Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's pursuit

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

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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

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  *   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

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Classification Gold Silver Bronze
B
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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
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Li Zhangyu
  China
Liang Weicong
  China
OVL Ricardo Ten Argiles
  Spain
3:45.152 b.f.
C2
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Alexandre Leaute
  France
3:26.015 Ewoud Vromant
  Belgium
3:28.062 Matthew Robertson
  Great Britain
3:30.497 b.f.
C3
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Jaco van Gass
  Great Britain
3:18.460 Finlay Graham
  Great Britain
3:22.540 Alexandre Hayward
  Canada
3:24.865 b.f.
C4
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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

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