2008 UCI BMX World Championships

The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's category.

2008 UCI BMX World Championships
VenueTaiyuan, China
Date(s) (2008-05-29 - 2008-06-01)May 29 – June 1, 2008
Events8
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Medals table edit

Place Nation       Total
1   France 4 5 1 10
2   Australia 1 1 1 3
3   Colombia 1 0 0 1
3   Latvia 1 0 0 1
3   Great Britain 1 0 0 1
6 9   United States 0 1 0 1 2 1
7 6   Italy 0 1 0 1
8   New Zealand 0 0 2 2
9   Netherlands 0 0 1 1
9 7   South Africa 0 0 1 1 0 1
9   Venezuela 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 8 7 24 23

Medal summary edit

event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Elite men
details
Māris Štrombergs
  Latvia
Steve Cisar - (doping) [citation needed]
  United States
Sifiso Nhlapo
  South Africa
Sifiso Nhlapo
  South Africa
?
Junior men
details
Sam Willoughby
  Australia
Vincent Pelluard
  France
Denzel Stein
  United States
Elite men cruiser
details
Thomas Hamon
  France
Manuel De Vecchi
  Italy
Jonathan Suárez
  Venezuela
Junior men cruiser
details
Joris Daudet
  France
Vincent Pelluard
  France
Jelle Van Gorkom
  Netherlands
Women's events
Elite women
details
Shanaze Reade
  Great Britain
Anne-Caroline Chausson
  France
Sarah Walker
  New Zealand
Junior women
details
Manon Valentino
  France
Lauren Reynolds
  Australia
Rachel Bracken
  Australia
Elite women cruiser
details
Magalie Pottier
  France
Amélie Despeaux
  France
Sarah Walker
  New Zealand
Junior women cruiser
details
Mariana Pajón
  Colombia
Manon Valentino
  France
Eva Ailloud
  France

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