| Cycling at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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 Paralympic Cycling | |
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road cycling events for men.
| Cycling at the VIII Paralympic Games | |
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| Paralympic Cycling | |
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road cycling events for men.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicycle 1500 m C5–6 | Do Geol Kwak  South Korea | Jong Kil Kim South Korea | Jung Yeol Lee South Korea |
| Tricycle 1500 m C5–6 | Halldor Bjarnason  Canada | Geert Couchez  Belgium | Michael McGilton  United States |
| Bicycle 3000 m C5–6 | Jong Kil Kim South Korea | Do Geol Kwak South Korea | Jung Yeol Lee South Korea |
| Tricycle 3000 m C5–6 | Geert Couchez Belgium | Halldor Bjarnason Canada | Johnny Kviserud  Norway |
| 50 km LC2 | Tristan Mouric  France | Seung Yeol Lee South Korea | PierAngelo Beltrami United States |
| 60 km LC3 | Dean Dwyer Canada | Josef Lachman  Czechoslovakia | Claude van Coillie Belgium |
| 70 km LC4 | Francisco Trujillo France | James Henry United States | Pascal Thevenon France |
The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994.The Lillehammer Paralympics were the second time that the Games were held in Norway, after the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo. 471 athletes from 31 countries participated, with Norway claiming the most gold medals ahead of Germany. This was the first Paralympics which the International Paralympic Committee had 100% involvement and responsibility and the first Games with their own logo.
Israel sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Israel sent 42 athletes, who competed in 11 sports: archery, athletics, basketball, cycling, equestrian, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Yizhar Cohen, who won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.
Australia has participated officially in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960 with the exception of the 1976 Winter Paralympics.
Luxembourg made its Paralympic Games début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with two competitors in archery and one in swimming. It competed again in 1980, where Marco Schmit won the country's first medal ; and in 1984, its most successful year, where Luxembourgers won a gold medal, four silver and a bronze. The country then missed the 1988 Summer Games, returning with a two-man delegation in 1992. Luxembourg was represented by a single competitor in archery in 1996, and was absent at the 2000 and 2004 Games, returning in 2008 with a single competitor in road cycling.
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics. From an original program of seven road races, the sport is now contested on both road and track, and since 2012 the cycling program at the Paralympics is typically the third largest of any sport in the Games, behind athletics and swimming, and running at approximately 50 separate events.
Switzerland made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics. It also took part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, and has competed in every edition of the Winter Games.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cycling:
C1 is a para-cycling classification. Union Cycliste Internationale recommends this be coded as MC1 or WC1.
In Paralympic sports, C2 is a para-cycling classification. The UCI recommends this be coded as MC2 or WC2.
C5 is a para-cycling classification. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recommends this be coded as MC5 or WC5.
H3 is a para-cycling classification. The UCI recommends this be coded as MH3 or WH3.
H4 is a para-cycling classification. The UCI recommends this be coded as MH4 or WH4.
T1 is a para-cycling classification. It is for athletes with severe locomotive dysfunctions, and insufficient balance to use a regular bicycle. The class includes a number of different disability types including cerebral palsy. The class only competes in road events and uses tricycles.
T2 is a para-cycling classification. The class is for cyclists with more moderate loss of stability and function compared to T1. It includes people with a variety of different types of disabilities including cerebral palsy. This class uses tricycles and competes at the Paralympic Games in road events only and is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
LC4 is a para-cycling classification.
LC3 is a para-cycling classification for riders with a handicap in one lower limb who will usually pedal with one leg only.
LC2 is a para-cycling classification.
Ireland competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. There are 49 participants representing Ireland at the games, competing across ten sports.
H5 is a para-cycling classification. The UCI recommends this be coded as MH5 or WH5.
Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.
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