Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's pursuit

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The men's individual pursuit track cycling events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics will take place between August 29 to 1 September 2024 at the Vélodrome National, Paris. Six events will take place in the men's event also over six classifications. The distances of C1, C2 and C3 classification events are 3000m. B, C4 and C5 events are raced over 4000m.

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. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired.

Cycling classes are:[1]

  • B: Blind and visually impaired cyclists use a Tandem bicycle with a sighted pilot on the front
  • C 1-5: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are capable of using a standard bicycle

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France*2013
2 Great Britain1315
3 China1102
4 Netherlands1001
 Slovakia1001
6 Belgium0101
 Ukraine0101
8 Canada0011
 Italy0011
 Spain0011
 United States0011
Totals (11 entries)66618


Medal summary

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
B
details
Tristan Bangma
Pilot: Patrick Bos
 Netherlands
3:55.439 Stephen Bate
Pilot: Christopher Latham
 Great Britain
3:57.652 Lorenzo Bernard
Pilot: Davide Plebani
 Italy
4:04.613 b.f.
C1
details
Li Zhangyu
 China
Liang Weicong
 China
OVL Ricardo Ten Argiles
 Spain
3:45.152 b.f.
C2
details
Alexandre Leaute
 France
3:26.015 Ewoud Vromant
 Belgium
3:28.062 Matthew Robertson
 Great Britain
3:30.497 b.f.
C3
details
Jaco van Gass
 Great Britain
3:18.460 Finlay Graham
 Great Britain
3:22.540 Alexandre Hayward
 Canada
3:24.865 b.f.
C4
details
Jozef Metelka
 Slovakia
4:27.920 Archie Atkinson
 Great Britain
OVL Gatien Le Rousseau
 France
4:24.096 b.f.
C5
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Dorian Foulon
 France
4:16.158 Yehor Dementyev
 Ukraine
4:17.770 Elouan Gardon
 United States
4:18.880 b.f.

References

  1. ^ Paralympic.org. "CLASSIFICATION IN PARA CYCLING". Retrieved 24 August 2024.