BMX, Women
| Date | 17 – 19 August 2016 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Centro Olímpico de BMX, Parque Olímpico de Deodoro, Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Participants | 16 from 13 countries |
The Organizing Committee for the Rio Games produced a spectacular and challenging course for the 3rd appearance of BMX at an Olympic Games. The women’s competition was a lot more predictable than the crash fest that was the men’s event.
Mariana Pajón of Colombia, the defending champion, was a clear favourite and she lived up to all the expectations placed on her shoulders. First she led the qualification run, and then won each race of her semi-final section before leading the final from start to finish. She became the first Colombian to win a second Olympic gold medal. Behind her the USA’s Alise Post won silver with Stefany Hernández winning a first ever medal for Venezuela in Olympic cycling. Caroline Buchanan of Australia, widely tipped to be Pajón’s main rival for the Olympic title, suffered a crash on her final semi-final run that left her losing out on a place in the final on a tiebreaker.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Round | Rank | Points | Last Run Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Pajón |  COL | Final | 1 | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Alise Post |  USA | Final | 2 | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Stefany Hernández |  VEN | Final | 3 | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Brooke Crain | USA | Final | 4 | – | – | |||
| 5 | Yaroslava Bondarenko |  RUS | Final | 5 | – | – | |||
| 6 | Elke Vanhoof |  BEL | Final | 6 | – | – | |||
| 7 | Laura Smulders |  NED | Final | 7 | – | – | |||
| 8 | Manon Valentino |  FRA | Final | 8 | – | – | |||
| 9 | Caroline Buchanan |  AUS | Semi-Final | 5 | 13 | – | |||
| 10 | Gabriela Díaz |  ARG | Semi-Final | 5 | 17 | – | |||
| 11 | Lauren Reynolds | AUS | Semi-Final | 6 | 17 | – | |||
| 12 | Amanda Carr |  THA | Semi-Final | 6 | 18 | – | |||
| 13 | Simone Christensen |  DEN | Semi-Final | 7 | 18 | – | |||
| 14 | Nadja Pries |  GER | Semi-Final | 7 | 19 | – | |||
| 15 | Merle van Benthem | NED | Semi-Final | 8 | 21 | – | |||
| 16 | Priscilla Stevaux Carnaval |  BRA | Semi-Final | 8 | 22 | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 17 August 2016 — 13:30 |
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| Format | Classification round - all 16 advanced to semi-finals. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Pajón | COL | 34.508 | ||
| 2 | Caroline Buchanan | AUS | 34.752 | ||
| 3 | Laura Smulders | NED | 35.114 | ||
| 4 | Stefany Hernández | VEN | 35.202 | ||
| 5 | Simone Christensen | DEN | 35.251 | ||
| 6 | Elke Vanhoof | BEL | 35.325 | ||
| 7 | Brooke Crain | USA | 35.345 | ||
| 8 | Alise Post | USA | 35.509 | ||
| 9 | Merle van Benthem | NED | 35.644 | ||
| 10 | Lauren Reynolds | AUS | 35.666 | ||
| 11 | Yaroslava Bondarenko | RUS | 35.682 | ||
| 12 | Manon Valentino | FRA | 36.377 | ||
| 13 | Amanda Carr | THA | 36.464 | ||
| 14 | Nadja Pries | GER | 37.152 | ||
| 15 | Priscilla Stevaux Carnaval | BRA | 37.534 | ||
| 16 | Gabriela Díaz | ARG | 40.073 |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 19 August 2016 |
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| Format | Top four in each heat advance to the final. Each heat comprised three races, with points based on position being awarded for each race. Overall heat positions were determined by total points. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Pajón | COL | 3 | 34.642 (1) | 35.098 (1) | 34.479 (1) | ||
| 2 | Alise Post | USA | 8 | 35.480 (3) | 35.117 (2) | 35.417 (3) | ||
| 3 | Stefany Hernández | VEN | 11 | 35.282 (2) | 52.695 (7) | 34.912 (2) | ||
| 4 | Manon Valentino | FRA | 12 | 36.226 (5) | 35.448 (3) | 35.744 (4) | ||
| 5 | Gabriela Díaz | ARG | 17 | 39.669 (8) | 38.965 (4) | 38.625 (5) | ||
| 6 | Amanda Carr | THA | 18 | 36.869 (6) | 39.782 (5) | 43.217 (7) | ||
| 7 | Simone Christensen | DEN | 18 | 35.631 (4) | 48.134 (6) | 1:21.312 (8) | ||
| 8 | Merle van Benthem | NED | 21 | 37.378 (7) | 1:47.817 (8) | 39.990 (6) |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Smulders | NED | 4 | 34.938 (2) | 34.670 (1) | 34.670 (1) | ||
| 2 | Brooke Crain | USA | 7 | 35.095 (3) | 34.725 (2) | 34.891 (2) | ||
| 3 | Elke Vanhoof | BEL | 13 | 35.350 (4) | 36.834 (6) | 35.570 (3) | ||
| 4 | Yaroslava Bondarenko | RUS | 13 | 35.800 (5) | 35.310 (3) | 36.126 (5) | ||
| 5 | Caroline Buchanan | AUS | 13 | 34.523 (1) | 35.405 (4) | 1:21.586 (8) | ||
| 6 | Lauren Reynolds | AUS | 17 | 35.800 (6) | 53.373 (7) | 36.017 (4) | ||
| 7 | Nadja Pries | GER | 19 | 36.864 (7) | 36.683 (5) | 38.540 (7) | ||
| 8 | Priscilla Stevaux Carnaval | BRA | 22 | 36.949 (8) | 54.183 (8) | 38.210 (6) |
Final Round
| Date | 19 August 2016 — 15:00 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Pajón | COL | 34.093 | ||
| 2 | Alise Post | USA | 34.435 | ||
| 3 | Stefany Hernández | VEN | 34.755 | ||
| 4 | Brooke Crain | USA | 35.520 | ||
| 5 | Yaroslava Bondarenko | RUS | 36.017 | ||
| 6 | Elke Vanhoof | BEL | 39.538 | ||
| 7 | Laura Smulders | NED | 1:52.24 | ||
| 8 | Manon Valentino | FRA | 2:41.11 |