The competition is a two-round tournament, with a qualification round and a final. Each round has the cyclists all do two runs. The runs are 60 seconds long. Five judges give scores between 0.00 and 99.99 based on the difficulty and execution of the rider's run; the scores are averaged for a total run score. In the qualification round, the rider's two run scores are averaged to give a total qualification score. These qualification scores are used to determine the start order of the cyclists in the final, providing a knowledge advantage to the later riders. In the final, only the better score of the two runs counts.
Schedule
The event took place over two consecutive days.
Legend
H
Heats/preliminaries
¼
Quarter-finals
LC
Last chance run
½
Semi-finals
F
Final
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Sat 27
Sun 28
Mon 29
Tue 30
Wed 31
Thu 1
Fri 2
Sat 3
Sun 4
BMX Freestyle
Men's freestyle
Q
F
Results
Qualification
The top nine cyclists advanced to the final. The qualification phase also determined the start order for the final. The best ranked rider from the qualification started last in the final.[2]