meant that the United States was the only nation able to send two cyclists in the event; Australia, as the #2-ranked nation, could send only one. [2] Further, Loupos was seriously injured during the 2021 World Championship less than two months before the Games, which would have kept him from competing in any case. [4] Martin was selected as Australia's only men's BMX freestyle rider. [6]

The United States selected Justin Dowell (2018 World Champion) and Nick Bruce (2019 bronze medalist); the Americans finished the 2021 World Championship with 3 cyclists in the top 5 places (Bruce 5th, Dowell 4th, and Daniel Sandoval taking silver). [7]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the BMX freestyle. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 9 quota places available, allocated as follows: [2]

Competition format

The competition is a two-round tournament, with a seeding round and a final. Each round has the cyclists all do two runs. The runs are 60 seconds long. Five judges give scores between 0.00 and 99.99 based on the difficulty and execution of the rider's run; the scores are averaged for a total run score. In the seeding round, the rider's two run scores are averaged to give a total seeding score. These seeding scores are used to determine the start order of the cyclists in the final, providing a knowledge advantage to the later riders. In the final, only the better score of the two runs counts. [3] [8]

Schedule

The event took place over two consecutive days. [1]

HHeatsQFQuarter-FinalsSFSemi-FinalsFFinals
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling
Event↓/Date →24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 Jul1 Aug
BMX Freestyle
Men's freestyleHF

Results

Seeding

The seeding phase determines the start order for the final. The best ranked rider from the seeding will start last in the final. [9]

RankCyclistNationRun 1Run 2AverageNotes
1 Logan Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 91.9090.0490.97
2 Rim Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 86.2089.1487.67
3 Daniel Dhers Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 84.2086.0085.10
4 Anthony Jeanjean Flag of France.svg  France 83.0086.3084.65
5 Irek Rizaev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 81.2081.3081.25
6 Kenneth Tencio Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 75.2084.4079.80
7 Declan Brooks Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 74.3079.2076.75
8 Justin Dowell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 69.8080.6075.20
9 Nick Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.601.003.80

Final

RankCyclistNationRun 1Run 2BestNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Logan Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 93.3041.4093.30
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Dhers Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 90.1092.0592.05
Bronze medal icon.svg Declan Brooks Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 89.4090.8090.80
4 Kenneth Tencio Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 84.2090.5090.50
5 Rim Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 72.2085.1085.10
6 Irek Rizaev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 36.6082.4082.40
7 Anthony Jeanjean Flag of France.svg  France 78.2051.2078.20
8 Justin Dowell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.6031.6044.60
9 Nick Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.60DNS24.60

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling BMX Freestyle Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Cycling BMX Freestyle" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Cycling BMX Racing". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Knee injury knocks out Brandon Loupos from Olympic BMX freestyle debut". Neos Kosmos. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Athletes quota for Cycling – BMX Freestyle men's events" (PDF). UCI.
  6. ↑ "AUSSIE OLYMPIC HISTORY WITH BMX AND MOUNTAIN BIKE SELECTIONS FOR TOKYO 2020". 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Hannah Roberts, Olympic gold medal favorite in new BMX event, wins third world title". NBC. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Seeding Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.