| 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.
| 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 1988 Summer Paralympics, were the first Paralympics in 24 years to take place in the same city as the Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,806 athletes from 136 National Paralympic Committees competed. 519 medal events were held in 19 sports.
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.
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, organized by the International Paralympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that the Olympic Games started in 1904.
Australia has participated officially in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960 except for 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.
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.
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the activity of using / riding bicycles, human-powered, wheeled vehicles, ,
for purposes including transport, recreation, social interaction, exercise, sport, therapy, other purposes, or any combination thereof.
C1 is a para-cycling classification. Union Cycliste Internationale recommends this be coded as MC1 or WC1.
In paralympic sport, 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.
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.
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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