Cycling, Men's road time trial C2 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Flamengo Park | ||||||||||||
Dates | 14 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
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Road cycling | |
Time trial | |
Men | Women |
B | B |
H1–3 | |
H2 | |
H3 | |
H4 | H4–5 |
H5 | |
C1 | C1–3 |
C2 | |
C3 | |
C4 | C4 |
C5 | C5 |
T1–2 | T1–2 |
Mixed H2–5 |
The Men's time trial C2 road cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on 14 September at Flamengo Park, Pontal. Thirteen riders from 13 nations competed. [1]
The C2 category is for cyclists with upper or lower limb impairments and moderate to severe neurological dysfunction.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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Tristen Chernove | Canada | 27:43.16 | |
Colin Lynch | Ireland | 28:02.25 | |
Liang Guihua | China | 28:17.77 | |
4 | Maurice Far Eckhard Tió | Spain | 28:22.17 |
5 | Ivo Koblasa | Czech Republic | 28:49.88 |
6 | Israel Hilario Rimas | Peru | 28:55.08 |
7 | Louis Rolfe | Great Britain | 29:12.16 |
8 | Cirio de Jesús Molina | Venezuela | 29:13.40 |
9 | Álvaro Galvis Becerra | Colombia | 29:44.63 |
10 | Roger Bolliger | Switzerland | 30:13.73 |
11 | Craig Ridgard | South Africa | 30:19.03 |
12 | Telmo Pinão | Portugal | 30:38.04 |
13 | Shota Kawamoto | Japan | 32:25.97 |
14 | Attila Olah | Romania | 33:20.80 |
15 | Mumuni Alem | Ghana | 36:10.85 |
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