Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2 explained

Event:Men's individual pursuit C2
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Izu Velodrome
Dates:26 August 2021
Competitors:11
Nations:11
Gold:Alexandre Léauté
Goldnpc:FRA
Silver:Darren Hicks
Silvernpc:AUS
Bronze:Liang Guihua
Bronzenpc:CHN
Prev:2016

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]

Competition format

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.

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 26 August 11:12 Qualifying
15:27 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 5 3:31.817 , WR
2 5 3:33.589
3 6 3:34.158
4 3 3:36.117
5 4 3:39.949
6 3 3:47.605
7 4 3:48.914
8 2 4:03.192
9 2 4:04.175
10 1 4:30.602
6

Finals

Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
3:31.478 WR
3:35.064
Bronze medal final
3:34.781
4 3:38.947

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list . 2021-08-25 . 2021-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210825101947/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C51A_CTRMPURSUIT-02010-----QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. . 25 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826075207/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A1_CTRMPURSUIT-02010-----QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826075145/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A2_CTRMPURSUIT-02010-----FNL---------.pdf. dead.