2008 Summer Olympics / Cycling - BMX Race (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	BMX
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Laoshan BMX Field
Competition phase	August 20-22, 2008
Winning time	36.190 s
Medalist  Māris Štrombergs ( LAT )  Mike Day ( USA )  Donny Robinson ( USA )
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Cycling competitions at the 2008 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint		Men
Keirin		Men
Madison		Men
Points race	Women	Men
One's pursuit	Women	Men
Team pursuit		Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men
BMX
run	Women	Men

For the first time in history one has been BMX racing men at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing held. It took place on August 20-22, 2008.

Time schedule

date	Time	round
Wednesday August 20, 2008	09:00	Placement round
Wednesday August 20, 2008	11:40	Quarter finals
Friday August 22, 2008	09:00	Semifinals and finals

All times are given as local time .

Results

Placement round

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Mike Day	United States	35.692 s
2	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia	35.910 s
3	Damien Godet	France	36.008 s
4th	Artūrs Matisons	Latvia	36.072 s
5	Raymon van der Biezen	Netherlands	36.112 s
6th	Sergio Salazar	Colombia	36.145 s
7th	Augusto Castro	Colombia	36,301 s
8th	Jonathan Suarez	Venezuela	36.325 s
9	Andrés Jiménez Caicedo	Colombia	36,339 s
10	Manuel de Vecchi	Italy	36,351 s
11	Jared Graves	Australia	36.372 s
12	Kyle Bennett	United States	36,421 s
13	Sifiso Nhlapo	South Africa	36.428 s
14th	Roger Rinderknecht	Switzerland	36,466 s
15th	Jamie Hildebrandt	Australia	36,492 s
16	Ivo Lakučs	Latvia	36.509 s
17th	Marc Willers	New Zealand	36,519 s
18th	Rob van den Wildenberg	Netherlands	36,522 s
19th	Thomas Allier	France	36.649 s
20th	Michal Prokop	Czech Republic	36.689 s
21st	Ramiro Marino	Argentina	36.768 s
22nd	Luke Madill	Australia	36.795 s
23	Robert de Wilde	Netherlands	36.803 s
24	Donny Robinson	United States	36.810 s
24	Emilio Falla	Ecuador	36.993 s
26th	Scott Erwood	Canada	37.050 s
27	Cristian Becerine	Argentina	37.253 s
28	Liam Phillips	Great Britain	37.392 s
29	Henrik Baltzersen	Denmark	37.635 s
30th	Sebastian Kartfjord	Norway	38.688 s
31	Vilmos Radasics	Hungary	38.830 s
32	Akifumi Sakamoto	Japan	40.548 s

Quarter finals

Quarter finals 1

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Mike Day	United States	36.170 s (1)	36.080 s (1)	36.122 s (1)	3	Q
2	Marc Willers	New Zealand	47.614 s (4)	36.253 s (3)	36.278 s (2)	9	Q
3	Donny Robinson	United States	48.906 s (6)	36.235 s (2)	36.490 s (3)	11	Q
4th	Andrés Jiménez Caicedo	Colombia	36.619 s (2)	36.939 s (5)	36.660 s (4)	11	Q
5	Jonathan Suarez	Venezuela	53.614 s (8)	36.481 s (4)	36.789 s (5)	17th
6th	Emilio Falla	Ecuador	37.080 s (3)	37.381 s (6)	1: 02.877 min (8)	17th
7th	Akifumi Sakamoto	Japan	48.487 s (5)	42.614 s (8)	40.046 s (6)	19th
8th	Ivo Lakučs	Latvia	53,300 s (7)	39.213 s (7)	57.461 s (7)	21st

Quarter finals 2

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Sifiso Nhlapo	South Africa	36.796 s (3)	36.325 s (2)	36.507 s (1)	6th	Q
2	Artūrs Matisons	Latvia	35.903 s (1)	36.819 s (3)	37.037 s (2)	6th	Q
3	Raymon van der Biezen	Netherlands	37.205 s (4)	35.878 s (1)	1: 04.709 min (5)	10	Q
4th	Kyle Bennett	United States	36.639 s (2)	37.146 s (4)	DNF (8)	14th	Q
5	Henrik Baltzersen	Denmark	38.561 s (8)	39.083 s (5)	38.846 s (3)	16
6th	Michal Prokop	Czech Republic	38.535 s (7)	41.915 s (7)	56.171 s (4)	18th
7th	Liam Phillips	Great Britain	37.773 s (5)	41.219 s (6)	1: 27.010 min (7)	18th
8th	Ramiro Marino	Argentina	38.202 s (6)	DNF (8)	1: 16.617 s (6)	20th

