Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial C4–5 explained

Event:Men's time trial C4–5
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates:30 August 2024
Competitors:23
Nations:18
Win Value:1:01.650
Gold:Korey Boddington
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Blaine Hunt
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Alfonso Cabello
Bronzenpc:ESP
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's time trial class C4-5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 2024 at the Vélodrom National at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines . This combine class (C4-5) under classification C is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 24 cyclists from 19 nations compete in this event.[1]

Competition format

The competition immediately begins with the qualification round, where the 24 cyclists will individually in their own heat, compete by doing a time trial basis where the fastest six cyclist will qualify to compete for gold, silver and bronze. The distance of this event is 1000m.

A cyclist may have a different 'result time' than their real-time due to this event being a combined class event (C4-5), and some cyclists in their own class may have a disadvantage over other classes (for example due to speed), thus athlete factoring is used.

Despite this, different classifications have their own world and paralympic Games records

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
30 August 11:30 Qualifying
30 August 14:52 Final

Results

Qualifying

The C4–5 1000 m time trial is a multi-classification event. To ensure fairness, factoring is applied to the times of each cyclist based on their classification, and it is this factored time represents their result, both in qualification and, if that cyclist qualifies, the final. In a men's C4-5 track event, the factor for a C4 rider is 98.66 and for a C5 is 100.00. The result of the cyclist is calculated as a percentage of the elapsed time, with the factor providing the relevant percentage.[3]

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result[4] Notes
1 12 C4 1:02.021 PR 98.66 1:01.190 Q
2 11 C5 1:02.005 100.00 1:02.005 Q
3 12 C5 1:02.050 100.00 1:02.050 Q
4 10 C4 1:03.231 98.66 1:02.384 Q
5 9 C4 1:04.371 98.66 1:03.508 Q
6 7 C4 1:05.826 98.66 1:04.944 Q
7 6 C4 1:06.039 98.66 1:05.154
8 3 C4 1:06.411 98.66 1:05.521
9 8 C5 1:05.703 100.00 1:05.703
10 5 C5 1:05.912 100.00 1:05.912
11 11 C5 1:06.392 100.00 1:06.392
12 10 C5 1:06.463 100.00 1:06.463
13 4 C5 1:06.634 100.00 1:06.634
14 6 Bryan LarsenC4 1:08.158 98.66 1:07.245
15 4 C5 1:08.006 100.00 1:08.006
16 7 C5 1:08.043 100.00 1:08.043
17 2 C5 1:08.476 100.00 1:08.476
18 3 C4 1:09.991 98.66 1:09.053
19 8 C4 1:10.830 98.66 1:09.881
20 5 C5 1:10.393 100.00 1:10.393
21 2 C5 1:10.826 100.00 1:10.826
22 1 C5 1:13.100 100.00 1:13.100
23 1 C4 1:15.167 98.66 1:14.160

Final

Rank Cyclist Nation Class Real Time Factor Result[5]
C4 1:02.487 98.66 1:01.650
C5 1:01.776 100.00 1:01.776
C5 1:01.969 100.00 1:01.969
4 C4 1:03.353 98.66 1:02.504
5 C4 1:04.401 98.66 1:03.538
6 C4 1:08.861 98.66 1:07.938

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list . 2024-08-26 .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. COJOP. 26 August 2024. 30 August 2024.
  3. https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/27PPvp5fg1HTKTBAnvJg91/d22163750b9a7ae62b5afee7840e4f2b/Factors_2024.pdf UCI 2024 paracycling factors
  4. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C4-5 1000m Time Trial – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 30 August 2024. 30 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Para Cycling Track – Men's C4-5 1000m Time Trial – Final – Results. olympics.com. COJOP. 30 August 2024. 30 August 2024.