Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C1–3 explained

Event:Women's individual pursuit C1–3
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Izu Velodrome
Dates:25 August 2021
Competitors:15
Nations:11
Gold:Paige Greco
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Wang Xiaomei
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Denise Schindler
Bronzenpc:GER
Prev:2016

The women's individual pursuit class C1–3 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class (C) is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. There will be 15 cyclists from 11 nations competing.[1]

Competition format

The competition begins with a qualifying round where the 15 cyclists are divided into 8 heats with 2 cyclists each except heat 1 which will only contain 1 cyclist; they 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
25 August 10:00 Qualifying
13:45 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Class Result[3] Notes
1 7 C3 3:52.283 WR,
2 5 C3 3:55.781
3 7 C3 3:57.625
4 8 C3 4:00.183
5 5 C3 4:02.834
6 6 C3 4:03.035
7 6 C2 4:06.263 WR
8 4 C3 4:11.108
9 3 C3 4:11.699
10 2 C2 4:12.080
11 4 C2 4:12.506
12 8 C2 4:13.727
13 3 C2 4:29.147
14 1 C1 4:31.476 WR
15 2 C2 4:52.254

Finals

Rank Nation Cyclists Class Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
C3 3:50.815 WR
C3 3:54.975
Bronze medal final
C3 3:55.120
4 C3 4:01.523

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list and Result . 2021-08-25 . 2021-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210825001834/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C51A_CTRWPURSUIT-03030-----QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. . 25 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825114003/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A1_CTRWPURSUIT-03030-----QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825114004/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A2_CTRWPURSUIT-03030-----FNL---------.pdf. dead.