Cycling at the Summer Paralympics explained
Sport: | cycling |
Size: | 150 |
Menevents: | 30 |
Womenevents: | 12 |
Mixedevents: | 2 |
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics. From an original program of seven road races, the sport is now contested on both road and track, and since 2012 the cycling program at the Paralympics is typically the third largest of any sport in the Games, behind athletics and swimming, and running at approximately 50 separate events.
Summary of editions
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Classification
Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics and earlier, classes were:
- B&VI 1–3: Cyclists with a visual impairment, using a tandem bicycle
- LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disability, including those with amputations
- CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy, using a tricycle (CP 1–2) or bicycle (CP 3–4)
- HC A, B, and C: Cyclists using a handcycle
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, a functional para-cycling classification system was used.
- B: Cyclists with a vision impairment, using a tandem bicycle
- T 1–2: Cyclists with cerebral palsy, MS or similar neuro-motor impairment, using a tricycle
- C 1–5: Cyclists with amputations, neuromotor or musculoskeletal impairment, using a bicycle
- H 1–4: Cyclists using a handcycle
Factoring
In some cycling events, cyclists with different classifications compete against each other for one set of medals. Many (but not all) such events are factored, reducing the times of riders in lower classifications to take their greater impairment into account. Factoring percentages are based on average race times by riders in each classification.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, factored races included the mixed tricycle time trial, Women's C1–3 road time trial,[3] Women's H1–2 road time trial and track C1–3 and C4–5 events.
Road cycling
Men's events
Current events |
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Events | | | | | | | | | | | Years |
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Road race | - | - | X | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 6 |
Time trial | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
Past events |
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Events | | | | | | | | | | | Years |
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Team tandem open, time trial | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Women's events
Nation | | | | | | | | | | | Years |
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Road race | X | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 6 |
Time trial | X | - | X | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | |
Mixed events
Current events |
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Events | | | | | | | | | | | Years |
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Team relay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3 |
Past events |
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Events | | | | | | | | | | | Years |
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Road race | - | - | - | X | X | - | X | X | - | - | 4 |
Time trial | - | - | - | X | X | - | X | X | - | - | 4 | |
Medal table
Track cycling
Men's events
Current events |
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Event | | | | | | | | Years |
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Bicycle, individual pursuit | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 5 |
Bicycle, time trial | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 5 |
Tandem, individual pursuit | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Tandem, time trial | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Past events |
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Events | | | | | | | | Years |
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Bicycle, team sprint | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | 2 |
Tandem, sprint | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | 4 | |
Women's events
Current events |
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Events | | | | | | | | Years |
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Bicycle, individual pursuit | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3 |
Bicycle, 500m time trial | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 4 |
Tandem, individual pursuit | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Tandem, 1 km time trial | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Past events |
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Events | | | | | | | | Years |
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Bicycle, 1 km time trial | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | 2 |
Tandem, sprint | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Mixed events
Current events |
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Events | | | | | | | | Years |
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Team, sprint | - | X | - | - | X | X | X | 4 |
Past events |
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Events | | | | | | | | Years |
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Omnium | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tandem open, individual pursuit | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Tandem open, sprint | X | X | - | - | X | X | - | 4 |
Tandem open, time trial | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Medal table
Overall medal table
Updated to 2020 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympics.[4]
Nations
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Nations | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 39 | 39 | 48 | 45 | |
Competitors | | | | | | | 22 | 40 | 149 | 181 | 202 | 196 | 220 | 223 | 235 | |
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See also
References
Notes and References
- http://www.paralympic.ca/en/Sports/Summer/Cycling.html Cycling
- Web site: Paralympics: Cyclist wins GB's first medal. 30 August 2012 . Channel 4. 13 February 2013.
- Web site: Cycling - Road. Australian Paralympic Committee. 13 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130213004932/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/sports/cycling-road. 13 February 2013. dead.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2023-10-19 . 2023-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231025010041/https://resultsapg.hangzhou2022.com.cn/rds/sports/CYC/historyMedal?index=6 . dead .