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]
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 |
---|---|---|
Thursday, 26 August | 11:12 | Qualifying |
15:27 | Finals |
Rank | Heat | Nation | Cyclists | Result[3] | Notes | |
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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 |
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 |