Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3

The men's individual pursuit class C3 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. 8 cyclists from 7 nations competed in this event.^[1]

Men's individual pursuit C3 at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Izu Velodrome
Dates	26 August 2021
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Jaco van Gass  Great Britain Finlay Graham  Great Britain David Nicholas  Australia
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Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where the 8 cyclists are divided into 4 heats, each heat containing 2 cyclists; 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 3000m. The event finals are held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 26 August	12:04	Qualifying
	15:52	Finals

Records

World Record	Alexey Obydennov (RUS)	3:26.691	Aguascalientes, Mexico	11 April 2014
Paralympic Record	David Nicholas (AUS)	3:32.336	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Heat	Nation	Cyclists	Result[3]	Notes
1	3	Great Britain	Jaco van Gass	3:17.593	QG, WR
2	2	Great Britain	Finlay Graham	3:19.780	QG
3	4	Australia	David Nicholas	3:23.674	QB
4	4	Spain	Eduardo Santas Asensio	3:27.682	QB
5	3	Belgium	Diederick Schelfhout	3:30.284
6	1	Colombia	Alejandro Perea Arango	3:31.551
7	2	United States	Joseph Berenyi	3:35.652
8	1	Japan	Masaki Fujita	3:38.366

Finals

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Result[4]	Notes
Gold medal final
	Great Britain	Jaco van Gass	3:20.987
	Great Britain	Finlay Graham	3:22.000
Bronze medal final
	Australia	David Nicholas	3:25.877
4	Spain	Eduardo Santas Asensio	3:27.833

References

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 C3 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 C3 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.