title: 2016 UCI BMX World Championships
text: # 2016 UCI BMX World Championships
  
  The 2016 UCI BMX World Championships was the twenty-first edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, which took place over 25–29 May 2016 in Medellín, Colombia to crown world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's events |||||||
  | Elite Men | Joris Daudet France | 36.737 | Niek Kimmann Netherlands | 36.785 | Nicholas Long United States | 38.380 |
  | Junior Men | Maynard Peel New Zealand | 38.931 | Mathis Ragot Richard France | 39.291 | Cédric Butti Switzerland | 39.551 |
  | Elite Men Time Trial | Niek Kimmann Netherlands | 36.858 | Sam Willoughby Australia | 36.895 | Māris Štrombergs Latvia | 37.100 |
  | Junior Men Time Trial | Mathis Ragot Richard France | 38.494 | Andrew Hughes Australia | 38.613 | Charles Borel France | 38.679 |
  | Women's events |||||||
  | Elite Women | Mariana Pajón Colombia | 41.385 | Caroline Buchanan Australia | 42.312 | Alise Post United States | 42.861 |
  | Junior Women | Ruby Huisman Netherlands | 45.664 | Natalia Afremova Russia | 46.295 | Silje Fiskebekk Norway | 46.541 |
  | Elite Women Time Trial | Caroline Buchanan Australia | 41.641 | Laura Smulders Netherlands | 41.942 | Mariana Pajón Colombia | 41.983 |
  | Junior Women Time Trial | Merel Smulders Netherlands | 44.494 | Bethany Shriever Great Britain | 44.733 | Ruby Huisman Netherlands | 44.832 |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
  | 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 9 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
  