Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Cycling
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (Road), Tokyo 2020 (Paralympics).svg Cycling (Sprint), Tokyo 2020 (Paralympics).svg
Pictograms for road (left) and track (right) cycling
Venue Izu Velodrome (track cycling)
Fuji Speedway (road cycling)
Dates25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors230 in 51 events from 44 nations
2016
2024

Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place in two separate locations. Track cycling took place at the Izu Velodrome from 25 to 28 August 2021 and road cycling took place on the Fuji Speedway from 31 August to 3 September 2021. [1] [2]

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The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [3] [4]

The competition was dominated by the squads from Great Britain and The Netherlands, winning 19 gold medals from 51 events. Great Britain, as in 2008, 2012 and 2016 dominated the track events, while the Netherlands were particularly strong in road racing.

Among the highlights were Great Britain's Sarah Storey becoming her country's most successful ever Paralympian, echoing the achievement of Jason Kenny in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning her 15th, 16th and 17th gold medals in her eighth Paralympic Games.

Classification

Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. This method is known as a functional system and was introduced in 2012. Athletes are classified according to their functional ability across four broad categories (blind or partially sighted tandem, handcycle, tricycle and standard bicycle). [5] The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Riders with recovering or deteriorating conditions such as MS are eligible but must have been reclassified within six months of a World Championships or Paralympic Games to ensure their classification is correct. Specialised equipment including prostheses is only allowed where it has been specifically approved.

B – tandem bicycle

This class is for athletes who have visual impairments and therefore ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (known as a pilot). B1, B2, and B3 athletes compete together in this class. [6]

H (1-5) – handcycle

This class is for athletes who are lower limb amputees, have paraplegia, or have involuntary or uncoordinated movement, and ride a handcycle using arms to turn pedals for propulsion. H1–4 cyclists compete in the reclined position, whereas H5 cyclists compete in a kneeling position. [6]

T (1-2) – tricycle

This class of athletes compete using a tricycle instead of a bicycle, due to lack of balance, or a restriction in the ability to pedal due to muscle tension, or uncoordinated or involuntary movements. [6] tension, uncoordinated movements or involuntary movements.

C (1-5) – standard bicycle

This class is for athletes with a limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting co-ordination, such as uncoordinated and involuntary movements. [6]

Factored events

Some cycling events are factored. This can happen when cyclists from different classes compete against each other and means that the results take into account the severity of the impairments of each competitor. As a result, some riders within an event will have their times ‘factored’ while other riders will not, or will have their time factored in a different calculation. The gold medal goes to the athlete with the fastest time after all the required times have been calculated. It is therefore possible for an athlete to break a paralympic or world record in their event for their specific classification, but to finish behind a differently classified athlete in that event after factoring. In such a case, the record is still treated as an official World, or as the case may be, Paralympic Games record within their classification for that event.

Participating nations

As of June 2021 [7]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1011324
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 93416
3Flag of France.svg  France 54716
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 44513
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34512
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 34310
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3238
8Russian Paralympic Committee flag (2021).svg  RPC 3003
9Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2114
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2114
11Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2046
12Flag of Japan.svg  Japan*2002
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1517
14Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1236
15Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1001
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0235
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0224
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0213
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0213
20Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0101
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0101
22Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0022
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0022
Totals (23 NPCs)515151153

