| Event: | Men's individual pursuit C1 |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Dates: | 8 September |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Li Zhangyu |
| Goldnpc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Ross Wilson |
| Silvernpc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Erich Winkler |
| Bronzenpc: | GER |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The men's individual pursuit C1 took place on 8 September 2016.
The event began with a qualifying race over 3000m. Each of the athletes competed individually in a time-trial basis. The fastest two riders raced for the gold medal and the third- and fourth-fastest riders raced for the bronze.
Q: Qualifier for gold medal final
Qb: Qualifier for bronze medal final
WR: World Record
PR: Paralympic Record
| Men's individual Pursuit C1 - Preliminaries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Rank! | width=180 | Name ! | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Zhangyu | 03:50.37 | WR Q | |||
| 2 | Ross Wilson | 03:53.67 | Q | |||
| 3 | Erich Winkler | 04:02.66 | Qb | |||
| 4 | Arnoud Nijhuis | 04:04.05 | Qb | |||
| 5 | Michael Teuber | 04:04.11 | ||||
| 6 | Billy Lister | 04:08.28 | ||||
| 7 | Giancarlo Masini | 04:14.79 | ||||
| 8 | Rodrigo Lopez | 04:17.97 | ||||
| 9 | Juan Jose Mendez Fernandez | 04:19.16 | ||||
| Men's individual Pursuit C1 - Medal Finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Rank! | width=180 | Name ! | Nationality | Result |
| Gold Final | |||||
| Li Zhangyu | |||||
| Ross Wilson | OVL | ||||
| Bronze Final | |||||
| Arnoud Nijhuis | |||||
| 4 | Erich Winkler | OVL | |||