Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX

Men's BMX at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
The BMX track at the Velopark
Venue	London Velopark
Date	8 to 10 August
Competitors	32 from 19 nations
Winning time	37.576 s
Medalists
Māris Štrombergs  Latvia Sam Willoughby  Australia Carlos Oquendo  Colombia
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The men's BMX racing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the BMX track at the Velopark within the Olympic Park, from 8 to 10 August.^[1]

Latvia's Māris Štrombergs won the gold medal, successfully defending his victory in 2008, with a time of 37.576 seconds. Sam Willoughby, representing Australia, won silver and Carlos Oquendo from Colombia took the bronze.

Competition format

The riders were seeded into four quarter-finals based on a time trial. Each of the four quarter-finals comprised five runs, using a point-for-place system. The top two riders after three runs advanced to the semi-finals (without having to finish the remaining two rides), in addition the top two remaining riders progressed after the full five runs. The semi-finals consisted of three runs, with the top four in each group advancing to the final. The final was a one-run contest.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Seeding run

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Raymon van der Biezen	Netherlands	37.779
2	Joris Daudet	France	38.221
3	Twan van Gendt	Netherlands	38.339
4	Connor Fields	United States	38.431
5	Andrés Jiménez	Colombia	38.445
6	Sam Willoughby	Australia	38.496
7	Nicholas Long	United States	38.601
8	Renato Rezende	Brazil	38.628
9	Quentin Caleyron	France	38.637
10	Marc Willers	New Zealand	38.687
11	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia	38.697
12	Liam Phillips	Great Britain	38.719
13	Rihards Veide	Latvia	38.753
14	Carlos Oquendo	Colombia	38.775
15	David Herman	United States	38.955
16	Kurt Pickard	New Zealand	39.057
17	Khalen Young	Australia	39.304
18	Manuel de Vecchi	Italy	39.385
19	Luis Brethauer	Germany	39.431
20	Tory Nyhaug	Canada	39.515
21	Jelle van Gorkom	Netherlands	39.529
22	Brian Kirkham	Australia	39.610
23	Roger Rinderknecht	Switzerland	39.618
24	Emilio Falla	Ecuador	39.737
25	Morten Therkildsen	Denmark	39.738
26	Ernesto Pizarro	Argentina	39.765
27	Arnaud Dubois	Belgium	39.772
28	Moana Moo Caille	France	40.015
29	Maik Baier	Germany	40.231
30	Sifiso Nhlapo	South Africa	40.788
31	Daniel Caluag	Philippines	40.900
–	Edžus Treimanis	Latvia		DNF

Quarter-finals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	5th run	Total	Notes
1	Raymon van der Biezen (NED)	37.974 (1)	38.269 (1)	38.392 (1)	Advanced		3	Q
2	Edžus Treimanis (LAT)	40.130 (4)	52.014 (6)	38.572 (2)	Advanced		12	Q
3	Quentin Caleyron (FRA)	42.560 (7)	41.336 (5)	1:04.609 (5)	39.162 (1)	38.489 (1)	19	q
4	Khalen Young (AUS)	DNF (8)	39.189 (2)	39.456 (3)	39.484 (2)	1:04.756 (4)	19	q
5	Morten Therkildsen (DEN)	40.789 (6)	39.788 (4)	39.896 (4)	40.160 (4)	39.104 (2)	20
6	Emilio Falla (ECU)	39.602 (3)	DNF (8)	1:31.130 (6)	39.756 (3)	41.793 (3)	23
7	Kurt Pickard (NZL)	40.200 (5)	39.539 (3)	DNF (7)	DNS (8)	DNS (8)	31
8	Renato Rezende (BRA)	38.343 (2)	DNF (8)	DNS (10)	DNS (8)	DNS (8)	36

Heat 2

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	5th run	Total	Notes
1	Connor Fields (USA)	37.721 (1)	38.350 (1)	38.025 (1)	Advanced		3	Q
2	Liam Phillips (GBR)	38.072 (2)	38.625 (2)	38.301 (2)	Advanced		6	Q
3	Andrés Jiménez (COL)	38.753 (4)	39.208 (3)	38.865 (4)	38.581 (1)	44.026 (5)	17	q
4	Rihards Veide (LAT)	39.489 (6)	39.416 (4)	38.609 (3)	39.508 (4)	39.110 (2)	19	q
5	Tory Nyhaug (CAN)	38.610 (3)	1:03.089 (7)	39.949 (6)	39.503 (3)	38.808 (1)	20
6	Moana Moo Caille (FRA)	39.191 (5)	39.560 (5)	39.512 (5)	38.705 (2)	1:30.608 (6)	23
7	Jelle van Gorkom (NED)	39.691 (7)	1:37.793 (8)	42.707 (8)	40.419 (5)	40.096 (3)	31
8	Maik Baier (GER)	40.558 (8)	56.453 (6)	40.541 (7)	46.131 (6)	41.109 (4)	31

