Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2

The men's individual pursuit C2 took place on 8 September 2016.

Men's individual pursuit C2
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRio Olympic Velodrome
Dates8 September
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liang Guihua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tristen Chernove  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louis Rolfe  Great Britain
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The event began with a qualifying race over 3000m. Each of the athletes competed individually in a time-trial basis. The fastest two riders raced for the gold medal and the third- and fourth-fastest riders raced for the bronze.

Preliminaries edit

Q: Qualifier
WR: World Record
PR: Paralympic Record

Men's individual Pursuit C2 - Preliminaries
Rank Name Nationality Time Avg. Speed
1 Liang Guihua   China 3:42.916 PR 48.448
2 Tristen Chernove   Canada 3:44.731 48.057
3 Alvaro Galvis Becerra   Colombia 3:49.238 47.112
4 Louis Rolfe   Great Britain 3:49.908 46.975
5 Colin Lynch   Ireland 3:53.300 46.292
6 Ivo Koblasa   Czech Republic 3:55.437 45.872
7 Maurice Far Eckhard Tio   Spain 3:57.786 45.418
8 Shota Kawamoto   Japan 4:06.831 43.754
9 Roger Bolliger   Switzerland 4:13.918 42.533
10 Mumuni Alem   Ghana 4:59.965 36.004

Finals edit

Men's individual Pursuit C2 - Medal Finals
Gold Final
Rank Name Nationality Result Avg Speed
  Guihua Liang   China 3:44.553 48.095
  Tristen Chernove   Canada 3:47.412 47.49
Bronze Final
Rank Name Nationality Result Avg Speed
  Louis Rolfe   Great Britain 3:47.951 47.378
4 Alvaro Galvis Becerra   Colombia 3:49.819 46.993