Quarter finals 3

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia	36.762 s (1)	35.934 s (1)	40.628 s (5)	7th	Q
2	Rob van den Wildenberg	Netherlands	37.403 s (2)	37.024 s (5)	37.176 s (1)	8th	Q
3	Manuel de Vecchi	Italy	37.416 s (3)	37.284 s (6)	37.840 s (2)	11	Q
4th	Jamie Hildebrandt	Australia	42.377 s (7)	36.785 s (3)	38.463 s (3)	13	Q
5	Augusto Castro	Colombia	37.609 s (4)	36.992 s (4)	42.473 s (6)	14th
6th	Vilmos Radasics	Hungary	38.725 s (6)	39.220 s (8)	39.276 s (4)	18th
7th	Robert de Wilde	Netherlands	54.105 s (8)	36.237 s (2)	1: 08.185 min (8)	18th
8th	Scott Erwood	Canada	37.989 s (5)	37.653 s (7)	50.052 s (7)	19th

Quarter Finals 4

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Jared Graves	Australia	38.067 s (1)	36.496 s (2)	36.076 s (1)	4th	Q
2	Cristian Becerine	Argentina	38.399 s (2)	42.733 s (7)	36.985 s (2)	11	Q
3	Roger Rinderknecht	Switzerland	54.234 s (8)	36.462 s (1)	37.136 s (3)	12	Q
4th	Damien Godet	France	41.241 s (3)	40.221 s (4)	38.023 s (6)	13	Q
5	Sergio Salazar	Colombia	54.216 s (7)	37.479 s (3)	37.573 s (5)	15th
6th	Thomas Allier	France	41.594 s (4)	41.043 s (5)	38.037 s (7)	16
7th	Luke Madill	Australia	51.198 s (6)	1: 02.432 min (8)	37.420 s (4)	18th
8th	Sebastian Kartfjord	Norway	42.658 s (4)	42.625 s (6)	38.821 s (8)	19th

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Mike Day	United States	36.470 s (1)	36.219 s (1)	37.461 s (3)	5	Q
2	Sifiso Nhlapo	South Africa	37.197 s (3)	36.597 s (3)	36.457 s (2)	8th	Q
3	Donny Robinson	United States	36.832 s (2)	36.462 s (2)	56.249 s (6)	10	Q
4th	Andrés Jiménez Caicedo	Colombia	37.363 s (4)	36.862 s (4)	44.507 s (5)	13	Q
5	Raymon van der Biezen	Netherlands	55.121 s (7)	37.258 s (6)	36.200 s (1)	14th
6th	Kyle Bennett	United States	43.518 s (5)	37.200 s (5)	43.897 s (4)	14th
7th	Artūrs Matisons	Latvia	53.379 s (6)	1: 17.170 s (8)	DNF (8)	22nd
8th	Marc Willers	New Zealand	1: 22.619 min (8)	43.256 s (7)	DNF (8)	23

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	1st run ( pt. )	2nd run ( pt. )	3rd run ( pt. )	Total ( pt. )	Note
1	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia	36.485 s (1)	35.969 s (1)	36.071 s (1)	3	Q
2	Rob van den Wildenberg	Netherlands	37.277 s (3)	36.360 s (2)	37.496 s (4)	9	Q
3	Jared Graves	Australia	36.904 s (2)	39.296 s (5)	37.242 s (3)	10	Q
4th	Damien Godet	France	37.410 s (4)	36.707 s (4)	37.805 s (6)	14th	Q
5	Cristian Becerine	Argentina	37.480 s (5)	DNF (8)	37.079 s (2)	15th
6th	Jamie Hildebrandt	Australia	42.551 s (7)	41.256 s (6)	37.497 s (5)	18th
7th	Roger Rinderknecht	Switzerland	DNF (8)	36.610 s (3)	48.734 s (8)	19th
8th	Manuel de Vecchi	Italy	38.018 s (6)	42.148 s (7)	38.208 s (7)	20th

final

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Māris Štrombergs	Latvia	36.190 s
2	Mike Day	United States	36.606 s
3	Donny Robinson	United States	36,972 s
4th	Andrés Jiménez Caicedo	Colombia	39.137 s
5	Rob van den Wildenberg	Netherlands	39.772 s
6th	Jared Graves	Australia	2: 19.233 min
7th	Sifiso Nhlapo	South Africa	align = "left" | DNF
8th	Damien Godet	France	align = "left" | DNF

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