Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial C4–5

The men's time trial class C4-5 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 26 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This combine class (C4-5) under classification C is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 21 cyclists from 15 nations competed in this event.[1]

Men's time trial C4–5
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates26 August 2021
Competitors21 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfonso Cabello  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jody Cundy  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jozef Metelka  Slovakia
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Team relaymixed
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Team sprintmixed
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Competition format

The competition immediately starts off with the finals, where all 21 cyclists will be divided into their own heat individually (so 1 heat contains 1 cyclist). They will do a time trial basis where the fastest cyclist will win gold, the 2nd fastest a silver, and the 3rd fastest a bronze. The distance of this event is 1000m. Cyclists in class C4 can have a lesser-official time than their real-time due to the athletes factor where in class C4 the factor is 98.91% while C5 is 100.00%, so the time cyclist in class C5 get, will be their official time.

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Thursday, 26 August14:00Finals

Records
Men's C4 1000m Time Trial
World Record Jody Cundy (GBR)1:01.466Aguascalientes, Mexico12 April 2014
Paralympic Record Jody Cundy (GBR)1:04.492Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 September 2016
Men's C5 1000m Time Trial
World Record Alfonso Cabello (ESP)1:01.683Aguascalientes, Mexico12 April 2014
Paralympic Record Alfonso Cabello (ESP)1:04.494Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 September 2016

Results
RankHeatNationCyclistsClassReal time[3]Factored timeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)21 SpainAlfonso CabelloC51:01.5571:01.557WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)20 Great BritainJody CundyC41:02.5291:01.847PR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)17 SlovakiaJozef MetelkaC41:05.5001:04.786
410 ChinaWu GuoqingC41:05.5481:04.834
519 United StatesChristopher MurphyC51:05.0781:05.078
618 FranceDorian FoulonC51:05.3481:05.348
716 UkraineYegor DementyevC51:06.3221:06.322
84 FranceKévin Le CunffC51:06.3571:06.357
914 BrazilLauro ChamanC51:06.4211:06.421
1013 MalaysiaZuhairie Ahmad TarmiziC51:06.4721:06.472
1111 RomaniaCarol-Eduard NovakC41:07.6551:06.918
125 ColombiaEdwin Fabian Matiz RuizC51:06.9251:06.925
1312 SpainPablo Jaramillo GallardoC51:07.0811:07.081
1415 ChinaLai ShanzhangC51:07.2791:07.279
159 IrelandRonan GrimesC41:09.0141:08.262
168 RPCSergei PudovC41:10.4301:09.662
177 IndonesiaFadli ImmammuddinC41:11.1991:10.423
183 ColombiaDiego Germán DueñasC41:11.4811:10.702
192 MalaysiaMuhammad Hafiz JamaliC51:11.2881:11.288
201 HungaryZsombor WermeserC51:11.6011:11.601
216 BrazilAndre Luiz GrizanteC41:13.4411:12.640

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 C4-5 1000m Time Trial – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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