The men's individual pursuit C3 took place on 8 September 2016.
The event began with a qualifying race over 3000 m. 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 Q: Qualifier for Gold medal final Qb: Qualifier for Bronze medal final WR: World Record PR: Paralympic Record
Men's individual Pursuit C3 - PreliminariesRankName Nationality Time Avg. Speed Notes 1 David Nicholas 3:32.336 50.862 Q PR 2 Joseph Berenyi 3:34.394 50.374 Q 3 Michael Sametz 3:38.459 49.437 Qb 4 Eoghan Clifford 3:38.863 49.345 Qb 5 Masaki Fujita 3:39.142 49.283 6 Eduardo Santas Asensio 3:45.398 47.915 7 Kris Bosmans 3:48.308 47.304 8 Esneider Munoz Marin 3:50.319 46.891 9 Diederick Schelfhout 3:55.645 45.831 10 Yongsik Jin 3:59.070 45.175
Finals Source: Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Medal Finals Gold FinalRankName Nationality Result Avg Speed David Nicholas 3:33.028 50.697 Joseph Berenyi 3:34.042 50.457 Bronze FinalRankName Nationality Result Avg Speed Eoghan Clifford 3:40.201 49.406 4 Michael Sametz 3:41.590 48.738
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