| Event: | Men's individual pursuit C3 |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Venue: | Rio Olympic Velodrome |
| Dates: | 8 September |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | David Nicholas |
| Goldnpc: | AUS |
| Silvernpc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Eoghan Clifford |
| Bronzenpc: | IRL |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The men's individual pursuit C3 took place on 8 September 2016.
The event began with a qualifying race over 3000 m. 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 C3 - Preliminaries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Rank! | width=180 | Name ! | Nationality | Time | Avg. Speed | Notes |
| 1 | David Nicholas | 3:32.336 | 50.862 | Q PR | |||
| 2 | Joseph Berenyi | 3:34.394 | 50.374 | Q | |||
| 3 | Michael Sametz | 3:38.459 | 49.437 | Qb | |||
| 4 | Eoghan Clifford | 3:38.863 | 49.345 | Qb | |||
| 5 | Masaki Fujita | 3:39.142 | 49.283 | ||||
| 6 | Eduardo Santas Asensio | 3:45.398 | 47.915 | ||||
| 7 | Kris Bosmans | 3:48.308 | 47.304 | ||||
| 8 | Esneider Munoz Marin | 3:50.319 | 46.891 | ||||
| 9 | Diederick Schelfhout | 3:55.645 | 45.831 | ||||
| 10 | Yongsik Jin | 3:59.070 | 45.175 | ||||
| Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Medal Finals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Final | ||||||
| width=20 | Rank! | width=180 | Name ! | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
| David Nicholas | 3:33.028 | 50.697 | ||||
| Joseph Berenyi | 3:34.042 | 50.457 | ||||
| Bronze Final | ||||||
| width=20 | Rank! | width=180 | Name ! | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
| Eoghan Clifford | 3:40.201 | 49.406 | ||||
| 4 | Michael Sametz | 3:41.590 | 48.738 | |||