The first BMX world championship was held in 1982 in Dayton (Ohio, United States), organized by the International BMX Federation (I.BMX.F.). Since 1985 the Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC), at the time the amateur section of the UCI, has organized its own championships in parallel, even if the competitive and organizational level is decidedly lower than that of the I.BMX competitions. F. Since 1991 the championship has been unified and jointly organized by the two Federations. In 1996 the UCI fully recognized the BMX specialty and acquired the organization of the event by recognizing the world titles previously awarded by the dissolved I.BMX.F.