Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C4

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Men's individual pursuit C4
at the XVI Paralympic Games
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Venue Izu Velodrome
Dates27 August 2021
Competitors7 from 6 nations
2016

The men's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 27 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. 7 cyclists from 6 nations competed in this event. [1]

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Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where the 8 cyclists are divided into 4 heats, each heat containing 2 cyclists except for heat 1 which will only contain 1 cyclist; they will then 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 4000m. The event finals will be held on the same day as the qualifying round.

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 26 August10:36Qualifying
15:15Finals

Records

World RecordFlag of Slovakia.svg  Andre Luiz Grizante  (SVK)4:26.924 Montichiari , Italy 9 March 2016
Paralympic RecordFlag of Slovakia.svg  Andre Luiz Grizante  (SVK)4:29.112 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

RankHeatNationCyclistsResultNotes
14Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Jozef Metelka 4:22.772 WR , QG
23Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Carol-Eduard Novak 4:31.212QG
32Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diego German Duenas 4:35.230QB
44Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Ronan Grimes 4:37.693QB
53Russian Paralympic Committee flag (2021).svg  RPC Sergei Pudov 4:43.725
62Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Fadli Immammuddin 4:50.393
71Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Andre Luiz Grizante 5:01.461

Finals

RankNationCyclistsResultNotes
Gold medal final
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Jozef Metelka
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Carol-Eduard Novak
Bronze medal final
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diego German Duenas
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland ronan grimes

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References

  1. Start list
  2. "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG . Retrieved 25 August 2021.