Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's road time trial H5 explained

Event:Cycling, men's road time trial H5
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Flamengo Park
Dates:14 September
Competitors:10
Nations:9
Gold:Alessandro Zanardi
Goldnpc:ITA
Silver:Stuart Tripp
Silvernpc:AUS
Bronze:Oscar Sanchez
Bronzenpc:USA
Next:2020

The Men's time trial H5 road cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on 14 September at Flamengo Park, Pontal. Twelve riders from nine nations competed.[1]

The H5 category is a handcycle class is for cyclists with lower limb disabilities, such as amputation, but more or less full trunk stability.

Results : Men's road time trial H5

width=20Rank!width=180Name !Nationality Time Deficit Avg. Speed
Alessandro Zanardi28:36.81041.938
Stuart Tripp28:39.552.7441.871
Oscar Sanchez28:51.7314.9241.577
4Tim de Vries29:02.9626.1541.309
5Ernst Van Dyk29:26.3149.540.763
6Jetze Plat29:28.2651.4540.718
7Alfredo de los Santos31:01.34+2:24.5338.682
8Luis Costa31:06.06+2:29.2538.584
9Johan Reekers31:40.20+3:03.3937.891
10Primoz Jeralic33:35.96+4:59.1535.715

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Time Trial H4 . www.rio2016.com . 15 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923002530/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/cycling-road-mens-time-trial-h4 . 23 September 2016 .