May 29/12 13:58 pm - UCI Releases Olympic BMX Rankings - Canada Gets One Spot
Posted by Editor on 05/29/12
The UCI has announced final nation rankings for BMX after the World Championships in Birmingham, UK, last weekend. Canada received one spot in the men, by vurtue of holding onto 11th place in the nation rankings, despite Tory Nyhaug being unable to compete due to injury. Canada will receive no spots for the women's competition.
Below is a table showing the final rankings and number of Olympic spots for each nation, plus the additional spots awarded for worlds results and other special qualifying provisions. Note that these are unofficial - the UCI and IOC will release official quotas next month.
Some other notes:
* Qualified a spot through world championships
** Qualified a spot through Tripartite Commission
^ Qualified a spot as Host Nation
Rankings as of May 28, 2012
| Men | |||
| Ranking (Previous) | Country | Points | Olympic Spots |
| 1 (1) | Australia | 6015 | 3 |
| 2 (2) | United States | 5367 | 3 |
| 3 (3) | France | 4973 | 3 |
| 4 (4) | Latvia | 4651 | 3 |
| 5 (5) | Netherlands | 4082 | 3 |
| 6 (6) | Colombia | 4046 | 2 |
| 7 (7) | New Zealand | 3310 | 2 |
| 8 (8) | Germany | 2171 | 2 |
| 9 (10) | Italy | 1911 | 1 |
| 10 (11) | Argentina | 1861 | 1 |
| 11 (9) | Canada | 1815 | 1 |
| 12 (12) | Ecuador | 1728 | 1** |
| 13 (13) | Brazil | 1646 | 1* |
| 14 (14) | Switzerland | 1562 | 1* |
| 15 (15) | Norway | 1298 | 0 |
| 16 (16) | Czech Republic | 1276 | 0 |
| 17 (17) | Denmark | 1163 | 1* |
| 18 (18) | South Africa | 1138 | 1* |
| 19 (19) | Great Britain | 1020 | 1^ |
| 20 (20) | Japan | 855 | 0 |
| 21 (22) | Belgium | 690 | 1* |
| 22 (21) | Venezuela | 672 | 0 |
| 23 (23) | Spain | 314 | 0 |
| 24 (26) | Ireland | 258 | 0 |
| 25 (24) | Chile | 241 | 0 |
| 26 (25) | China | 217 | 0 |
| 27 (35) | Philippines | 186 | 1* |
| 28 (26) | Russia | 184 | 0 |
| 29 (28) | Thailand | 169 | 0 |
| 30 (29) | Lithuania | 159 | 0 |
| 31 (30) | Hong Kong, China | 151 | 0 |
| 32 (31) | Slovakia | 145 | 0 |
| 33 (32) | Sweden | 130 | 0 |
| 34 (33) | Bolivia | 109 | 0 |
| 34 (33) | Hungary | 109 | 0 |
| 36 (36) | Aruba | 81 | 0 |
| 37 (37) | Indonesia | 76 | 0 |
| 38 (38) | Portugal | 65 | 0 |
| 38 (38) | Slovenia | 65 | 0 |
| 40 (40) | Mexico | 57 | 0 |
| 41 (41) | Belarus | 13 | 0 |
| 42 (42) | Puerto Rico | 10 | 0 |
| Women | |||
| Ranking (Previous) | Country | Points | Olympic Spots |
| 1 (1) | Australia | 5884 | 2 |
| 2 (2) | United States | 5663 | 2 |
| 3 (3) | France | 5370 | 2 |
| 4 (4) | Czech Republic | 4533 | 2 |
| 5 (5) | Colombia | 3234 | 1 |
| 6 (6) | Netherlands | 3025 | 1 |
| 7 (8) | New Zealand | 2599 | 1 |
| 8 (7) | Argentina | 2584 | 0 |
| 9 (9) | Brazil | 2101 | 1* |
| 10 (10) | Great Britain | 1933 | 1^ |
| 11 (11) | Venezuela | 1536 | 1* |
| 12 (12) | Lithuania | 1475 | 1* |
| 13 (13) | Puerto Rico | 1128 | 0 |
| 14 (14) | Belgium | 1076 | 0 |
| 15 (16) | Germany | 1007 | 0 |
| 16 (15) | Denmark | 973 | 0 |
| 17 (17) | South Africa | 869 | 0 |
| 18 (18) | Canada | 582 | 0 |
| 19 (19) | Norway | 510 | 0 |
| 20 (20) | China | 509 | 0 |
| 21 (21) | Latvia | 473 | 1** |
| 22 (22) | Russia | 349 | 0 |
| 23 (23) | Japan | 297 | 0 |
| 24 (24) | Chile | 281 | 0 |
| 25 (25) | Switzerland | 223 | 0 |
| 26 (26) | Ecuador | 222 | 0 |
| 27 (32) | Mexico | 139 | 0 |
| 28 (27) | Spain | 110 | 0 |
| 29 (28) | Bolivia | 95 | 0 |
| 30 (29) | Indonesia | 87 | 0 |
| 31 (30) | Thailand | 83 | 0 |
| 32 (31) | Sweden | 80 | 0 |
| 33 (33) | Portugal | 57 | 0 |
| 34 (34) | Austria | 14 | 0 |
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