Heat 3

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	5th run	Total	Notes
1	Marc Willers (NZL)	40.558 (1)	38.879 (2)	38.467 (1)	Advanced		4	Q
2	Joris Daudet (FRA)	54.108 (4)	38.789 (1)	38.644 (2)	Advanced		7	Q
3	David Herman (USA)	DNF (8)	39.400 (3)	39.373 (4)	38.319 (1)	39.005 (2)	18	q
4	Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)	54.108 (3)	39.901 (5)	39.209 (3)	39.844 (4)	39.453 (3)	18	q
5	Nicholas Long (USA)	1:46.734 (7)	39.533 (4)	39.379 (5)	38.383 (2)	38.428 (1)	19
6	Ernesto Pizarro (ARG)	1:20.748 (6)	40.179 (6)	39.905 (7)	38.799 (3)	40.141 (4)	26
7	Manuel de Vecchi (ITA)	53.365 (2)	41.499 (8)	50.728 (8)	40.342 (6)	40.261 (5)	29
8	Daniel Caluag (PHI)	1:02.086 (5)	40.763 (7)	39.902 (6)	40.342 (5)	40.380 (6)	29

Heat 4

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	5th run	Total	Notes
1	Twan van Gendt (NED)	38.094 (1)	38.190 (2)	38.402 (4)	Advanced		7	Q
2	Māris Štrombergs (LAT)	38.359 (2)	40.353 (5)	37.738 (1)	Advanced		8	Q
3	Sam Willoughby (AUS)	40.250 (4)	37.856 (1)	38.200 (3)	38.840 (2)	59.499 (6)	16	q
4	Carlos Oquendo (COL)	DNF (8)	39.148 (4)	37.976 (2)	1:23.505 (6)	38.167 (1)	21	q
5	Luis Brethauer (GER)	43.391 (6)	39.108 (3)	39.435 (5)	40.134 (4)	38.973 (4)	22
6	Arnaud Dubois (BEL)	40.179 (3)	51.285 (8)	40.003 (7)	39.564 (3)	38.620 (3)	24
7	Brian Kirkham (AUS)	59.988 (7)	48.026 (7)	40.519 (8)	38.158 (1)	38.475 (2)	25
8	Sifiso Nhlapo (RSA)	41.773 (5)	40.539 (6)	39.653 (6)	40.377 (5)	39.835 (5)	27

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Connor Fields (USA)	51.791 (4)	37.885 (1)	37.736 (1)	6	Q
2	Raymon van der Biezen (NED)	38.372 (1)	38.046 (2)	38.948 (5)	8	Q
3	Liam Phillips (GBR)	38.770 (2)	38.179 (3)	38.509 (4)	9	Q
4	Andrés Jiménez (COL)	40.730 (3)	38.882 (6)	38.490 (3)	12	Q
5	Edžus Treimanis (LAT)	51.856 (5)	39.125 (7)	37.926 (2)	14
6	Quentin Caleyron (FRA)	DNF (8)	38.392 (4)	40.265 (6)	18
7	Rihards Veide (LAT)	53.670 (6)	38.640 (5)	48.466 (7)	18
8	Khalen Young (AUS)	1:40.272 (7)	45.520 (8)	DNS (10)	25

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Sam Willoughby (AUS)	38.059 (1)	37.542 (1)	38.506 (3)	5	Q
2	Twan van Gendt (NED)	44.742 (5)	37.798 (2)	38.046 (1)	8	Q
3	Māris Štrombergs (LAT)	41.856 (4)	37.995 (4)	38.088 (2)	10	Q
4	Carlos Oquendo (COL)	39.236 (2)	37.542 (5)	38.811 (4)	11	Q
5	David Herman (USA)	40.277 (3)	38.954 (6)	48.205 (6)	15
6	Joris Daudet (FRA)	45.702 (6)	37.990 (3)	2:05.214 (7)	16
7	Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)	52.320 (7)	40.070 (7)	43.021 (5)	19
8	Marc Willers (NZL)	1:34.759 (8)	42.269 (8)	DNS (10)	26

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Māris Štrombergs (LAT)	37.576
	Sam Willoughby (AUS)	37.929
	Carlos Oquendo (COL)	38.251
4	Raymon van der Biezen (NED)	38.492
5	Twan van Gendt (NED)	44.744
6	Andrés Jiménez (COL)	53.377
7	Connor Fields (USA)	1:03.033
8	Liam Phillips (GBR)	2:11.918

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