Medalists

Road cycling

Men's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Time trial
details
B Flag of France.svg  France
Alexandre Lloveras
pilot: Corentin Ermenault
41:54.02Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Vincent ter Schure
pilot: Timo Fransen
42:00.77Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Christian Venge Balboa
pilot: Noel Martín Infante
42:52.12
H1 Pieter du Preez
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
43:49.41 Fabrizio Cornegliani
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
45:44.56 Maxime Hordies
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
47:01.23
H2 Sergio Garrote Muñoz
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
31:23.53 Luca Mazzone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
31:23.79 Florian Jouanny
Flag of France.svg  France
32:41.62
H3 Walter Ablinger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
43:39.17 Vico Merklein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
43:41.06 Luis Miguel García-Marquina
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
43:48.68
H4 Jetze Plat
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
37:28.92 Thomas Fruehwirth
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
38:30.61 Alexander Gritsch
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
39:58.93
H5 Mitch Valize
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
38:12.94 Loïc Vergnaud
Flag of France.svg  France
39:15.16 Gary O'Reilly
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
39:36.46
C1 Mikhail Astashov
Russian Paralympic Committee flag (2021).svg  RPC
24:53.37 Aaron Keith
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24:55.40 Michael Teuber
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
24:58.67
C2 Darren Hicks
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
34:39.78 Ewoud Vromant
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
36:11.79 Alexandre Léauté
Flag of France.svg  France
37:07.16
C3 Benjamin Watson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
35:00.82 Steffen Warias
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
35:57.41 Matthias Schindler
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
36:17.95
C4 Patrik Kuril
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
45:47.10 Jozef Metelka
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
46:05.05 George Peasgood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
46:08.93
C5 Daniel Abraham Gebru
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
42:46.45 Yegor Dementyev
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
43:19.11 Alistair Donohoe
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
43:36.80
T1–2 Chen Jianxin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
25:00.32 Giorgio Farroni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
27:49.78 Tim Celen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
30:44.21
Road race
details
B Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Vincent ter Schure
pilot: Timo Fransen
2:59:13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tristan Bangma
pilot: Patrick Bos
3:05:01Flag of France.svg  France
Alexandre Lloveras
pilot: Corentin Ermenault
3:06:14
H1–2 Florian Jouanny
Flag of France.svg  France
1:49:36 Luca Mazzone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:53:43 Sergio Garrote Munoz
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1:54:36
H3 Ruslan Kuznetsov
Russian Paralympic Committee flag (2021).svg  RPC
2:34:35 Heinz Frei
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2:34:35 Walter Ablinger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2:35:06
H4 Jetze Plat
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2:15:13 Thomas Frühwirth
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2:20:56 Alexander Gritsch
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2:22:38
H5 Mitch Valize
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2:24:30 Loïc Vergnaud
Flag of France.svg  France
2:24:30 Tim de Vries
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2:24:40
C1–3 Benjamin Watson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:04:23 Finlay Graham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:05:43 Alexandre Léauté
Flag of France.svg  France
2:11:06
C4–5 Kévin Le Cunff
Flag of France.svg  France
2:14:49 Yegor Dementyev
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2:15:11 Daniel Abraham
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2:15:20
T1–2 Chen Jianxin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
51:07 Tim Celen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
52:15 Juan José Betancourt Quiroga
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
52:41
Women's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Time trial
details
B Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Katie-George Dunlevy
pilot: Eve McCrystal
47:32.07Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Lora Fachie
pilot: Corrine Hall
48:32.06Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Louise Jannering
pilot: Anna Svärdström
49:36.06
H1–3 Annika Zeyen
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
32:46.97 Francesca Porcellato
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
33:30.52 Renata Kałuża
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
33:50.32
H4–5 Oksana Masters
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
45:40.05 Sun Bianbian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
47:26.53 Jennette Jansen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
48:45.69
C1–3 Keiko Sugiura
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
25:55.76 Anna Beck
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
26:18.03 Paige Greco
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
26:37.54
C4 Shawn Morelli
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
39:33.79 Emily Petricola
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
39:43.09 Meg Lemon
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
41:14.42
C5 Sarah Storey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
36:08.90 Crystal Lane-Wright
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
37:40.89 Kerstin Brachtendorf
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
38:34.49
T1–2 Jana Majunke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
36:06.17 Carol Cooke
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
36:38.46 Angelika Dreock-Käser
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
36:53.88
Road race
details
B Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Katie-George Dunlevy
pilot: Eve McCrystal
2:35:53Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sophie Unwin
pilot: Jenny Holl
2:36:00Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Louise Jannering
pilot: Anna Svärdström
2:36:00
H1–4 Jennette Jansen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
56:15 Annika Zeyen
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
56:21 Alicia Dana
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
56:24
H5 Oksana Masters
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:23:39 Sun Bianbian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2:26:50 Katia Aere
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2:28:11
C1–3 Keiko Sugiura
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:12:55 Anna Beck
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1:13:11 Paige Greco
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
1:13:11
C4–5 Sarah Storey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:21:51 Crystal Lane-Wright
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:21:58 Marie Patouillet
Flag of France.svg  France
2:23:49
T1–2 Jana Majunke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:00:58 Angelika Dreock-Käser
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:03:40 Jill Walsh
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:05:48
Mixed team event
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Road race relay
details
H1–5 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Paolo Cecchetto
Luca Mazzone
Diego Colombari
52:32Flag of France.svg  France
Riadh Tarsim
Florian Jouanny
Loïc Vergnaud
53:03Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ryan Pinney
Alicia Dana
Alfredo de los Santos
53:11

