Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX

The women's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 20–22 at the Laoshan BMX Field, the first to be officially featured in the Olympic cycling program.

Women's BMX
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueLaoshan BMX Field
DateAugust 20, 2008 (seeding)
August 22, 2008 (semifinals and final)
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Winning time35.976
Medalists
Anne-Caroline Chausson
 France
Laëtitia Le Corguillé
 France
Jill Kintner
 United States
Cycling at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
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Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
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Points racemenwomen
Keirinmen
Madisonmen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen
BMX
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Coming out of retirement from her sporting career to try out for BMX at age thirty, France's Anne-Caroline Chausson escaped from an early race crash that left two riders off the ramp to claim the event's inaugural Olympic gold medal. She thundered home on the final stretch to a spectacular finish with a fastest time in 35.976.[1][2] Chausson also enjoyed her teammate Laëtitia Le Corguillé taking home the silver in 38.042, as she finished the race behind the leader by nearly seven hundredths of a second (0.07) and also, handed the French squad a straight 1–2 finish on the medal podium.[3] Meanwhile, United States' Jill Kintner came up with a powerful, stalwart ride to earn the bronze in 38.674, edging out New Zealand's Sarah Walker by a short sprint distance.[4][5]

Qualification

Sixteen riders representing twelve countries 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).[6]

Competition format

Each of the 16 women competing performed two runs of the course in individual time trials to determine seeding for the knockout rounds. Then, they were grouped into 2 semifinal groups based on that seeding. Each semifinal consisted of three runs of the course, using a point-for-place system. The top four cyclists in each semifinal (for a total of 8) moved on to the final. Unlike the semifinals, the final consisted of a single race with the first to the finish line claiming the gold medal.[7]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 20 August 200809:45Seeding
Friday, 20 August 200809:00Semifinals and final

Results

Seeding
Rank Name Country Time Notes
1Anne-Caroline Chausson France36.660
2Shanaze Reade Great Britain36.882
3Laëtitia Le Corguillé France37.145
4Sarah Walker New Zealand37.187
5Gabriela Díaz Argentina37.590
6Nicole Callisto Australia37.717
7Jill Kintner United States37.913
8Jana Horáková Czech Republic38.077
9Jenny Fähndrich Switzerland38.209
10Tanya Bailey Australia38.285
11Lieke Klaus Netherlands38.709
12Amanda Sørensen Denmark38.719
13Samantha Cools Canada39.137
14María Belén Dutto Argentina40.193
15Anikó Hódi Hungary41.772
16Ma Liyun China42.015

Semifinals

Heat 1
Rank Name Country 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1Anne-Caroline Chausson France36.931 (1)37.028 (1)36.747 (2)4Q
2Sarah Walker New Zealand37.499 (2)39.038 (3)36.731 (1)6Q
3Gabriela Díaz Argentina37.605 (3)38.235 (2)DNF (8)13Q
4Samantha Cools Canada39.765 (6)39.457 (5)38.690 (3)14Q
5Jana Horáková Czech Republic39.107 (5)39.457 (4)1:32.284 (7)16
6Jenny Fähndrich Switzerland38.658 (4)45.912 (7)52.687 (6)17
7Ma Liyun China41.789 (7)41.497 (6)41.839 (5)18
8Amanda Sørensen DenmarkDNF (8)47.469 (8)39.474 (4)20

Heat 2
Rank Name Country 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes
1Laëtitia Le Corguillé France37.917 (1)37.130 (1)37.076 (2)4Q
2Jill Kintner United States38.950 (3)39.700 (3)38.235 (3)9Q
3Shanaze Reade Great Britain2:17.714 (7)39.218 (2)36.699 (1)10Q
4Nicole Callisto Australia38.244 (2)47.311 (6)38.435 (4)12Q
5Lieke Klaus Netherlands40.955 (4)40.143 (4)38.800 (5)13
6Anikó Hódi Hungary44.021 (6)41.867 (5)40.169 (7)18
7María Belén Dutto Argentina41.307 (5)47.927 (7)40.295 (8)20
8Tanya Bailey AustraliaDNF (8)DNF (8)39.505 (6)22

Final
Rank Name Country Time Notes
Anne-Caroline Chausson France35.976
Laëtitia Le Corguillé France38.042
Jill Kintner United States38.674
4Sarah Walker New Zealand38.805
5Gabriela Díaz Argentina39.747
6Nicole Callisto Australia1:19.609
7Samantha Cools CanadaDNF
8Shanaze Reade Great BritainDNF

References
  1. "Chausson of France wins first BMX gold at Olympics". Xinhua News Agency. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. Thomazeau, Francois (22 August 2008). "Chausson wins BMX laurels 21 years apart". Reuters. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. "France takes gold and silver in women's BMX cycling". France 24. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. Bishop, Greg (23 August 2008). "Ailing but Elated, U.S. Team Wins 3 Medals in Debut of BMX". New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. Johnson, Tim (23 August 2008). "Kintner earns BMX bronze". Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. http://uci.ch/includes/asp/getTarget.asp?type=FILE&id=MzU5MTI%5B%5D
  7. "BMX Competition Format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  8. "BMX: Results and Schedules". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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