August 17-19, 2016 – The United States ended its gold medal drought in BMX cycling after Connor Fields won the men's final. It was a historic day for the United States. American cyclist Alise Post won silver in the women's race behind Colombian Mariana Pajon, who successfully defended her gold.
Fields fell to his knees after crossing the finish line in a time of 34.622 seconds, beating Dutchman Jelle van Gorkom by .684 of a thousandths. It's the first time Team USA has won BMX since the American action sport became an Olympic medalist in 2008.
"There was a point where I came out of the last corner and realized I was winning“said a smiling Fields, his new medal draped around his neck. “I was like: 'Go to the line! Go to the line!’ I crossed the finish line and fell to my knees. I could not believe it".
| EL-M | ||
 |  Connor FIELDS | 34.642 |
 |  Jelle VAN GORKOM | 35.316 |
 |  Carlos RAMIREZ | 35.517 |
| 4 | Nicholas LONG | 35.522 |
| 5 |  Tory NYHAUG | 35.674 |
| 6 |  Sam WILLOUGHBY | 36.325 |
| 7 | No KIMMANN | 36.579 |
| 8 | Anthony DEAN | DNF |
| EL W | ||
| Mariana PAJON | 34.093 |
| Alise POST | 34.435 |
|  Stefany HERNANDEZ | 34.755 |
| 4 | Brooke CRAIN | 35.520 |
| 5 |  Yaroslava BONDARENKA | 36.017 |
| 6 |  Elke VANHOOF | 39.538 |
| 7 | Laura Smulders | 1'52.235 |
| 8 |  Manon VALENTINO | 2'41.109 |
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