Birth : During the second half of the 1970s, riders began to use skateparks for tricks
Equipement : BMX bike, helmet, safety gear
1st competiton : 1981 at the Lakewood Skatepark in California
Number of riders : Tens of millions worldwide
Olympic debut : Tokyo 2020 in 2021
31 July and 1 August 2021
Venue : Ariake Urban Sports Park
Participants : 18 (9 men, 9 women)
2 events
Park men’s and women’s
In BMX park competitions, which take their name from the park designed for BMX riders, athletes perform a series of tricks over different obstacles, such as spines, walls and box jumps.
Competition format
The competition featured two rounds: a seeding round and a final. In each round, each rider completed two runs of 60 seconds each.
Five judges awarded marks between 0.00 and 99.99 depending on the difficulty and execution of the rider's run.
In the seeding round, athletes were awarded a score based on the average of the two runs. The athlete with the best score in the seeding round went last in the final.
In the final, only the higher score of the two runs counted.
Results
Men : Logan MARTIN (AUS), Daniel DHERS (VEN), Declan BROOKS (GBR)
Women : Charlotte WORTHINGTON (GBR), Hannah ROBERTS (USA), Nikita DUCARROZ (SUI)
30 and 31 July 2024
Venue : La Concorde Urban Park
Participants : 24 (12 men, 12 women)
2 events
Park, men’s and women’s
In BMX park competitions, which take their name from the park designed for BMX riders, athletes perform a series of tricks over different obstacles, such as spines, walls and box jumps.
Competition format
The difference with Tokyo 2020 is that the seeding round will be replaced by a qualifying round.
Only the top eight athletes in the qualifying round will go through to the final.
