Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2

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Men's individual pursuit C2
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Venue Izu Velodrome
Dates26 August 2021
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alexandre Léauté Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Darren Hicks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Liang Guihua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2016
2024

The men's individual pursuit class C2 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 26 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class 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 all coming from different nations, will be competing in this event. [1]

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Competition format

The competition begins with the qualifying round where all 12 cyclists are divided into 6 heats, 2 cyclists in each heat except for heat 1 which will only contain 1 cyclist; they will compete on a time trial basis. The 2 fastest in the qualifying round would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final. The distance of this event is 3000m. The event finals are held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [2]

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 26 August11:12Qualifying
15:27Finals

Records

World RecordFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ewoud Vromant  (BEL)3:36.322 Milton, Canada 30 January 2020
Paralympic RecordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Guihua  (CHN)3:42.916 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

RankHeatNationCyclistsResult [3] Notes
15Flag of France.svg  France Alexandre Léauté 3:31.817QG, WR
25Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Darren Hicks 3:33.589QG
36Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liang Guihua 3:34.158QB
43Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shota Kawamoto 3:36.117QB
54Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC Arslan Gilmutdinov 3:39.949
63Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Nikolaos Papangelis 3:47.605
74Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Ivo Koblasa 3:48.914
82Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Telmo Pinão 4:03.192
92Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Eduard Mihaita Moescu 4:04.175
101Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Victor Hugo Garrido Márquez 4:30.602
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ewoud Vromant DSQ

Finals

RankNationCyclistsResult [4] Notes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Alexandre Léauté 3:31.478 WR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Darren Hicks 3:35.064
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liang Guihua 3:34.781
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shota Kawamoto 3:38.947

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