Men's individual pursuit C2 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Izu Velodrome | ||||||||||||
Dates | 26 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Team relay | mixed | |
Track cycling | ||
Time trial | men | women |
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team sprint | mixed | |
Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Track cycling | ||
Time trial | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1–3 | C1–3 | |
C4–5 | C4–5 | |
Individual pursuit | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1 | C1–3 | |
C2 | ||
C3 | ||
C4 | C4 | |
C5 | C5 | |
Mixed team sprint | ||
C1-5 | ||
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]
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.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [2]
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 26 August | 11:12 | Qualifying |
15:27 | Finals |
World Record | Ewoud Vromant (BEL) | 3:36.322 | Milton, Canada | 30 January 2020 |
Paralympic Record | Liang Guihua (CHN) | 3:42.916 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 September 2016 |
Rank | Heat | Nation | Cyclists | Result [3] | Notes |
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1 | 5 | France | Alexandre Léauté | 3:31.817 | QG, WR |
2 | 5 | Australia | Darren Hicks | 3:33.589 | QG |
3 | 6 | China | Liang Guihua | 3:34.158 | QB |
4 | 3 | Japan | Shota Kawamoto | 3:36.117 | QB |
5 | 4 | RPC | Arslan Gilmutdinov | 3:39.949 | |
6 | 3 | Greece | Nikolaos Papangelis | 3:47.605 | |
7 | 4 | Czech Republic | Ivo Koblasa | 3:48.914 | |
8 | 2 | Portugal | Telmo Pinão | 4:03.192 | |
9 | 2 | Romania | Eduard Mihaita Moescu | 4:04.175 | |
10 | 1 | Venezuela | Victor Hugo Garrido Márquez | 4:30.602 | |
6 | Belgium | Ewoud Vromant | DSQ |
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Result [4] | Notes |
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Gold medal final | ||||
France | Alexandre Léauté | 3:31.478 | WR | |
Australia | Darren Hicks | 3:35.064 | ||
Bronze medal final | ||||
China | Liang Guihua | 3:34.781 | ||
4 | Japan | Shota Kawamoto | 3:38.947 |
The men's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed.
The women's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed. Canadian rider Kelsey Mitchell won gold, with Olena Starikova from Ukraine and Lee Wai-sze from Hong-Kong completing the medal positions.
The men's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 24 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The men's Keirin event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 7 and 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed.
The men's team pursuit event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 4 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 32 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The mixed team sprint C1–5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle. 27 cyclist from 9 different nations participated in this event. The distance for this event will be 750m.
The women's individual pursuit class C1–3 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class (C) is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. There will be 15 cyclists from 11 nations competing.
The women's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk; they are still able to use a standard bicycle. 6 cyclist from 5 nations will be competing in this event.
The women's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk; they are still able to use a standard bicycle. 9 cyclists from 8 nations are competing in this event.
The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist. There will be 14 pairs from 10 different nations competing
The men's individual pursuit class C1 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 26 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 10 cyclists from 9 nations will be competing in this event.
The men's individual pursuit class C3 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. 8 cyclists from 7 nations competed in this event.
The women's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 28 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist. There will be 9 pairs from 7 different nations competing.
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.
The men's individual pursuit class C5 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. 10 cyclists from 6 different nations competed in this event.
The men's time trial class C1-3 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 27 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This combine class (C1-3) under classification C is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 22 cyclists from 17 nations competed in this event.
This is an overview of the progression of the World record in track para-cycling for the Individual pursuit as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The men's individual pursuit class C1 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The men's individual pursuit class C2 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
The women's individual pursuit class C1–3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This class (C) is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable of using a standard bicycle. 10 cyclists representing 9 nations shall take part.