Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's pursuit C5 explained

Event:Women's individual pursuit C5
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National
Dates:1 September 2024
Competitors:8
Nations:7
Win Value:3:35.691
Goldnpc:FRA
Silver:Heïdi Gaugain
Silvernpc:FRA
Bronzenpc:NZL
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 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 8 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 metres. 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
1 September 12:24 Qualifying
15:14 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result[2] Notes
1 4 3:33.881
2 3 3:35.285
3 3 3:37.599
4 4 3:38.869
5 2 3:41.497
6 2 3:49.837
7 1 4:02.298
8 1 4:05.470

Finals

Rank Cyclist Nation Result[3] Notes
Gold medal final
3:35.691
3:37.723
Bronze medal final
3:36.206
4 3:43.774

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 3 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C5 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 1 September 2024. 3 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C5 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 1 September 2024. 3 September 2024.