Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's pursuit C3 explained

Event:Men's individual pursuit C3
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National
Dates:30 August 2024
Competitors:7
Nations:6
Win Value:3:18.460
Gold:Jaco van Gass
Goldnpc:GBR
Silver:Finlay Graham
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Alexandre Hayward
Bronzenpc:CAN
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's individual pursuit class C3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.

Competition format

The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment (muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting the coordination) that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle.

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 8 cyclists; The 2 fastest cyclists in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 3000 metres. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]

DateTimeRound
30 August 13:27 Qualifying
16:18 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result[2] Notes
1 43:15.488 ,
2 33:17.305
3 3 3:25.874
4 2 3:26.940
5 4 3:27.017
6 2 3:28.192
7 1 3:47.922

Finals

Rank Cyclist Nation Result[3] Notes
Gold medal final
3:18.460
3:22.540
Bronze medal final
3:24.865
4 3:28.617

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 30 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 30 August 2024. 30 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. paralympic.org. COJOP. 30 August 2024. 30 August 2024.