Track cycling

Men's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Time trial
details
B Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Neil Fachie
pilot: Matt Rotherham
58.038 WR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
James Ball
pilot: Lewis Stewart
59.503Flag of France.svg  France
Raphael Beaugillet
pilot: François Pervis
1:00.472
C1–3 Li Zhangyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:03.877 WR Alexandre Léauté
Flag of France.svg  France
1:05.031 WR Jaco van Gass
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:05.569 WR
C4–5 Alfonso Cabello
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1:01.557 WR Jody Cundy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:01.847 PR Jozef Metelka
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
1:04.786
Individual pursuit
details
B Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tristan Bangma
pilot: Patrick Bos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steve Bate
pilot: Adam Duggleby
OVLFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Marcin Polak
pilot: Michal Lardosz
4:07.850
C1 Mikhail Astashov
Russian Paralympic Committee flag (2021).svg  RPC
Tristen Chernove
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
OVL Li Zhangyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3:39.273
C2 Alexandre Léauté
Flag of France.svg  France
3:31.478 WR Darren Hicks
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
3:35.064 Liang Guihua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3:34.781
C3 Jaco van Gass
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:20.987 Finlay Graham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:22.000 David Nicholas
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
3:25.877
C4 Jozef Metelka
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Carol-Eduard Novak
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
OVL Diego German Duenas
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
4:35.607
C5 Dorian Foulon
Flag of France.svg  France
4:20.757 Alistair Donohoe
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
4:24.095 Yehor Dementyev
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4:22.746
Women's events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Time trial
details
B Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Larissa Klaassen
pilot: Imke Brommer
1:05.291 PR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Aileen McGlynn
pilot: Helen Scott
1:06.743Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Griet Hoet
pilot: Anneleen Monsieur
1:07.943
C1–3 Amanda Reid
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
35.581 WR Alyda Norbruis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
36.057 Qian Wangwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
38.070 WR
C4–5 Kadeena Cox
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
34.433 WR Kate O'Brien
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
35.439 Caroline Groot
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
35.599 WR
Individual pursuit
details
B Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Lora Fachie
pilot: Corrine Hall
3:19.560Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Katie-George Dunlevy
pilot: Eve McCrystal
3:21.505Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sophie Unwin
pilot: Jenny Holl
3:23.446
C1–3 Paige Greco
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
3:50.815 WR Wang Xiaomei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3:54.975 Denise Schindler
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:55.120
C4 Emily Petricola
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Shawn Morelli
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
OVL Keely Shaw
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3:48.342
C5 Sarah Storey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Crystal Lane-Wright
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
OVL Marie Patouillet
Flag of France.svg  France
3:39.233
Mixed events
EventClassGoldSilverBronze
Team sprint
details
C1–5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Kadeena Cox
Jaco van Gass
Jody Cundy
47.579 WR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Zhangyu
Wu Guoqing
Lai Shanzhang
47.685Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Ricardo Ten Argilés
Pablo Jaramillo Gallardo
Alfonso Cabello
49.209

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