The women's BMX racing competition 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 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Laoshan BMX Field | |||||||||
| Date | August 20, 2008 (seeding) August 22, 2008 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 35.976 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editSixteen 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
editEach 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
editAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)[8]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 20 August 2008 | 09:45 | Seeding |
| Friday, 20 August 2008 | 09:00 | Semifinals and final |
Results
editSeeding
edit| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne-Caroline Chausson |  France |
36.660 | |
| 2 | Shanaze Reade |  Great Britain |
36.882 | |
| 3 | Laëtitia Le Corguillé | France |
37.145 | |
| 4 | Sarah Walker |  New Zealand |
37.187 | |
| 5 | Gabriela Díaz |  Argentina |
37.590 | |
| 6 | Nicole Callisto |  Australia |
37.717 | |
| 7 | Jill Kintner |  United States |
37.913 | |
| 8 | Jana Horáková |  Czech Republic |
38.077 | |
| 9 | Jenny Fähndrich |  Switzerland |
38.209 | |
| 10 | Tanya Bailey | Australia |
38.285 | |
| 11 | Lieke Klaus |  Netherlands |
38.709 | |
| 12 | Amanda Sørensen |  Denmark |
38.719 | |
| 13 | Samantha Cools |  Canada |
39.137 | |
| 14 | María Belén Dutto | Argentina |
40.193 | |
| 15 | Anikó Hódi |  Hungary |
41.772 | |
| 16 | Ma Liyun |  China |
42.015 |
Semifinals
editHeat 1
edit| Rank | Name | Country | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne-Caroline Chausson | France |
36.931 (1) | 37.028 (1) | 36.747 (2) | 4 | Q |
| 2 | Sarah Walker | New Zealand |
37.499 (2) | 39.038 (3) | 36.731 (1) | 6 | Q |
| 3 | Gabriela Díaz | Argentina |
37.605 (3) | 38.235 (2) | DNF (8) | 13 | Q |
| 4 | Samantha Cools | Canada |
39.765 (6) | 39.457 (5) | 38.690 (3) | 14 | Q |
| 5 | Jana Horáková | Czech Republic |
39.107 (5) | 39.457 (4) | 1:32.284 (7) | 16 | |
| 6 | Jenny Fähndrich | Switzerland |
38.658 (4) | 45.912 (7) | 52.687 (6) | 17 | |
| 7 | Ma Liyun | China |
41.789 (7) | 41.497 (6) | 41.839 (5) | 18 | |
| 8 | Amanda Sørensen | Denmark |
DNF (8) | 47.469 (8) | 39.474 (4) | 20 |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Name | Country | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laëtitia Le Corguillé | France |
37.917 (1) | 37.130 (1) | 37.076 (2) | 4 | Q |
| 2 | Jill Kintner | United States |
38.950 (3) | 39.700 (3) | 38.235 (3) | 9 | Q |
| 3 | Shanaze Reade | Great Britain |
2:17.714 (7) | 39.218 (2) | 36.699 (1) | 10 | Q |
| 4 | Nicole Callisto | Australia |
38.244 (2) | 47.311 (6) | 38.435 (4) | 12 | Q |
| 5 | Lieke Klaus | Netherlands |
40.955 (4) | 40.143 (4) | 38.800 (5) | 13 | |
| 6 | Anikó Hódi | Hungary |
44.021 (6) | 41.867 (5) | 40.169 (7) | 18 | |
| 7 | María Belén Dutto | Argentina |
41.307 (5) | 47.927 (7) | 40.295 (8) | 20 | |
| 8 | Tanya Bailey | Australia |
DNF (8) | DNF (8) | 39.505 (6) | 22 |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Anne-Caroline Chausson | France |
35.976 | |
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Laëtitia Le Corguillé | France |
38.042 | |
 |
Jill Kintner | United States |
38.674 | |
| 4 | Sarah Walker | New Zealand |
38.805 | |
| 5 | Gabriela Díaz | Argentina |
39.747 | |
| 6 | Nicole Callisto | Australia |
1:19.609 | |
| 7 | Samantha Cools | Canada |
DNF | |
| 8 | Shanaze Reade | Great Britain |
DNF |
References
edit- ^ "Chausson of France wins first BMX gold at Olympics". Xinhua News Agency. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Thomazeau, Francois (22 August 2008). "Chausson wins BMX laurels 21 years apart". Reuters. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "France takes gold and silver in women's BMX cycling". France 24. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Bishop, Greg (23 August 2008). "Ailing but Elated, U.S. Team Wins 3 Medals in Debut of BMX". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Tim (23 August 2008). "Kintner earns BMX bronze". Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ http://uci.ch/includes/asp/getTarget.asp?type=FILE&id=MzU5MTI[permanent dead link]
- ^ "BMX Competition Format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "BMX: Results and Schedules". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.