2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

The 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, from August 28 to September 1, 2019.[1] This was the 30th edition of the most prestigious mountain bike event on the calendar, held annually since 1990, and the senior and under-23 cross-country races also functioned as a qualifier for the cross-country race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2019 World Championships
Location	Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
Dates	August 28 - September 1

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	0	3
2	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
3	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		2	2	2	6

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Elite Cross-country	Nino Schurter  Switzerland	Mathias Flückiger  Switzerland	Stephane Tempier  France
Under-23 cross-country	Vlad Dascalu  Romania	Filippo Colombo  Switzerland	Vital Albin  Switzerland
Junior cross-country	Charlie Aldridge  Great Britain	Luca Martin  France	Andreas Vittone  Italy
Downhill	Loic Bruni  France	Troy Brosnan  Australia	Amaury Pierron  France
Junior Downhill	Kye A'Hern  Australia	Antoine Vidal  France	Tuhoto-Ariki Pene  New Zealand
Electric MTB Cross-country	Alan Hatherly  South Africa	Jerome Gilloux  France	Julien Absalon  France

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Elite Cross-country	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot  France	Jolanda Neff  Switzerland	Rebecca McConnell  Australia
Under-23 Cross-country	Sina Frei  Switzerland	Laura Stigger  Austria	Loana Lecomte  France
Junior Cross-country	Jacqueline Schneebeli  Switzerland	Mona Mitterwallner  Austria	Helene Marie Fossesholm  Norway
Downhill	Myriam Nicole  France	Tahnee Seagrave  Great Britain	Marine Cabirou  France
Junior Downhill	Valentina Höll  Austria	Mille Johnset  Norway	Anna Newkirk  United States
Electric MTB Cross-country	Nathalie Schneitter  Switzerland	Maghalie Rochette  Canada	Anneke Beerten  Netherlands

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country Olympic	Switzerland Joel Roth Janis Baumann Sina Frei Jolanda Neff Nino Schurter	United States Christopher Blevins Riley Amos Haley Batten Kate Courtney Keegan Swenson	France Thibault Daniel Luca Martin Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Loana Lecomte Jordan Sarrou

Olympic qualification

The following National Olympic Committees earned a quota place in the cross-country event in the 2020 Summer Olympics by virtue of high finish in either the elite senior or under 23 events. [2]

Qualification Event	Men's event		Women's event
	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Ranking by nation	Qualified
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (elite)	1 to 2	Switzerland  France	1 to 2	France  Switzerland
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (under-23)	1 to 2	Romania  Chile	1 to 2	Austria  Great Britain

References

1. "This is the 2019 UCI MTB World Cup calendar".
2. Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Mountain Biking