The women's BMX racing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the BMX track at the Velopark within the Olympic Park, from 8 to 10 August.
Mariana Pajón from Colombia won the gold medal — the only at the 2012 Games for the country — with a winning time of 37.706 seconds. Sarah Walker from New Zealand won the silver medal and Laura Smulders of the Netherlands took bronze.
Competition format
The riders were seeded into semi-finals based on time trials. The semi-finals consist of three runs, with the top four riders in each group advancing to the final. The final was a one-run contest.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundWednesday 8 August 2012 15:00 QualificationFriday 10 August 2012 15:00 Semi-finals and final
Results
Seeding run Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Caroline Buchanan 38.434 2 Sarah Walker 38.644 3 Mariana Pajón 38.787 4 Laëtitia Le Corguillé 38.976 5 Shanaze Reade 39.368 6 Laura Smulders 39.420 7 Magalie Pottier 39.778 8 Alise Post 39.890 9 Lauren Reynolds 40.045 10 Aneta Hladíková 40.846 11 Romana Labounková 41.096 12 Stefany Hernández 41.253 13 Sandra Aleksejeva 41.752 14 Vilma Rimšaitė 42.162 15 Squel Stein 42.995 – Brooke Crain DNF
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes 1 38.276 (1) 40.296 (2) 38.482 (1) 4 Q 2 39.029 (2) 38.858 (1) 38.634 (2) 5 Q 3 40.668 (5) 41.029 (4) 40.099 (5) 14 Q 4 39.902 (4) 1:20.324 (8) 38.759 (3) 15 Q 5 1:12.935 (8) 40.513 (3) 39.466 (4) 15 6 39.495 (3) 51.752 (7) DNF (8) 18 7 42.030 (7) 43.159 (6) 42.855 (6) 19 8 41.103 (6) 41.441 (5) DNF (8) 19
Semi-final 2 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes 1 38.759 (1) 38.749 (1) 38.845 (1) 3 Q 2 39.342 (2) 38.828 (2) 39.048 (2) 6 Q 3 39.886 (4) 39.175 (3) 39.660 (4) 11 Q 4 39.905 (5) 39.348 (4) 39.344 (3) 12 Q 5 39.728 (3) 40.393 (6) 43.752 (7) 16 6 40.624 (6) 39.883 (5) 40.777 (6) 17 7 41.789 (7) 40.897 (7) 40.400 (5) 19 8 DNF (8) DNS (10) DNS (10) 28
Final Rank Name Time37.70638.13338.231438.476538.903639.247739.395840.286
See also Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX
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