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Men's BMX
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue

Laoshan BMX Field

Date

August 20-22

Competitors

Medalists

	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia
	Mike Day	United States
	Donny Robinson	United States

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team pursuit	men
Sprint	men	women
Team sprint	men
Points race	men	women
Keirin	men
Madison	men
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women
BMX
BMX	men	women

The men's BMX competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 20–22 at the Laoshan BMX Field. These were the first Olympic Games when BMX events were held.

Each of the 32 men competing performed two runs of the course in individual time trials to determine seeding for the knockout rounds. Then, they were grouped into 4 quarterfinal groups based on that seeding. Each quarterfinal consisted of three runs of the course, using a point-for-place system. The top four cyclists in each quarterfinal (for a total of 16) moved on to the semifinals. The semifinals also used a three-race point-for-place system to determine which cyclists advanced, with the top four in each of the two semifinals moving on to the final. Unlike the previous two rounds, the final consisted of a single race with the first to the finish line claiming the gold medal.^[1]

1 Competition schedule
- 1.1 Wednesday, August 20, 2008
- 1.2 Friday, August 22, 2008
2 Qualification
3 Quarterfinals
4 Semifinals
- 4.1 Semifinal 1
- 4.2 Semifinal 2
5 Final
6 References

Competition schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)^[2]

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Start	Finish	Event	Stage
9:00	9.45	BMX Men	Seeding Time Trial 1st run
10:15	11:00	BMX Men	Seeding Time Trial 2nd run
11:40	11:52	BMX Men	Quarterfinal 1st run
12:05	12:17	BMX Men	Quarterfinal 2nd run
12:32	12:48	BMX Men	Quarterfinal 3rd run

Friday, August 22, 2008

Start	Finish	Event	Stage
9:08	9:16	BMX Men	Semifinal 1st run
9:38	9:46	BMX Men	Semifinal 2nd run
10:08	10:16	BMX Men	Semifinal 3rd run
10:40	10:45	BMX Men	Final
11:10	11:18	BMX Men	Medal Ceremony

Qualification

Thirty-two riders representing twenty countries are qualified for the event. Qualification was based on UCI ranking by nations, 2008 UCI BMX World Championships results and wild-cards reserved to a Tripartite Commission (IOC, ANOC, UCI).^[3]

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification#BMX

Quarterfinals

August 20, 2008

Heat 1

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Mike Day (USA)	1 (36.170)	1 (36.080)	1 (36.122)	3	Q
2	Marc Willers (NZL)	4 (47.614)	3 (36.253)	2 (36.278)	9	Q
3	Donny Robinson (USA)	6 (48.906)	2 (36.235)	3 (36.490)	11	Q
4	Andrés Jiménez (COL)	2 (36.619)	5 (36.939)	4 (36.660)	11	Q
5	Jonathan Suarez Freitez (VEN)	8 (53.614)	4 (36.481)	5 (36.789)	17
6	Emilio Falla (ECU)	3 (37.080)	6 (37.381)	8 (1:02.877)	17
7	Akifumi Sakamoto (JPN)	5 (48.487)	8 (42.614)	6 (40.046)	19
8	Ivo Lakučs (LAT)	7 (53.300)	7 (39.213)	7 (57.461)	21

Heat 2

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Sifiso Nhlapo (RSA)	3 (36.796)	2 (36.325)	1 (36.507)	6	Q
2	Artūrs Matisons (LAT)	1 (35.903)	3 (36.819)	2 (37.037)	6	Q
3	Raymon van der Biezen (NED)	4 (37.205)	1 (35.878)	5 (1:04.709)	10	Q
4	Kyle Bennett (USA)	2 (36.639)	4 (37.146)	8 (DNF)	14	Q
5	Henrik Baltzersen (DEN)	8 (38.561)	5 (39.083)	3 (38.846)	16
6	Michal Prokop (CZE)	7 (38.535)	7 (41.915)	4 (56.171)	18
7	Liam Phillips (GBR)	5 (37.773)	6 (41.219)	7 (1:27.010)	18
8	Ramiro Marino (ARG)	6 (38.202)	8 (DNF)	6 (1:16.617)	20

Heat 3

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Māris Štrombergs (LAT)	1 (36.762)	1 (35.934)	5 (40.628)	7	Q
2	Rob van den Wildenberg (NED)	2 (37.403)	5 (37.024)	1 (37.176)	8	Q
3	Manuel de Vecchi (ITA)	3 (37.416)	6 (37.284)	2 (37.840)	11	Q
4	Kamakazi (AUS)	7 (42.377)	3 (36.785)	3 (38.463)	13	Q
5	Augusto Castro (COL)	4 (37.609)	4 (36.992)	6 (42.473)	14
6	Vilmos Radasics (HUN)	6 (38.725)	8 (39.220)	4 (39.276)	18
7	Robert de Wilde (NED)	8 (54.105)	2 (36.237)	8 (1:08.185)	18
8	Scott Erwood (CAN)	5 (37.989)	7 (37.653)	7 (50.052)	19

Heat 4

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Jared Graves (AUS)	1 (38.067)	2 (36.496)	1 (36.076)	4	Q
2	Cristian Becerine (ARG)	2 (38.399)	7 (42.733)	2 (36.985)	11	Q
3	Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)	8 (54.234)	1 (36.462)	3 (37.136)	12	Q
4	Damien Godet (FRA)	3 (41.241)	4 (40.221)	6 (38.023)	13	Q
5	Sergio Salazar (COL)	7 (54.216)	3 (37.479)	5 (37.573)	15
6	Thomas Allier (FRA)	4 (41.594)	5 (41.043)	7 (38.037)	16
7	Luke Madill (AUS)	6 (51.198)	8 (1:02.432)	4 (37.420)	18
8	Sebastian Kartfjord (NOR)	5 (42.658)	6 (42.625)	8 (38.821)	19

Semifinals

August 22, 2008

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Mike Day (USA)	1 (36.470)	1 (36.219)	3 (37.461)	5	Q
2	Sifiso Nhlapo (RSA)	3 (37.197)	3 (36.597)	2 (36.457)	8	Q
3	Donny Robinson (USA)	2 (36.832)	2 (36.462)	6 (56.249)	10	Q
4	Andrés Jiménez (COL)	4 (37.363)	4 (36.862)	5 (44.507)	13	Q
5	Raymon van der Biezen (NED)	7 (55.121)	6 (37.258)	1 (36.200)	14
6	Kyle Bennett (USA)	5 (43.518)	5 (37.200)	4 (43.897)	14
7	Artūrs Matisons (LAT)	6 (53.379)	8 (1.17.170)	8 (DNF)	22
8	Marc Willers (NZL)	8 (1:22.619)	7 (43.256)	8 (DNF)	23

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Māris Štrombergs (LAT)	1 (36.485)	1 (35.969)	1 (36.071)	3	Q
2	Rob van den Wildenberg (NED)	3 (37.277)	2 (36.360)	4 (37.496)	9	Q
3	Jared Graves (AUS)	2 (36.904)	5 (39.296)	3 (37.242)	10	Q
4	Damien Godet (FRA)	4 (37.410)	4 (36.707)	6 (37.805)	14	Q
5	Cristian Becerine (ARG)	5 (37.480)	8 (DNF)	2 (37.079)	15
6	Kamakazi (AUS)	7 (42.551)	6 (41.256)	5 (37.497)	18
7	Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)	8 (DNF)	3 (36.610)	8 (48.734)	19
8	Manuel de Vecchi (ITA)	6 (38.018)	7 (42.148)	7 (38.208)	20

Final