| Venue: |  Taiyuan, China |
| Date: | May 29 – June 1, 2008 |
| Events: | 8 |
| Previous: | Victoria 2007 |
| Next: | Adelaide 2009 |
The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's category.[1]
| Men's events | ||||||
| Elite men | Māris Štrombergs | |||||
| Sifiso Nhlapo | ? | |||||
| Junior men | Sam Willoughby | Vincent Pelluard | Denzel Stein | |||
| Elite men cruiser | Thomas Hamon | Manuel de Vecchi | Jonathan Suárez | |||
| Junior men cruiser | Joris Daudet | Vincent Pelluard | Jelle van Gorkom | |||
| Women's events | ||||||
| Elite women | Shanaze Reade | Anne-Caroline Chausson | Sarah Walker | |||
| Junior women | Manon Valentino | Lauren Reynolds | Rachel Bracken | |||
| Elite women cruiser | Magalie Pottier | Amélie Despeaux | Sarah Walker | |||
| Junior women cruiser | Mariana Pajón | Manon Valentino | Eva Ailloud | |||