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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C5

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Men's individual pursuit C5
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates27 August 2021
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dorian Foulon  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alistair Donohoe  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yehor Dementiev  Ukraine
2016
2024

The men's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 27 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. 10 cyclists from 6 different nations competed in this event.[1]

Competition format

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The competition starts with a qualifying round where all 10 cyclists are divided into 4 heats, each heat containing 2 cyclists in it; they will then 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 4000m. The event finals will be held on the same day as the qualifying round.

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Friday, 27 August 11:14 Qualifying
15:40 Finals

Records

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World Record  Michael Gallagher (AUS) 4:24.057 Aguascalientes, Mexico 11 April 2014
Paralympic Record  Michael Gallagher (AUS) 4:30.012 London, United Kingdom 1 September 2012

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 4  France Dorian Foulon 4:18.274 QG, WR
2 5  Australia Alistair Donohoe 4:20.813 QG
3 5  Ukraine Yehor Dementiev 4:21.036 QB
4 2  France Kévin Le Cunff 4:22.257 QB
5 3  Netherlands Daniel Abraham 4:23.096
6 4  Brazil Lauro Chaman 4:25.694
7 2  Hungary Zsombor Wermeser 4:35.606
8 1  Colombia Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz 4:39.113
9 3  United States Christopher Murphy 4:55.467
10 1  Iran Mahdi Mohammadi 5:09.154

Finals

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Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Dorian Foulon 4:20.757
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia Alistair Donohoe 4:24.095
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ukraine Yehor Dementiev 4:22.746
4  France Kévin Le Cunff 4:27.997

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's C5 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's C5 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.