The men'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.

Latvia's Māris Štrombergs won the gold medal, successfully defending his victory in 2008, with a time of 37.576 seconds. Sam Willoughby, representing Australia, won silver and Carlos Oquendo from Colombia took the bronze.

Competition format

The riders were seeded into four quarter-finals based on a time trial. Each of the four quarter-finals comprised five runs, using a point-for-place system. The top two riders after three runs advanced to the semi-finals (without having to finish the remaining two rides), in addition the top two remaining riders progressed after the full five runs. The semi-finals consisted of three runs, with the top four 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 QualificationThursday 9 August 2012 15:00 QuarterfinalsFriday 10 August 2012 16:40 Semi-finals and final

Results

Seeding run Rank Name Country Time Notes 1 Raymon van der Biezen 37.779 2 Joris Daudet 38.221 3 Twan van Gendt 38.339 4 Connor Fields 38.431 5 Andrés Jiménez 38.445 6 Sam Willoughby 38.496 7 Nicholas Long 38.601 8 Renato Rezende 38.628 9 Quentin Caleyron 38.637 10 Marc Willers 38.687 11 Māris Štrombergs 38.697 12 Liam Phillips 38.719 13 Rihards Veide 38.753 14 Carlos Oquendo 38.775 15 David Herman 38.955 16 Kurt Pickard 39.057 17 Khalen Young 39.304 18 Manuel de Vecchi 39.385 19 Luis Brethauer 39.431 20 Tory Nyhaug 39.515 21 Jelle van Gorkom 39.529 22 Brian Kirkham 39.610 23 Roger Rinderknecht 39.618 24 Emilio Falla 39.737 25 Morten Therkildsen 39.738 26 Ernesto Pizarro 39.765 27 Arnaud Dubois 39.772 28 Moana Moo Caille 40.015 29 Maik Baier 40.231 30 Sifiso Nhlapo 40.788 31 Daniel Caluag 40.900 – Edžus Treimanis DNF

Quarter-finals

Heat 1 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes 1 37.974 (1) 38.269 (1) 38.392 (1) Advanced 3 Q 2 40.130 (4) 52.014 (6) 38.572 (2) Advanced 12 Q 3 42.560 (7) 41.336 (5) 1:04.609 (5) 39.162 (1) 38.489 (1) 19 q 4 DNF (8) 39.189 (2) 39.456 (3) 39.484 (2) 1:04.756 (4) 19 q 5 40.789 (6) 39.788 (4) 39.896 (4) 40.160 (4) 39.104 (2) 20 6 39.602 (3) DNF (8) 1:31.130 (6) 39.756 (3) 41.793 (3) 23 7 40.200 (5) 39.539 (3) DNF (7) DNS (8) DNS (8) 31 8 38.343 (2) DNF (8) DNS (10) DNS (8) DNS (8) 36

Heat 2 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes 1 37.721 (1) 38.350 (1) 38.025 (1) Advanced 3 Q 2 38.072 (2) 38.625 (2) 38.301 (2) Advanced 6 Q 3 38.753 (4) 39.208 (3) 38.865 (4) 38.581 (1) 44.026 (5) 17 q 4 39.489 (6) 39.416 (4) 38.609 (3) 39.508 (4) 39.110 (2) 19 q 5 38.610 (3) 1:03.089 (7) 39.949 (6) 39.503 (3) 38.808 (1) 20 6 39.191 (5) 39.560 (5) 39.512 (5) 38.705 (2) 1:30.608 (6) 23 7 39.691 (7) 1:37.793 (8) 42.707 (8) 40.419 (5) 40.096 (3) 31 8 40.558 (8) 56.453 (6) 40.541 (7) 46.131 (6) 41.109 (4) 31

Heat 3 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes 1 40.558 (1) 38.879 (2) 38.467 (1) Advanced 4 Q 2 54.108 (4) 38.789 (1) 38.644 (2) Advanced 7 Q 3 DNF (8) 39.400 (3) 39.373 (4) 38.319 (1) 39.005 (2) 18 q 4 54.108 (3) 39.901 (5) 39.209 (3) 39.844 (4) 39.453 (3) 18 q 5 1:46.734 (7) 39.533 (4) 39.379 (5) 38.383 (2) 38.428 (1) 19 6 1:20.748 (6) 40.179 (6) 39.905 (7) 38.799 (3) 40.141 (4) 26 7 53.365 (2) 41.499 (8) 50.728 (8) 40.342 (6) 40.261 (5) 29 8 1:02.086 (5) 40.763 (7) 39.902 (6) 40.342 (5) 40.380 (6) 29

Heat 4 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run 4th run 5th run Total Notes 1 38.094 (1) 38.190 (2) 38.402 (4) Advanced 7 Q 2 38.359 (2) 40.353 (5) 37.738 (1) Advanced 8 Q 3 40.250 (4) 37.856 (1) 38.200 (3) 38.840 (2) 59.499 (6) 16 q 4 DNF (8) 39.148 (4) 37.976 (2) 1:23.505 (6) 38.167 (1) 21 q 5 43.391 (6) 39.108 (3) 39.435 (5) 40.134 (4) 38.973 (4) 22 6 40.179 (3) 51.285 (8) 40.003 (7) 39.564 (3) 38.620 (3) 24 7 59.988 (7) 48.026 (7) 40.519 (8) 38.158 (1) 38.475 (2) 25 8 41.773 (5) 40.539 (6) 39.653 (6) 40.377 (5) 39.835 (5) 27

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes 1 51.791 (4) 37.885 (1) 37.736 (1) 6 Q 2 38.372 (1) 38.046 (2) 38.948 (5) 8 Q 3 38.770 (2) 38.179 (3) 38.509 (4) 9 Q 4 40.730 (3) 38.882 (6) 38.490 (3) 12 Q 5 51.856 (5) 39.125 (7) 37.926 (2) 14 6 DNF (8) 38.392 (4) 40.265 (6) 18 7 53.670 (6) 38.640 (5) 48.466 (7) 18 8 1:40.272 (7) 45.520 (8) DNS (10) 25

Semi-final 2 Rank Name 1st run 2nd run 3rd run Total Notes 1 38.059 (1) 37.542 (1) 38.506 (3) 5 Q 2 44.742 (5) 37.798 (2) 38.046 (1) 8 Q 3 41.856 (4) 37.995 (4) 38.088 (2) 10 Q 4 39.236 (2) 37.542 (5) 38.811 (4) 11 Q 5 40.277 (3) 38.954 (6) 48.205 (6) 15 6 45.702 (6) 37.990 (3) 2:05.214 (7) 16 7 52.320 (7) 40.070 (7) 43.021 (5) 19 8 1:34.759 (8) 42.269 (8) DNS (10) 26

Final Rank Name Time37.57637.92938.251438.492544.744653.37771:03.03382:11.918

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