Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's time trial C1–3 explained

Event:Women's time trial C1–3
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates:31 August 2024
Competitors:11
Nations:10
Win Value:36.676
Gold:Amanda Reid
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Qian Wangwei
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Maike Hausberger
Bronzenpc:GER
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women's time trial class C1-3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This combine class (C1-3) under classification C is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 11 cyclists from 10 nations compete in this event.[1]

Competition format

The competition begins with the qualification round, where the 11 cyclists will compete in pairs. The top six cyclist will qualify to compete for gold, silver and bronze. The distance of this event is 500m.

A cyclist may have a different 'result time' than their real-time due to this event being a combined class event (C1-3), and some cyclists in their own class may have a disadvantage over other classes (for example due to speed), thus athlete factoring is used.

Despite this, different classifications have their own world and paralympic Games records

Records

Source:[2]

Women's C1 500m Time Trial
WRQian Wangwei41.113Glasgow4 August 2023
PRQian Wangwei41.403Tokyo2 August 2021
Women's C2 500m Time Trial
WRAmanda Reid38.162Glasgow6 August 2023
PRAmanda Reid38.487Tokyo27 August 2021
Women's C3 500m Time Trial
WRAniek van den Arssen39.093Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines20 October 2022
PRKeiko Sugiura39.869Tokyo27 August 2021

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[3]

DateTimeRound
31 August 10:00 Qualifying
13:35 Final

Results

Qualifying

The C1–3 500 m time trial is a multi-classification event. To ensure fairness, factoring is applied to the times of each cyclist based on their classification, and it is this factored time represents their result, both in qualification and, if that cyclist qualifies, the final. In a women's C1-2-3 track event, the factor for a C1 rider is 92.02, for a C2 is 94.50 and for a C3 is 100.00. The result of the cyclist is calculated as a percentage of the elapsed time, with the factor providing the relevant percentage.[4]

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result[5] Notes
1 6 C2 38.663 94.50 36.537 Q
2 3 C1 40.883 92.02 37.621 Q
3 4 C2 40.700 94.50 38.462 Q
4 5 C3 38.512 100.00 38.512 Q
5 5 C3 39.029 100.00 39.029 Q
6 2 C2 41.635 94.50 39.345 Q
7 6 C3 39.449 100.00 100.00
8 3 C1 42.905 92.02 39.481
9 2 C2 43.926 94.50 41.510
10 4 C3 41.937 100.00 41.937
11 1 C2 52.098 94.50 49.233

Final

Rank Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result[6]
C2 38.811 94.50 36.676
C1 40.878 92.02 37.616
C2 40.591 94.50 38.358
4 C3 38.610 100.00 38.610
5 C3 39.058 100.00 39.058
6 C2 41.478 94.50 39.197

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list . 2024-08-26 .
  2. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/records/para-cycling-track/women-s-c1-3-500m-time-trial
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 3 September 2024.
  4. https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/27PPvp5fg1HTKTBAnvJg91/d22163750b9a7ae62b5afee7840e4f2b/Factors_2024.pdf UCI 2024 paracycling factors
  5. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 500m Time Trial – Qualifying – Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 31 August 2024. 3 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 500m Time Trial – Final– Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 31 August 2024. 3 September 2024.