Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's pursuit C1 explained

Event:Men's individual pursuit C1
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National
Dates:29 August 2024
Competitors:7
Nations:6
Gold:Li Zhangyu
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Liang Weicong
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Ricardo Ten Argilés
Bronzenpc:ESP
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's individual pursuit class C1 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.

Competition format

The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment (muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting the coordination) that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle.

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 7 cyclists; The 2 fastest cyclists in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 3000 etresm. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]

DateTimeRound
29 August 12:22 Qualifying
16:07 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result[2] Notes
1 4 3:31.338 ,
2 3 3:42.468
3 3 3:43.765
4 4 3:45.973
5 2 3:55.254
6 2 4:12.201
7 1 4:18.908

Finals

RankCyclistsNationResult[3] Notes
Gold medal final
Bronze medal final
3:45.152
4 3:50.926

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 29 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. 29 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 29 August 2024. 29 August 2024.