Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX

The women's BMX racing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 17 and 19 August 2016 at the Olympic BMX Centre.^[1]

Women's BMX at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic BMX Centre
Date	17–19 August 2016
Competitors	16 from 13 nations
Winning time	34.093 s
Medalists
Mariana Pajón  Colombia Alise Post  United States Stefany Hernández  Venezuela
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The medals were presented by Camiel Eurlings, IOC member, Netherlands and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 17 August 2016	13:30	Seeding run
Friday, 19 August 2016	13:30	Semi-finals and final

Results

Seeding run

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
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 Carnaval (BRA)	37.534
16	Gabriela Díaz (ARG)	40.073

Semi-finals

Standings after run 2:

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Mariana Pajón (COL)	34.642 (1)	35.098 (1)	34.479 (1)	3	Q
2	Alise Post (USA)	35.480 (3)	35.117 (2)	35.417 (3)	8	Q
3	Stefany Hernández (VEN)	35.282 (2)	52.695 (7)	34.912 (2)	11	Q
4	Manon Valentino (FRA)	36.226 (5)	35.448 (3)	35.744 (4)	12	Q
5	Gabriela Díaz (ARG)	39.669 (8)	38.965 (4)	38.625 (5)	17
6	Amanda Carr (THA)	36.869 (6)	39.782 (5)	43.217 (7)	18
7	Simone Christensen (DEN)	35.631 (4)	48.134 (6)	1:21.312 (8)	18
8	Merle van Benthem (NED)	37.378 (7)	1:47.817 (8)	39.990 (6)	21

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	Total	Notes
1	Laura Smulders (NED)	34.938 (2)	34.670 (1)	34.670 (1)	4	Q
2	Brooke Crain (USA)	35.095 (3)	35.405 (2)	34.891 (2)	7	Q
3	Elke Vanhoof (BEL)	35.350 (4)	36.834 (6)	35.570 (3)	13	Q
4	Yaroslava Bondarenko (RUS)	35.800 (5)	35.310 (3)	36.126 (5)	13	Q
5	Caroline Buchanan (AUS)	34.523 (1)	35.405 (4)	1:21.586 (8)	13
6	Lauren Reynolds (AUS)	35.800 (6)	53.373 (7)	36.017 (4)	17
7	Nadja Pries (GER)	36.864 (7)	36.683 (5)	38.540 (7)	19
8	Priscilla Carnaval (BRA)	36.949 (8)	54.183 (8)	38.210 (6)	22

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Mariana Pajón (COL)	34.093
	Alise Post (USA)	34.435
	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)	1:52.235
8	Manon Valentino (FRA)	2:41.109