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

width=50Gameswidth=50Year width=100Eventswidth=200Best Nation
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=silvernot held
7
7
9
23
27
31
44
50
50
51

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:

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, a functional para-cycling classification system was used.

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
Events Years
Road race - - X - - X X X X X 6
Time trial X X X X - X X X X X 9
Past events
Events Years
Team tandem open, time trial - - X - - - - - - - 1

Women's events

Nation Years
Road race X - - - - X X X X X 6
Time trial X - X - - X X X X X 7

Mixed events

Current events
Events Years
Team relay - - - - - - - X X X 3
Past events
Events Years
Road race - - - X X - X X - - 4
Time trial - - - X X - X X - - 4

Medal table

Track cycling

Men's events

Current events
Event Years
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
Events Years
Bicycle, team sprint - - X X - - - 2
Tandem, sprint X X X X - - - 4

Women's events

Current events
Events Years
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
Events Years
Bicycle, 1 km time trial - - X - - X - 2
Tandem, sprint - - X - - - - 1

Mixed events

Current events
Events Years
Team, sprint - X - - X X X 4
Past events
Events Years
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

Nations 8 11 19 23 25 39 39 48 45
Competitors 22 40 149 181 202 196 220 223 235

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.ca/en/Sports/Summer/Cycling.html Cycling
  2. Web site: Paralympics: Cyclist wins GB's first medal. 30 August 2012 . Channel 4. 13 February 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 .