Jump to content

Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men's individual pursuit C2
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates26 August 2021
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandre Léauté  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darren Hicks  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liang Guihua  China
2016
2024

The men's individual pursuit class C2 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 26 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 11 cyclists all coming from different nations, will be competing in this event.[1]

Competition format

[edit]

The competition begins with the qualifying round where all 12 cyclists are divided into 6 heats, 2 cyclists in each heat except for heat 1 which will only contain 1 cyclist; they will compete on a time trial basis. The 2 fastest in the qualifying round would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final. The distance of this event is 3000m. The event finals are held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

[edit]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[2]

Date Time Round
Thursday, 26 August 11:12 Qualifying
15:27 Finals

Records

[edit]
World Record  Ewoud Vromant (BEL) 3:36.322 Milton, Canada 30 January 2020
Paralympic Record  Liang Guihua (CHN) 3:42.916 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 September 2016

Results

[edit]

Qualifying

[edit]
Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 5  France Alexandre Léauté 3:31.817 QG, WR
2 5  Australia Darren Hicks 3:33.589 QG
3 6  China Liang Guihua 3:34.158 QB
4 3  Japan Shota Kawamoto 3:36.117 QB
5 4  RPC Arslan Gilmutdinov 3:39.949
6 3  Greece Nikolaos Papangelis 3:47.605
7 4  Czech Republic Ivo Koblasa 3:48.914
8 2  Portugal Telmo Pinão 4:03.192
9 2  Romania Eduard Mihaita Moescu 4:04.175
10 1  Venezuela Victor Hugo Garrido Márquez 4:30.602
6  Belgium Ewoud Vromant DSQ

Finals

[edit]
Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Alexandre Léauté 3:31.478 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia Darren Hicks 3:35.064
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China Liang Guihua 3:34.781
4  Japan Shota Kawamoto 3:38.947

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.